Available soon are is a new line of Roche progressive touring car springs. Made in co-operation with Speedmaster Japan the 20mm springs are made of 1.4mm wire and they are available in three different specifications of soft/yellow TS2.5-2.7, medium/red TS2.5-2.8 and hard/purple TS2.5-3.0. The Japanese-made springs are usable with almost all touring cars that utilise low-profile shock absorbers.
Source: Roche [rocherc.com]
Coming from Capricorn and made for the LAB C02 and C03 200mm cars are new brass battery mount plates. The plates are available in a light 55g and heavy 68g variant both of which are designed to up the car’s overall weight while also adding weight to the lowest part of the chassis which can be beneficial especially in high-traction conditions. Both plates come with machined slots for reinforced battery mounting tape and they are available now.
Source: Capricorn [capricornrc.com]
Coming from T-Works are new titanium suspension pin sets for the Xray T4 and Yokomo BD7 range of cars. The 8-piece sets contain both the inner and outer suspension shafts with the lightweight high-quality material used reducing overall weight while keeping exceptional rigidity in the event of a crash. The T4 set is usable on the ’15 and ’16 kits and the same applies to the BD7-related kit that also is usable for the respective ’15 and ’16 variants.
Protoform have introduced the Cadillac ATS-V.R 200mm bodyshell. Building on the 190mm USGT variant the popular Cadillac race body is suited for the new World GT-R rubber tyre pan car class or 200mm touring cars. The full-scale car was built to international FIA GT3 specifications, this pedigree allows it to potentially run in more than 30 different GT series around the world. Protoform’s 1/10th scale counter part captures the voluptuous shape of this 2-door coupe race body and it is formed from genuine .030″ lexan and includes injection-moulded wing struts. As always, wing mounting hardware, and paint-then-peel overspray film are included.
Team Bomber from Japan have introduced their TB-F1WS conversion kit for the Tamiya F104 formula car. Based on a 2.5mm high-quality carbon fibre chassis the kit incorporates several features such as the ability to mount the battery pack using tape and it comes with a redesigned upper deck that takes the long friction damper tubes which are mounted along the roll centre of the car instead of the usual transversal position most of today’s kits use. This makes for a very slim chassis appearance and allows for very low mounted bodyshells. The car is also of a conventional T-bar design which is meant to offer improved traction on low to medium-bite surfaces, such as asphalt or “green” carpet, and it also makes for better bump track handling. The chassis design allows to use standard and shorty battery packs, it is usable in both rubber and foam tyre classes and the kit is designed to run Tamiya-type front and rear end assemblies.
Vampire Racing have introduced their new 5mm to 4mm bullet-type connector adapter plugs. They come in handy when running battery packs with the new-style 5mm connectors and standard 4mm connectors alongside as they do away with the need to rewire the speed controller or charger plugs. The reducer bushings feature a high-quality gold plating and they are available as pairs or in a convenient 10-piece package.
Coming from German company Yuki Model is a new high-capacity 7200mAh 7.4V LiPo battery pack. Built using robust 45C cells the battery measures a standard 137.5x46x25mm and it comes pre-wired with high temperature resistant silicone wires, a T-type power connector and JST-XH balancer port. The battery with its distinctive bright red hardcase weighs in at 320g and it is available now.
Source: Yuki Model [yuki-model.de]
Yeah Racing have introduced their new Tornado Plus 25mm aluminium case fan and a range of wire guard clamps. Starting with the fan, the dual ball-raced unit features a sturdy alloy case for improved mechanical rigidity and added heat dissipation capacity when used as a speedo fan. The unit is high-voltage compatible, it sports silver chamfered edges for looks and it comes pre-wired with a red JST connector.
