July 18, 2024

HiroFactory ‘PF24’ 1:10 Formula Body

Japan’s HiroFactory has released a new 1:10 Formula body, the PF24.  The body comes with a Halo that has been molded into the top of the cockpit so that you can enjoy the look of a modern Formula car.  A nose stiffener is also included for attaching to the front nose, which tends to spread out, maintaining a sleek nose shape.  Not just about aesthetic, the driving performance of the PF24 is high-performance providing smooth handling and cornering without feeling of stalling.  Made of lightweight 0.5mm polycarbonate, the body comes clear with an outer protective film for painting.

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July 18, 2024

OfficinaRC A800 Titanium Spool and Gear Diff Screw Kits

Titanium screw specialists OfficinaRC has released a new Spool Screw Kit and Gear Diff Screw Kit for Awesomatix A800 1:10 Electric Touring Car.  The Titanium AT03R Spool Screw Kit contains five screws and is specifically designed to reduce rotational mass, enhancing the spool’s efficiency and overall performance.  With all OfficinaRC kits entirely produced in Italy, ensuring the highest quality and precision,  the Titanium Gear Diff Screw Kit for the A800 contains 3 screws with the weigh reduction offered reducing the rotational mass of the differential, improving the model’s agility and responsiveness.

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July 18, 2024

JConcepts Siren 2.2″ 4WD Front Buggy Tyre

JConcepts has released its Siren carpet and astroturf 1:10 Offroad tyre as a front for 4WD Buggy. Racing on artificial surfaces requires a lot of stability, steering, and forward-bite and the design team went to work to substantially improve performance for deep nested turf or carpet surfaces. The new 4WD front tyre brings a new larger and taller sized 3D blended pin-size, pin-separation, and a lightweight and incredibly low-profile carcass. The semi-circle protrusions, unique to the Lockness, Nessi, and now the Siren are included in the centre section of the tire and on the sidewall area. These details are important, and the low semi-circles improves side-bite but also minimize grip-rolling instances associated with normal pins. The pink compound represents a new compound for JConcepts, a medium soft material with good wear characteristics. The front tires include open cell inserts making them a complete set ready to mount, straight out of the package.

Source: JConcepts [jconcepts.net]


July 15, 2024

Team Associated DC10 Drift Car Kit

Having teased a new kit release last week, Team Associated has announced its entry into competitive RC Drifting with the release of its new DC10 RWD 1:10 Drift Chassis.  Since 1964, Team Associated has proven to be the leader in competition racing.  With its roots in onroad racing, although it exited the competitive Touring Car racing scene at number of years ago, the American brand said it made sense that their Area 51 engineers would develop the ultimate RC drift car with the DC10.  In RC drifting, vehicle balance is key and with the many suspension and chassis tuning options on the DC10, drivers can set up their car with precision.  The DC10 allows changes in camber, caster, and kingpin inclination (KPI), as well as motor and battery position.

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July 15, 2024

Hong Nor ‘World Champion’ commemorative T-shirt

To commemorate their World Championship title victory last October in Australia, Hong Nor has released a special T-shirt to mark the success.  Germany’s Toni Gruber gave the Taiwanese manufacturer its first ever IFMAR World Champion title when he won his first World title at the 1:8 GT World Championship with an absolutely dominant and perfectly executed drive in Sydney with his X3GTS ’23 WC Edition.

Source: Hong Nor [hongnor-racing.com]


July 11, 2024

Xray X4 CFF Extra Soft Upper Arm

New from Xray for its X4 1:10 Electric Touring Car is an Extra Soft CFF (Carbon Fibre Fusion) Upper Arm.  The extra soft arm with thinner carbon generates more mechanical traction of the car and improves side traction.  While the softer arm is slightly more fragile, it is recommended for very low & low traction asphalt and carpet tracks.  The upper arm shape conforms around the inner shock position for proper clearance without compromising strength and improve steering and both forward traction and lateral traction.  This design improves durability and eliminates radial play for maximum precision and control from the upper arms.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]


July 11, 2024

Raceform 1:10 Onroad Lazer Rig electronic upgrade

Following on from the electronic operation upgrade of its 1:8 Buggy tyre gluing jig, Raceform has announced that it is now offering an option to upgrade their 1:10 Onroad Lazer Jig.  The innovative attachment transforms your existing jig into the first-ever portable, electronically-assisted tyre gluing system which also doubles as Side Wall Gluer.  It offers you effortless, consistent gluing as you can focus on applying glue, not turning the wheel.  You can also say goodbye to CA glue contact, eliminate the risk of getting glue on your hands.  Long gluing sessions become a breeze meaning mo more wrist fatigue.  The upgrade is simple with it installed easily on your existing 1:10 Lazer Jig is approx 3-minutes.  Once fitted it will work with any power bank, charger, or USB outlet and most RC chargers.  The 6500mah Power bank provides 7+ hours of continuous use.

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July 10, 2024

OfficinaRC Mi9 Titanium Screw Kits

OfficinaRC has introduced nine titanium screw kits specifically designed for the Schumacher Mi9 1:10 Electric Touring Car.  Four of these kits are dedicated to the upper part of the model and are offered in two variations: UFS and Skinny UFS.  UFS is renowned for its robust look and strength while the new Skinny UFS has smaller head sizes to weigh the same or less than aluminium screws of the same length (approximately 10-30% less than UFS depending on the length).  Additionally, there is a lower part kit made of SFS with all OfficinaRC screws crafted in Italy from top-quality certified materials.

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