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August 9, 2013

Arrowmax quick camber gauge

Arrowmax release a new tool in the form of the quick camber gauge made from CNC-machined high-quality aluminium. Designed for 1/10th electric and nitro touring cars the gauge incorporates the three most used camber angles of 1.5°, 2° and 2.5°. To measure and inspect your car’s camber angles simply hold the respective side of the tool against the car’s wheels. Machined honeycombs and a dark grey anodising match with the remainder of Arromax’ current line of tools.

Source: Arrowmax [arrowmax-rc.com]

August 8, 2013

Shepherd Velox V10 Pro 200mm kit

We brought you a first feature on Shepherd’s new Velox V10 Pro 200mm nitro touring car kit some weeks ago when we visited the company’s office during the first round of the Euro Nitro Series ‘Pilot Series’ at the Hockenheim Ring in Germany. The new Pro version features the latest innovations brought in by Patrick Schäfer and Alex Kempe including the input from team drivers and customers all over the world. The car is based on a new symmetrical 7075-T6 aluminium chassis and features redesigned and much smaller bulkheads who alone scrub around 150g of weight compared to the previous car.

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August 7, 2013

Kyosho TF6 SP2 conversion kit

Kyosho Germany introduce the TF6 SP2 conversion kit. The set contains all necessary parts to bring the TF6 up to the latest SP2 specification to make for an even faster and better handling car. Included in the kit is a new 2mm upper deck, an upper plate post, hard front 6°C-hubs, hard rear hubs as well as steel gear diff shafts, cup joints, 42.5mm steel and 43mm aluminium swing shafts.

Source: Kyosho [kyosho.de]

August 7, 2013

KM H-K1 Meen Version anti-roll bars

KM Racing introduce three new front anti-roll bar wires for the KM H-K1 Meen Version kit. The wires are available as 2.1mm, 2.2mm and 2.4mm variant and designed to fit with the recently announced front-anti roll bar kit. The different thickness anti-roll bars allow to adjust the roll characteristic of the car’s front end and come laser-etched for easy identification.

Source: KM [km-rc.com]

August 6, 2013

Tamiya TT-02 & M-05 kit news

Last week we reported about exciting future Tamiya kit released but lacked proper photographs and now Tamiya Japan have released first images of some of the upcoming kits. First up is the Zakspeed Ford Capri Turbo Würth, a replica of the 1980’s Group 5 monster that dominated the German Sportscar Championship, the series that later became the famous DTM. The car builds on the entry-level TT-02 4WD shaft-driven tub chassis and not only features a nicely made Ford Capri Turbo body but also wide off-set multi-spoke rims to up the track width. Included with the kit comes a complete Würth design sticker sheet to mimic the car that ran the 1981 campaign.

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August 5, 2013

Team Saxo F1-200 chassis kit

Available soon from Team Saxo is the F1-200 ‘wide’ pan car chassis kit. Building on a carbon fibre chassis with link-type rear suspension the kit includes a 200mm wide front suspension for foam tyre racing with lower carbon and upper composite A-arms, sliding aluminium servo mount, upper carbon fibre battery plate, large volume central shock, single tube roll damper and aluminium motor mount. The chassis plate sports milled-out sections to route the servo and ESC receiver wires in and the car is usable with standard and shorty-size LiPo battery packs with the latter allowing the speed controller to be mounted in-line with the battery pack.

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August 3, 2013

Arrowmax aluminium set-up wheels

Arrowmax has released of the new CNC-machined premium-quality aluminium set-up wheels for electric and nitro 1/10 touring cars. Laser engraved with the Arrowmax logo and arrow pattern they offer precise and repeatable set-up adjustment and tweak correction. Sold in a complete set of 4.

Source: Arrowmax [arrowmax-rc.com]

August 2, 2013

Yeah Racing XV-01 alloy suspension mounts

Following the 1XJ suspension mount for the XV-01 chassis Yeah Racing now release more option parts for Tamiya’s 4WD sport-level chassis. Available are 1XM split inner suspension mounts made from high-quality aluminium that are designed to replace the stock plastic parts with more durable items. When used in combination with the 1XJ suspension mount the rear A-arms show a greater toe-in for added stability during cornering. The split suspension mounts are also available as 1XJ version.

Source: Yeah Racing [yeahracing.com]