Nitrosisters in Germany have released this set of spacers to adjust the chassis clearance of the front axle on the Xray X10, XII and the new X12. The design makes it easier to change than the original spacers and the set includes 10 aluminium spacers, 4 are 1mm and 6 are 0.5mm thick.
View an image of the spacer being mounted here
Here we have this weeks round up of product releases and race reports from our site sponsors Xray. Our summary includes everything published by the Slovakian manufacturer on their own website in the past week, so if you didn’t find the time to visit, be sure to read on. This weeks round up includes the following stories.
– T3’11 Wins 2011 UISP National Championship
– RX8 Wins 2011 Novarossi Trophy in Italya
– XB808’11 & XT8 Win the Supercross race in France
– XRAY offers new XRAY T3 differential outdrive adapter
Click here to view the round-up
FTW Racing Components have unveiled the latest addition to its lineup of 1:8 scale bodies, Tactic for JQ’s THE Car. Tactic features a forward-cab configuration for improved handling and the dramatically unconventional styling that defines FTW. The body is sold with window masks and a decal sheet. We can expect more shells for other brands of cars from FTW in the near future.
View more images of the shell here
New from CRC is a batch of products designed to make your Gen-Xi, XL, X10 and X10LE more adjustable, rigid, strong and true. CRC has a line of carbon fibre front end braces for both 1:12th and 1:10th Gen-X cars. For the 1:12th car, there are 2 different braces, the wide brace for the short arm and the narrow brace for the long front end arms. In addition to an increase in stability, the brace keeps the front end aligned in big crashes. Finally there is extended rear shock mount top plates for the Gen-Xi. The new Gen-Xi features optional rear shock positions and you can utilize these positions by lengthening the shock. Or these new extended rear top plates can be used to move the rear shock forward in .25 inch and .5 inch increments. Typically, when the rear shock is mounted more forward, more mid and exit steering is achieved. It is a quick simple change that can be done to alter the handling of the car. Sold as a set of 2. With .25 inch and .5 inch movement that matches the hole pattern on the Xi.
Huge R/C Products, the brand from former World Champion Surikarn C have released these aluminium stabilizer holder sets for their FF11 FWD chassis kits. Available for the front and rear of the car the holders are designed to be used with the Tamiya FF03 stabilizer set.
View images of the sets mounted here
New for the Mugen MTX5, KM Racing have released this steel differential gear set. The new gears are much stronger than the plastic diff gears and are also much more durable but are also heavier so its a trade off between weight and strength. The set includes all crown gears for one gear diff, shims for spacing as well as the gear shafts.
Source: KM Racing [km-rc.com]
Kyosho have announced the release of the new M-size front shock tower for their Inferno MP9 buggy. Designed to suit the European tracks more, it can help to increase the handling of the car over ruts and rocks as well as fast corners depending on the track layout. Made to be used with Kyosho’s M-size length Big Bore shocks the shock tower will increase the possible droop of the front wishbones which adds more options for the setup of the car.
Source: Kyosho [kyosho.de]
A company we haven’t heard from in a while, Team Magic, have released some first images of their all new 1/10th EP touring car the E4RSII. Featuring a more conventional 2 belt configuration, compared to the 3 belt configuration of its predecessor, it is made from high grade woven graphite and sports aluminium c-hubs and gear differentials front and rear. The car is expected to be released later this month.
View more details and images here
