Mckune Design have released their new FR4 vented slipper pads specifically designed for carpet, astro turf, and high bite clay. CNC-machined from FR4 epoxy fiber glass, the innovative vented design provide a consistent feel throughout the run without fading. They are available now for Team Associated, Yokomo, Kyosho, Schumacher, and Xray off-road vehicles.
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Yokomo will soon have a new pit bag available. Sporting an updated outer design the bag features three equal-size inner drawers as well as several outer pockets for items such as a setup board and setup tools. Sturdy wheels and a tough extendible handle round out the package. The bag will become available by the end of September.
T-Work’s have released this new front spool for the Yokomo BD7 2015 an the HB Pro 5 electric touring cars. The main housing of the spool is machined from 7075 aluminium for lightweight while for strength the spool cups have been made from high quality spring steel. The set comes with all fasteners to assembly the spool minus the kit pulley.
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Made from high quality aluminium and anodised black, the chassis claims to give the car better steering and improved feeling on large outdoor asphalt tracks. A direct replacement for the kit chassis.
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Yokomo have announced the addition of Italy’s Nico Catelani to their factory team. Nico inked the 2-year contract last month when he met Yokomo’s Tom Yokobori and he will focus mainly on 13.5T Stock racing including the ETS but he will also race the Italian Championships as well to qualify for the World Championships in Beijing next year.
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New from Yokomo come graphite suspension parts for the YZ-2 1/10th 2WD buggy. Available are front suspension arms in flat and gullwing specification, C-hubs as well as steering blocks all of which are made in a harder graphite-reinforced composite that was developed with this year’s IFMAR World Championships at the Japanese Yatabe Arena in mind. As for the different design front arms the flat type was developed to offer maximum stability while the gullwing arm gives more steering.
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Made for Yokomo’s Drift Package cars with RWD option is the new aluminium steering knuckle set. The knuckles feature five different upper camber link positions and four different steering Ackermann points to allows for a wide range of steering scrub, trail, kingpin angle and Ackermann adjustments including positive and negative Ackermann settings. Included in the set are the left and right steering blocks, 1050 bearings and new wheel axles.
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Following a dedicated line of Precision Spur Gears for the Team Durango DEX line of buggies Revolution Design Racing Products now introduce the Precision Spur Gears R2 for the use with Team Associated, Yokomo and VBC 1/10th scale off-road vehicles. Coming in the wide Revolution2 design the gears offer a high durability when using low-turn modified motors while offering exceptional efficiency for stock spec classes too. All gears feature machined venting and weight reducing holes to minimise heat build-up when running a soft slipper setting and they come with engraved size markings for easy identification. The gears are available as stock racing 72T and 78T variant and as modified racing 83T and 87T gears.
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