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September 26, 2010

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.

– New XRAY X10 & XII Alu Rear Axle Shaft
– XRAY T3 2011 Coming Soon
– XRAY Presents New NT1 World Champion Limited Edition
– NT1 Podium Finish at 2010 Japanese Nationals
– NT1 Wins 2010 German Championship
– NT1 Wins Last Round of Swedish Cup
– XB808 Wins the 2010 Swiss Championship
– XB808 Wins the Hansa Cup
– T3 Dominates the 2010 UISP Championship, Italy
– NT1 2nd at Spanish National Championship R4
– Wayne Mah Re-joins XRAY Canada
– XB808 Wins Italian Championship Last Round, 3rd Overall

Click here to view the round-up

September 25, 2010

Niclas Brunsberg joins Team Serpent

Serpent have announced that Top-level Swedish driver Niclas Brunsberg has joined Team Serpent to run the Cobra S811. The former Kyosho driver has been testing the Cobra buggy intensively at tracks he knows very well and was impressed with the handling, steering and traction the car offers. Serpent Distributor HP from Sweden, with owner Klas, will be working intensively with Niclas, and Klas will also be his mechanic at the big races. Niclas will join Billy Easton and other Serpent Cobra drivers in November when he competes at the World Championships in Thailand.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]

September 25, 2010

Serpent S811 Cobra diff mounts & FR springs

New from Serpent for the S811 Cobra are these precision machined aluminium center differential brackets. Anodised in a titanium-grey finish they replace the standard nylon versions and are very light, but still strong and rigid. Serpent have also released these new orange (4.4lbs) and red (4.6lbs) front shock-springs to expand their current line of available springs.

View more product images here

September 25, 2010

Kostas Zacharopoulos wins Greek Championship

The Greek 1/10th A Championship took place last weekend at the FRT track in Athens in warm temperatures. Qualifying went the way of Shepherd driver Kostas Sidiropoulos, with Bill Lykaris in 2nd and John Sotiropoulos in 3rd. Following a call for 10 minutes prior to the final for Kostas Zacharopoulos, the race got underway with the front running drivers maintaining their position. Following some collisions in the pitlane for Sidiropoulos and Sotiropoulos and a penalty for the second placed driver, it was Mugen driver Kostas Zacharopoulos who made it to the front at about the 10th minute. A recovering Sidiropoulos was only 5 seconds behind at this stage and closing, the pair coming together later on and Sidiropoulos received a stop and go. After this he encountered brake problems and dropped to 3rd at the end, with Sotiropoulos coming up to take 2nd at the flag. But it was Kostas Zacharopoulos who would take the win by 15 seconds despite a flame out at the 35th minute in the pit lane, and be crowned Greek Champion.

Source: RC Hobby Athens [rchobbyathens.com]

September 25, 2010

Cube Racing Reference 30R rubber tires

Following on from their previous release of their 35R and 40R tires, Cube Racing have introduced their 1/10 Reference rubber tire 30R series. Newly developed tires designed for high competition carpet / asphalt racing, they provide consistent traction. Made using high quality materials, they are also available pre-mounted and glued which are perfect for control tire races.

Source: Cube Racing [cuberacing.net]

September 25, 2010

Kyle Branson dominates Rd8 of British 1/8th Nats

The 8th round of the BRCA 1/8th scale Nationals was a second visit to the Brooklands circuit in Kent. With all the main players present, it would become a very competitive race weekend. Team Serpent had again Mark Green and winner from the previous round Kyle Branson present to help the team in their quest for the championship. Team Shepherd also had Neil Diver present to help team leaders Pete and Andy Hastings. The Irish racers were again present to increase the competition. The Mugen Team still awaiting the release of the MRX5 chassis had to contend with the MRX4X which they have used all season. The Motonica team of Daniel Bancroft, who has been constantly quick all season, was running the new BP (BH935) racing engine which showed promising speed for a relatively new engine unit.

Continue reading the report here

September 25, 2010

STRC Slash & SC10 option parts

ST Racing Concepts have released more short course option parts, this time for the Slash 4×4 & 2wd as well as the Associated SC10. First up for the Slash 2wd is this aluminum motor heat sink plate. CNC Machined from high-grade aluminium to fit perfectly into the contour of the Slash 2wd motor mounting area, this plate helps support the plastic transmission/motor mounting area on the Slash 2wd transmission case and help dissipate heat better. . Next up for the Slash 2wd is this HD layshaft that allows the use of the Associated slipper clutch system which gives a more consistent slipper feel and more spur gear options to accommodate for gear ratios of today’s brushless motor. For the Slash 4×4 is this ESC mounting plate, which has been CNC machined from 2.5mm thick aluminium, it provides a solid flat piece of surface area for mounting most electronic speed controls on the market today. Using existing chassis holes, this plate will not flex or twist like fiberglass or lexan material mounting plates and prevents damage to the ESC. Finally for the SC10 are these aluminium hex adapter that allows the car to use the more standardized 12mm hex type short course wheels. Machined to be as thin as possible to keep the rear tires of the SC10 under the body and not to alter the rear width too much. The aluminium parts are available in anodized blue, red, silver and gun metal.

View the other products here

September 24, 2010

Tamiya TRF502X – First photo

Following on from our story yesterday on the TRF502x 1/10th scale shaft driven 4wd buggy from Tamiya, we have received the first photograph of the new car. As usual click the image above for a larger version.

Source: Tamiya [tamiyausa.com]