March 2, 2020

Rebellion-RC T4’20 Crossflex aluminium chassis

RC-Carbonstore have introduced their new Rebellion-RC Crossflex aluminium chassis for the popular Xray T4 2020 mid-motor touring car. The chassis was developed for the use in medium to high-bite traction conditions with its highly machined design allowing for optimised flex characteristics that can be greatly influenced with the use of up to twelve optional brass inserts that not only add weight in the lowest area of the chassis, but they can also be used to change the overall torsional flex characteristics. The idea was to become able to adjust the weight-balance as well as the flex individually with every insert by using different fixing positions without the need of changing the whole chassis; with a standard chassis being always hard front/rear or soft front/rear, but not hard front/soft rear. When the brass inserts are fixed at a 90 degree angle to the driving direction they almost have no influence to the flex, but if attached using the remaining – cross-positioned – mounting points, the inserts decrease the flex. To make the system work the fixing points for the “hard” setting are 0.3mm lowered to make for a free movement at “flex” setting, and when using the “hard” setting drivers need to insert the included 0.3mm shims to be able to access the desired “hard” flex settings. The chassis is machined from high-quality aluminium, it comes black anodised for wear and looks, features a laser-engraved Rebellion-RC logo and it weighs in at 83g alone and up to 130.9g using the optional brass inserts.

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March 1, 2020

Adam Swanson doubles at RCRCCC Off-road Classic

The annual RCRCCC Annual Off-road Classic was held in Rapid City, South Dakotak recently. Xray’s Adam Swanson was the man to beat in both 2WD and 4WD Buggy and starting from pole position in both A-mains he also brought home the overall titles, leaving behind Kylan Smith (Xray) and Chris Luie (TLR) in 2nd and 3rd respectively. Over in the 4WD A-main it was again Adam with the win as Matt Swanson and Corey Claymore completed the Xray podium lock-out.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]


February 28, 2020

Xray Racing Series Slovenia Rd4 – Report

The fourth and final round of the Xray Racing Series Slovenia was held at the Genius Ring in Medeuzza recently with drivers from five different countries including Austria, Croatia, Denmark, Italy and Slovenia in attendance. In the Touring 13.5T class the pole went to Nejc Mihelic, followed by Bjan Miklozic and Soren Bang while in Formula 21.5 it was Federico Antonazzo on pole, followed by Nicola Zuccheri and Arno Webernig. The Touring A-main saw a dominating win for Nejc Mihelic (Xray) who was closely followed by Bjan Miklozic (Xray). 3rd place went to Fran Ivan Skoric (Awesomatix).

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February 28, 2020

WRC Racing STX.7 mid-motor touring car kit

Italian company WRC Racing have introduced their all-new STX.7 4WD mid-motor touring car kit. The car builds on a carbon fibre double deck chassis with a centrally mounted motor mount, a rear-facing layshaft and non-equal length drive belts. The steering utilises WRC’s proven curved rail design with a low centre of gravity servo mount. An off-road-inspired battery mount uses rubber O-rings to secure the battery pack, doing away with the common use of reinforced battery tape or battery taps. Other features include ultra low-profile shock towers and shock absorbers, easily adjustable body mounts that allow for 0mm, 0.5mm and 1.0mm height adjustments by simply twisting them and new low-friction driveshaft blades ensure an efficient drivetrain. The kit is available by the time you are reading this.

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February 28, 2020

JC Racing Products finned 1/8 buggy wing brace

JC Racing Products from the UK have introduced their new finned wing brace for 1/8th buggy wings. 3-D-printed using a high-quality fibre-reinforced material, the wing brace incorporates connected wing buttons for convenient mounting with a centre fin not only looking cool but also helping with aerodynamics. The brace can be produced to fit most wings and 1/8th off-road kits.

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February 28, 2020

JConcepts teaser Mini-T 2.0 Finnisher body

JConcepts have released a first teaser image of their forthcoming all-new Finnisher body shell for the Losi Mini-T 2.0 mini-size 2WD stadium truck. We bring you more details on the nifty little truck body once we receive the official press release.

Source: JConcepts [jconcepts.net]


February 28, 2020

Xray XB8’20 1/8th nitro buggy kit

Xray have introduced the latest incarnation of their highly successful XB8 1/8th scale nitro buggy platform, the XB8 2020. This year’s variant of the company’s IFMAR vice World Championship and EFRA European Championship winning buggy features some subtle updates and improvements that still target pretty much every aspect of the buggy, be it the chassis, drivertain or suspension. And so the 2020 variant builds on a redesigned 3mm 7075-T6 aluminium chassis that is 4mm longer for improved overall stability while the included hard composite radio box increases chassis rigidity and handling consistency. The harder composite material also retains its stiffness in very high temperature conditions.

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February 28, 2020

Maclan Racing sign Brandon Rose

Maclan Racing have announced the addition of US off-road frontrunner, Brandon Rose to their factory team. Brandon has been showing his talent in 1/8th racing and he will be using Maclan Racing’s MMax 8 ESC and MR8.3 motors in his 2020 program.

Source: Maclan Racing [maclan-racing.com]


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