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June 5, 2024

MCD Racing announce 1:8 GT Onroad market entry

One of 1:5 scale racing’s most successful manufacturers, MCD Racing has announced plans to enter the 1:8 GT Onroad market with its own electric car. The Turkish based manufacturer who are the reigning European Large Scale Touring Car Champions with Dario Veseli posted the announcement on their social media. Together with an image of sketches of an 1:8 GT Onroad chassis they wrote, ‘Exciting news! Over the past few months, we have been working on a new project: developing a new 1:8 scale GT-E 4WD car. Keep an eye for further updates!’.

Source: MCD Racing [mcdracing.com]

June 4, 2024

Infinity IF11-2 Alu Servo Mount Set

Infinity has released a new optional Aluminium Servo Mount Set for its IF11-2 1:10 Formula chassis. The high-precision, machined high-rigidity aluminium servo mount increases the mounting rigidity of the steering servo enhancing the steering response and allowing the servo’s performance to be fully utilised.

View Alu Servo Mount Set mounted here

June 4, 2024

SMJ 1:10 Formula 1 body, wings & driver helmets

Japan’s SMJ has released a new Formula 1 body shell together with a number of front & rear wing options and F1 driver’s helmet for 1:10 Electric Formula use. The body is designed to match wide tread and foam tyres. In terms of wings SMJ gives you two type options. The Type-A wing is created in 90s F1 style, the front wing is a narrow type with a width of approximately 133mm. The matching rear high downforce type wing has a width of approximately 110mm. The Type-B front wing is 133mm wide and fits well with any body in terms of appearance and driving characteristics, making it a user-friendly. The matching rear wing has a V-shaped second flap, featuring three adjustable angles for the main flap. The driver helmet set has an emphasis on scale realism and includes two types: visor type and open type.

View more images here

May 31, 2024

Xray X4F‘25 FWD Touring Car

Xray has presented its latest FWD Electric Touring the with the 2025 iteration of the X4F. Key features of the X4F‘25 start with an all-new chassis redesigned to work with the new bulkheads & lower arms and which moves motor mount location 5mm forward for improved traction. It also integrates with the new one-piece aluminium servo/steering mount and battery holder systems. Narrowed 5mm in the front and 10mm in the rear for improved flex characteristics that improve steering and rotation while also reducing chassis drag for improved cornering speed. The car also gets an all-new one-piece servo mount moves the servo 5mm forward for more traction. A Single steering arm mount reduces weight and works together with the new battery holder system to move the battery position further forward for maximum traction. The one-piece design eliminates servo movement in hard crashes and the ultra-low profile design reduces weight and lowers the CG as much as possible. A brand new steering arm redesigned for weight savings with new geometry creates clearance to move the motor mount and servo mount 5mm forward for improved traction & improved in-corner steering. The X4F’25 is 25g lighter than X4F’24 with strategic lightening of the rear suspension to move the weight bias further forward.

View the full X4F‘25 presentation here

May 31, 2024

MR33 Awesomatix A800R Organiser Box

MR33, the brand of multiple World Champion & current Awesomatix factory driver Marc Rheinard, has released this parts Organiser Box for the popular A800R Electric Touring Car. The organiser is made with attention to detail and allows you to store everything in one box. The box can fit stabilizers, PSS system, springs and top deck screws.

View parts list & more images here

May 30, 2024

MyCandy IF18-3 Battery Plate weights

More option parts from Italian brand MyCandy for the Infinity IF18-3 1:8 Onroad Chassis are these battery plate weights. Offering two options of the weight for the the World Championship winning, the tungsten versions is 100grams while the brass version weights in at 45 grams to give to two distinct balance set-up options.

View Brass option here

May 30, 2024

Ielasi Tuned EFRA 2701 Pipe and Manifold Kit

Former 1:10 Nitro Touring Car World Champion Daniele Ielasi’s Ielasi Tuned engine brand has released a new exclusive Pipe and Manifold Kit for the category’s .12 engines. With this year a World Championship year for Nitro Touring Car, the title to be decided in Costa Rica in November, the new pipe mould which is exclusive to Ielasi Tuned offered improved performance over the older EFRA2688. The kits are available in both a Polished or Hard Coated finish.

View hard coated finish here

May 28, 2024

RC Maker SP1 Touring Car – Teaser

RC Maker has just published the first teaser image of its much anticipated 1:10 Electric Touring Car. Ryan Maker, who is behind the well known Australian carbon fibre parts and accessories producer RC Maker, announced his life long ambition to produce his own complete touring car kit at the TITC earlier this year. Racing a well developed prototype of the car at the legendary Bangkok race, Maker has been busy getting the car ready for full production with this image of the car’s suspension the first official image release of the car. Pre-orders and release dates are to be announced in the near future but we can confirm that the image is relative to both the SP1 and SP1-F as they will share the same shock setup etc.

Source: RC Maker [rcmaker.com.au]