Xray have introduced a set of low height bevel and satellite gears for the NT1 and XB4 series of cars. The lightweight gears are made of a special graphite composite material that offers high durability, low wear and an ultra-low rotational mass. Using the parts improves the drivetrain efficiency and the gears are also usable with the T3 line touring cars.
Source: Xray [teamxray.com]
T-Works have introduced their Progressive Damper System for a range of electric touring car kits. Adapting a common design that is popular especially when racing on asphalt tracks, the system utilises bushings with triangular-shaped openings as well as plain pistons. The bushings are inserted into the shock housings and the plain pistons are used in place for the drilled standard ones while the triangular openings in the tubes allowing the oil to bypass the piston on compression. With ongoing compression the opening above the piston becomes smaller, resulting in a progressive, harder dampening that can lead to faster corner speeds and improved stability. Included in each set are four bushings and four plain pistons and the system is available for the HPI Pro5, Xray T4’16 as well as the Yokomo BD7-2015 and BD7-2016.
Source: T-Works [rc-tworks.com]
Singapore’s first EP on-road race of the year was held this past weekend at the rooftop Urban PlaySpace track in the city’s centre. This round of the 2015/16 Urban Touring Series was also a points scoring round for the 2016 Singapore National EP Onroad Series and it was held in the two classes of Touring Open and 17.5T non-boosted Classes. In the Touring Open class it was Nicholas Lee (Yokomo) who dominated qualifying, putting in the only 28-lap run in round 2, and setting the day’s fastest lap at 10.703s. Xray’s Dominic Quek, who set the day’s only other sub-11sec laptime with a 10.955s, clinched P2 on the grid.
GForce have introduced the shock synchroniser tool for the use with dampers of up to 122mm of length. Machined from high-quality aluminium the tool allows to precisely adjust parameters such as shock length, rebound or spring preload as it directly compares the behaviour of two shock absorbers during compression or expansion. Four thumb screws make for easy and convenient shock mounting while laser-etched metric and imperial scales display the exact measurements. The tool is available is black or blue anodising.
The Pan Am GT8 Grand Prix 2016 was held at the Homestead RC Raceway in Florida over the weekend in the three classes of GT Pro, GT Sportsman and GT Electric. The GT Pro class had Paolo Morganti taking the win in the 45 minute main final some two laps in front of Joaquin Desoto Jr., who took the TQ after the qualifiers. Fabrizio Martello completed the podium result in third while Uriah Murnan and Loran Whiting rounded out the top 5 result.
The Hudy Indoor Championships marked the first large carpet race of the year and it was held at Pro Level Raceway in St. Louis, MO, host of the upcoming ROAR Carpet Nationals. The format for the event was simple with Friday practice, Saturday qualifying and a last chance qualifier and finals on Sunday. Paul Lemieux controlled most of the Modified Touring qualifying and after a clean start in the final was able to pull a good lead on Chris Adams but Chris was not to be denied and came back in the end to finish a very close second, Cody Woods would have a great drive to come to third.
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Xray have introduced the 2016 version of the popular X10 1/10th scale 200mm pan car kit. The latest incarnation of Xray’s World GT car features and all-new chassis design with a very narrow carbon fibre main chassis place cut from 2.5mm material. The 2016 kit does away with the wide design of the former cars in favour of a very narrow chassis that minimises scrubbing on high-traction tracks or in high-speed corners. As a result the car also handles much better over bumps and it incorporates mounting holes for a long centre shock position which further increases on-power traction and drivability over bumps.
New from Fenix comes the PhiGamma2 formula bodyshell. Designed using 3D CAD techniques with CFD validation the body offers improved aerodynamics for optimised steering response especially on typical electric circuits while retaining a stable rear end. As usual the body comes made from clear high-quality polycarbonate and it fits most of today’s 1/10th formula pan cars.
Source: Fenix [fenix-racing.com]
