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June 1, 2010

Shepherd Velox V10 lightweight wheel axles

To satisfy the demands of serious racers, Team Shepherd have introduced aluminium lightweight wheel axles for the Velox V10. The rotating mass could be reduced by more than 60% which improves the acceleration significantly. Additionally the handling of the car improves as the un damped mass is reduced, too. The CNC-machined wheel axles are made of special aircraft aluminium which offers optimum strength and durability. A special hard coating prevents the axles from excessive wear and an extra hole for the CVD pin simply doubles the lifetime.

Source: Shepherd [team-shepherd.com]

June 1, 2010

Capricorn LAB-C01 Front ARB kit and spool

More new items from Capricorn for the LAB-C01 1/10th 200mm chassis. Developed with a view to the World Championships in Houston, these new parts aim to improve the performance of this European ‘B’ Championship winning car. The new front wire anti roll bar kit comes with 2.4mm, 2.5mm and 2.6mm thick bars together with all the items necessary to mount it to the car. Also new for the front of the car is the optional front solid axle which is supplied with everything you need to use it including the pulley.

Click here to view the front spool

June 1, 2010

C.Andy’s Carbon ring

Developed to solve the problem of your rim deforming when the temperature gets too high, the C.Andy’s Carbon ring is a lightweight solution to keeping your wheels round. After some experiments with carbon fibre, which is a great material due to it’s stiffness and low weight, they developed these carbon rings which fit perfectly into the rim and weigh only a few grams plus the high durability makes it possible for them to be used many times. After success with the Carbon Ring in 1/12th and 1/10th scale they worked together with front running 1/5th scale racer Markus Feldmann, to develop the 1/5th carbon ring. This was difficult because the 1/5th scale cars have problems with the high temperatures due to the brake disks which are located in the rims. But it was successful and now you can get the carbon ring for 1/12th electric, 1/10th electric, 1/10th scale nitro, 1/8th on road as well as 1/5th touring.

View the other rings here

June 1, 2010

Roche Photon carbon bumper brace

New from Roche, for the TOP Photon, is this carbon fibre foam bumper top brace. Cut from high quality 2mm thick carbon fibre material it is stronger than the standard part and also looks pretty sweet. The set comes with the carbon bracket and 2 aluminium collars.

Source: Roche [roche.hk]

May 31, 2010

Xray 4.9mm composite ball joints

Xray have released these molded composite steering ball-joint for the T3 and T2 family of cars. Designed to fit the 5mm pivot ball or ball stud the closed ball joint prevents dust from getting onto the ball end and the incorporated hole allows for easy assembly and dis-assembly. Sold in a set of 4 they allow easy movement of the upper camber links. These ball joints must be used with ball ends #302653, #302654 or #302655, which are available in three lengths for front and rear suspension.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

May 28, 2010

Contact RC tires close to production

After the recent announcement of the new brand of foam tires Contact RC, Schumacher staff have been busy installing their new automatic machinery, overseen by Piero Torregiani at the Schumacher head site in Northampton. Above is the first pictures of the new 1/8th wheel and tire combo to come from these machines. Contact RC tires aim to bring you the highest standards possible for foam tire manufacturing ensuring the racer has quality and consistent performance time and time again. Full production will start shortly and for further information on this new exciting brand you can contact piero(at)racing-cars.com

Source: Schumacher [racing-cars.com]

May 28, 2010

Mugen MRX-5 1/8th scale chassis

Having first shown you CAD images and just a few days ago the first photos, Mugen have now released studio photos of their new MRX-5 together with an interview with lead designer and team driver Robert Pietsch. Successful testing in both Europe and Japan has been completed and Mugen Seiki Japan has given the go-ahead to go into full production effective immediately. Robert has been more than satisfied with the intensive test program and feels the new car offers very high traction and lots of steering. The car is really easy to drive and above all is faster than its predecessor.

View the full interview and complete images here

May 26, 2010

Mugen MRX-5 leaked photos

The first photos of the new Mugen MRX-5 have been leaked onto the internet. Nothing unusual to be seen in the photographs, looking just like a production version of the CAD images we brought you back in February. With the car seemingly ready, or at least close to final, we could see the car hitting the market in the next weeks.

View another image of the car here