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May 27, 2013

VBC touring car & F1 options

VBC Racing introduce two new option parts for the Wildfire and FF Twelve touring cars as well as the Flash04 formula chassis in the form of hardened lightweight spool outdrives and aluminium spring retainers. Starting with the outdrives, they are designed for the aluminium spool body, come with a hardened surface and are machined to reduce weight and thus rotation mass for a quicker spool up and better acceleration. Also new are aluminium spring retainers for the shocks of the Wildfire, FF Twelve and Flash04 cars. The large diameter securely holds the spring while the grey anodised finish matches the remainder of the car’s parts.

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May 26, 2013

Awesomatix A700 spur gear damper system

Awesomatix have released a new spur gear damper system for all A700 cars. The new system has damping from the o-rings which softens the reaction from the motor and makes the shaft transmission more similar to belt transmission when the throttle or the brake are applied. Lap times become more consistent and the car is easy to drive. In order to install this system you should increase the two current holes on the spur gear to 5mm. Awesomatix plans to produce its own line of spur gears with these holes in the future.

Source: Awesomatix [awesomatix.eu]

May 24, 2013

Active Hobby ride height & rebound gauge

Active Hobby have released this awesome ride height gauge. Made from aluminium and available in a large range of anodised colours, this rocker style gauge gives you an instant and accurate reading of the car’s ride height between 3-18mm as well as being able to measure rebound. Due to its long reach you are able to take a measurement with the car’s body still on.

View another image of the gauge here

May 23, 2013

Team Titan Blitz TS030 1/8th onroad body

More new bodies from Team Titan with the Blitz TS030 1/8th onroad race body. Designed to give slower initial response and a lot steering in the middle and exit of the corner without losing rear stability. When drivers use softer or high grip front tires it will work very well with this new body as it provides easy and consistent handling. Tested and developed for high speed tracks with short tight corners, the TS030 is already FEMCA approved meaning it can be use at any IFMAR races. Available in 3 different thickness the clear body includes window mask for driver cockpit and side stiffeners.

View another image of the body here

May 23, 2013

Team Magic E4RS II Evo TC chassis

Team Magic have released their new E4RS II Evo 190mm TC chassis. The new evolution focuses on lowering the car’s centre of gravity with other changes also following the current trend of centrally mounting all the major elements to avoid uneven flex of the chassis such as the servo mount. The 2.3mm carbon main chassis is slightly narrower than its predecessor and looking at the car you can see it comes highly spec’d with aluminium and carbon throughout as well TiNi coated shock shafts, front double jointed drive shafts and a rear gear differential.

View more details and images here

May 23, 2013

Team Titan Blitz WRX 2.0 200mm shell

Team Titan have released their all new Blitz WRX 2.0, designed to fit 200mm Nitro Touring cars. This new body provides balanced handling together with quick steering on slow tight corners and lots of stability in big sweeping corners. The body includes an adjustable wing and light weight plastic screw set and comes with high quality window mask and decals. Available in standard 1.0mm version and lightweight 0.8mm version.

View more images of the WRX 2.0 here

May 22, 2013

Serpent 747 lower front & rear shock towers

New for the 747, Serpent introduces lower front and rear carbon shock towers to be able to use the Serpent Super-Short shocks, which were originally made for the Eryx 411 TC car, and together help lower the car’s center of gravity. The strong 3mm thick front shock tower has 3 options for shock angle with the middle and top used mostly and also has the center holes to mount the center front body mount. The 3mm thick rear low carbon shock tower also has 3 holes for shock angle, and features extra holes to mount the extra body support system with fine tuning options. The Serpent RCM Super-short shocks have the key advantage that you can use the same springs you already have.

View more images of the shock towers here

May 22, 2013

Contact J compound 1/12th circuit tyres

Contact RC Tyres have announced a new range of 1/12th Circuit tyres known as ‘J compound’. Over the last 12 months contact drivers have been testing a lot of different rubber types and are now happy to provide this ready for sale. The new rubber is especially good on high traction conditions where the track is especially grooved in. The tyre will react with less aggression than their original 1/12th compounds, which are good for lower traction conditions and can be easily identified with the new gun metal wheel colour.

Source: Contact [racing-cars.com]