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January 15, 2012

Xray News Round-up

Here we have this weeks round up of product releases and race reports from our site sponsors Xray. Our summary includes everything published by the Slovakian manufacturer on their own website in the past week, so if you didn’t find the time to visit, be sure to read on. This weeks round up includes the following stories.

– Alessandro Stocco joins XRAY
– NT1 Wins Hong Kong 2012 World Championship Qualification
– T3’12 TQ & 2nd at 2012 DHI Cup
– T3’12 & NT1’11 Win the Malaysia National Championship

Click here to view the round-up

January 14, 2012

Shin Adachi departs Kyosho

Japanese star Shin Adachi has announced his departure from Kyosho, a company he has seemed so closely linked to for so long. In a message on his FB page the multiple National Champion explained that he will depart the Red Army on January 20th. We contacted him for further details but he wasn’t remaining tight lipped on the subject, but we can expect a follow up announcement in the coming weeks. His statement read:

I will leave from Kyosho on January 20. It was hard decision for me to leave the company, please understand. I thank you very much for your support and your cooperation past days. I really enjoyed working with you. I think I will see you some racing track. Please free feel to speak me at that time, it would be pleasure for me. Thank you again and wish you the best.

January 14, 2012

Centro C4.1 & B4.1 brass options

Further brass options from Centro have been released for the C4.1 and B4.1 in the form of a 18 gram brass front suspension brace, 15 gram ackerman plate and 10 gram under bellcrank weight. These new options further increase the tuning options for both chassis’ on all surfaces.

Source: Centro [centro-rc.com]

January 13, 2012

Lloyd wins Winter warm up

Silverstone RCMCC hosted the warm up for the British Winter Open Championship a couple of weekends ago. This gave racers the opportunity to get some practice in for the BWOC which is due to take place on the weekend of 11th and 12th February 2012. There was a good turnout of drivers for the 2wd, 4wd and shortcourse classes and they were greeted with a flowing track with a mixture of carpet with slippy sections and some challenging jumps to test the drivers. With Lloyd Storey and Danny McGee taking two round wins each in qualifying out of the fours rounds, Danny took TQ honours in the 2wd class by virtue of the faster overall time. Lloyd lined up second on the grid with Ellis Stafford in 3rd. A close fought final with some clean racing and Lloyd took the win with his Cougar SV. Tony Truman crossed the line less than a second behind with Danny McGee took 3rd.

Source: Schumacher [racing-cars.com]

January 13, 2012

Ryan Maifield to use Reedy Sonic motors

Long-time Reedy/Team Associated driver Ryan Maifield has chosen Reedy Sonic motors for 2012 and beyond. The precision power band of the Sonic is a huge advantage in off-road where one of the keys to winning is confidence in power delivery. Expect Ryan to take full advantage of his Sonic motors at the CRCRC Midwest Winter Championships in Columbus, OH this weekend.

Source: Reedy [reedypower.com]

January 13, 2012

HongNor X3 Sabre titanium turnbuckles

HongNor has released more new optional parts for the X3-Sabre. This set includes 7 titanium turnbuckles including 3x36mm, 4x46mm and 5x35mm and also includes a cross wrench as shown in the photo. This set of titanium turnbuckles can also be purchased separately as option parts for other cars.

Source: HongNor [hongnor-racing.com]

January 13, 2012

Eric Dankel joins Capricorn factory team

Italian company Capricorn have signed top German international racer Eric Dankel to their factory team. The former Xray driver will run the company’s Lab-C02 and Lab-C801 cars at both National and international events throughout 2012 including the 1/8th and 1/10th Euros in Portugal and Italy as well as the 1/10th Worlds in Thailand in November.

Source: Capricorn [capricornrc.com]

January 13, 2012

Venom LiFe RX packs

More new items from Venom who introduce their new LiFe-Power line of LiFePO4 (Lithium Iron Phosphate) receiver batteries. These LiFe batteries offer many advantages over their Lipo counterparts including 4X the useable cycles (1000+ cycles), no low voltage cutoff and higher charge rates. As a receiver battery, there is no need for a regulator due to the lower nominal voltage compared to a Lipo. Venom is offering two new packs one in a flat and the other a hump configuration suitable for most 1/10th and 1/8th scale fuel power cars, trucks or truggies. All Venom batteries come with the Venom Lifetime Battery Replacement Plan.

View the other RX pack here