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Coming from Samix and made for Yokomo’s BD7 touring car are new brass and aluminium suspension mounts. Available are several configurations including 1-piece FF, FR and RR mounts as well as split FR and RF mounts all of which use optional Xray composite inserts to alter the suspension’s kick-up, anti-squat and toe-in settings. Additionally they are of a 1mm lower design, allowing to run lower suspension pin settings than stock. The mounts are available in heavy black and gold colour brass as well as lightweights silver and black aluminium variants with the brass parts allowing to adjust the car’s weight balance and overall weight.

Source: Samix [rcsamix.com]

Thunder Innovation have introduced their new line of storage boxes for multiple applications. Coming in different sizes the boxes, made from durable PP material, offer adjustable compartments, allowing to store a multitude of parts such as hardware, nuts, shims and many more.

Source: Thunder Innovation [thunderinnovation.com]

Raceform have introduced pre-cut wing attachments for 1/10th scale off-road buggy wings. Adding the part to any rear wing will improve stability at high speed and also on corner exit with the U-bend attachments coming pre-cut and with various mounting holes already milled out. The assists fit most wings, both screw and body clip mounting styles and they come in packs of two or eight pieces.

Source: Raceform [raceformrc.com]

Kyosho’s own Yuichi Kanai had released first images of forthcoming option parts for the MP9 1/8th off-road buggy. First up are the new aluminium hard front shock stays in S and MS configuration and incorporating a high mounting position for the upper arm mount. The shock stays come CNC-machined, hard-anodised and with laser-etched markings for easy identification. The short shock tower has to be used with S-size shocks while the medium-short tower is to be used with MS-size shocks. Both offer updated mounting positions for the third new part, the high mount front upper arm holder. The alloy part lifts the upper suspension pins by 2mm, resulting in improved yet smoother steering. All three parts will become available in September.

Source: Kyosho [kyosho.com]

Following first teaser images released yesterday, Kyosho have issued more detailed photos of the forthcoming RB6.6 1/10th 2WD off-road buggy. Based off of a longer wheelbase chassis the car’s most important feature is the very versatile gearbox layout with a rear motor and a total of three mid motor configurations, – including 3-gear, 4-gear, and laydown – being usable right out of the box. Beside the changeable transmission design the buggy also allows for a range of battery configurations to be run as are inline or transversally mounted shorty LiPos in mid motor as well as straight and saddle packs for the mid and rear motor layouts. The suspension components are taken over from the previous RB6 by the looks of things and the kit comes with a new high-downforce body to fit the 13mm longer chassis.

Source: Kyosho [kyosho.com]

Team Associated have introduced three new combo packages around the Reedy 324-S compact balance charger. The device can handle 2S to 4S LiPo and LiFe battery packs and it offers selectable charge rates of 1A to 3A with an internal balancer making for easy and secure operation. The mains charger is usable with 100V to 240V input and it is available with a range of Wolfpack hardcase LiPo batteries including a 2S 3300mAh, 3S 4500mAh and 4S 4000mAh variant.

Source: Team Associated [teamassociated.com]