Following the electric touring car body and wing gauge Arrowmax now also have a dedicated 1/10th nitro TC tool available. With all necessary measurements in one handy gauge there is no reason to fail the next tech inspection. The gauge is made from high-quality polycarbonate and it sports precise and easy to read markings.
Source: Arrowmax [arrowmax-rc.com]
Speedmaster Japan have introduced their new silver-colour shock springs for 1/10th touring cars. Developed by the people behind the highly popular HPI silver springs the Speedmaster Japan items will offer improved materials, dimensions and surface treatment to allow for highest precision and on-track performance. Coming in standard as well as short 20mm specification the colour coded springs are available as pairs or 3-piece combo sets. The range will include TL2.8/6.75, TL3.0/6.5 and TL3.2/6.25 “long” springs made from 1.5mm wire while the “short” springs are available as TS2.8/5.75, TS3.0/5.5 and TS3.2/5.25 variants made from 1.4mm wire.
View the short 20mm springs here
Fantom Racing have introduced their all-new FR-1 540-size brushless motors. Developed on the USA, the motors feature purpose-designed stators made from premium Japanese Kawasaki steel to cover different wind motors and their intended uses. Despite just varying stack heights, Fantom uses different designs with the Type T being used in the 10.5T spec motor as well as the 2.5T to 9.5T modified variants while the Type R rotor comes into play for the 21.5T and 25.5T motors. The 13.5T and 17.5T variants are available either with the Type T or Type R configurations. All motors are built using premium grade Neodymium magnets and they come engraved with the Fantom logo and specifications.
Coming from BMT and made for the 984 1/8th on-road car is an adjustable aluminium servo saver. The 2-piece part is machined from high-quality aluminium, it comes in gun metal anodising and the adjustable inner ball stud lever allows to fine-tune the steering Ackermann setting without additional parts.
Source: BMT [bmt-team.com]
After winning three out of four rounds of qualifying today at the third round of the Italian 1/8th Nitro On-road Nationals on the outstanding Cassino track, Alberto Picco took the overall TQ and he will start from the pole position into tomorrow’s 60-minute long final. Behind him, the second spot on the grid was earned by Mirko Salemi, who TQ’d round one and kept his car consistently in the top three spots throughout the day. Third on the grid will be Francesco Tironi, who improved his car round by round until finishing only two seconds behind Picco in the last round despite being forced to refuelling one more time than Alberto. Marco Vanni, the championship leader, will start the fight for his first title from 6th.
Coming from Radtec and made for the Xray T4’15 touring car is the aluminium steering arm and floating steering system. Included are a high-grade graphite servo top plate, ball-raced 7075 aluminium steering arms as well as a set of steering posts. The steering arm’s design allows for maximum steering throw for improved cornering and they can be mounted both on the chassis or on the upper servo plate to obtain different flex and steering characteristic settings.
Japanese option parts company Square in cooperation with Japanese RC news platform RC Monkey have announced the soon release of the RC Monkey 1/10th touring car springs. Developed with users in a nationwide monitoring test the springs are meant to be easy to use especially for beginners with the precise manufacturing satisfying the expert also. The colour-coded standard-length springs come in pairs and they are available in hard, medium-hard, medium and medium-soft stiffness from the end of September.
Source: Square [rc-square.com]
Tamiya have several bodyshell variants of their popular TT-01 Type-E and TT-02 chassis available on show at the All Japan Hobby Show such as the Petronas Tom’s RC-F, the Motul Autech GT-R or the Mazda MX-5 for the M-05 but what stands out is the re-release of the iconic Monster Beetle. The 1990’s off-road vehicle sports the same features as “back in the days” although slight modifications to the drivetrain make the kit usable with today’s more powerful motors and batteries. The kit is already available. Racing-wise there is nothing new to show in Tokyo as it seems despite the forthcoming IFMAR 1/10th Electric Buggy Worlds on home soil astro turf.
