April 14, 2007

Yokomo SD12 TR 2WD Electric Truggy

Yokomo SD12 TR

Yokomo have released some details, althought only in Japanese so far, about their new SD12 TR truggy. This rather robust looking car is electric powered and despite how you may judge it based on its front wheels, is in fact 2wd. All the other details about this 1/12th scale car are unknown to me, but if you can read Japanese which i know some of our readers can, please post some info into the comments section for this story.

View the Yokomo product PDF here.

Source: Yokomo [yokomo.com]


April 13, 2007

3 Racing Rear Wheel Adapter For Tamiya F103GT

3 Racing Rear Wheel Adapter

3 Racing have released the latest version of their +2mm offset rear wheel adapter for the Tamiya F103GT which allows the car to corner better, and works with all touring car rims. By adding a hole on the adapter, you can easily insert a spanner inside and adjust the tightness of the ball differential without removing any parts, simply turn the wheel clockwise to tighten or anti-clockwise to loosen the ball differential.

Source: 3 Racing [3racing.com.hk]


April 13, 2007

Edit Foam Inserts for off road Tyres

Edit Foam Inserts

Edit, the optional parts wing of HPI Racing, has released a range of die cut foam inserts suitable for off road tyres that has been co engineered by World Champion driver Neil Cragg. Available for 1/10th or 1/8th off road these inner foams have been colour-coded and graded for hardness with all foam measured on a calibrated durometer and come available in soft black foam, measured at 35 degrees, and medium purple foam at 55 degrees.

Source: Edit [rc-edit.com]


April 13, 2007

RB Concept C6BB 7T engine

RB Concept C6BB 7T

RB Products, the French engine makers, have announced the release of their new RB Concept C6BB 7T 3.5cc buggy motor. This new engine has made thousands of hours of testing at the hands of RB team drivers to prove its new turbo combustion chamber, which improves the overall power of the engine, and 7mm venturi to help improve traction, which all comes together to provide a wide power band with incredibly smooth acceleration. With these features, the fuel consumption drops and the drivability is increased, especially on low traction tracks.

Source: RB Products [rbproducts.com]


April 13, 2007

Panther tyres coming to the UK

Panther Tyres

We just received a mail from our friends at Horizon Hobby UK, formerly Helger Racing, saying that have started to import the Panther range of tyres into the UK. The name Panther may not be totally familiar to Off road racers in the UK but the products will be. Panther have been manufacturing tyres for both on and off road since 1985, originally all the tyres where produced for Kit manufactures and other aftermarket tyre suppliers under there own brands.

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April 13, 2007

New Mugen Starter boxes

Mugen Starter box

Mugen have released 2 new starter boxes to suit both 1/8th and 1/10th on road and 1/8th off road cars. Made from F39 aluminium, these grey anodised boxes feature the usual dual motors and long life starter wheel and thanks to adjustable pegs and stops on the top plate of the box you can easily make any car align nicely on top.

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April 12, 2007

GRP now premounted on Yellow wheels

GRP now premounted on Yellow wheels

Well the title of this piece says it all, GRP through distributor MID, have announced that their range of premounted off road tires, which are available with Jolly, Atomic, Cubic or Bulldog tires, will now be made available on these yellow dished wheels. Available now.

Source: MID [mid-mugen.de]


April 12, 2007

New accessories from TOP Racing

TOP Spring storage box

Tokyo Hobbies Optional Parts (TOP), makers of the the Scythe touring car, have announced the release of 2 new accessories to their already extensive range. First up is this spring storage box, which you can see above, which has been designed to fit up to 24 touring car springs, each in their own neat and visible foam compartment. Also new from TOP is the release of a SuperCap, that comes in 2 versions, for use with 4 cell and seperately 5-6 cell applications, with both sporting a metal heatsink to keep the temperature of the capacitor down.

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