Coming from Serpent and made for the Project 4X touring car is a short rear link set. Made for the standard RRS system the shorter links provided result in increased rear end grip which is beneficial for both modified and stock racing and it works on both low and high grip surfaces. The set includes all needed parts and it is available very soon.
Source: Serpent [serpent.com]
Yeah Racing have introduced an aluminium LiPo mount set for the Xray T4 series of touring cars. The kit includes adjustable aluminium mounting brackets that allow to shift the battery back forth and back to achieve different weight bias configurations. The included hook and loop battery strap makes for swift and easy battery swaps while also being light of weight. The set is available in orange or black anodising.
Coming from Exotek is a motor fan clamp-on set for most of today’s 1/8th scale electric brushless motors. The mounting bracket has multi-mount features that allow the fan to be angled or parallel with the motor can. The mount is designed for use with high power 40mm and 30mm fans and it is machined from high-quality aluminium and available in anodised black, blue or orange colour. The clamp fits all motors with a diameter surface of 39.5mm to 40.5mm.
Following a couple of teasing images and videos Mugen have officially unveiled the forthcoming MTC1 1/10th 4WD electric touring car kit. Developed and track-tested for more than a year the kit will be released at the end of July and it will utilise a dual belt drive train, an “intelligent” caster adjustment system, zero tweak flex system, adjustable body positioning, ultra low profile big bore shocks with adjustable shock piston and oil viscosity markings, front double joint drive shafts, hard coated aluminium rear drive shafts, low friction pulleys, ball raced sway bars, one piece motor mount, fully adjustable narrow steering system, aerodynamic front bumper, and a fully adjustable suspension in terms of camber, toe, caster, wheelbase, track width, roll centre, diff/spool height, and steering angle. Also included are an aluminium rear gear differential with heatsink housing, oil volume and oil viscosity markings. The kit is rounded out by an aerodynamic front bumper with vent openings for optimised front end grip in high speed corners.
German brand TRR Racestuff has introduced carbon fibre body mount plates for several 1/10th formula pan cars. Cut from high-quality graphite material the plates are available for kits such as the Team Associated F6, the Xray X1 2017, Roche Rapid 2016 and the Shepherd Velox 2017. The plates allow to securely mount LMP body shells such as the ones from WRC to create the new fun class LMP-F cars.
View the rear body mount plates here
Following on from the recent launch of their IF14 electric touring car, Infinity has produced a set of optional aluminium chassis mounted steering posts. Anodised in Infinity red, the 2-piece set is recommended for use when better steering response is required.
Reflex Racing have introduced the pitch control system for the Team Associated TC7.1 touring car. It is designed to increase fore and aft chassis rigidity while maintaining the same side to side flex on the chassis by tying the steering servo mount with the motor mount via a centre tie rod. The result is more forward bite and a more precise handling. Both the motor and servo mount are cut from black anodised 7075-T6 aluminium and they sport silver edge details for looks with the motor mount utilising a lowered layshaft position by 1.5mm in order to lower the gyroscopic forces of the spur gear and layshaft for quicker direction changes. The servo mount has a third screw on the carbon fibre upper plate for better securing and precision of the servo mounting and integrated screw holes in the motor and servo mounts allow the use of screws for centre battery stops. Additional lower motor mount securing screw positions make for more flex tuning options when used with the forthcoming optional RSD chassis and an increased motor adjustment range allows the use with smaller pinion and Spur combinations.
West Coast R/C Works have announced their new product line of servo setup tools for touring and pan cars. The tools are designed to offer much greater accuracy when aligning the car’s servo horn or servo saver compared to the standard “eye balling” method. The 1/8 and 1/10 servo straight edge and pan car servo straight edge tools work together with a protractor or other measuring tools to set the correct servo trim resulting in an increased repeatability of this process. Drivers can also prepare several servos for one R/C car to be used during fast repairs at big events without having to worry that the servo trim needs to be reset. The pan car servo setup system is composed of two pan car servo centring tools and one servo straight edge. The servo setup system contains all necessary parts to install the servo in the centre and set the desired angle, which improves the repeatability of this process.
