UK company Phat Bodies has introduced the Mini Miglia M-class body shell. Designed to fit 210mm wheelbase M03, M04 and M05 cars beside others, the 170mm wide body features wide arches and a slammed overall appearance. It is moulded from high-quality 1.0mm polycarbonate and comes clear, including light and window masks and a sticker sheet.
Source: Phat Bodies [phatbodies.bigcartel.com]
During this week’s second round of the 2017 Euro Nitro Series Serpent are showing off their all-new 988 1/8th on-road platform. With only the transmission, shocks, fuel tanks and some minor plastic parts taken over from the previous 977, the new car is pretty much a complete redesign – although a quite traditional one. New to the 988 are the aerodynamic lower a-arms which are solid and can accept different inserts to change the flex characteristics of the arm, which is just one of a number of various flex tuning possibilities in this new car. Along with a modified main chassis to accept the new parts, the car also comes with the newly released Viper Flow front bumper.
Find more information and detail images here.
Radtec have introduced new a set of spring steel double joint front driveshafts for the Yokomo BD8 as well as three sets of aluminium caster bushings for the Xray X1 formula car. Starting with the driveshafts, they are made of high-quality spring steel, come in 41.1mm configuration and with ground wheel axle seats for improved precision. Also included are blue C-blades. As for the X1 camber bushings, the orange anodised aluminium parts are available in 1-dot 1.5°/2.5°, 2-dot 1.0°/3.0° and unmarked 2.0° configuration with the alternative settings being accessible by rotating the inserts. Each set includes two inserts and all parts are available now.
KO Propo have released a teaser image of their forthcoming RSx3-12 H.C servo for 1/12th scale pan cars. Sporting a heavily machined aluminium upper case the servo will be very strong and durable while the extensive milling will keep the overall weight down. No information on specifications and features is available yet but we bring you more updates as soon as they surface.
Source: KO Propo [kopropo.co.jp]
Reflex Racing’s recently introduced PCS system for the Team Associated TC7.1 is now also available as a combo kit including a suitable carbon fibre chassis. Included, besides the Pitch Control System, is a 2.1mm quasi isotropic carbon fibre chassis that was designed to work with the RSD Pitch Control System. It includes two additional motor mount holes to secure the motor mount in different ways and adjust the flex characteristic of the car in the rear end. It also utilises two countersink holes in order to mount the Yokomo BD8 active rear steering rods to the chassis which is a popular modification by TC7.1 drivers these days. Included in the kit are the chassis, alloy motor and servo mount, carbon fibre servo mounting plate, RSD 2.0mm or 1.5mm top deck, battery stock screws and mounting hardware. Besides the full kit the chassis is also available separately.
Coming from Team Associated and made for the F6 formula car are front and rear axle shim sets. Starting with the front axle set, the universal kit fits all 5mm can car axles and the 0.5mm, 1.0mm and 2.0mm shims allow to easily adjust the overall width of the front end. As for the rear axle shim set, the 0.5mm, 1.0mm and 2.0mm spacers fit all 1/4″ pan car rear axles such as the ones of the F6, R6/R5 and RC12L series of AE cars and like the front shims, they come machined from aluminium and are black anodised.
Made for the Viper series of 1/8th on-road cars is the new Flow front bumper from Serpent. A 3-in-1 design, the bumper offers the ability to run it is three different aero configurations of fully open, semi-open and fully closed by using dedicated inserts for the outer part of the bumper. Using the open specification will offer the least steering while the semi-open variant will provide good high-speed steering. Finally in the fully closed configuration the bumper will give the most low-speed steering at the sacrifice of high-speed steering. The aerodynamically bumper fits on all Viper line cars and it includes all needed inserts.
View more images of the bumper here
Coming from Speedzone is their all-new 5000mAh 120C LiPi battery pack. The latest release to their line of hardcase packs comes in standard 2S dimensions with 5mm inboard connectors and it weighs under 290g. The biggest advantage of this pack is the high average voltage and super low resistance, making it perfect for not only spec classes but modified classes as well while meeting ROAR, EFRA, BRCA, and IFMAR specs.
Source: Speedzone [speedzoneusa.com]
