VP Pro have introduced their new Pyramid Evo and Sugar Cone Evo 1/10th buggy rear tyres. Both were designed for the use on grass and carpet tracks with their design offering exceptional stability without sacrificing agility.
View the Sugar Cone Evo rear tyre here
Coming from Pro-Line are their new Fugitive 2WD front and 4WD front tyres. Ty Tessmann used the Fugitive to win the 1/8th World Championships in Italy and the same technology is now available to in a smaller size and for the front of 2WD and 4WD buggies. The Fugitive was developed to be the longest lasting race tyre ever produced while still being quick and agile. The tread sets the standard for wear and performance with a whole new design philosophy — small, tightly packed pins that can handle the abuse of being run on concrete. The Fugitive 2.2” tyre comes standard with Pro-Line’s long-lasting closed cell Foam insert. When combined with Pro-Line’s S3 Compound for high grip tracks, the Fugitive easily has the best performance to cost ratio of any Pro-Line tyre making it perfect for many European style outdoor tracks while the M compounds are ideal for low grip or wet tracks.
Following a couple of teasers on social media, Pro-Line have unveiled their new Pro-Series 32P transmission for the Traxxas Slash 2WD and Stampede 2WD trucks. Pro-Line’s engineers made sure to carry over all the things from the original that made it the most popular and loved upgrade to the Slash 2WD while making it even stronger and more capable of handling today’s extreme power systems. Whether racing or bashing, this Transmission is destined to become the ultimate performance upgrade for the truck. Pro-Line has done the work and pre-assembled the transmission to get owners up and running faster. The sealed differential has been pre-filled with grease but can be tuned with optional diff oil to suit any application. The updated racing-style slipper system has been pre-set for proper performance and can be adjusted to dial in the initial take off traction.
Modelix Racing have introduced the new ProCircuit Vortex V2 wheel for 1/8th scale buggies. The design and material of the wheel provides higher corner speeds, more consistent handling over bumps as well as effortless jumping. Additional features include a grooved gluing area to make the gluing process easier and more reliable while a serrated wheel nut area ensures dependable wheel mounting. The wheel is available in yellow, white or black colour in sets of four or as 24-piece bulk package.
Coming from T-Works and made for the SWorkz S35-4 kits is an aluminium diaphragm shock cap set. It includes machined 7075-T6 aluminium shock caps as well as two types of shock diaphragms that help to fine-tune the shocks’ behaviour under compression and rebound. Included with the set also come shock cap bushings that ensure less wear and exceptional durability of the shock mounts and top caps.
Source: T-Works [rc-tworks.com]
Carisma Scale Adventure have introduced their new V2 alloy and carbon fibre steering knuckle set for the SCA-1E trail trucks. When progressing from trail running to full on rock crawling, often a rig’s limiting factors aren’t its articulation, or the grip its tyres can generate, or even its weight bias. Approach angle, break over angle and departure angle have a more direct effect on what it can crawl up, over and away from. Carisma have therefore developed and field tested a new high clearance alloy and carbon fibre V2 steering knuckle, offering 17.5 mm more forward clearance to the steering link, and additionally raising it 9.2 mm higher than the stock RTR or kit steering knuckles. This improves the rig’s approach angle, lifts the steering link above the centreline of the front axles diff housing, and still allows good steering deflection and steering throw.
Nemo Racing have introduced their new fuel gun stick that allows for ultra-quick refuelling of nitro vehicles. The highest quality fuel gun allows for a perfect fuel flow race, it will not spill and is ergonomically shaped for fastest pit stops.
Coming from Axial is their new SCX10 III Jeep JT Gladiator RTR truck. While continuing to incorporate key components that have made SCX10 vehicles successful, the SCX10 III chassis increases realism with details that include a replica V8 engine to house the front-mounted 540 brushed motor, mated to a realistic transmission housing and transfer case like a 1:1 vehicle. The Spektrum DX3 3-channel 2.4GHz DSMR transmitter and Firma 40A ESC/receiver are also ready to give owners the advantages of innovative Spektrum Smart technology. Out of the box, the SCX10 III Jeep JT Gladiator transmission offers a third-channel DIG function that lets drivers lock the rear axle from the transmitter for front wheel drive and a tighter turning radius. Though locked out from the factory, drivers can set up the vehicle to have a 40 percent faster second gear instead of DIG — or, by adding another micro servo and using a radio with at least four channels, have simultaneous access to both the DIG and two-speed functions.
