New from Mugen Seiki Racing come two ride height gauges. Manufactured from aluminium and coming laser etched for precision measuring they are available for on-road and off-road vehicles with the on-road gauge offering a range of 5mm to 15mm while the off-road gauge has a range from 18mm to 45mm. Both gauges come pre-assembled and they use a simple thumbscrew to lock in the desired setting.
Italian company Capricorn have new aluminium CVD wheel shaft sets for their 1/8th scale on-road cars available. Scrubbing a good amount of weight and rotation mass the sets are available for the front and the rear and a special hard coating increases the durability and they also include new dogbones and couplers.
Xray have introduced the latest incarnation of highly successful T4 platform. The 2016 specification car received some subtle changes to make the European Championships and IFMAR Vice-World Championship title winning car even better. The backbone of the ’16 is a redesigned lower chassis plate made from 2.2mm high-grade carbon fibre. Only 86mm wide the chassis offers optimised flex characteristics and it features new mounting positions for the updated motor mount to make for equal left-to-right flex and greatly reduced chassis tweak. Weight distribution and balance characteristics have also been optimised to allow the battery to sit as closely to the car’s centre line as possible which was made necessary due to today’s heavy, high-capacity LiPo battery packs. The chassis also sports pre-drilled holes for optional parts such as chassis weights, graphite motor guard, graphite adjustable battery holder, and battery strap.
Capricorn have three new ultra-high viscosity differential oils available. Coming as 1.000.000cts, 1.500.000cst and 2.000.000cst variant the fluids help to fine-tune front gear differentials in on-road cars and they are supplied in handy 50ml bottles.
Source: Capricorn [capricornrc.com]
Following a first preview, AME have announced full details and several renderings of their forthcoming Project IRIS 1/10th scale 4WD touring car kit. This next generation touring car was developed by Andreas Myrberg with the focus being set on an easy to build, easy to tune and easy to maintain platform without sacrificing performance. The car builds on a class-standard double deck chassis and utilises a 2-belt drivetrain but this is where similarities with most other touring cars end as the suspension package features innovative pushrods to actuate the rotation shock absorbers and torsion springs.
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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.
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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.
