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December 8, 2014

Vampire Racing 7500mAh 80C LiPo stick pack

Vampire Racing introduce the all-new 7500mAh 80C 7.4V hardcase LiPo stick pack. The newly developed high-performance battery is made from a new generation of very robust Lithium-Polymer cells that does not swell like most of today’s LiPo packs do. The special chemistry of the 80C cells delivers the best possible performance for power-hungry applications such as Modified and Stock touring cars as well as 1/8th off-road vehicles. The battery sports standard dimensions of 138x47x25mm, it weighs in at 330g and it comes with a protective hardcase that incorporates dual 4mm connector tubes.

Source: Vampire Racing [vampire-racing.com]

December 8, 2014

New Xray T4’15 anti-roll bars

New Xray T4'15 anti-roll bars

Xray now have a full range of anti-roll bar wires for the T4’15 electric touring car kit available. With the introduction of a new, ball-raced mounting system as it is standard on the ’15 spec car, updated anti-roll bar wires are needed in order to extract the maximum performance from the suspension. Beside the standard 1.4mm and 1.3mm wires that come with the kit there are also 1.2mm to 1.6mm front and 1.1mm to 1.6mm rear anti-roll bars available that help to fine-tune chassis roll according to the track conditions.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

December 8, 2014

Yokomo BD7 2015 short suspension arm conversion

Yokomo introduce the short suspension arm conversion for the World Championship winning BD7 2015. Used at this year’s Worlds by Yokomo’s factory drivers the conversion is now also available for the public and it consists of new 1.5mm shorter suspension arms and wider suspension mounts that retain the standard track width. Using the short arms optimises traction and on-track performance on both asphalt and high-grip carpet surfaces. Available separately for the front and rear of the car the sets include new suspension arms, anti-roll bar mounts as well as split and 1-piece suspension blocks.

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December 8, 2014

Yeah Racing XI Sport aluminium A-arms

Yeah Racing introduce aluminium front and rear A-arms for the 3Racing XI Sport touring car. Machined from high-quality aluminium and coming pink anodised the parts offer improved suspension rigidity, and they make for a more agile handling mid corner and in high speed turns. Coming in pairs the parts fit the Sakura FF, FF2014, Ultimate, Ultimate 2014, the XI and XI Sport.

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December 8, 2014

Exotek F1R2 IFS independent front suspension set

Exotek introduce the F1R2 IFS independent front suspension set that is designed to overcome the very limited suspension travel of standard can car type front suspension. The sweet spot is only about 2mm of travel which means abrupt and non linear car handling. With an IFS suspension the car handling becomes much more linear with real body roll characteristics which means you can drive harder into a corner while maintaining stability and confident road holding performance which translates to improved overall race time results and consistency. The 48 parts set contains all needed parts to convert the front suspension of cars with F104-type front suspension with parameter like droop, ride height, damper angle, spring rate, roll centre, camber and caster all being available from stock or using optional parts. Included are also two pairs of springs; black medium hardness for Ride tyres or low-grip conditions and silver firm springs for Shimizu or TCS tyres and high-grip tracks. The design fits onto the standard F104 bolt pattern but Tamiya type chassis are too narrow for the droop stop screws and the F104 servo mounting will not work. Exotek will work on developing the IFS set next to be able to work with standard Tamiya type chassis.

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December 7, 2014

Volker wins ETS season opener

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Ronald Volker has won an extremely close opening round of Season #8 of the Yokomo Euro Touring Series in which four drivers went into the third A-Main in the Czech Republic with a chance of the overall win. Starting from second on the grid behind Marc Rheinard, the pair having taking a win a piece in the first two Mains, the outcome of the race would again be decided by driver error with Rheinard making a similar mistake to the one he made in A2 and Volker made in A1. In the end Volker would win the leg from Alexander Hagberg and Yannic Prumper to continue his run of successive season opening wins with today’s 40th ETS race marking his 5th win of Round 1 of the World famous touring car championship. While Hagberg and Prumper would complete the podium in that order, Rheinard would end A3 last leaving him to end what had started out as a very strong start to his attempt to take back the ETS title from Volker in 4th overall.

Continue reading this report here or view our complete coverage here.

December 7, 2014

Exclusive – Making the Xray X1

As announced earlier this week, today we are publishing the exclusive “making of” of Xray’s first ever formula kit, the X1. Designer Martin Hudy will go into deep as he explains the challenges of creating a competitive yet user-friendly formula car.

Read the full exclusive article here

December 7, 2014

Volker takes A2 after early mistake by Rheinard

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Following the thrilling battle in last night’s opening A-Main at the Yokomo Euro Touring Series in the Czech Republic a highlightly expectant crowd would unfortunately not get a repeat of the Marc Rheinard/Ronald Volker duel. This time round Rheinard would roll his Tamiya in the same part of the track as Volker in A1 only this time the race deciding moment came on the second lap. With Rheinard dropping down to seventh as a result, this left a clear track for Volker to take a controlled win over Alexander Hagberg who in turn had a buffer over Yannic Prumper.

Continue reading this report here or view our complete coverage here.