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June 28, 2019

Xray RX8E 1/8th electric on-road kit

Xray have unveiled their new RX8E 1/8th scale electric on-road kit. The vehicle is based on the successful RX8 nitro platform with the latest incarnation featuring a new chassis with a narrower rear suspension configuration. The rear bulkheads are mounted 8.4mm closer together and the rear arm mounts move the inner pivot pins 2.5mm closer together, which combined with the bulkhead placement generates more rear traction and improves the stability of the car. The chassis also features a unique, innovative front flex adjustment using a removable aluminium brace.

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June 27, 2019

Motiv Launch 540 drag racing motor

Launch, a division of Motiv RC dedicated to competition drag racing, now brings the Launch 540 2.5T and 3.5T drag racing motors. The Launch 540 features a 3-phase beefy stator with thin insulators and low resistance winding, this results in proper power delivery through the stator. The 2-pole rotor is composed of the highest strength neodymium material available for great torque. The 13.0mm rotor is then drill balanced which ensures continued power delivery under high RPM down the drag strip. The red anodized can assembly is lightweight with adjustable timing from 0 to 60 degrees and provides plenty of air flow. The motor is designed, built and tuned in house for short speed runs and drag racing passes only.

Source: Motiv [motivrc.com]

June 27, 2019

Awesomatix A800FX 1/10 front-wheel drive touring car

Following a couple of teaser images Awesomatix have finally unveiled their A800FX 1/10th scale front-wheel drive touring car kit. The somewhat revolutionary car is designed to offer optimised weight distribution combined with the lowest centre of gravity. The goal was to create a FWD car with easy changeable front/rear balance, which is one of the main setup adjustments for this class of cars. Inside the front bumper the designers integrated a 65g heavy steel insert which offers the possibility to add another 50g by placing five 10g round weights into the milled areas of bumper. Furthermore, the lower deck has plenty of additional holes for the mounting of Awesomatix’s standard 10g and 5g round weights.

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June 27, 2019

Matrix introduce new Precision rims

Matrix have added a new wheel to their range of pre-mounted 1/8th on-road foam tyres in the form of the Precision rim. Adding to the already available Carbon and Light variants, the Precision rim is made of aerospace plastic material that is both very light of weight yet extremely strong, providing improved ease of driving, precision and consistency when running on tracks that have already taken a lot of rubber or when the use of additive is allowed. The rim is lighter than the already available Light rim and easily recognisable by its slightly yellowish colour.

Source: Matrix [matrixtires.it]

June 27, 2019

Mugen MTC1 aluminium lower arm inserts

Mugen have introduced new aluminium lower arm inserts for the MTC1 touring car. A replacement for the standard A2108B part, that is made of plastic and thus less durable, the alloy inserts will also ensure greater precision and a more secure fit. The inserts come in pairs and they are available soon.

Source: Mugen [mugenseiki.com]

June 27, 2019

Yeah Racing Hacktronic G2 brushless ESC

Yeah Racing have announced the release of their new Hacktronic G2 competition brushless speed controller. The second generation of the popular controller offers updated firmware features to bring it up to current requirements with a blinky mode as well as widely adjustable boost and turbo settings allowing to access both zero boost, boost and modified racing. Thinks are kept cool thanks to the machined aluminium case and the included 30mm fan will ensure the ESC stays cool even in heavy duty racing applications. Included with the controller comes a small-size fast cycle capacitor as well as a short all-black receiver wire. A programming box, that allows to read out the speedo’s telemetry settings, is available optionally.

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June 26, 2019

Vigor white low-friction drive belts

Vigor RC now offer the popular white colour low-friction drive belts in a 513mm front and a 189mm rear variant. The 3mm wide belts greatly improve drivetrain efficiency due to being softer and more flexible compared to the standard black belts. The belts are made in Japan, they fit many of today’s electric touring cars and are especially useful in stock and blinky classes.

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June 26, 2019

Xray X1 solid rear axle set

Coming from Xray and made for their X1 formula car as well as other formula class pan cars is a rear solid axle set. The spool axle is made up using a highly precise graphite axle shaft and a clamping design aluminium adapter all of which replace the standard diff assembly for a lighter spool that helps to gain traction especially in high to very high grip conditions. While improving acceleration the spool axle also makes for increased steering in certain track conditions.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]