Tesla have introduced their new line of competition fuel that was developed in cooperation with Runner Time. Available in on-road and off-road specific blends with 16 percent or 25 percent nitro the fuel comes in 4 litre cans with child protection caps.
Source: Capricorn [capricornrc.com]
Japanese company TRG have introduced a new roll damper with multi-piece piston for their line of 1/10th formula conversion kits. The damper makes use of a machined aluminium body and a multi-piece piston that is made up using bushings of different length and diameter. A shouldered, O-ring equipped delrin bushing on each end reduces oil or grease loss to a minimum compared to the standard 1-piece piston. The damper fits the current TRG114 and also the older TRG112, TRG111 and TRG109 conversion kits.
Japanese company Axon have introduced their new World Spec SH touring car springs. Made for the use with “short” touring car shocks the springs offer the highest possible precision and they come in five different hardnesses of C2.4 up to C2.8. The titan-colour springs are colour-coded for easy identification and they are usable for carpet and asphalt racing alike.
Source: Axon [team-axon.com]
Trinity have announced the addition of a dedicated VTA motor to their ReVtech 24K line up. The motor will be based off the new ROAR VTA specifications which are ROAR’s first attempt to recognise this popular spec racing class and it should become available in early March.
Source: Trinity [trinityrc.net]
New from Hard Racing comes the Cheng-Ho extra large hauler bag. Sized to carry 1/8th trucks the bag measures 787x330x430mm and it also takes a range of accessories, parts and more, allowing to use it for travels with your RC gear also. The bag is made from tough 1000 Denier nylon, it features zippers made for the use with safety lockers and three sturdy wheels for easy handling.
SMC have introduced the Totemic 2-pole 540-size sensored brushless motor. The motor’s power band has been tuned to provide a very classic brushless feel with a smooth bottom end, hearty mid range and a brutal top end. Available in 9.5T to 5.5T variants, the 9.5T, 8.5T and 7.5T motors are equipped with 12.3mm diameter rotors, which testing proved to be the best suited for 2WD applications. The 6.5T and 5.5T motors are equipped with 12.5mm diameter rotors for 4WD applications where a harder hitting bottom end can be useful. The motor design has the stator wind only displayed on the stator through the side windows, allowing the stators to be changed and easily keep track of the motor wind.
Coming from Futaba is the S9372SV high-voltage standard size servo. Developed with 1/8th competition racing in mind, the servo features tough titanium gears, dual ball bearings, a torque of up to 24.6kg-cm and a speed of 0.06s while it is also programmable, with many different, adjustable parameter settings. With the S-Link servo programming software, users can customise servo travel, torque and smoothness to satisfy any application or personal preference.
Source: Futaba [futabarc.com]
Speedmaster Japan have introduced a specially shaped foam bumper for the Yokomo BD7 touring car. The bumper is shaped to perfectly match the popular Protoform LTC-R as it supports the front of the body without the need to add foam strips as it is needed when running the body in a very forward-mounted position. Beside the BD7 the bumper will also fit SWorkz’ forthcoming CX11 touring car.
