ROAR slightly updated their 1/8 scale brushless motor rules to clarify some parameters that are already in existence. These rules don not effectively change anything, they are simply to better define motor construction requirements that are already in place to avoid leaving loopholes open that could disturb the market.
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Official U.S. and Canadian RC Car sanctioning body ROAR has set body appearance standards for ROAR national events to avoid racers from using body shells without headlight, grille or taillight decals or painted representations of them in full-bodied classes. Bodies with no such details will not be permitted to compete.
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Robitronic introduce a 6.6V LiFe hardcase receiver battery pack with 1600mAh capacity suitable for all 1/10 scale and 1/8 scale chassis that require straight design packs. The pack with dimensions of 85x30x17mm weights 80g, has a 1C charge rating and is usable without additional voltage regulators even if the receiver is not high voltage compatible.
Source: Robitronic [robitronic.com]
Xray got in touch to tell us about the new hard coated aluminium rear body holder arm pins for the RX8. CNC-machined from lightweight Swiss 7075 T6 aluminium and specially coated to give them extra durability the parts save 63 percent of weight compared to the standard arm pin.
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Serpent is busy producing more option parts for their line of gas on-road cars in the form of a brass mono-type engine mount and a new Centax-2 aluminium clutch housing. The one-piece Monobloc engine mount is precision CNC-machined from brass adding extra weight in a low and central of the chassis. The part weights 80g compared to the 28g of the aluminium part and also makes for a better heat transfer. The Centax-2 aluminium clutch housing is precision machined from special grade material to generate extra grip for the clutch shoes. Designed to fit all Centax-2 systems, made for the use with Serpent’s hard coated aluminium gear pinions and 70 percent lighter than the standard steel version. The best performance is gained with the black clutch shoes as the yellow and red shoes may wear too fast.
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Arrowmax have launched a full series of transmission belt gear pulleys for the Xray RX8 chassis. CNC-machined from high-quality 7075-T6 aluminium the pulleys run very true and feature a hard coating for long parts life while the weight reduction holes on the sides also allow emerging heat to dissipate from the belts.
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Hitec introduce new coreless mini servos and the X1 AC Plus charger. The HS-7235MH (0.08s/4.4kg-cm) and HS-7245MH (0.11s/6.4kg-cm) are 7.4V high voltage servos with an optimised coreless motor to cope with the higher voltage input. Also good to use with lower 6.0V voltage input both servos also feature heavy-duty metal gears and dual ball bearings. The strong yet speedy servos are ideal for both 1/12th scale on-road racers and 1/18th scale rock crawlers. The X1 AC Plus battery charger is a multi-chemistry 50W charger and offers charging rates from 0.1 up to 6.0A using 100V to 240V AC power sources. Designed to charge 1 to 15 NiXX, 1 to 6 LiXX and 2V to 20V Pb batteries the charger features a two line back-lit LC display and four button menu operation.
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Yeah Racing introduce this rebound adjusting tool made from machined aluminium. It allows for easy adjustment of the rebound on on-road oil-filled shock absorbers. Eight different settings from 1mm to 8mm are possible by inserting the fully build and filled shock in the dedicated slot, followed by screwing down the shocks upper cap. This way a reproducible rebound can be adjusted for all shocks on the car and after shock rebuilds.
Source: Yeah Racing [yeahracing.com]
