Coming from T-Works are their new 5.5mm and 7mm nut driver tool tips for the use with standard rotary tools. The tool tips are made of high-quality steel and a black surface treatment ensures low wear and a long life. They fit most standard rotary tools and help to speed up building and maintenance. The nut drivers are available separately.
View the 7mm nut driver tool tip here
Team Associated have announced the release of their DR10 Drag Race Car Team Kit. The DR10 Team Kit features a rear anti-roll bar, 26 precision ball bearings, a water-resistant enclosed receiver box, fully adjustable suspension, vertical ball ends for roll centre adjustments, and 2.6:1 ratio gearbox with heavy-duty sealed gear differential and externally adjustable V2 slipper clutch. It builds on the already released RTR variants, however it it a rolling chassis and does not include electronics, the RC system, tyres or a body shell, allowing the driver to chose his preferred equipment.
View a list of the features and more images here
JConcepts have introduced their new Speed Shop T-shirt. Since the beginning, JConcepts has been interested in one thing, speed. Throughout the years, the company has worked in the shop to create a line-up of products to capture racing wins with a performance-oriented core of racers. Deep within the confines of the shop, the crew created the JConcepts Garage to host videos, talk racing and display winning vehicles and collections. The Speed Shop was born and creates a perfect situation to introduce the new t-shirt specific to the racing crowd past and present who respect the go-fast culture. The black colour shirt is available in adult M to 3XL sizes and features white graphics front and rear.
Source: JConcepts [jconcepts.net]
Coming from LCG Racing is their new LiPo battery voltage checker. The handy device allows for quick and convenient voltage checking, ensuring pilots never mix up charged and used packs in the rush minutes before a run. The voltage checker comes pre-wired with stepped 4mm/5mm connectors making it compatible with most bullet-type connector LiPo batteries on the market. It is capable of measuring a wide voltage range of 2.4V to 26V and it is available with a red, green or blue display from now on.
Source: LCG Racing [facebook.com]
Hudy have announced the release of their all-new Professional XL display racing stopwatch. The premium-quality racing stopwatch features 300-lap memory and an extra-large XL 3-row display with an accuracy of 0.01 seconds. The design of the display allows for perfectly visibility in all conditions both on indoor and outdoor, it instantly shows split time, lap time, and total elapsed time as well as number of laps. The easy to use menu ensure convenient recall of fastest, slowest and average split/lap time. The stopwatch allows to recall fastest, slowest and average lap time during the run and it shows in which actual lap the fastest and slowest time was achieved. It also features a time and calendar display, alarm, and a back light. Included comes a lanyard and optional hard case for safe storage.
Source: Hudy [hudy.net]
Pro-Line Racing have released two teaser images of their forthcoming all-new Showtime 2.2” sprint car wheels. The dirt oval rims will become available for the use with all 2.2” 2WD buggy front and 2.2” buggy rear tyres and more details are awaited to surface shortly.
Available now from Serpent is a white colour low-friction drivetrain belt for the X20 Medium mid-motor touring car. Using the belt front and rear will reduce natural drivetrain drag while maximising drivetrain efficiency for lower motor temps and increased acceleration when running in stock motor classes. The belt comes separately and is usable in the front and rear of the car.
Source: Serpent [serpent.com]
Horizon Hobby have introduced the new Arrma 1/5 Outcast 8S BLX 4WD Brushless ready-to-run stunt truck. Driven by 8S brushless power and an Arrma-tough design, the Outcast 8S BLX 4WD delivers the torque, acceleration and speed bashers need for extreme action in 1/5th scale. The ready-to-run stunt truck comes equipped to defy gravity right out of the box. From the heavy-duty front bumper to the wheelie bar in back, it’s engineered to do it all: long, tall wheelies; tight, fast donuts; standing and aerial backflips; high leaps into the air; and more — over all terrain, in all conditions. The truck includes a Spektrum DX3 Smart transmitter and SRS6110AT AVC Active Vehicle Control receiver that take full advantage of the Spektrum Smart Firma brushless motor and ESC’s telemetry capabilities. Users can download the free Spektrum Dashboard App to their mobile device and follow motor RPM, ESC temperature, receiver voltage, drive pack voltage and more data in real-time.
