Tamiya have announced the soon release of a CV-style centre driveshaft for the TC-01 on-road chassis. Made of high-quality steel the driveshaft replaces the standard cup and dogbone construction in favour of a more durable, reliable and efficient construction. In addition, the clip-type design allows for easy rebuilding. The driveshaft is usable for the front and rear of the car and it will become available in August.
Coten Escuderia Racing from Spain have introduced their new Visco-Test shock absorber checker. Developed, designed and manufactured in Spain, the gauge was created to check the shock absorber action and performance both during compression and extension while also allowing to measure length, assembly quality and spring hardness. In addition any sort of tweak can be pre-set if neccessary. The tool is made of high-quality 7075-T6 aluminium and usable for both on-road and off-road shocks of up to 75mm in length.
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
The opening round of the Polish On-Road Nationals was held in Jelcz-Laskowice last weekend. The event saw the running of a multitude of electric and nitro classes and in Touring 17.5T Stock it was Michal Milanowicz with the overall TQ from Tomasz Fryc in 2nd. A1 saw Tomasz taking the win after a couple of mishaps of Michal allowed Tomasz to pass the pole position holder. In A2 Michal was able to hold onto the lead and to bring home the win by a small 0.5 seconds margin from Tomasz in 2nd. So the third and final A-main would bring the decision and ultimately it was Michal who walked away with the win and thus the overall victory with Tomasz Fryc in 2nd and Adrian Lippich in 3rd. After the race Michal became aware that he was using a too small diameter rotor in his motor and after reporting his mistake to the judges in great sportsmanship, it was decided that he was able to keep the win since he couldn’t report himself and he was just reminded to use a legal rotor the next race.
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]
