Bittydesign unleashes Lexan "Zefirus" 1/8-scale wing

0 June 26, 2015, 1:07 p.m.

By Aaron Waldron
LiveRC.com

Press release from Bittydesign:
www.bittydesign.net

Developed and tested for several months with best italian drivers and UK top class formers, the wing is the result of hard engineering behind the project.

The "Zefirus" has been designed with modern and cool forms and it's universal so you can easily install it on all the 1/8 buggy and truggy models on the market.

His main feature is the lightness, compared with the normal plastic wings the Zefirus is much more light and this generate a big help while driving because the lower mass suspended make the car faster in the low speed corners and at same time very stable in the high speed sections. The downforce generated by the wing is very high and the driver can tune it with different possibilities, simply installing an additional wickerbill / gurney flap (to cut long or short because made with lexan not with plastic) as well as side bulkheads that help clean the air vortices that are created behind the wing. Both of these additional elements may not even be installed, in this case the wing will generate less dowforce but will by extremely lightweight. The driver have also the possibility to open indicated vanes to reduce the paracute effect and weight, with the lighter configuration the Zefirus is 50% lighter than plastic wing.

The wing is 100% Made in Italy and it comes complete with decal sheet, screws/nuts to fix the additional parts; the wickerbill / gurney flap and the side bulkheads are included in the kit.

At Bittydesign we are expert with paints, this is why the wing comes also already pre-painted in the 3 popular colors black, white and fluo yellow. There’s no other manufacturers offering such a complete line of lexan wings for the buggy and truggy classes.

Finally a consideration about the lexan wing after they became popular: the main concern we noticed on the track from the racers is one unique demand: “are they faster than plastic wing?”. Yes lexan wings are faster! They are not durable like the plastic ones but lap times are lower, so the driver now can choose from durability (plastic) and top performances (lexan). The Zefirus will give to you some tenths of second per lap and outstanding driving feeling, see more here: http://www.bittydesign.net/en/18-buggy-truggy-wing

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