July 31, 2018

Yokomo release new YZ-4 & YD-2 optionals

Coming from Yokomo are new option parts for the YZ-4 buggy, YD-2 drift car and the Racing Performer motor series. First up are aluminium 8 degrees C-hubs for the YZ-4 4WD buggy. Offering a lower caster angle than stock the hubs increased steering response and tuning capabilities on dirt surfaces. The parts are machined from high-quality aluminium and they come black anodised and with machined silver edge details. Also new is a ceramic ball bearing set for the YD-2 series of drift cars. It includes six 1050 and two 1150 gearbox bearings that will greatly reduce natural friction for improved throttle response and top speed. Last but not least is a precision bearing set for the M3, M4 and D1 Racing Performer motor series. Included are a front and a rear bearing whose high precision will ensure a more efficient performance for better acceleration, top speed and durability.

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July 31, 2018

Bittydesign JP8 Ultra Lite Weight touring car body

Bittydesign’s popular JP8 190mm touring car body shell is now also available in an Ultra Lite Weight variant. Designed for carpet and asphalt racing alike the body is moulded using a special process that results in greatly reduced mass with an overall weight of about 68g to 71g being achievable depending on paint, stickers and rear wing. The result is less body roll, better rotation while maintaining an easy to drive feeling and also increased corner speed. The body is moulded from high-quality Lexan polycarbonate material and it comes including overspray film, window masks and pre-cut decal sheets.

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July 31, 2018

Xray graphite rear gear diff axle shaft

Xray have introduced a graphite axle for their pan car gear diff sets. 50 percent lighter than the standard steel shaft the rear axle will lower the car’s overall weight while offering very smooth and true running for improved efficiency. The graphite part is a direct replacement foe the X12, X10 and X1 gear diffs and it is available now.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]


July 31, 2018

SWorkz GT BBS System Silver Line shock springs

SWorkz have announced the release of their new Silver Line shock springs for the BBS System big bore shocks of the S35GT and GTE kits. All feature the same length and diameter but different numbers of coils to create four different, colour-coded spring hardnesses. Ground springs ends ensure proper fitment and high precision with the available springs include the yellow A1 40×2.2×5.5, green A2 40×2.2×5.25, silver A3 40×2.2×50 and purple A4 40×2.2×4.75.

Source: MW RC Cars [mwrccars.at]


July 30, 2018

Protoform Ford GT 190mm body shell – Coming soon

Protoform have released a teaser image of their forthcoming Ford GT 190mm body shell. Announced for some time now, the narrow variant of the popular 200mm lid will hit stores soon and full details including specifications and images should surface shortly.

Source: Protoform [racepf.com]


July 30, 2018

Yeah Racing Sakura D4 alloy rear driveshafts

Coming from Yeah Racing and made for 3Racing’s Sakura D4 Black on-road kit are black aluminium rear driveshafts. The CVA-design driveshafts are machined from high-quality 7075 aluminium and they are of 44mm specification. Using the alloy items over the conventional parts will reduce the drivetrain’s rotational mass for quicker acceleration and improved efficiency.

Source: Yeah Racing [yeahracing.com]


July 30, 2018

Etronix introduce new servo range

Etronix have introduced their new servo range for virtually every RC application. Of use for the RC car community are items such as the ET2036 (0.09s/9.5kg-cm) coreless low-profile and ET2035 (0.11s/8.2kg-cm) low-profile servo as well as the standard sized-and coreless-powered ET2063 (0.10s/32,2kg-cm), ET2062 (0.12s/20.3kg-cm), ET2061 (0.09s/15.8kg-cm), and ET2060 (0.07s/11.2kg-cm) offerings. The latter are 8.4V high-voltage compatible, making them ideal for 1/8th and 1/10th nitro applications. Two other servos worth mentioning are the ET2070 (0.16s/21.8kg-cm) and ET2072 (0.09s/30.3kg-cm). Both are water-proof, they feature metal gears and the ET2072 is a coreless motor HV variant for added performance.

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July 30, 2018

Capricorn LAB E03 200mm electric conversion kit

Italian company Capricorn has introduced the LAB E03 electric conversion kit for the LAB C03 1/10th scale 200mm nitro tourer. The kit includes a new carbon fibre main chassis plate and a redesigned carbon fibre radio plate with a battery compartment that was designed to take two 1S LiPo shorty packs back-to-back. The best performance will be achieved using 4.5T to 5.5T motors and also included are a vented design motor mount spacer to achieve a better weight balance, a spur gear hub, new centre layshaft, as well as two pinion gears.

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