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January 24, 2014

Smokem XB4 carbon fibre shock towers

Smokem Racing introduce their XB4-RR carbon fibre shock towers for the Xray XB4 buggy. At 3.5mm thick, these 100% carbon fibre shock towers offer improved strength over the stock 3mm towers, yet not too thick so they won’t adversely affect the shock geometry of the 2014 car’s variable rear shock mounting system. Furthermore they have incorporated additional shock mounting and camber link holes to allow racers to further fine-tune the handling of their XB4 and XB4’14 buggies and fully explore its full potential.

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January 24, 2014

RPM Slash & Stampede ESC cage

RPM introduce this speed controller cage for the use with Traxxas’ VXL-3S ESC. The cage is designed to eliminated the use of the two undersized speedo mounting tabs in favour of a complete cage system that solidly locks it in place. By completely surrounding and capturing the VXL-3S ESC, damage from broken tabs and ejection from the vehicle has been completely eliminated. The cage, that is available in black and blue colour, works with all VXL Stampede 4×4, Slash 4×4, Slash 2WD and Rally chassis and it can also be used with the Rustler, Stampede 2WD and Bandit when combined with the Traxxas #3725 mounting plate.

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January 24, 2014

SkyRC Ares Pro brushless motor

SkyRC introduce the Ares Pro competition brushless motor line. The 540-size motors make use of a vented T6 aluminium heatsink case and they feature high purity copper windings, heavy duty solder tabs, sintered neodymium magnets and dual sensor ports. The motors are build to meet ROAR and IFMAR rules and the very low turn variants come with a radial fan unit in the front end bell. Versions available include windings from 3.5T up to 21.5T with special stock motors and “even” 4.0T and 5.0T offerings hitting the shops also.

Source: SkyRC [skyrc.com]

January 24, 2014

Titan Blitz GT bodyshell

Team Titan have released this preview picture of their forthcoming Blitz GT bodyshell. Made from thick polycarbonate and sporting a somewhat “Italian” design the body is made for the upcoming 1/8th GT class and it will feature an add-on rear wing that directly mounts to the rear trunk/fender section. No words on a release date yet but the body looks pretty much production ready.

Source: Team Titan [team-titan.com.tw]

January 24, 2014

Hacker Skalar8 V2 brushless motor

German company Hacker introduce the Skalar8 V2 brushless motor line for 1/8th buggies. Featuring virtually the same case design as it predecessors the motor sport many refinements and improvements such as a shorter length, a lower weight, reduced internal resistance, lower current consumption and increased efficiency. Coming with an improved timing shield the motor also have more torque and more RPM. The 4-pole sensored motors with a length of 64.4mm are available as 1750kv, 1900kv, 2100kv and 2300kv variant.

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January 23, 2014

Awesomatix GD2 gear differential internals

German Awesomatix distributor Shepherd Micro Racing introduced a brand new metal gear set for the new Awesomatix GD2 differential which comes without any internals. Already successfully tested by Freddy Südhoff and Max Mächler using the gear set results in a very smooth and durable diff action. The set includes six gears as well as two hard-coated 7075-T6 aluminium diff pins. Included are also all needed shims. The GD2 diff set fits all A700 models.

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January 23, 2014

Titan 1/8th on-road setup system

Team Titan introduce this setup system for 1/8th on-road cars. CNC-machined from aluminium and coming black anodised the fully ball-raced gauges help to precisely set the camber and toe angles of nearly any modern 1/8th chassis. The front and rear horizontal plates resemble tyre diameters of 67mm in the front and 74mm in the rear and the system comes in a protective bag for easy transportation and storage.

Source: Team Titan [team-titan.com.tw]

January 22, 2014

Team Muso LM-P Type 1 World GT bodyshell

Team Muso introduce the LM-P Type 1 bodyshell for 200mm World GT cars. Designed to resemble modern LMP cars the body is tuneable with additional parts in the form of a nose section and rear shark fin to create a total of four body configurations that not only look different but change the overall driving characteristic. Both the body and the accessories come made from clear polycarbonate.

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