Xray XT8 +5mm Offset Wheel axle
New from Xray, for the XT8 truggy, are these hard coated lightweight aluminium wheel axles with +5mm offset. Sold in a pair, and suitable for both the front and rear of the car, using these wheel axles will increase the overall track width by 10mm making the car more stable and easier to drive. Suggested for use with 0-offset wheels only.
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Friday, July 18, 2008
Team Magic E4 Option parts
Team Magic have released some new option parts for their E4 Electric Touring car, beginning with this new front shock tower. Made from carbon fibre, and machined to lighten the part further, the new stiffer tower has four different shock mounting holes to adapt the shock angle to your driving style and track conditions to get the best performance out of your car. Also new is this front bulkhead upper mount, that has been machined from 7075 aluminium, to increase strength in this area as well as increase chassis stiffness.
Source: Team Magic [teammagic.com.tw]
Friday, July 18, 2008
Summach wins Ontario Provincial Champs
The 2008 Ontario Provincial Championships took place last weekend at Sid’s Raceway in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada, with drivers from all over Ontario in attendance, as well some from Quebec and New York. The track’s fast layout and changing conditions throughout the day were going to make the racing action packed and in the 2wd Modified class, Kyosho/Team Orion driver John Summach swept the three rocket rounds of qualifying and was the only driver able to sneak in for the extra lap. The 7-minute Triple A Main format made for some really exciting racing and close finishes and it was Summach that came out on top after winning 2 of the mains, the last in dramatic fashion, to take the overall title.
Source: Team Orion [teamorion.com]
Friday, July 18, 2008
Brazilian 540-J Class Rd4 report
The 4th round of the Brazilian 540-J Class took place last weekend at the AARC of ABC track in Santo André. With a record 15 drivers in attendance for this class, this was good news for the electric racing scene in São Paulo. The A-main saw a very clean and fair battle between HB Cyclone racer Adalberto Neri and Tamiya driver Artur Ueda that lasted until the very last heat, where Neri eventually took the win, with the 3rd spot going to Associated driver Alekimura just in front of Fernanda Landre racing an Xray. The B-main, again sae some great rookie battles in this category between Marcelo Acácio and Deivid, with the latte eventualy getting the upper hand.
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Friday, July 18, 2008
HongNor X2 CRT Option parts
HongNor have announced the release of a number of new optional parts for their X2 CRT 1/8th scale truggy chassis. First up is this front and rear set of CNC machined 7075 T6 center braces that helps stiffen up the whole chassis, while for extra performance there is a set of lightweight CVDs, as well as front and rear universal shafts. Less weight mean better acceleration and more revolutions, as well as lowering the overall weight of the car, which is always good.
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Thursday, July 17, 2008
Cody King wins Truggy at JBRL Rd4
Following on from his win in round 3, Cody King and his Sirio powered Kyosho STRR have won yet another round of the hotly contested JBRL series in Southern California. Cody grabbed the TQ and won the A main final from Losi racer Adam Drake in 2nd and Tyler Vik in 3rd and now moves into the outright points lead in the Truggy class. Cody also led the Buggy A final, but a mechanical issue late in the main knocked him back to third.
Thursday, July 17, 2008
RC TV Live – Show 719
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-57355260779784242
You can now view the latest video from RC TV Live in the player above. “Here we feature the brand new and extremely popular “808″, 1/8th scale nitro machine. See it in covered in depth and watch some great racing footage of it in action. You will also hear a fantastic interview from Ralph Burch of RC America about some exciting new products coming up from XRAY and you will also see the classic T1 touring car that started it all. The tech tip this week features setting ride height and suspension for off-road, and a few other helpful tips for racing. Also featured in this show is the exciting electric indoor/outdoor E-flite helicopter. See it being flown and up close with all it’s features. Mike and Jeff talk about what is buzzing on the boards and have a great time during this show, and we hope you enjoy watching it as much as they did filming it. There are some cool new features used on episode 719, showing our commitment to become better each and every episode.”
Source: RC TV Live [rctvlive.com]
Thursday, July 17, 2008
Recio wins Campeonato Clausura Rd1
We received a small report from the 1st round of the 1/10th scale ‘Campeonato Clausura’ that took place last Sunday, in Buenos Aires, Argentina under beautiful sunny conditions. The Pro category saw the win go to pole man Sebastián Recio, the Kyosho USA and Sirio racer winning from Carlos Hernández in 2nd place and Hernán Lebenbaun in 3rd place, all 3 drivers, along with Juan Pablo Golobic, will represent Argentina at this August’s 1/10th 200mm World Championships in Portugal. In the growing Light category, the winner was Juan Pavani followed by Francisco Veiga in 2nd place and Eduardo Cantamessi taking the 3rd spot.
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Thursday, July 17, 2008
Team Azarashi X-6 Vaykal-proto
Japanese off road specialist Team Azarashi have released the first pictures of their prototype Vaykal body shell, suitable for the 2wd X-Factory X-6. Featuring some very aggressive styling, the new shell is still being finalised and no fixed date has been given for its release.
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Thursday, July 17, 2008
