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October 5, 2018

3Racing Sakura FF Evo 1/10th FWD touring car

Adding to the growing range of front wheel driven 1/10th touring cars is 3Racing’s new Sakura FF Evo. The car utilises a carbon fibre upper and lower deck construction for optimised flex characteristics and several battery positioning options. The new lower suspension arms are 1mm wider for increased track width and stability while the newly developed low-profile big bore shock absorbers ensure exceptional traction and side bite. Other features include a 17T nylon idler gear for durability, a zero tolerance steering design for improves steering characteristics and stability as well as metal bevel gears for the differential and a lightweight carbon fibre servo mount for reduced overall weight.

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October 4, 2018

Trinity Monster Horsepower even turn mod motors

Available now from Trinity are their new even turn 3.0T and 4.0T Monster Horsepower modified brushless motors. Designed for all-out power and speed the motors feature a new stator design, an aluminium-based sensor board, 2mm copper solder tabs, thermal stator coating and more vents for improved motor cooling. Other features include new 220°C wire coating, a new short stack stator design and grade 5 ball bearings. The motors are usable with all D3.5, D4 and 24K rotors.

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October 4, 2018

ARC R11 2019 – Coming soon

Coming mid-October is ARC’s latest incarnation of the popular R11 electric touring car kit. The 2019 variant will features several improvements such as all-new lower bulkheads, a new front bumper, new composite 20T centre pulleys, revised steering blocks, new rear uprights, new ultra short shock absorbers and floating receiver and ESC mounting. More details and full images are expected to surface soon.

Source: ARC [arc-rc.com.tw]

October 4, 2018

Exotek TRF103 upper arm set & bearing adapter

Coming from Exotek and made for the Tamiya TRF103 formula kit are and adjustable upper arm set and metric to 1/4” axle adapter set. Starting with the upper arm set, the new multi-adjustable and heavy duty CNC-machined arms allow to make quick and precise camber and caster adjustments on the fly and even without taking off the body shell. The arm set is precision machined for the smoothest arm movement and offers incrementally more adjustment abilities than the stock arms and also there will be six less stock O-rings to possibly lose and fall apart. The set includes two 7075 alloy caster adjusters, two smooth action machined delrin camber adjusters, two alloy swivel balls for upper nylon arms, four 3mm roll centre spacers, four alloy 4.8mm pivot balls, four hardened steel 3mm turnbuckles and hardware as well as four heavy duty nylon ball cups.

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October 3, 2018

Xpress Execute XQ1 vertical top deck set

Coming from Xpress and made foe the Execute XQ1 and XQ1S kits is a vertical top deck set. The multi-piece top deck was designed to replace the standard top deck with a construction that will increase both forward traction and side bite in low to medium grip track conditions. Several flex features allow to adjust lateral grip by adding or removing centre stiffeners while the design also allows to connect the top deck with the motor mount stiffener post. The set includes all needed parts to perform the conversion.

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October 3, 2018

Infinity IF15 front upper suspension shaft E-ring type

Having just claimed the 2018 Euro Nitro Series title with Jilles Groskamp, Infinity has released a new front upper suspension shaft for its IF15 200mm nitro touring car. With firm fixing both ends of the shaft, an E-ring one end and a stopper on the opposite end, the new shaft is designed to give added security against vibrations during long finals. Also added to the Infinity parts line-up are vivid red anodised aluminium washer sets (3mm inner diameter), which, if used in combination with the black versions can help easily distinguish a driver’s set-up. Supplied in packs of 10, they are available in 0.5, 1, 2 and 3mm thicknesses.

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October 3, 2018

Tamiya TT-02RR 4WD on-road chassis kit

Coming this December is Tamiya’s new TT-02RR 4WD on-road chassis kit. The race-worthy variant of the company’s popular entry-level chassis comes equipped with a host of performance-enhancing parts such as a blue hard-compound tub chassis, adjustable caster and oil-filled CVA shock absorbers. Also included are an aluminium centre driveshafts and rear aluminium uprights.

Source: Tamiya [tamiya.com]

October 3, 2018

RC Mission T4 rear hub upper blocks

Coming from RC Mission and made for the Xray T4 series of electric touring cars are the rear hub upper blocks, clever alloy caps that prevent the ball studs from breaking the hub in the event of a crash. The caps are machined from aluminium and they fit on top of the rear hubs, reinforcing the whole assembly and ensuring less stress on the single ball stud mounting position as the spare hole is filled with a grub screw. The caps can be flipped to use either the inner or outer ball stud mounting position and they are available as 2mm or 4mm variant, the latter resembling a setup with additional ball stud spacers.

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