Techra have introduced a set of aluminium steering bellcranks for the Xray T4’16 and ’17. Machined from high-quality 7075-T6 material and coming in a bi-colour black and orange anodising the parts are of a lightweight design while offering improved rigidity over the standard composite arms. Swapping the plastic parts for the alloy pieces will result in a more precise steering action and improved handling especially in high-bite conditions.
Coming from Schelle Racing Innovations and made for the Team Associated B6 series of buggies is the steering bushing tuning kit. The 16-piece set gives racers the option of seven axle height positions in 0.5mm increments as the set includes all 0.5mm increment and 1.0 mm increment steering bushings. They are made of bright machined 7075 aluminium and each set of four pieces is marked with a matching groove to indicate which set they are a part of. The bushings come in conveniently marked snap cases to ensure easy identification.
Source: Schelle Racing Innovations [schelleracing.com]
Coming from JConcepts is a honeycomb design laydown motor plate for the Team Associated B6 2WD buggy. Being of a lightweight yet rigid design the motor plates does away with bending issues often associated with flat surface plates as the 3D honeycomb design makes for improved rigidity in multiple directions. The honeycomb features also add a 3D look as they remain natural aluminium while the rest is available in blue or black anodised colours. Slight chamfering on the 3mm thickness material allows the rather beefy direct-replacement plate to look quite slim and trim.
AKA’s 2016 IFMAR World Championship winning Double Down tyre will soon become available for the public. Seen for the first time during last week’s worlds and designed to fit between the Impact and the Zipp in the AKA tyre line the tyre is best used when having a slightly dusty track and when better wear characteristics are needed. The pin size and spacing has been designed to give more room for dust to clear the tread pattern yet still have the pin density across the carcass to give it great wear characteristics. The Double Down will be available in standard soft and super soft compound as well as long wear medium and super soft variants including red inserts or as pre-mounts on white or yellow disc wheels.
Source: AKA [raceaka.com]
Italian company Bittydesign have released first teaser images of their forthcoming, yet unnamed, new Formula bodyshell. With the cockpit and air intake section appearing to be unchanged compared to the current Type-6C body, the nose section above the front wing seems to be of a more angled and contoured design. The side pod and rear shape details remains hidden so far meaning formula class fans have to wait for the official presentation, scheduled for the 18th of October, for full details and images of Bittydesign’s latest on-road bodyshell.
RC-Cox have introduced three new screw sets for the Destiny RX-10S touring car kit. First up is a 90-piece set of 64-grade titanium and black anodised 7075 aluminium fasteners. The durable titanium screws are mainly used in the lower parts of the chassis while the black alloy fasteners are used for the upper parts of the car. Also new is a 89-piece all-aluminium black screw kit for even more weight saving compared to the mixed titanium and alloy one while the third set, containing 90 gold-plated steel screw, is for looks only as it does not give any weight savings.
View the aluminium screw set here
Serpent have introduced a range of new A-arms for the SRX2 buggy. First up are new hard-compound front arms. Almost flex-free yet very durable the arms are best used in very high-grip conditions such as carpet, astro turf and prepped clay. Next up are updated rear arms for the SRX2 and also the SRX4. The new design allows to run the shock absorbers both in the front and the rear of the arm. The wishbones are available as standard and hard variant as well as longer variant for improved track width and the use on lower grip track, again available as standard and hard compound variant. The long wishbones need to be run with the optional longer rear driveshafts. Last but not least come the new shorter MH type SRX2 wing mounts that are usable with setups that utilise rear dampers that are mounted in front of the rear A-arm.
Coming from Blaze Racing is the 235mm conversion kit for the Xray X10 2017 pan car kit. The conversion widens the track width to 235mm while also extending the wheelbase by 7mm. Included with the set comes a genuine IRS rear axle to achieve the greater track width without the need to alter the motor pod plates or motor mounts while up front a wider suspension plate is used to achieve proper dimensions. Beside the carbon fibre rear axle and the 3mm front suspension plate the kit also includes a 3.5mm rear plate, wide left and right aluminium wheel hubs, diff rings, bearings and cone washer as well as longer stainless steel steering turnbuckles.
