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January 29, 2012

Ben Sterling joins Xray Australia

Ben Sterling, one of Australia’s top 1/10 off-road racers, has joined Xray Australia. Ben will race both 1/8 nitro and electric-powered Xray cars as well as provide technical and set-up support to all Xray drivers. He had this to say:

I am glad to be apart of Team Xray Australia for the 2012 season but first I would like to thank Kyosho and Dawn Trading for all their support in the past years. It will be a new experience and learning curve running 1/8 offroad for 2012 but I am looking forward to the challenge and having the opportunity to run for Team Xray and the new XB9 platform.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

January 29, 2012

Xray News Round-up

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.

– New XRAY T3’12 Low-Traction Chassis & Top Deck
– New XB808 FRP Mud Protector
– XRAY TQ @ETS #2 – full report
– Ben Sterling Joins XRAY
– Juanma Guillen Joins XRAY
– T3’11 Wins 2011 North Cyprus Championship
– Rick Vrielijnck joins XRAY Factory Team
– Travis Amezcua Joins XRAY

Click here to view the round-up

January 25, 2012

Xray T3 low friction chassis & top deck

New from Xray for their T3 chassis is this 2mm chassis which was developed to provide the best possible traction for low-traction conditions. The thinner chassis allows the car to flex more which generates more overall traction. To generate even more traction, the new 2mm chassis can be combined with the new 1.6mm top deck which was developed to increase traction and in-corner steering. With the thinner top deck, the car will flex more which generates overall more traction. The top deck is a direct replacement for standard 2mm top deck.

View the top deck here

January 20, 2012

Xray XB808 & XB9 FRP mud protectors

Xray introduce the CNC-machined FRP mud protectors for the XB808 and XB9 line of 1/8 scale off-road buggies. Designed to protect the rear arms, driveshafts and shock absorbers from rocks, dirt and mud the parts are ideal when running in wet and dirty racing condition. Developed for direct installation the protectors do not require body trimming or the drilling of additional holes.

Click here to view a picture of the mounted protectors

January 20, 2012

VBC Racing T3 chassis kits

VBC Racing introduce two new chassis kits for the Xray T3 2011/2012 electric touring car. Available as flex and stiff variant the kits include new designed 88mm wide chassis plates of 2.0mm or 2.5mm thickness, redesigned 2.0mm/2.5mm top deck, redesigned front and rear shock towers with additional shock angle adjustment positions, graphite front bumper plate with transponder mount, motor guard, adjustable battery stops and a new ball-raced low CG steering system CNC-machined from 7075 aluminium. Depending on the variant the chassis plates come plain or heavily machined to give the desired torsional characteristics with the flex version is being best used on asphalt and low-grip surfaces and the stiff version on high-grip tracks such as carpet and high-traction asphalt.

Click here to view more pictures

January 19, 2012

Arrowmax RX8 pulley set range

Arrowmax have released a new range of belt pulley for the Xray RX8 1/8 scale on-road chassis. CNC-machined from high-quality 7075 T6 aluminium, the pulleys are hard coated, light weight, and very durable.

Source: Arrowmax [arrowmax-rc.com]

January 19, 2012

Rick V switches to Xray for 2012

Xray have announced that they have signed top Dutch International on road star Rick Vrielijnck to join their factory team. The former Mugen racer is a 7 time Dutch National Champion as well as multiple Worlds finalist and only last year finished 3rd at the European 1/8th scale Championships. Rick had this to say:

I am very happy and motivated to join Team Xray and I would like to thank them for this opportunity! Xray is constantly working to make the best products on the market. They are very motivated to work together and develop their products and team to obtain the best results possible. This year I will attend the Euro A in Portugal, some EFRA GPs, all national races, and also some open races in Italy in the coming months.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

January 18, 2012

Travis Amezcua signs for Xray

Xray have announced that multiple USA Nationals and Worlds finalist, Travis Amezcua, is joining the Xray factory racing team. Sponsored by Xray USA and RC America, in 2012 Travis will be attending all main national and international events including IFMAR Worlds, ROAR Nationals, Dirt Nitro Challenge, Silver State, JBLR Nitro Series as well all regional races in California. Travis had this to say:

I am honored to work with one of the most professional and highly-admired RC car companies in the world. My goal is to work as hard as possible both on and off the track to support all Xray customers and personally to get back on top of the podium.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]