Yeah Racing have introduced their new rear axle skid plate for the Tamiya CC01 chassis. The set includes a machined aluminium axle protector plate as well as all needed mounting hardware to outfit the rear axle of Tamiya’s off-road chassis. While adding visual impact the skid plate also saves the rear transmission housing from wear and tear that can occur when tackling gruelling off-road trails.
Source: Yeah Racing [yeahracing.com]
HRC Distribution have introduced their new HRC Racing large crawler luggage trays for 1/10th scale trail trucks. Available in black or silver, the roof racks are of a scale design and feature four bright LED lights and a spare wheel location for an even more realistic appearance. Each kit includes the necessary hardware and it fits many of today’s trail truck body shells.
Coming from Xpress and usable for most 1/10th touring cars is a new range of aluminium setup tools. The series includes an ultra-fine droop gauge in a 4mm to 6.6mm range, a1mm increments -3mm to 9mm droop gauge as well as an ultra-fine ride height gauge. Also available is a pair of 10mm setup blocks for droop adjustment. All items are machined from aluminium and they come in Xpress’ signature black and red anodising.
The Korean Yokomo Championship was held last weekend and it was Serpent’s Jeon Hanyoung with the win in both the 2WD and 4WD Buggy classes. The Yokomo duo of Sin Minsu and Woo Hongmin would come in 2nd and 3rd in the 2WD class while the wheeler podium was rounded out by TLR’s Han Suman and Yokomo’s Si Minsu.
Source: Serpent [serpent.com]
Coming from T-Works are several DLC-coated shock shaft sets for many of today’s electric touring cars. The DLC coat is well-known from the internals of nitro engine where it saves crankshafts and piston rods from excessive wear and it is now also used on shock shafts where it can make for a smoother suspension feel thanks to its slick anti-stick characteristics. The shock shafts come in sets of four or two and are available for kits such as the Xray T4’18/17, Yokomo BD8/BD7 as well as the Mugen MTC1.
The Italian Tekno RC Trophy was held at the Rapallo track last weekend. The event was held in 1/8th Nitro and Electric classes and in the F1 Nitro A-main it was Team Associated’s Davide Ongaro with the win in challenging, slippery conditions. Xray’s Marco Baruffolo would come in 2nd from Tekno RC’s Alex Zanchettin 3rd. Over in 1/8th E-Buggy and after some entertaining triple A-mains it was Marco Baruffolo with the win after the tie-breaker from Davide Ongaro 2nd and Alex Zanchettin 3rd.
Image: Marco Baruffolo
Available now from Breathless Racing Products is the BK’s ball cup pliers. Developed in cooperation with 1/10th off-road icon Brian Kinwald, the tool allows to easily attach ball cups on pretty much any 1/10th vehicle while saving the mechanic’s fingers and the car’s shiny aluminium as they focus the force on the ballstud itself and eliminate the need for using fingers or pliers on the surrounding parts.
View the pliers in action here
Coming from Yokomo is the new Racing Performer Ultra dirt spec range of springs for 1/10th off-road buggies. Developed with the help of Yokomo’s Ryan Maifield, Lee Martin and Shin Adachi, these springs provide a very linear suspension feel as well as increased traction, stability, and jumping/landing on dirt surfaces. The colour-coded springs are available as hard, medium and soft front as well as hard and soft rear variants and they will ship early February.
Source: Yokomo [teamyokomo.com]
