New from Beamcat come 3-piece sets of carbon fibre rear axles for the Tamiya F103 and F104 formula chassis. Made from high quality carbon material the precision ground shafts are light of weight yet durable and they reduce the rotation mass of the rear axle assembly for improved performance especially when running high-turn stock motors.
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Seen for the first time at the recent All Japan Hobby Show Tamiya now release a first official image of their forthcoming TRF419 touring car kit. The successor to the TRF418 has been heavily tweaked and optimised to give racers an even better platform for racing at all sorts of levels – from club racing to the World Championships. The kit inherits the TRF418 suspension parts but aside from those, the rest of the chassis features a whole range of updates and new parts. Carbon fibre upper and lower decks have been redesigned for optimum chassis balance and to maximise the potential of new drivetrain parts. The dampers follow a new design, and combined with updated carbon fibre stays will provide improved traction on a range of track surface conditions. The new aluminium motor mount ensures that the chassis’ flexibility is fed back more efficiently while the motor position is altered to optimise weight distribution. The kit also features newly-designed bulkheads and gear differential unit and it will become available around end of December.
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Coming from Active Hobby Products and made for Tamiya’s WR-02 2WD wheeler chassis is an aluminium motor guard set. Included is a machined motor guard with numerous slots for cooling and weight reduction as well as all needed mounting hardware. The assembly protects the somewhat exposed motor of the WR-02 chassis during on-road and off-road abuse while adding a bit of visual impact at the same time. The set is available in four colours including blue, black, red and silver.
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Available now from Marc Rheinard’s MR33 brand is a new touring car rear wing for 190mm bodyshells as well as plastic card board boxes to protect your RC equipment during transportation and storage. Starting with the rear wing, the redesigned downforce enhancer sports an updated design for improved corner speed while offering three different cutting lines for the wing height and two different wing chord lines. Two pairs of dimples allow to easily mount the win in a front and rearward position. The wing is made from tough 1mm polycarbonate and comes including a pair of 20x40mm endplates. Also new is the MR33-branded RC plastic card box with dimensions of 470x220x130mm. The box is made to protect valuable equipment such as chargers, power supplies, as well as spare parts. The boxes can also be used within many hauler bags.
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New from T-Works come aluminium body height adjusters for the use with all on-road cars with 6mm body posts. The parts are made from 7075 material and their threaded design allows to fine-tune the height and rake of a body in a range of 0mm to 3mm. Laser-etched marks make adjustment easy and included with the adjusters come 2mm stainless steel pins and securing O-rings.
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Shepherd announce a new option part for the Velox-Revolutionary-Shock-System. The super soft floating piston spring is even softer than the extra soft one and with these springs it is possible to build the shocks with zero rebound which results in better handling of the car especially on small bumps/curbs. The springs are available from now on.
Source: Shepherd [team-shepherd.com]
VBC Racing Australia have first images of the forthcoming Wildfire D07 electric touring car kit available. The latest incarnation of the company’s touring car platform will be based on a 2.5mm carbon fibre main chassis with 2mm upperdeck and an innovative “floating” steering design that decouples the steering bellcrank posts from the chassis to allow for improved front flex characteristics. A sturdy aluminium centre pod still makes for accurate steering response while different flex settings help to fine-tune the setup. Also new to the D07 is an improved motor mount for optimised left-to-right flex characteristics of the rear part of the chassis while the new Zero Tolerance Pulley system makes for an ultra smooth drivetrain operation. Other new features include an updated anti-roll bar mount on the A-arms, a new suspension geometry using carbon composite parts, all-new 3.5mm carbon shock towers, new centre arm mounts with adjustable flex settings and more.
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Following first teaser images Team Muso now officially announce the release of the LM-P Typ2 200mm on-road bodyshell. The multi-piece body is made from clear polycarbonate and it comes with separate rear wing, shark fin and roll cage details to create several aerodynamic configurations. The body is designed for the use with 200mm World GT chassis and also fits Tamiya F103 GT cars.
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