Coming from Arena are two new wing mounts for the Bittydesign Hyper and Mon-Tech Racing Montecarlo touring car body shells. The 3-D-printed mounts reinforce the contact area of the wing and body, ensuring higher rigidity, stability and durability. The mounts fit snuggly into the bodies‘ wing mount posts, they come as pairs and are available from now on.
View the Montecarlo wing mounts here
MST are busy teasing more future 1/10th touring car body shells with the latest being an E92 for 200mm drift car chassis. Resembling a German upper class coupe the 257mm wheelbase body shell is of 194mm front and 198mm rear width and it will hit stores at the end of December.
Source: MST [rc-mst.com]
Coming from Capricorn is a new front end for their 1/12th scale chassis that can also be used across other platforms. Composed of a hybrid setup with a carbon lower arms and composite upper arms, the set will make for a stiffer front end which has proven to perform a lot better in high traction conditions. The carbon lower arm is also more accurate compared to a moulded arm and will not twist in the event of a crash. In addition the design allows the use of optional lower arms, resulting in a more precise setup for different track conditions. The fixing points of the lower arms to the chassis are of a 38.5mm spacing so the front end will be a direct bolt to most other 1/12th chassis also.
Source: Capricorn [capricornrc.com]
Yeah Racing have introduced their new Big Bore Go pre-built aluminium shock absorbers. Ready to go right after adding the desired shock fluid, the dampers are available in 50mm and 55mm specification, allowing to use them in a range of applications such as touring and drift cars. Included in the sets come two different types of mounting ball studs as well as a range of springs and even pistons to fine-tune the units. Threaded aluminium shock bodies, anodised upper and lower caps as well as chromed shock pistons make for a high-quality appearance and long life. The shock sets are available in blue or black colour from now on.
Shepherd have announced the release of their advanced weight system for the Velox V8.2 1/8th on-road kit. This set of optionals has already shown its potential at this year‘s World Championship and it is a direct replacement for the regular or brass battery mount. Included in the set are an aluminium tray made of high-quality 7075-T6 aluminium, two 18g balancing weights, a high quality carbon brace for the battery and all necessary mounting hardware. The needed mounting positions for the battery have been included in the radio plate of the Velox V8.2 so no DIY drilling is needed. The 18g weights are equipped with additional countersunk holes, making it possible to stack the weights if needed, with a total of five weights can be used in the aluminium tray. The set as well as all individual items are available from now on.
Source: Shepherd [team-shepherd.com]
Coming from Xpress and made for their XQ1 series mid motor conversion kit is a 2.0mm carbon fibre high-clearance upper deck. The top deck is a direct fit and allows the use of large motor pinion gears as they are needed to achieve the desired gear ratios when competing in 21.5T stock motor classes. The top deck is machined from 2.0mm high-quality carbon fibre and it is available now.
Source: Xpress [rc-xpress.com]
Xtreme Aerodynamics have introduced their new pre-cut touring car wings for 190mm touring car body shells. The set includes two different design wings that allow to fine-tune overall downforce and driving feeling with the strong high-quality polycarbonate material ensuring stability and durability. Included with the wings, that fit most of today’s high-downforce 190mm touring car bodies, also come four pre-cut wing endplates.
Absima have announced the soon release of their all-new graphene technology HC competition LiHV battery packs. The batteries utilise high-quality 120C 4.35V high-voltage cells for a low internal resistance and highest possible performance and they are available as 8000/8300mAh (25.1mm tall) and 5500/5800mAh (20mm) standard as well as 5900/6100mAh (25.1mm) and 4200/4400mAh (22.2mm) shorty variants. The batteries can be charged to a standard 8.4V or high-voltage 8.7V, hence the different capacity readings, and all use 5mm bullet-type connectors and they come including standard balances harnesses.
View the other new battery packs here
