November 29, 2017

JConcepts 2.2” Rangers MT tyres & Midwest wheels

Coming from JConcepts are the new 2.2” Rangers MT scale trees and Midwest 2.2” MT 12mm hex wheels. Starting with the tyres, the 2.2” Rangers resemble the iconic 48” tyres that started the monster truck craze back in the 1970’s. The 1/10th scale variant makes use of the popular 2.2” wheel dimensions and it features the popular the Zig-zag tread, scale depth and side-wall lettering. The included open cell React inserts fill the void inside and help stabilize the large contact patch of the famous looking tyres. The low-profile stance stays very flat during race course competition, speed-runs or general use. The tyre carcass profile holds the weight extremely low while the design of the tyre beads allow just the right amount of contact patch for gluing and application. The Rangers tyre is available in the soft “blue” compound which is recommended for dirt, grass and asphalt while “gold” compound feels harder to the touch and excels on carpet, AstroTurf and polished concrete surfaces and expands less during high-speeds.

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November 27, 2017

Gravity RC G-Spec Type F touring car foam tyres

Developed by Drew Ellis and Paul Lemieux are the new Gravity RC G-Spec Type F touring car foam tyres. A specially selected foam compound and wheel make it a true spec foam tyre for touring cars on both asphalt and carpet. Its ultra dense front foam and firm rear foam makes for very little tyre wear and great handling while the nylon spoke wheel is both racy and sturdy. The Type-F tyres were used at last weekend’s indoor champs in Cleveland, Ohio to provide an exhibition class for the event. The class was TQ’d by Xray’s Paul Lemieux and won by Team Associated’s Kevin Hebert. Both drivers used out of the package tyres with Paul even using his exact same car from the rubber tyre class with only adding rear camber to set the fastest laps of the weekend.

Source: Gravity RC [teamgravityrc.com]


November 22, 2017

Capricorn 1/10th touring foam tyres

Capricorn have introduced their new line of pre-mounted foam tyres for electric touring cars. The tyres use the same wheel offset as as most pre-glued rubber wheels, making them a direct fit on most of today’s touring cars and the tyres come in medium or soft compound. Testing has shown that foam tyres can have more consistency over their whole lifespan compared to rubber tyres and they recently gained interest especially in Italy and the U.S..

Source: Capricorn [capricornrc.com]


October 25, 2017

Pro-Line tyre rubber bands

Pro-Line have introduced a set of tyre rubber bands that are made to make tyre gluing a breeze. The bands were specifically designed for holding tyres down during the gluing process while still being stretchy enough to work on multiple sizes of tyres; including 1/10th buggy and truck to SC and all the way up to 1/8th buggy. The bands come in Pro-Line blue with Pro-Line logos on the side and in packs of four.

Source: Pro-Line [prolineracing.com]


October 25, 2017

Pro-Line 1/10th MT pre-mounted tyres

Made for Pro-Line’s Pro-MT 4×4 and the Traxxas Stampede 4×4 1/10th scale monster trucks is a range of pre-mounted tyres from Pro-Line. Available on black F-11 17mm wheels are the Badlands MX28, Sand Paw, Trencher and Prime tyres, all of which are of a 2.8″ design. The pre-mounts fit both the front and rear of the trucks and they are offered as pairs.

View the other new pre-mounts here


October 23, 2017

Contact RC LMP12 control tyres

Schumacher have introduced the Contact RC LMP12 control tyres. Available in the popular and hard wearing ‘A’ foam with 32 shore hardness for the front and 30 shore for the rear, the tyres sport an orange stripe for easy visual inspection, making it an ideal control wheel for clubs and racing series. The front tyre comes trued to 44mm while the rear tyre is cut to 46mm.

View the rear tyres here


September 29, 2017

Protoform premounted VTA tires

Protoform have announced that their range of VTA tires now come premounted on white or black rims. Utilising a super long-lasting compound and moulding technology perfected by Protoform’s partners at Pro-Line Racing. On high-grip CRC carpet, the tyres have been tested to provide an easy-to-drive handling feel and comparable lap times to previous VTA tires, all without the need for superglued sidewalls while on asphalt, the tyres grip well with additives and provide realistic tyre screeching sounds for an ultra-scale effect.

Source: Protoform [racepf.com]