Associated Electrics have introduced the new Element RC Ocho wheel sets for the Enduro trail truck. The 1.9” wheels are available in silver or black colour and they feature a classic 8-hole look with a 3-piece design that utilises the industry favoured SLW-style hub. The sets include four wheels and mounting hardware.
Coming from Exotek Racing and made for the Team Associated B74 and B6.2 are new heavy duty aluminium rear hubs and rear hub link mounts. Starting with the rear hubs, these fit the B74 4WD buggy exclusively and their heavy duty design maintains the suspension geometry setting, race after race while the customised polished black base with blue chamfered accents goes great with any stock or after market B74 parts. Exotek’s updated design works as either the left or right hub and the set comes including mounting hardware.
Italian company Bittydesign has introduced the new Vision body shell for the popular Team Associated RC8B3.1 buggy. Offering a futuristic and sleek design the unique body shell features several aerodynamic elements, such as the rear side flaps, to improve overall balance and downforce in order to create a body that helps the driver to push the buggy to the limit with ease. The pre-cut body is moulded from high-quality 1mm Lexan material, it comes clear and including window masks and a decal sheet.
Ruddog have introduced their new 1/8th nitro off-road starter box that is of a universal design to cover all 1/8th off-road needs. Housed in a sturdy, black-coated aluminium case the heavy-duty starter box is powered by two 775-size motors with the durable belt-driven starter wheel allowing for an easy and convenient start of both run-in and also brand-new nitro engines. The starter box was developed for the use with two 2S LiPo battery packs and it comes pre-wired with T-type connectors. Highly adjustable stopper cones allows to adapt the starter box to pretty much every 1/8 scale off-road chassis. Laser-etched Ruddog logos and a handle with glow igniter holder round out the package.
Coming from Tekno RC are their new captured 17mm wheel nuts for 1/8th scale off-road buggies and trucks. Of a lightweight design the wheel nuts also protect the stub axles from getting packed with dirt and the serration grabs onto the wheel very tightly, ensuring the wheels will not get loose mid-race. the red anodised nuts feature the proud Tekno RC logo and they come in sets of four.
Source: Tekno RC [teknorc.com]
Pirani RC from Italy have introduced a variant of their fast fuel gun, that is now also available with a standard pistol grip handle. This trigger type gun is designed to offer the best performance, super light weight and it features a fully transparent body to quickly and easily check the fuel level. The gun also sports an updated fuel hole size to increase the refuelling speed.
Source: Pirani RC [piranirc.com]
Muchmore Racing have announced the soon release of their all-new Diablo Stock Silicone Graphene technology shorty LiPo batteries. Available as 7.4V 3300mAh pack, measuring 46.8x93x18.5mm and as 3.7V 7200mAh variant, measuring 92.7×46.7×18.5mm, the two are made using highest quality LiPo cells for exceptional performance in stock motor classes and they are of an ultra low profile design. The 7.4V 2S battery weighs in at 149g while the 3.7V 1S pack has a weight of 145.5g.
Coming from JConcepts and made for the Team Associated B74 buggy is an aluminium floating servo mount bracket. Durability in the chassis assembly is crucial to a proper handling vehicle. The JConcepts servo mount bracket is machined in high-grade aluminium and anodised blue for top-notch looks. The servo mount bracket aligns next to the centre chassis spline and attaches to the chassis using the stock hardware. The rigid assembly and lightweight construction of the bracket is a perfect complement to the B74.
Source: JConcepts [jconcepts.net]
