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February 12, 2014

Xray T4 graphite 1-hole A-arms

Xray introduce new graphite composite material lower front and rear A-arms for the T4 touring car. The harder and very lightweight graphite material gives improved traction, easier handling, and decreases tyre overheating under high-grip conditions. The arms feature a single shock mounting position and integrated anti-roll bar mounts while retaining the same size and geometry as the standard material 1-hole suspension arm. Included are 4 holes for the optional graphite reinforcement plates.

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February 12, 2014

Atomik Red 550 BL motor & 120A ESC

Atomik introduce the new Red 550 sensored brushless motor and 120A sensored speed controller. Starting with the motor, the power unit is especially designed for the use with 1/10th 4WD short course trucks, it is available as 4.5T and 7.5T variant and compatible with Traxxas’ VXL-3s speed controller, making it a good update for brushless TRX models. As for the controller, the 120A rated unit comes pre-wired with 12AWG wire and EC3 connector, it includes a 200mm sensor wire and works both with sensored and sensorless motors. The motors and controller are available separately or as combo including the 4.5T or 7.5T motor.

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February 12, 2014

Xray Factory Tour at EOS Rd3

Participants of the 3rd round of the 2013/14 Euro Offroad Series, that will take place at the Hudy Racing Arena, are invited to take a unique tour through the Xray manufacturing facility. The guided tour takes place on the 6th and 7th of March. If you are interested, simply add yourself to the event on Facebook. Due time limits the entries for this tour are limited and the deadline to sign-up is February 28th.

February 11, 2014

Shortcourse Showdown Nationwide Tour Rd1 – Report

The 2014 Shortcourse Showdown Nationwide Tour kicked off in Tacoma, Washington last weekend, hosted by Tacoma RC Raceway, owned by long time racer Scott Brown. Saturday started early with open practice at 7am. After a quick drivers meeting, Scotty Ernst got things going with the first qualifier on the track at 10am. The 2014 season has a few added classes including 2WD and 4WDBuggy, along with Stadium Truck. After 3 rounds of qualifying Micheal Schoetler TQ’ed in Mod 2WD and 4WD Buggy, Chris Gould lead in 4WD SCT and Dave Duncan was on top in stock 2WD Buggy and Short Course Buggy.

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February 11, 2014

Team Associated Factory Team tools & B5 options

Team Associated introduce two new Factory Team tools as well as optional heavy-duty ballstuds for the B5 and B5M buggy. Starting with the tools, available soon are a T-handle 7mm nut driver and a 5.5mm short nut driver. The 7mm wrench is designed for wheel nuts and other 7mm applications while the 5.5mm driver is ideally used for shock nuts and the like. Both tools come hard-anodized and with laser-etched size markings.

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February 11, 2014

Miguel Matias doubles at Portuguese off-road nats Rd1

Miguel Matias doubles at Portuguese off-nats Rd1

Last weekend the first ever Portuguese 1/10 4WD and 2WD off-road nationals took place at the ACRP indoor track. The meeting saw 19 entries in 2WD and 27 in the 4WD class. The carpet track had a fast and flowing layout, with a few tight corners, well designed jumps and plenty of entertainment. In 2WD Buggy Miguel Matias totally dominated qualifying, TQ’ing the first 3 rounds. The 2WD finals then were quite eventful and Miguel Matias faced a good challenge from Ricardo Monteiro in the first final, but in the end he won by 2 seconds over Ricardo. In the second leg Matias took the lead again and checked out, handing him an unchallenged win and the overall victory.

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February 11, 2014

Revolution Design Ultra Flyheight Tool

Revolution Design Racing Products introduce the Ultra Flyheight Tool for 1/8th off-road vehicles. Made from aircraft-quality 7075-T6 aluminium the tool incorporates a flywheel tool, a clutch gap gauge and a ride height gauge. The shape of the tool allows to securely fasten 3-pin and 4-pin flywheels while fastening the clutch nut and therefore it is the ideal combination with the RDRP Ultra Flywheel Puller. Once the flywheel and the clutch bell are fitted the axial play can be measured and adjusted using the clutch gap gauge. A stepped slot measures the axial clutch bell play between 0.3mm and 0.9mm in 0.1mm increments. On top of that helps to measure the chassis ride height in a range of 20mm up to 40mm by simply placing the tool underneath the chassis plate. 1mm increments make for a precise adjustment while the black anodising and white laser-etched markings give the tool a factory look.

Source: RDRP [revolution-rc.com]

February 11, 2014

Tobias Hepp re-signs with Xray

Xray announce that Tobias Hepp has renewed his contract with the Slovakian manufacturer and that the young German will be part of the Xray factory racing team in 2014. Tobias is an 1/8 on-road nitro specialist and has achieved some astonishing results with the RX8 and will continue to race the car in 2014. This is what Tobias has to say about the deal:

I am very proud to continue to be part of the Xray factory racing team. The RX8 has been working extremely well and the development of the RX8 makes great progress. So my motivation has never been stronger for the upcoming season. Lastly I would like to thank to the whole team for the great team work and support and I am really excited for the 2014 season.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]