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September 28, 2015

Speedmaster Japan long & short touring car springs

Speedmaster Japan have introduced their new silver-colour shock springs for 1/10th touring cars. Developed by the people behind the highly popular HPI silver springs the Speedmaster Japan items will offer improved materials, dimensions and surface treatment to allow for highest precision and on-track performance. Coming in standard as well as short 20mm specification the colour coded springs are available as pairs or 3-piece combo sets. The range will include TL2.8/6.75, TL3.0/6.5 and TL3.2/6.25 “long” springs made from 1.5mm wire while the “short” springs are available as TS2.8/5.75, TS3.0/5.5 and TS3.2/5.25 variants made from 1.4mm wire.

View the short 20mm springs here

September 28, 2015

Fantom Racing FR-1 540-size brushless motors

Fantom Racing have introduced their all-new FR-1 540-size brushless motors. Developed on the USA, the motors feature purpose-designed stators made from premium Japanese Kawasaki steel to cover different wind motors and their intended uses. Despite just varying stack heights, Fantom uses different designs with the Type T being used in the 10.5T spec motor as well as the 2.5T to 9.5T modified variants while the Type R rotor comes into play for the 21.5T and 25.5T motors. The 13.5T and 17.5T variants are available either with the Type T or Type R configurations. All motors are built using premium grade Neodymium magnets and they come engraved with the Fantom logo and specifications.

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September 27, 2015

BMT 984 adjustable aluminium servo saver

Coming from BMT and made for the 984 1/8th on-road car is an adjustable aluminium servo saver. The 2-piece part is machined from high-quality aluminium, it comes in gun metal anodising and the adjustable inner ball stud lever allows to fine-tune the steering Ackermann setting without additional parts.

Source: BMT [bmt-team.com]

September 26, 2015

Radtec T4’15 steering arm & floating steering set

Radtec T4'15 steering arm & floating steering set

Coming from Radtec and made for the Xray T4’15 touring car is the aluminium steering arm and floating steering system. Included are a high-grade graphite servo top plate, ball-raced 7075 aluminium steering arms as well as a set of steering posts. The steering arm’s design allows for maximum steering throw for improved cornering and they can be mounted both on the chassis or on the upper servo plate to obtain different flex and steering characteristic settings.

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September 26, 2015

Square “RC Monkey” touring car springs

Square "RC Monkey" touring car springs

Japanese option parts company Square in cooperation with Japanese RC news platform RC Monkey have announced the soon release of the RC Monkey 1/10th touring car springs. Developed with users in a nationwide monitoring test the springs are meant to be easy to use especially for beginners with the precise manufacturing satisfying the expert also. The colour-coded standard-length springs come in pairs and they are available in hard, medium-hard, medium and medium-soft stiffness from the end of September.

Source: Square [rc-square.com]

September 26, 2015

DE Racing blue Speedline wheels

DE Racing have announced the release of blue colour Speedline wheels following many customer demands. Available as Speedline and Speedline Plus, the range includes 2.2″ and 2.4″ buggy, stadium truck, short course, 1/8th buggy, and 1/8th truggy wheels.

Source: DE Racing [deracing.net]

September 25, 2015

All Japan Hobby Show – Miscellaneous

As for the miscellaneous bits and pieces, Futaba have the forthcoming 4PXR 2.4GHz pistol grip radio on show. The top of the foodchain transmitter is meant to be again faster than the already swift 4PX that was introduced not long ago. The R’s case features what appears to be a dark chrome coating although we are unsure if that’s just a gizmo for the show, as we doubt a chrome transmitter case will make you many friends on the rostrum. Features aren’t available yet nor is a release date but, like previously mentioned, we will keep you posted on any news.

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September 25, 2015

WRC STX hard-anodised aluminium chassis

Italian company WRC have a new aluminium main chassis plate for their STX 1/10th electric touring car available. Machined from 2mm aluminium and coming hard-anodised for wear the chassis sports a symmetrical design and it will reduce chassis flex on high-grip carpet tracks while on asphalt, the chassis’ stiffness can improve the overall stability, improving the handling characteristics of the car.

Source: WRC [wrc-racing.com]