Sweep Racing soon have their Birdie design body shell for Kyosho’s MP9 line of buggies available. Sporting a radically shaped cabin section the body that TQ’d the 2013 FEMCA race is meant to offer a direct steering response because of the aggressively angles windscreen and side pods while offering good engine cooling at the same time. The body is made from high-quality polycarbonate and comes clear, ready for your favourite paint job.
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JConcepts have a new aluminium option part for the Kyosho RB6 and RT6 available in the form of a steering bellcrank set. The servo saver-less aluminium steering system is CNC-machined and replaces the stock plastic levers with a more rigid solution for improved steering feel and response on high grip surfaces. The fit of the new bellcranks has been improved to help eliminate binding when assembled and the parts are available in blue or black colour.
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Kyosho introduce the Inferno Neo2.0 1/8th nitro ready-to-run buggy. Sharing many design elements with the 8-time World Championship Inferno platform the Neo2.0 is based on a tough aluminium chassis with 3-differential drivetrain and features widely adjustable suspension parts, big bore shock absorbers with 3.5mm piston rods and universal swing shafts for an efficient drive train. The buggy comes factory-assembled and includes a race-legal KE21R engine, tuned muffler, high-quality steering and throttle servos as well as Kyosho’s KT-200 2.4GHz radio system. The buggy comes with your choice of a yellow or green body shell and is available from September.
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Coming right in time for Christmas is Kyosho’s Ultima RB6 ReadySet 2WD electric buggy. Based around the full-breed competition vehicle the ready-to-run buggy will feature an anodised aluminium chassis, big bore composite shock absorbers, and a mid or rear motor convertible gear box. The ReadySet variant comes as rear motor car for better all-round drivability and included with the buggy is a 2.4GHz radio system, KS201 high response steering servo and a genuine Team Orion brushless motor and controller combo in the form of the Neon One 2700kv motor and Vortex R10 Sport controller.
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Kyosho have introduced their new AXXE 1/10th scale EP Offroad vehicle. Available in November as a Readyset in 3 different colours the latest release in the EZ series is a 2wd rock racer. Supplied with a 22T motor and pre-installed 2.4Ghz Kyosho Syncro radio system the car features double wishbone suspension, big bore friction shocks and a heavy duty gear diff.
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Exotek have new aluminium option parts for the Kyosho RB6 buggy available in the form of C-hubs and a mid motor rear bulkhead. Starting with the castor hubs, the parts are CNC-machined from 7075 aluminium and come anodised in Kyosho factory red colour. They weight in at 7g per set and are much stronger than the stock plastic hubs. The second new part is the mid motor rear bulkhead, again machined from 7075 aluminium. Coming red or black anodised the part is machined to weight just 12g while offering exceptional durability at the same time. The bulkhead works both with the stock plastic and Exotek’s optional carbon fibre shock tower.
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Following variants for Team Associated and TLR off-road vehicles JConcepts now release the honeycomb motor mount for Kyosho RB6 and RT6 kits. Machined from 3mm aluminium the motor plate features a special design to increase stiffness compared to conventional slotted heatsink motor mounts while still being light of weight thanks to numerous milled-out pockets. The motor mount is a direct replacement and available in blue or black colour.
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Kyosho now have new aluminium servo arms for 1/8th off-road vehicles available. Designed to replace the standard plastic kit arms with a more durable solution the CNC-machined and gun metal coloured offerings sport the Kyosho logo and an additional screw to clamp the servo horn against the servo’s output gear. The servo arm is available as Futaba and Sanwa/KO compatible variant.
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