New Shepherd Velox V10 WC2018 nitro touring car kit

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By Aaron Waldron
LiveRC.com

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Shepherd Velox V10 ‘WC2018’

We are happy to release the  brandnew Velox V10 “WC2018” kits just a few days before christmas.

Based on the successful Velox V10  "WC" platform the latest car kit has been developed in close cooperation with  our team drivers as well as club level racers from all over the  world.

Including all the new parts  that were already succesfully used at the European Championship, the  Euro-Nitro-Series and many other races around we gave our best to make the  Shepherd Velox V10 WC2018 an easy to drive, reliable, efficent and easy  to work on car

Updated brake discs allow a better  air-flow by reducing the contact surface between the differential and the brake discs resulting in a cooler and more  efficent and constant brake feeling even under hot and high grip conditions.  Additionally we have been able to further reduce the rotating mass of one of the  most efficent drivetrain on the market.

The front end comes with updated new front upper  arm mounts that have undergone a redesign. 

Raised by 1 millimeter the upper arm eliminates any ‘dynamic camber gain’ when mounted in the  top position which increases the corner speed under very  edgy track conditions. 

The front upper arms mounts now  form a good unity with the radio plate while more space to work on the  front differential and the anti-roll bar was realized. 

The rear end comes with an  updated anti-roll bar that is mounted more outside on the rear lower arm.  Without the use of a pivot-ball the anti-roll bar now has almost no play  resulting in a more direct operation.

To take in account  the new position as well as the different mounting system we also updated the  thickness of all available variants. In the kit included is  a 2.1mm anti-roll bar while a 1.9mm and a 2.3mm wire are available  optional.  Nevertheless also the  traditional pivot-ball style anti-roll bar can be used. 

New reinforced rear lower arms sport a new mounting hole for the updated anti-roll bar while the material has also been improved.

An  updated carbon structure of the radioplate make the  car more easy to drive under highgrip condition while und low grip conditions  the traction is improved.

The one-way adapter has been reshaped to get rid of material reducing the rotating mass  of the drive-train for a better acceleration.

Additional  o-rings now prevent the body mount plates from falling off.

Rounding  out all the features new Shepherd Velox V10 WC2018  comes with the formerly optional hardcoated aluminium diff pins as standard to  further reduce the rotating mass.

All these parts in combination  with well proven features like the Direct-V-Brake, an extra small servo saver and the Velox Revolutionary Shocks make  the V10 platform even stronger.

New features:  

• light-weight  ventilated brake discs
• redesigned front upper arm  mounts
• new rear anti-roll bar
• updated rear lower  wishbones
• new radioplate carbon  material
• redesigned 2-speed one-way  adapter
• additoinal o-rings for body  mounts
• aluminium diff pins

General  features:

• Innovative “Direct-V-Brake  System”
• Ball raced front and rear anti-roll  bars
• Hollowed lightweight 2-speed  shaft
• Symmetrical chassis plate
• Front lower wishbone with  adjustable roll-center settings
• Front and rear belt tension adjustable without  disassembly
• Wheel axles mounted from the outside for easy maintenance and  set-up
• Top mounted fuel  tank with adjustable  volume
• Front and rear CVDs made of spring steel
• Hard-coated aluminium pinions 
• “Velox Competition Clutch” with extra strong  spring
• Well-proven “Velox Revolutionary Shock  System” 

The standard blue kits as well as a  small quantity of black editions are available from 8th of January 2018  on!