UK MR33 distributors Schumacher have introduce the MR33 joint lubrication oil. Specially formulated the lube is best used for drive shaft joints, pins and moving parts as it provides long lasting and smooth operation and reduced wear on components. The oil comes in a handy bottle and it is available now.
Source: Schumacher [racing-cars.com]
New from Yeah Racing comes a car stand for 1/10th scale on-road vehicles. Constructed using black anodised aluminium and machined carbon fibre, the car stand also acts as a shock stand when building or maintaining shock absorbers. Additional foam strips keep the chassis from sliding around while narrow strips for the bottom part of the alloy rails keep the stand located on the pit table securely.
Italian company PMT have introduced the all-new Supreme X01 rubber compound for their 1/5th scale tyres. Aimed at dirty low-grip tracks the new compound will increase both the overall grip and tyre life by about 25 percent compared to the previous rubber. The 40 shore tyres are available pre-mounted on white P0 rims.
Source: PMT [pmt-tyres.it]
Coming from Marka Racing are two new 18.5mm low-profile LiPo battery packs. First up is the 3900mAh 110C 2S shorty pack, measuring 93x47x18.5mm and weighing in at 154g. The pack is ideal for 1/10th off-road and on-road cars and it makes use of industry-standard 4mm connectors. The second new battery is the 7200mAh 110C 1S pack for 1/12th scale vehicles. Offering the same dimensions as the 2S packs the 1S variant weighs in at 149g.
CRC have introduced their new Gen-X 10 R/T World GT-R pan car kit. Building on the proven Gen-X 10 200mm World-GT car the R/T features design tweaks especially aimed at the rubber tyre GT-R class. The kit features a slider rear pod for rear axle height adjustments without shims or insets, the chassis allows for multiple battery configurations including 2S shorty, saddle, square and full packs while using a 1S battery allows for inline, transverse, forward and back mounting positions. Other features include a fully adjustable front end including width, caster, camber and toe settings, with the front width being adjustable using different hole positions in the front end plates. The EZ-center servo mount helps to perfectly centre the steering servo and the middle shock absorber can be placed in several positions. Finally comes the full carbon Pro-Diff axle for low rotational masses. The kit will ship from early July.
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Xray have introduced new graphite suspension arms for the RX8 1/8th on-road car. Moulded in a special graphite composite material the arms are significantly harder than the standard parts, making them ideal for high to very high grip tracks and also high ambient temperatures. Due to being less flexible the suspension parts make for a more precise handling and improved traction. Available are front and rear upper and lower arms with all parts being symmetrical, allowing to use them on both sides of the car.
Source: Xray [teamxray.com]
Japanese company Active Hobby Products have introduced their new EPT bulkhead setup block tool. Taking the idea of a bulkhead alignment tool a step further, the block also takes spool and diff axle alignment into consideration. First up the tool helps to align both the left and right hand bulkhead halves with an axle shaft dummy then also allowing to check the clearance and proper fit of the eccentric bearing and belt tensioner inserts while also allowing to check for any misalignment as result of a crash. Machined from aluminium and available in a range of colours, the tool is usable for 20mm bulkhead width cars such as the ARC R11 and R10 as well as 22mm kits such as the TRF419 and Yokomo BD7.
Samix have released a floating steering system for the new TRF419X touring car. Building on the design of the previous TRF419 variant, the new set respects the changes made to the “X” kit while retaining the overall idea of lifting the steering bellcrank posts from the chassis to the upper servo mount brace in order to achieve improved front chassis flex while also reducing the negative influence of chassis flex on the steering output. Included in the kit come new inner and outer aluminium servo mount brackets, aluminium bellcrank posts and a carbon fibre upper plate.
Source: Samix [rcsamix.com]
