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October 24, 2008

O’Donnell Z01-T Racing Truggy

Introducing the Z01-T Racing Truggy, designed by Steve O’Donnell who left no stone unturned in his effort to produce the highest quality truggy ever released in the 1/8 off-road market. Much attention was given to material selection as well as machining and finishing processes in the development of what claims to be the most dependable, durable and consistent platform ever created in the category. The Z01-T is geared toward high-end racers and is a full-competition race truggy designed to compete on National and International levels. It is completely tunable to any driving style and all track conditions and available late November.

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October 21, 2008

X-Factory X-60 Truck testing report

We received this testing report from X Factory whose team have been putting their production prototype X-60 truck conversions through their paces for about 10 days. All production prototype X-60s got a good thrashing over the past weekend, with Brian Kinwald seen at Competition Hobbies, Paul Sinclair at Whitehouse Raceway near Nashville, Tenn, and Alex Krieg at S.R.S. in Scottsdale, Ariz. All four U.K. drivers were trucking at various venues over the weekend, and Alexander Valente ran his X-60 for almost an hour at his home track in France. Big news is that the testers experienced just a single minor failure. The new molded chassis looks great, and the new graphite arms and CF tower fit and work correctly. The truck goes together well, and quality is superb.

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October 18, 2008

New Xray for Worlds?

Teemu Leino

With the IFMAR 1:10 Electric Onroad World Championships less than a month away many of the leading manufacturers have been conducting private testing at the RCS track in Thailand as they make final preparations for the bi-annual event. At last weekend’s Euro Touring Series race in German we spoke with former European Champion Ronald Volker who had just returned from a successful test in Bangkok while Pre-Worlds winner Viktor Wilck and team-mates Jilles Groskamp & Marc Rheinard told us they had just a few days to get ready before flying out to Asia together with Tamiya’s engineers to test new parts for the TRF416. The other big title challenger, Xray, was also in Bangkok this week but appeared to want to keep their WC challenger out of the public eye. Our sources in Thailand have told us that both Teemu Leino and Alex Hagberg’s cars were fitted with a number of new prototype parts which we understand are for a new car which is rumoured to be released by the Slovakian company ahead of the 2009 season. Juraj Hudy, who is the creative genius behind all Xray cars, together with Martin Hudy were on hand to support Leino & Hagberg at the test and according to our source they did not want the new parts (car?) to be seen with both drivers keeping their cars well covered up at all time. Red RC will be travelling to Thailand to bring you full coverage of the World Championships where a certain Mr. Hara could make history by adding to the 1:8 Buggy World title he won last month in the US.

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October 15, 2008

Team Shepherd low-friction belts

Team Shepherd has extended their product range with the launch of two new low-friction rubber belts for the front and the rear axles of its successful Velox 1:8 onroad car. The new belts are much softer and more flexible than the standard versions and allow the drive train to run more freely. This ensures that the engine power is efficiently transfered into speed. Although the softer belts wear faster, the extra power and decreased fuel consumption offers racers that little extra advantage.

Source: Team Shepherd [team-shepherd.com]

October 13, 2008

Edam enter 1:10 Nitro market

Taiwanese company Edam, who last year entered the 1:8 Onroad market with its Razor, are about to enter the 1:10 market with a new nitro car which will be officially unveiled at the iHobby Expo in the US later this week. For now Edam have just released a CAD image of the new car but pictures of the final production model should be available in the next 24 hours. More news to follow.

Source: Edam [edam.com.tw]

October 10, 2008

Xray T2 ECS Drive Shafts

XRAY has just presented its new ECS drive shafts, designed with high-level racing in mind. The ECS drive shafts were developed to decrease front wheel vibration when racing with a solid front axle, thus providing a much smoother and quieter ride and increasing steering. The ECS drive shaft equalizes the speed between the drive shaft and the wheel. With a unique 2-piece joint between the axle and the wheel, the same extreme wheel turning angle is divided into two shallower angles without joint binding. This means that at the same cornering speed, the inner wheel will not bind or vibrate. Drive through the corner is more stable, more precise and easier to drive. With the new ECS drive shafts, wheel vibrations and noise are decreased to minimum, steering is increased and cornering speed and smoothness increases noticeable. The ECS drive shaft comes factory pre-assembled for quality checking, but it is not immediately ready to use.

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October 8, 2008

Xray Hard 2 Speed Gearbox Spring

Xray have released a new harder spring set for the 2-Speed Gearbox on there NT1. The new springs, which comes in a set of 2, allow for a higher 2nd gear engagement point.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

October 3, 2008

X-Factory X-60 almost in production

X Factory have announced that the X-60, an all-new mid-motor Conversion Kit for the AE T4 is almost ready for final testing. As you can see from the photos, the mold for the chassis is almost finished and their mold shop says the tool will be finished this weekend, and the first production prototypes will be made. All the X-Team drivers will begin testing molded chassis’ in the next 4-10 days depending on shipping times, with results forwarded to the home office in northwest Ohio by October 20. If all is well, full production of graphite chassis’ will begin immediately. The rear control arms are finished, and full production graphite arms will be shipped to X Factory around Oct. 10th. The Team will be using production prototype rear shock towers and battery straps about the end of next week, so those items should be able to go into production on the 20th also. Work has also begun on the body mold, and they hope to have the prototype bodies about Oct 20 for photos and track testing. If everything fits, looks good, and the downforce is correct, that part can go immediately into production too.

Source: X-Factory [2wdrc.com]