Coming from Exotek and made for the Exo-Six conversion kit is a new aluminium main chassis plate. Cut from 7075 material and coming black anodised and laser-etched the highly machined part is of a complex design to retain stiffer chassis flex traits than the carbon fibre chassis while being 23g heavier to insure the lowest possible centre of gravity for carpet racing. Despite being stiffer the chassis is also good for the use on asphalt.
The HFCC Racing Club in Den Haag, The Netherlands recently kicked off the Indoor Season with a new indoor racing series, the 3-round HFCC Indoor Racing Series. Run in the four classes of Touring 17.5T, M-Chassis, Formula 21.5T and 1/12th Stock the opening round attracted a good amount of drivers and racing started on Saturday afternoon after track building was done. In the Touring Stock class some close battles were on for the TQ and after the three rounds of qualifying Sybrand de Boer came out fastest in front of Daniel Jansma and Bart Wubben.
Xray have announced the signing of French Cup winner and French Stock vice-champion, Jean Delorme to their team. Jean has been racing Xray cars as a privateer for several years now and for the 2016 season he is part of the Xray factory team. Jean will attend at regional, national and international races including the ETS and he has the following to say about the deal:
We have been racing with Xray cars since ever because they are simply the best. Not only the quality and performance but the support we get is first class and makes me confident anytime I go to a race. I’m very proud and motivated to be part of the best team and I am looking forward to work with the team and improve my racing results. I want to thank Xray for this great opportunity.
Source: Xray [teamxray.com]
CSO have new aluminium option parts for the Xray T4 line of touring cars available. The range includes 4 degree C-hubs, front steering blocks as well as rear uprights and all parts are CNC-machined from high-quality 7075-T6 aluminium and they come black anodised and laser-etched. Silver chamfered edges give all parts a distinctive appearance. The alloy items are direct replacements for the standard composite parts and they offer improved durability while adding visual impact.
The 2015/16 1/12th National Series headed to Tamworth for the 3rd round of the series. Tamworth is one of the regular venues and is always one to get mentioned at the EGM for the amount of work that the Tamworth club put in to making it happen. In Saturday’s 10.5 Stock qualifying David Spashett showed the same lightning pace seen at Crewe by dominating qualifying, 3 out of 4 times going a lap quicker than the entire field. Mark Stiles, Mick Farrell and Chris Kerswell all swapped positions through qualifying. Spashett will take pole from Kerswell and Stiles with just 0.15 seconds between 2nd and 3rd.
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The opening round of the Xray Winter Series Greece was held at the Fanatix Race Track with a good amount of drivers in attendance. The event was held in several classes including 1/10th Touring, Formula and a foam tyre class that had 1/10th and 1/12th scale cars racing together. In the Touring Car class John Doukakis (Awesomatix) took the overall TQ and he would come out fastest in the opening A-main but Georgiadis (Xray) held the upper hand in A2 and A3 to grab the overall win from Doukakis in second and Niotis (Xray) in third.
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Serpent have introduced the latest version of their S100 200mm pan car, the S100-LTR. The kit is based on an updated, wider chassis that allows for multiple battery positions. Cut from 2.5mm carbon fibre the chassis is topped off by a small and lightweight T-brace that acts as the battery and centre shock mount while newly designed battery locators keep the battery pack in place. Also new with the LTR are updated steering knuckles with inserts that allow for king pin angle changes while the new single bellcrank steering system with in-line servo positions takes care of the steering duties. Beside the bellcrank steering also a standard “direct” servo mount position is possible. Another new feature up front are redesigned upper arms that do away with the previous horizontally mounted upper pivot ball in favour of a more traditional vertical setup. Other new parts include a friction-free central pivot ball system for the rear power pod, a redesigned rear pod plate and lighter aluminium rear brackets. The kit is rounded out by Serpent’s RCCX pan car shock absorber and available now.
Made for the R4 series of 1/10th 200mm nitro cars is a new aluminium brake lever from Kyosho. Machined from high-quality aluminium and coming with a dark brown anodised finish the lever is a direct replacement for the standard composite part and it will make for a stronger yet more precise brake performance. The lever fits all R4 series cars including the new R4 Evo.
Source: Kyosho [kyoshoamerica.com]
