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September 21, 2009

Yeah Racing F104 Tuning options

New for the Tamiya F104 Pro, Yeah Racing have released this 1.4mm FRP T Bar, produced from high quality fibre reinforced plastic. This T-bar is super strong and flexible and can cope with all the shocks and twisting that come from racing and is designed to improve the suspension system and obtain more grip. Also new is a single piece aluminum motor mount for the Tamiya F104 Pro as well as the F103RM & F103GT & F103 15th Anniversary. This is a great upgrade for the standard plastic parts and as it is made from high quality aluminium and offers less flexing than the standard parts.

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September 21, 2009

East Coast Bodies Half painted 200mm shells

East Coast Bodies now offer their 1/10th 200mm body shells, the Access 2.8 and Sciricco models, in half painted versions. ECB have taken the effort out of painting and mounting the body, by supplying the shell pre trimmed meaning you only need to back it with a single colour to complete the great carbon fibre layout with sharp orange look. This series of bodies has been made using new super-PC material which gives the body longer life, makes it last longer, more flexible and have less damage. Both bodies are supplied with a decal sheet, window mask as well as 3 different types of rear wing together with the wing end plates.

Source: East Coast Bodies [eastcoastbt.com]

September 20, 2009

Orcan Audi A5 body developed by Dirk Wischnewski

The Audi A5 body for the 1/10 scale 200mm nitro class has made an impressive racing entry when all ten finalists at the recently held German Nationals at Tuerkheim have been using this new body shell. For the first time the Audi body was seen during practice of the season opener of the Western German Championship early April at Oberhausen when Xray/Orcan team drivers Dirk Wischnewski and Freddy Suedhoff conducted mayor tests with one of the first prototypes. During the development a total of ten different prototype bodies have been tested. “Our main goal was to develop a body which is easy to drive and offers as much front-end grip as possible”, says 2009 European Champion Dirk Wischnewski who runs most of the test sessions and exerted the main influence on the body development. “It has been really interesting to see the improvements of the different development steps.”

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September 19, 2009

HPI Racing Formula Ten Option parts

HPI Racing have released a whole bunch of option parts for their new Formula Ten chassis. First up is this ball differential set that allows you to quickly and easily tune the differential to track conditions for optimal handling, the smooth and efficient diff action gives extra traction for lower lap times. Also new is a lightweight aluminum shock absorber that is threaded for precise spring adjustments that allow you to quickly tune the handling of your car to track conditions. Silicone oil is included, along with a track-tuned spring, machined 3-hole shock piston and a knurled adjustment ring. For the front there are lightweight aluminum front axles which are fluorine coated for reduced friction and semi-hollow for critical rotating mass weight savings that give your car quicker acceleration and better handling. Finally there is a bunch of orange anodised aluminium parts such as a servo mount set, motor mount, left bulkhead and rear axle shaft.

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September 19, 2009

Xceed RC Audi A5 1/10 scale body

New from Xceed RC is this Audi A5 1/10 scale 200mm body. This high quality polycarbonate body, with separate strong rear wing has steering / downforce characteristic between the Stratus and Altis. Used by all 10 drivers at the recent German Nationals, it comes supplied with pre-cut decal-sheet featuring Audi lights, grill and logo’s. Available now in Europe through Xceed distributors and in America and Asia in October.

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September 17, 2009

Item Software Systems HUI Driver

New from Item Software Systems from Germany is software that not only supports the racers individual setup sheets but offers the possibility to attach the lap times directly to it. HUI driver comes with a special USB stopwatch that stores up to 500 laps which can be hooked up to your system and which imports these automatically. On tracks where the company’s race timing system is installed, transfer of lap times will be done automatically through WLAN based on the personal transponder number. Setup progress can be monitored step by step and as each scale has their own special features, these features will be available separately through plugins for the software. This first release is for 1:8 and 1:10 on road gas and has plugins for this scale such as overdrive calculation, tire wear calculation for each of the four tires individually, refueling strategy as well as race strategy simulation, based on all available data, including refueling and tire wear. You can see for yourself by downloading the demo version of HUI driver 1.0 here.

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September 10, 2009

KM Racing V-One RRR chassis plate

New from KM Racing is this main chassis for the Kyosho V-One RRR 1/10th scale car. Made from US 7075-T6 aluminium, it has been hard anodized for extra durability and is a direct replacement for the standard part.

Source: KM Racing [km-rc.com]

September 9, 2009

Team Titan 733 Centax pinions

Team Titan have released a range of new pinions for the Serpent 733 Centax WC clutch. Made from coated 7075 T5 aluminium they come in 16T, 17T & 18T first gear pinions and 21T, 22T & 23T 2nd gear pinions.

Source: Team Titan [team-titan.com.tw]