Shepherd introduce the chassis stiffener set for the Velox V10 Twelve 200mm nitro on-road car. Designed to give the chassis more longitudinal stiffness the parts prevent gear damage on bumpy tracks. Included in the set are a high-quality carbon brace, a special gearbox bulkhead machined from 7075-T6 aluminium and all needed fasteners. All parts are also available separately.
Source: Shepherd [team-shepherd.com]
T-Work’s introduce these lightweight aluminium option parts for the S-Workz S350 BK1 and BE1 buggy kits. Available are front and rear wheel axles shafts, joint cups, upper shock mounts and several shock mount and anti-roll bar pivot balls. All parts are made from 7075-T6 aluminium and come hard anodised in a dark olive colour.
Source: T-Work’s [rc-tworks.com]
Exotek introduce more option parts for the Team Durango 210 series of vehicles such as the DEX210, DEST210 and DESC210. Usable for all 210 vehicles are the alloy rear pro hubs, the front brass weight, alloy idler shaft and the carbon battery strap. The rear pro hubs feature the stock 0 degree geometry, vertical ball stud positions and they work with the kit’s plastic toe inserts.
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Hobby Pro USA introduce the all-new Bullitt tuned pipe for .21 off-road nitro engines. Produced for the use with Bullitt and Arrow engines the pipe provides consistent results and offers an extremely smooth and efficient power band. Coming including manifold, gaskets and mounting springs.
Source: Hobby Pro USA [hobbyprousa.com]
Practice for the 32nd running of the 1:8 Offroad European Championships has concluded with Jerome Aigoin topping the final controlled practice at the Fehring track in Austria. Last year’s Top Qualifier took his Novarossi powered MP9 to the only 9 lap run of the day making it a very strong start to the championship for Kyosho who topped yesterday’s free practice with David Ronnefalk and this morning’s damp practice round with Elliot Boots, who on combined points from today’s two controlled practices is top seed for tomorrow’s qualifying.
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Italian company Capricorn release new plastic and aluminum option parts for their 1/10th and 1/8th line of nitro on-road cars. Available soon are new suspension arms made from a harder compound material, news longer upper rear arms, a lightweight rear bulkhead parts and lightweight main shaft bulkheads. Available for the 1/8th car will be new harder compound suspension arms, +2mm steering blocks and updated rear hubs with eccentric plastic reduction insert.
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KM introduce the red steel front universal drive shaft for the H-K1 200mm nitro on-road car. Both the hub and shaft are made from hardened red steel for maximum hardness and durability while the wheel axles received an additional grinding process for ultimate accuracy of the bearing fitment. The parts are usable on all H-K1 series cars and available as complete kit or as separate shaft and hub.
Source: KM [km-rc.com]
Spec-R announce the release of a hard coated aluminum spur gear adapter for the Hot Bodies TCX touring car. Included with the adapter/pully also comes a centre pulley for the second drive belt. Both parts are CNC-machined from 7075-T6 aluminum and come hard anodized for a long lasting finish and best drive train efficiency.
Source: Spec-R [spec-r.com]
