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January 24, 2019

Icon RC ultraflex chassis 38g brass weight

Coming from Icon RC and made for their ultraflex chassis series is a 38g battery weight. Designed specifically to further lower the overall centre of gravity the weight is only 0.5mm thick, yet it adds 38g of weight which will result in increased stability when running on high grip carpet or asphalt tracks. Designed to fit snuggly into the milled sections of the chassis, the weight will not interfere with the natural chassis flex and it is available for the Team Associated TC7.2 and the new Infinity IF14 chassis.

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January 23, 2019

Hobbytech Spirit NXT EP 6S 2.0 RTR buggy

Hobbytech have introduced their new Spirit NXT EP 6S 2.0 1/8th scale ready-to-run E-Buggy. Designed for high speed bashing the buggy utilises ultra tough suspension components including a pivot ball front suspension design, it is equipped with sturdy shock towers, big bore aluminium shocks and powered by a waterproof 6S LiPo-compatible 150A speed controller and a 2000kV brushless motor. Other features include grippy tyres, a colourful bodyshell and a 2.4GHz radio system.

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January 23, 2019

Xray Racing Series Slovenia Rd3 – Report

Round 3 of the 2018/19 Xray Racing Series Slovenia was held at the Genius Ring in Medeuzza. The event attracted driver from six different countries, Austria, Croatia, Germany, France, Italy and Slovenia and the track was run counter clockwise. Three classes, Touring 13.5T, Touring 21.5T and Formula 21.5T were offered, all using control XRS motors and Hudy tyres to make for a level playing field. In the popular 13.5T class the pole position went to B.A. Arnaldi after a close fight with Germany’s Jan Ratheisky while Edoardo Repetti put his car on P3 for the finals.

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January 23, 2019

Samix T4’19 2.25mm carbon fibre chassis set

Samix have introduced their new 2.25mm carbon fibre chassis kit for the Xray T4’19 touring car. Of an updated design the chassis is made of matte finish carbon fibre and it offer additional mounting positions for the recently introduced optional brass front balance weights. On top of that the chassis comes with a black anodised aluminium fan mount for 40mm fan units.

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January 23, 2019

Nico Schmid wins at Swiss EP Off-road Nats Rd1

Round 1 of the Swiss 1/10th electric off-road nationals was held at the Race Arena Pfäffikon. In 4WD Buggy, much like last season, the Schmid brothers (both Xray) would dominate the field with Nico taking the win in front of his brother Florian as Yokomo’s Aaron Münster had to settle for 3rd overall.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

January 23, 2019

Xray Racing Series Greece Rd1 – Report

The opening round of the 2019 Xray Racing Series Greece was held at the Fanatix Racing Track in Athens. The somewhat cold weather meant drivers had to adapt their car’s setups and in Modified Touring, it was Ioannidis who made the best out of the conditions in the qualifiers, but he was under pressure of Nikolakopoulos, who led most of A1 but a last lap mistake meant Ioannidis would take the win. A2 and it was again Ioannidis with the win as leg 3 had to be cancelled due to rain. Behind Dimitris Ioannidis and Nick Nikolakopoulos it was Chris Vasilopoulos with the 3rd place overall.

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January 23, 2019

Xray XB2 Beta 2 lightweight body shell

Xray’s Beta 2 body for the XB2 buggy is now also abatable in a 0.5mm thick lightweight variant. The low-profile high performance body will offer super smooth airflow, increased steering and stability as well as reduced roll, all while helping with rotation in tight corners. The lightweight variant still offers exceptional durability and it is available now.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

January 23, 2019

R1 Wurks V21 1650 torque tuned rotor

R1 Wurks have announced the launch of the new 1650 option rotor for the V21 line of motors. The selected rotors offers 1625 to 1650+ Gauss reading, which is slightly higher than the company’s stock rotors for improved torque. The ROAR-approved rotor, much like the 1650 for the V16, includes the needed shims, as well as a printout of the rotor’s gauss reading.

Source: R1 Wurks [r1wurks.com]