Available soon from Team C is this 17mm wheel nut wrench for 1/8th scale buggies, truggies and GT cars. The tool sports a 17mm steel nut driver and a lightweight yet sturdy aluminium handled that comes orange anodised and laser etched. The design makes for secure tightening and convenient loosing even of serrated locknuts.
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Japanese option parts wizards Motogo Seiki have released images of their TLR 22 based M22-S.A.C. mid motor buggy. The company that introduced a mid motor conversion kit for the Kyosho RB5 buggy some years ago developed a completely new transmission for the buggy with the main gear and slipper shaft being placed extremely low within the gearbox. The idler gear is made of a RB6 differential gear, from what we understand, and it drives the standard 22 ball differential meaning the unit is of a 3-gear design over the standard 4-gear mid motor gearbox. The whole transmission case is machined from aluminium with the rear shock tower sitting almost in “rear motor” position allowing to place the rear wing above the rear A-arms for a more compact appearance of the buggy.
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Serpent have released first images of their forthcoming S411 Eryx 3.0 touring car kit, courtesy of Marc Fischer. The pictures mainly show the new aluminium lower chassis plate that can be seen in prototype stages in the images – the production version will come hard-anodised and engraved. Shipping of the kits will start after the 6th of May with the 3.0 should be hitting the stores shortly after.
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Revolution Design Racing Products introduce a brass front suspension block for the Kyosho RB6 buggy. The part is designed to replace the kit’s plastic bulkhead with a more durable and more precise part that also adds 32g of weight to the front end of the RB6 buggy, RT6 racing truck and SC6 short course truck. Machined from high quality material and coming laser-etched for easy identification the part allows to use 25 degree or 30 degree of A-arm kick-up in order to alter the car’s steering characteristics. On top of that the brass material greatly improve the robustness of the front end while the precise manufacturing adds to the overall appearance.
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German Hobbywing distributors Hype introduce the Quicrun series of “sports” brushless motors and speed controllers. The controllers are developed to work with sensorless and sensored motors and are LiPo and NiMH battery compatible. There is also a waterproof line of controllers available and a port for an optional programming card makes adjusting the speedos to your likings easy. Available are a 30A 1/16th scale ESC, two 60A 1/10th controllers with and without sensor port, as well as a 150A 1/8th variant. As for the motors, Hobbywing comes with a 3800kv sensorless 1/10th scale and 2000kv sensorless 1/8th scale offering beside four 1760kv to 3450kv sensored 540-size motors.
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Avid introduce 12mm hex carbon fibre track width spacers for any car that uses 12mm hexed with 5mm or smaller axles. Available as 0.5mm and 1.0mm variants, increasing the track width can help stabilise a vehicle on the front or rear end. Each set contains five spacers with the fifth one being a spare part. Also available is a 12-piece set including six 0.5mm and six 1.0mm spacers.
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Available now from PSM are carbon fibre front shock towers for the Team Associated B5 and B5M buggy. Starting with the V1 version, the part offers two additional camber link positions and weights in at only 10.5g. The second new front shock tower, the V2, sports the same geometry but a total of six upper camber link holes for added adjustability. Both parts are CNC-machined from 5mm glossy finish carbon fibre, they are a direct replacement for the stock parts and come including 7075 aluminium spacers and M3 locknuts.
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The 1/10 Evo conversion kit from AKA allows to use any of the 1/10 AKA Evo tyres on Hexlite or any standard wheel, including 14mm hex wheels. The lightweight foam strips add tune-ability as you can use them with red Evo inserts, or omit them and use a standard red insert. Application of the conversion kit is simple on any 1/10 2WD/4WD front or rear wheel. For an application guide check out the how-to video below featuring world champion, Ryan Cavalieri.
