Volante have their all-new line of pre-glued 1/10th formula tyres available. They are of a low-profile design for greatly improved overall performance and a new look and they come mounted on black multi-spoke wheels. Available are medium-soft, medium and hard compound front as well as medium-soft asphalt, soft asphalt and soft carpet rear variants. Also coming are 4-piece sets of side wall stickers in a multitude of colours.
Shepherd have introduced the V2 battery mount for the Velox F1 formula car. It utilises a new carbon fibre battery brace/upper plate that accommodates a rubber O-ring to secure the battery pack while also shifting the pack about 2.6mm towards the rear for increased traction in lower grip conditions. Included in the set is also a redesigned shock plate with all parts being available separately for spares and repair.
Source: Shepherd [team-shepherd.com]
Coming from Fenix is a 2.0mm aluminium chassis for the Infinity IF14 touring car. Machined from 7075-T6 alloy and sporting a more narrow 83.5mm width, the fully symmetrical chassis weighs in at 79g and it comes black anodised and with milled out sections to optimise the flex characteristics.
Coming from ARC and made in collaboration with Savöx is the Super Response Servo tailor-made for the ARC R11 series touring car. The Super High Response technology provides quick steering response when used with modern transmitters while the incorporated servo mount makes installation easy in addition to saving 10g compared to the original servo mount. A short 50mm all-black receiver lead cleans up the wiring job for a full factory look. Equipped with a brushless motor the servo is able to pull up to 9.0kg-cm of torque at a transit time of down to 0.07s/60°.
Source: ARC [arc-rc.com.tw]
Maclan Racing have announced the new MR8.2 1/8 brushless series of motors. The MR8.2’s new design is set to deliver balanced power and smoothness thanks to a combination of a 12-slot stator with a strong, staggered 4-pole, 8-magnet rotor that is constructed to be smooth and powerful while increasing durability. An all-new error-free sensor unit design with separate sensor magnet will minimise the signal noise the often can damage speed controllers. The series will include 1500kv, 1950kv, and 2150kv buggy style motors as well as a dedicated 2100kv truggy variant.
Coming from RC Prostyle is a 2.25mm carbon fibre chassis set for the Xray X1 formula car. Constructed from high-grade U.S. made carbon fibre the chassis was designed especially for asphalt racing in medium to high-grip conditions. The super-narrow design and raised side links increase ground clearance during cornering which results in less scrubbing and improved corner speed. Included come two types of link plates, one for the standard Xray links and one for shorter 65mm links such as the ones used by Roche or Yokomo – using the shorter links will help gain on-power steering. Included in the set are the chassis, rear pod plate, side link plates as well as mounting hardware.
Traxxas’ new 4-Tec 2.0 1/10th scale 4WD car is soon also available in two additional variants without body shell. Coming as brushless-powered VXL and brushed standard variant, both make use of the same modular chassis, strong suspension and drivetrain components and they also include a 2.4GHz TQ radio system. Included with the VXL set is a Velineon VXL-3s electronic speed control, a Velineon 3500 brushless motor as well as Traxxas’s TSM stability management. A one-piece steel driveshaft and adjustable steel turnbuckles and steering links round out the upgraded package. The standard brushed variant comes with the XL-5 speedo, a Titan 12-Turn 550-class motor, alloy centre driveshaft and rigid composite steering links and turnbuckles. The cars can accommodate most of today’s 200mm touring car and GT body shells and they will hit stores very soon.
New from RC Maker are graphite Ackermann plates for the LS1 and LS2 steering racks. Coming in a set of three and including 1mm, 1.5mm and 2mm plates, they make adjusting the steering Ackermann a lot easier and faster. Drivers only need to undo the ball-studs on the steering plate enough to slide the shims in, then re-tighten. The plates are ultra-lightweight and durable, and allow 1mm to 4.5mm of Ackermann adjustment overall.
