Coming from Techra is their new aluminium on-road car stand. Featuring a minimalistic design the stand is 28mm tall and it sports machined silver fillet edges for a special appearance. Equipped with rubber feet and upper foam strips the car stand offers a secure base for the car during building, maintenance and setup and it is usable with both touring and pan car chassis.
Source: Techra [facebook.com]
Xray have released a first teaser image for their forthcoming X12’17 1/12th scale pan car. With both the IFMAR Electric On-road World Championships and also the indoor season ahead the car will soon make a first official appearance and we bring you more details as soon as they surface.
Source: Xray [teamxray.com]
Protoform have released a teaser image of their forthcoming BMR-12 1/12th scale pan car bodyshell. The body, that could be both the follow-up model or addition to the existing AMR-12 or even a replacement for the discontinued TR-12, is expected to fully uncover in time for the 2016 IFMAR Electric On-road World Championships in China later this month. Expect more information to surface soon.
Source: Protoform [racepf.com]
Coming from Arrowmax is the new 6200mAh 11.1V 3S LiPo battery pack. Built from high-capacity 6200mAh cells with a 55C/110C rating the hardcase battery measures 139x47x37mm and it comes pre-wired with a T-plug battery connector and a standard balancer port. The battery is ideal for modern day monster trucks as well as 1/8th “Lite” E-buggies and also 1/8th on-road vehicles.
Source: Arrowmax [arrowmax-rc.com]
Coming from Yeah Racing is the Hackgear Drift Spec digital low-profile servo. Equipped with a drift-specific firmware for quick and precise steering response the coreless motor servo also features a mixed titanium and copper geartrain, a ball-raced 25T output shaft and it pulls up to 7kg-cm of torque at a speed of down to 0.08s. The servo is available in several middle heatsink colours including black, orange, blue and pink.
View the specifications and the colour variants here
Team Associated have introduced the Apex 1/18th scale Touring RTR kits. The car that once was the RC18 received a new paint scheme, available in either charcoal or white, it comes with black spoked wheels, an XP radio, fluid-filled shocks, and an inline mounted Super 370 high-performance motor. A 6-cell battery and wall charger are also included. Needed for completion are just four AA cells for the transmitter.
View the features and more images here
Creation Model have revealed the prototype of their forthcoming Infinity 1/10th 200mm nitro touring car kit. The yet unnamed car makes a first public appearance during this week’s IFMAR 1/10th 200mm World Championships in Gubbio, Italy. Although sporting outsourced suspension and transmission components the development of the Miyashita designed car is pretty far which is also reflected by the very fast practice pace of the Jilles Groskamp steered example. More images and information can be found in our Chassis Focus feature here.
Teamsaxo have released first renderings of their forthcoming F1-180V2 1/10th formula car. The kit will offer multiple battery mounting positions including transversal and inline mounted packs, it features a centrally mounted laydown steering servo mount, a single bellcrank steering and front arms made up of carbon fibre sheet material with inserts allowing for easy caster adjustments. More information and images will become available in time for the release.
