HB Racing reveal full D817 details
HB Racing have finally officially revealed all details of the D817 1/8th scale nitro buggy. The pre-production D817 buggy snatched the 2016 IFMAR World Championship title in the hands of Sweden’s David Ronnefalk and it is up for grabs for everyone else now. The buggy comes with a long wheelbase chassis with the chassis’s outer shape has been revised compared to the 815 as it is now symmetrical left-to-right. The steel rear skid plate has been removed for lighter weight and a revised D-Mount works in conjunction with the new chassis, and has added material at the bottom for longer wear. 3.0 degree toe-in is the standard D-mount in the kit, and optional D-mounts now come in finer 0.25 degree increments with 2.75, 3.00, 3.25, and 3.50 variants available. The rear hub geometry has evolved to allow a lower axle height and the camber link location hole pattern to be shifted higher and allows for a longer rear link. The settings that worked on the D815 car can still be replicated but HB Racing removed the unused settings and added new ones. This rear hub is the same standard hub that comes on the E817. The buggy is also equipped with universal drive shafts for improved bumpy track performance and for ease of maintenance but the CVA shafts from the D815 are still compatible with the D817. New body mounts that are made of tougher material are included and virtually all of the tuning parts available for the D815 are still compatible with the D817.
Features:
• Long wheelbase 7075 aluminium chassis
• Fine adjustment aluminium D-Mount
• Revised rear upright geometry
• Universal drive shafts
• Universal & CVA compatibility
• 43/13 diff gear ratio with lightweight gears
• HB monocoque suspension arms
• Sintered brake pads & metal rotors
• Enclosed radio tray
• Updated rear upright design
• Carbon graphite rear hub carrier arms
• Aluminium servo saver arm
• One-piece lightweight wing mount
• Aluminium caster blocks
• Aluminium steering blocks
• Carbon graphite steering arms
• Stand-up servo mounting
• Steel turnbuckles
• Big bore threaded coilover shocks
• Hard anodised aluminium shock towers
• Aluminium arm blocks
• Hinge pin inserts
• Protective boots on central drivetrain
• Threaded outer hinge pins
• Sway bars front and rear
• Split centre bulkhead
• Lightweight spur gear
• Lightweight diff outdrives and centre inputs
• Lightweight front aluminium axles
• Racing fuel tank with stone filter clunk
• Pro-Line Trifecta Lexan rear wing
• Pro-Line Predator clear buggy body
Source: HB Racing [hbracing.com]
