The third in the line of Hot Race Tyres’ new 1/8th buggy tyres is the Miami. The medium-size pin tread offering builds on a special carcass with round shoulders, making for a tyre that is less prone to unsettle the car over ruts and worn-out sections of the track while an inner mesh makes for lower and more even tyre wear. The tyre is available in supersoft, soft, medium and hard compound from beginning of January.
Source: Hot Race Tyres [hotracetyres.com]
Muchmore have upgraded their Impact FD2 range of competition LiPo batteries with the addition of four new packs. First up is the Max Punch 6200mAh standard size pack made of 110C cells. Weighing in at 307g the pack is both light of weight while offering maximum punch for both modified and stock racing thanks to a high-performance cell chemistry. Also new are a bolstered-up 5000mAh 110C Shorty pack, a 4000mAh 110C 18.3mm high low-profile 2S Shorty and a 8000mAh 110C 1S pack for 1/12th scale applications. All offer improved capacities over their predecessors and they utilize standard 4mm connectors.
View the other new batteries here
New from Intech and made for the ER-14 off-road buggy are aluminium steering knuckles. Machined from 7075-T6 aluminium the parts offer improved rigidity and steering response compared to the standard composite items. The black anodised hubs come laser-etched, including separate steering levers and they are a direct replacement for the stock parts.
Source: Intech [intechracing.com]
Roche have released a first teaser image of their forthcoming Rapide F1 1/10th scale formula pan car kit. The vehicle is in its final development stages and set for a release in January 2016. Nothing is known yet in terms of specifications and features but the image available that shows a somewhat “industry standard” front end, utilising double carbon fibre arms, a single bellcrank steering system and a floating aluminium servo mount. We bring you more details and images as soon as they become available.
Source: Roche [rocherc.com]
ProjectRC have introduced their new INS-Box for 1/10th and 1/8th on-road cars. The EFRA approved box features a special airfilter element designed to ProjectRC’s specifications that offers improved airflow, boosting the engine’s performance without affecting engine life. The box, including airfilter, is available in a black or clear variant and the filters are additionally available as convenient 3-piece packs.
Source: Project [projectrc.net]
Sweep have released a first image of their forthcoming yet unnamed 1/8th buggy tyre. Offering a fine to medium-sized and closely spaced square pin tread the tyre is meant to be larger in diameter and also wider compared to Sweep’s other 1/8th tyres. More details will become available soon.
Source: Sweep [sweepracing.com]
German company Absima have introduced two sets of tool tips for the use with standard powertools. First up is a set of 1.5mm, 2.0mm, 2.5mm and 3.0mm hex tips with the second set comes with 1.5mm to 2.5mm hex tips and a 3mm Philips screwdriver insert. All are made from high-quality steel and they fit most standard hex adapters.
View the other tool tip set here
Italtrading have introduced two new 1/10th rally bodyshells out of their The Rally Legends line of scale rally cars and bodies. Available soon are the Lancia Delta S4 and Evo2 in the Esso Grifone design. The bodies come made from clear polycarbonate and they include comprehensive decal sheets as well as moulded details such as lightbars, windscreen wipers and more. The bodies fit Italtrading’s own line of The Rally Legend cars as well as many other 1/10th scale touring car chassis.
