Iris Racing has added new Aluminium Spool and Differential Outdrives for its new ONE.05 1:10 Electric Touring Car. These hard-coated aluminium differential and spool outdrives for the Touring Car and ONE.05 FWD cars have been developed for the 17.5T and 21.5T stock class. They provide a weight advantage of around 3 grams per pair compared to the steel parts and so improve the performance of your Iris ONE.
New from Mini-Z racing specialists PN Racing is the new V3 version of its Anima High Torque Titanium Gear Digital Micro Servo. Designed for most 1:28 scale racing chassis, it offers wide operation voltage range from 4,8V to 8.4V allowing racers to fine tune and find the desired driving feel. Tiny at only 7-grams it offers up to 41oz/in torque at 8.4V. It is fully programable with PN Racing’s USB Programmer.
Source: PN Racing [pnracing.com]
Scotty Ernst has announced an expanded calendar for his Asian Buggy Championship with the 1:8 Offroad race series set to travel to New Zealand, the Philippines, Australia and Indonesia in 2024. Red RC travelled to the Philippine Masters earlier this year where we reportred on World Champion Davide Ongaro taking victory for the opening round of the inaugural Asian Buggy Championships. New Zealand kicks things off the second season when the Countries RC Car Club host Round 1 on February 8-11. An event that has become famed across the World for its outstanding hospitality and welcoming atmosphere, the Philippine Masters is the second stop on the calendar on April 18-21. Round 2 of the 2023 calendar, Australia also returns with Pine Hills Dirt Racing again the hosts in July. Extending the ABC’s reach, an overall point series be introduced for the new season, Indonesia will conclude the action with Westside Raceway hosting the final round in early September.
Adding to its growing range of RC accessories, RUDDOG had released a new Transmitter Bag which is available for the Sanwa M17, Sanwa MT-5|MT-44 and Futaba T10PX. Store and protect your transmitter in the distinct red, black, and white colours of RUDDOG with its flair merging with functionality. The main compartment houses a custom-cut foam that cushions your transmitter securely, while an internal pocket offers added storage for smaller accessories. The transmitter bag measures 30x25x15cm.
Yokomo has announced a number of upcoming new parts releases for its BD12 1:10 Electric Touring Car. First up is a 2.4mm thick Graphite Bumper Support. This plate is mounted on the front bumper to strengthen the bumper. By catching crashes and other impacts with the bulkhead, it prevents damage to the front part of the main chassis. A 2.4mm Graphite Front Shock Tower Stiffner connects the lower portion of the front shock tower to increase rigidity. It increases the rigidity of the shock tower and improves the shock’s operating precision, while leaving the bulkhead surrounding it supple. Graphite Steering Block Arm L, also 2.4mm thick, feature an extended tie rod mounting position compared to the RTC standard arm to reduce toe-in change during suspension stroke. It improves turning performance especially on high grip surfaces. Also new for the car are RTC Axle Block Spacers which are inserted between the aluminium axle block and arm to raise the outer tie rod position and increase the amount of toe-in change due to suspension stroke, thereby increasing rear traction. Finally there is a Graphite Separate Battery Holder. Lightweight, split front and rear sections allow the chassis to remain flexible for torsion. Spacers are included to adjust to the battery thickness.
With the 1:8 Onroad World Championship just around the corner, Hasi Tuned is making available a very limited run of .21 engines aptly called the W.C. Japan Edition. Only 10 units will be offered for sale with special features of the engine being the outer head being made with new material making it 2.3 grams lighter than the previous one and which is finished with a W.C Special Design. Coming in a new WC Special Design Combo Box, the engine gets an optional Hasi Venturi, optional Hasi Back plate, 9 Ports AAC piston and sleeve, Front Full Steel Swiss Ball Bearing and Rear Ceramic Swiss Ball Bearing. The combo is completed with a HT04 Manifold & Efra 2174 24k Gold coated pipe.
Awesomatix has released a number of new parts for it A800 1:10 Electric Touring Car. A new Rear Belt Tensioner for A800R mounts on the chassis right behind the motormount further reducing belt skipping on the rear pulley and extends the lifespan of the belts. They also have a new APS Additional Progressive Spring set which is designed for use on A800R. Progressive conical tapered springs of the APS set press on the lower suspension arms and add a progression into the suspension spring rate. Test results showed more consistent lap times with improved overall feeling on the low-med grip asphalt and carpet tracks. Two types of springs are included in the APS set – SPR-P1 spring, adding ~13 gf/mm average suspension rate on the wheel and a slight progression, and SPR-P2 spring, adding ~20 gf/mm average suspension rate on the wheel and increased progression. The SPR-P1 spring is mainly recommended on the rear end of the car, while the SPR-P2 is recommended for the front end of the car. It is also possible to add only the progression into suspension rate without increasing the total average suspension rate. In that case you should soften the main leaf springs settings by 13gf/mm when using SPR-P1 and 20gf/mm in case of SPR-P2 usage.
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Just in time for the indoor season, Xpress has released an aluminium chassis plate for their Execute XQ11 1:10 Electric Touring Car. The chassis which features extra holes for fine tunes chassis weights, is perfect for racing on carpet tracks but is also a great option for tuning the car for high grip outdoor asphalt tracks.
Source: Xpress [rc-xpress.com]
