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August 23, 2014

MIP Pucks Bi-Metal drive system for PRS1

MIP’s new Pucks bi-metal R-CVD driveshaft set are now available for the Hobby Pro PRS1 buggy. This new design features a keyed joint made out of hardened alloy steel that connects to 7075 hard anodised aluminium bones. This feature allows to lighten up the drivetrain without sacrificing the durability that steel components offer. The R-CVD design also helps to keep costs low while 7075 hard anodised aluminium outdrives further reduce the rotational mass of the drivetrain.

Source: MIP [miponline.com]

August 22, 2014

Pro-Line B-Max4 Phantom body & B5 front towers

Also new from Pro-Line is this Phantom body for the Yokomo B-Max4 III designed by team driver driver Lee Martin. It features a stealthy cab forward look and sweeping body lines that flow back to a single point while an optional centre fin adds additional high speed stability and finishes off the design. Also new for the Associated B5 are carbon fibre front shock tower with aluminium ball stud mounts! The carbon fibre shock tower adds stiffness for improved shock action as well as durability to an area that takes a lot of abuse while the gun metal anodized aluminium ball stud mounts give added style and precision. Available in a wide version for the B5 and a narrow version for the B5M

View the B5 front shock tower here

August 22, 2014

Pro-Line Fugitive, Stunner SC & other tire updates

Seen at the recent 1/8th Euros, Pro-Line’s all-new Fugitive is a super long wear high performance tire made up of small, tightly packed pins that can handle the abuse of being run on concrete. When combined with Pro-Line’s X-Compound, the Fugitive has a great performance to cost ratio making it perfect for many European style tracks. The new Stunner SC tire combines the best features of the Tazer, Sniper and Blockade SC tires into one incredible tire. The center tread design of the Stunner is perfect for dusty and loamy outdoor tracks and the outer tread creates more aggressive side bite for consistent handling in loose conditions. Pro-Line have also released their Electron 1/10th tire for 2.2” wheels having previously only been available for mounting on VTR wheels. For truggy, PL’s popular Hole Shot VTR and Blockage VTR tires are now also available in X-Compound. Finally there are new Velocity VTR 4wd Hex front wheels for the Kyosho ZX5/6 and the TLR 22-4 buggies.

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August 21, 2014

PSM S350 BK1 Evo shock towers

PSM have released a new front and rear shock tower for the S-Workz S350 BK1 Evo buggy. Both front and rear tower features a refined rollcenter and suspension geometry to improve the overall handling, off-power steering and rear traction. Made from 5mm carbon, the front version weighs only 19grams while the rear 25grams.

View the front shock tower here

August 20, 2014

Avid Aura bearing line

Avid have introduced their new Aura bearing line. Taking what they learned from their rear ceramic engine bearings they shrunk that technology down to offer the most advanced bearings to be used in the gearbox of popular 2wd 10th scale off-road vehicles. These bearings have no seals, a high speed nylon ball retainer, SiN34 ceramic balls, tighter tolerances and high-speed oil and was developed for the racers that enjoy maintaining their equipment and don’t mind spending a little extra to have the best performance available. They are not stopping with just gearbox kits either and will be rolling out the Aura bearing with different seal options for those that would like to use them throughout their whole vehicle. Bearing kits are currently available for a wide range of 2wd buggies.

Source: Avid [avidrc.com]

August 20, 2014

Serpent Spyder RTR 2wd RM buggy

Serpent have released details of the Ready to Race Spyder 1/10 rear motor Buggy. The RTR Spyder buggy is based on the high end competition version of the Spyder RM buggy and shares most components and geometry. All option parts of the race version also fit the RTR version. The RTR version comes supplied with Dragon RC electronics, servo and tires. Release date is expected to be end of August.

View more details here

August 18, 2014

Serpent Cobra E-Truggy chassis plate & shock tower

Serpent have released a number of new items for their 1/8 Cobra E-Truggy. First up is the hard coated 7075 T6 aluminium CNC machined chassis plate for less flex and more durability, complete with laser engraved logos. Also new is a great looking lightweight and very durable grey anodized rear shocktower, a more durable option than the standard carbon fibre version. And finally the standard front and rear bodymounts on the E-
Truggy can also be used on the earlier GP Truggy when combined with the E-Truggy shock towers.

View the new shock tower here

August 18, 2014

JConcepts RC10B5 & B5M Honeycomb motor plates

JConcepts have released these replacement motor plates for the popular RC10B5 and RC10B5M vehicles. Looking at the typical construction of the second operation processes on standard motor plates, it easy to see why bending is sometimes an issue. The design team at JC have incorporated a honeycomb milling affect with placement more suited to surrounding geometry making the plate lightweight and very rigid in multiple directions. The honeycomb features add a 3D look especially as they remain natural aluminium while the rest is available black or blue in color. Slight chamfering on the 3mm thickness material allows the rather beefy plate to look quite skinny.

Source: JConcepts [jconcepts.net]