T-Works have introduced two new screw sets for the Serpent 750 1/10th 200mm nitro on-road kit. Available now are a 134-piece UFO head titanium and a 174-piece gold-colored steel screw kit with the titanium kit helping to lower the car’s overall weight while the gold-colored fasteners mainly add bling and corrosion resistance.
View the gold-coloured screws here
RC-Carbonstore have introduced their new Rebellion-RC carbon fibre and aluminium optionals for the Serpent SF4 formula car. First up is the symmetrical main chassis plate that ensures equal left-to-right flex characteristics. Also new is an upper deck with the MST multi sidetone position feature that allows to shift the side tubes forth and back to fine-tune their damping action. Next up are carbon fibre side plates with 2mm higher cutouts and spacer plates for raised side bearing positions – again an option to fine-tune the car’s geometry. Also new is a wing holder option for an up to 20mm forward-shifted wing position, optimising the car’s aerodynamics and weight bias. Last but not least come front swing arms in -7.5mm (SF3 standard), -5mm, -2.5mm, 0mm (SF4 standard) and +2.5mm offset to adjust the front track width as well as the Xray gear diff conversion whose redesigned Wing-to-Chassis mount makes way for the wide gear diff assembly. As usual with Rebellion-RC all carbon fibre parts are available in a large variety of carbon fibre weave colours in order to personalise your ride.
Awesomatix have introduced their new A800-PSS Progressive Spring System for their A800 and A700 range of electric touring cars. The set was designed to add 15 or 25 percent of progression into the originally linear action of the SPR01S and SPR01 springs. With the kit the initial action of the spring is softer at the beginning of the compression and becomes progressively stiffer when the suspension gets further compressed during the down travel of the car. Tests have shown that a PSS-equipped and properly set car becomes easier to drive and more consistent at low to mid traction conditions and especially on outdoor asphalt tracks. The set was successfully tested and used by Awesomatix team drivers at the past ETS in Vienna with all A-main drivers in the Modified and Pro-Stock classes having used the new system to improve the overall handling. Each set contains a pair of AT119, ST69-15, ST69-25, and P46R parts with two sets being needed to outfit a complete car. More details about the PSS system and its application can be found here.
Source: Awesomatix [awesomatix.com]
Team Bomber have introduced a new 2.0mm aluminium main chassis and lower pod plate for their YR12XX kit. Machined from high-quality 7075-T6 material the plate is about 13 percent lighter than the standard 2.5mm chassis and it offers a more aggressive car feeling in high-bite track conditions, making is especially useful for stock motor classes. Both the chassis and rear lower pod plate are available separately for as combo set.
Source: Team Bomber [teambomber.jp]
Coming from T-Works and made for Mugen MBX8 based buggys, cars and trucks as well as the older MBX7 based kits is a POM shock shaft guide set. Machined from blue colour material the shaft guides offer high precision and they are 0.2mm thinner in total compared to the standard parts, making for optimised sealing and overall smoother working shock absorbers.
Source: T-Works [rc-tworks.com]
T-Works have introduced new aluminium suspension mounts and a steering plate for the Kyosho Inferno MP10 buggy. Starting with the suspension hangers, the parts are machined from high-quality 7075-T6 alloy and they come black anodised and with machined silver edge details for looks. Available are all four suspension mounts for the front and the rear of the buggy. Also new is an aluminium steering plate that offers four different inner steering Ackermann positions to fine-tune the buggy’s steering characteristics. Like the suspension mounts the steering plate is machined from aircraft-grade 7075-T6 alloy.
Vigor RC have announced the release of new option parts for the Yokomo BD9 touring car. First up is the centre balance weight and floating electronics plate. The set includes a brass 15g centre weight and mounting anchor that adds additional weight to the centre of the car while the optional carbon fibre battery and electronic plates allow for “floating” mount of the battery as well as the speed controller, receiver, transponder and capacitor, ensuring more natural chassis flex. The mounting plates can be used separately or together. In addition the set includes two 5g brass weights that can be attached on top of the 15g centre weight or in front of the servo and battery to adjust the weight bias of the chassis.
Coming from Xray and made for their GTX8 1/8th scale nitro GT kit is a 4-shoe clutch set. The design makes for improved throttle feel and engine response and it allows for super-easy clutch setting, ranging from soft to hard settings, ensuring optimised performance on different track conditions and with different driving styles. The 4-shoe clutch also features smaller, lighter internal parts, and the design allows for more balanced clutch bell engagement compared to the traditional 3-shoe design. The clutch setting can be tuned with the adjustment nut to control the engagement point as desired. The complete set includes the flywheel, graphite clutch shoes, a medium hardness clutch spring, assembly screws, flywheel collar, flywheel nut and pressure sleeve.
Source: Xray [teamxray.com]
