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November 18, 2014

Marka BD7 floating fan mount & black drive cups

Italian company Marka Racing have two new aluminium option parts for the Yokomo BD7 2014 and BD5 available in the form of a floating fan mount and black front spool drive cups. Starting with the fan mount, the CNC-machined 7075 aluminium part offers a special design that minimises the influence on the chassis tweak as only one screw is used to fix the mount to the main chassis plate. The black anodised holder is usable with most of today’s 25mm, 30mm, 35mm and 40mm fans, it weights in at only 2.3g and comes with mounting hardware. The sturdy design allows to mount smaller 25mm and 30mm fans with only one screw to minimise weight gain while larger 35mm and 40mm fans should be fixed with two screws. The part is a direct fit on BD7 2014 and BD5 cars but using the mount on a 2015 spec car requires a mooting hole to be drilled by your own.

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November 10, 2014

Robert Batlle leaves Yokomo

In a short statement on his Facebook page Spanish ace Robert Batlle has announced his departure from 1/10th electric chassis sponsor Yokomo. The 2012 1/8th Buggy World Champion looks back on a pretty successful 2-year campaign with the Japanese manufacturer with individual race wins as well as the electric National off-road championship titles and he has the following to say about the spilt:

I would like to thank all Yokomo crew, specially Masami San, Shin Adachi and Robert Itoh for this two years together, also to teach me on electric races. Now it is time to get different ways.

October 24, 2014

Roche T4 & BD7-2014 aluminium battery stoppers

Roche RC have released new battery stoppers for the Xray T4 and Yokomo BD7-2014 electric touring cars. The stoppers are made from 7075-T6 aluminium and come orange or black anodised. The parts allows to adjust the battery position in order to optimise weight distribution and they include suitable mounting hardware in the form of a pair of M3x8 flathead screws and M3 aluminium locknuts.

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October 21, 2014

Hiro Seiko BD7-2015 lightweight screw kits

Hiro Seiko introduce two new lightweight screw kits for the Yokomo BD7-2015 touring car. Coming as all-titanium or mixed aluminium and titanium set, both are made to significantly reduce the weight of the car with the titan set scrubbing around 13g of weight while the mixed set saves around 18g.

Source: Hiro Seiko [hiro-seiko.com]

October 13, 2014

Arrowmax B-Max2 brass front bulkheads

Arrowmax B-Max2 brass front bulkheads-1

Coming from Arrowmax for Yokomo’s B-Max2 2WD buggy are two brass front bulkheads. Available in a standard wide version with a weight of 52g and as narrow variant, weighing in 44g, both are made to replace the standard plastic parts with heavier and more durable items that make for improved handling and better cornering especially on high-grip surfaces.

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September 29, 2014

Yokomo BD7 2015 Black Series touring car kit

As announced some days ago Yokomo soon have the 2015 version of their highly successful BD7 electric touring car available. Based on the previous kit the 2015 model will offer both stability and cornering speed for both Modified but also Stock class racing where regulations restrict maximum speed. To achieve this the 2015 car offers greater flex in the bulkhead area, a configuration that pioneered with the BD7 series. The BD7 2015 further evolves that trendsetting concept by lowering the centre-of-gravity with the bulkhead covers, and enabling a variable adjustment of the front and rear grip balance by attaching or removing newly-designed cross bulkheads. These features give the car much higher cornering speed.

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September 29, 2014

Arrowmax B-Max2 aluminium steering plate

Coming from Arrowmax for the Yokomo B-Max2 is an aluminium steering plate. Made from 7075 material the part is a direct replacement for the standard composite rack and it offers improved rigidity and thus crash resistance. The blue anodised and laser-etched part also improves the steering feeling as it offers virtually no flex especially on high-bite surfaces.

Source: Arrowmax [arrowmax-rc.com]

September 24, 2014

Yokomo Drift Package DIB ver.RS Blue Edition

Available very soon from Yokomo is the Drift Package DIB ver.RS Blue Edition kit. The luxurious version of the moulded-plastic chassis DIB ver.RS which comes standard equipped with high-rigidity blue-anodised aluminium grade-up optional parts. Clamp-type aluminium wheel hex hubs which allows high-precision wheel attachment which maximises traction feeling. Furthermore, the DIB ver. RS Blue Edition is compatible with many optional parts available for the DIB series.

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