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August 18, 2020

Rêve D ASL front axle brass wheel spacers

Coming from Rêve D and made for their ASL front axles are new 2mm and 4mm brass wheel spacers. Both the 2mm and 4mm spacer weigh in at 1.98g with the different offset allowing to fine-tune the suspension track width. Using the brass spacers over the original, lightweight aluminium hexes will improve stability while diving into slow speed corners or holding the outside line of fast high speed corners. Both spacers are designed to interlock with the ASL axle and they are available separately as 2-piece sets.

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August 18, 2020

Nielsen & Morgan win at Danish Onroad Nats Rd2

Round 2 of the Danish Onroad Nationals was held in Odense over the weekend. The race saw the running of 1/10th Nitro, 1/8th GTE and 1/5th scale gas classes and in 1/10th Nitro Touring it was Rasmus Nielsen who would lead the way to take the win from Claus Ryeskov in 2nd and Lars Bo Larsen in 3rd, all running Xray cars. The 1/8th GTE class had Caspar Morgan taking the TQ and win, leaving behind David Hansen in 2nd and Alex Bremer in 3rd.

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August 18, 2020

XRS UK GP 2020 – Report

The 2020 Xray Racing Series UK GP was hosted by the Cotswold Model Car Club last weekend. Saturday was hampered by the wet weather and only a few dry runs in the afternoon were actually possible so everyone was looking forward to a much better race day. Unfortunately, the day started out damp with the first two rounds of qualification needing wet tyres. After the morning mist broke the sun finally made it onto the track and things quickly started to heat up, the track started drying and rounds 3 and 4 were dry and proved to be a super-fast track with Xray factory Modified racer Elliott Harper breaking the track record over five minutes and also the hot lap record. In the end and behind Elliott it was Olly Jefferies (Xray) with the runner-up position in the Touring Modified class from Chris Grainger (Awesomatix) in 3rd.

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August 18, 2020

Yokomo BD10 short shock taper pistons

Coming from Yokomo and made for their BD10 touring car are new tapered 1.0mm 4-hole pistons. They feature a special, tapered design that provides different shock characteristics on compression and extension with the tapered shape resulting in quicker extension and increased “pack” upon compression. In addition the piston holes sit at an angle which means even when running softer oils the shocks offer a harder pack on quick inputs while absorbing micro vibrations and smaller road imperfections, keeping the wheels to the ground more effectively.

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August 18, 2020

Nielsen & Ehrbar win at TOS Central-West Division Rd4

Round 4 of the 2019/20 Tonisport Onroad Series Central-West Division was held at the Andernach track in Germany last weekend. In the Touring Stock class it was Xray’s Kevin Nielsen with the TQ and win. Awesomatix driver, Simon Lauter came in 2nd overall as Alexandere Duchet ended the day in 3rd. Over in the Formula class it was Serpent’s own David Ehrbar who took with the win from Serpent teammate, Sören Sparbier in 2nd. Infinity’s Jitse Miedema came in 3rd to round out the top 3 result.

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August 18, 2020

TSP-Racing introduce two new high-power servos

Coming from TSP-Racing are two new high-power servos offering 45kg-cm and 55kg-cm of torque. The T81 BHMW offers up to 45kg-cm of torque and it is IP67 standard waterproof, making it ideal for demanding 1/8th scale on-road and off-road racing alike while the stronger T86 BHM features splash water resistance. Both are housed in sturdy all-aluminium cases with machined heatsink design middle sections and white laser-engraved logos. Both servos are fully programmable using TSP-Racing’s USB PC dongle that allows to adjust parameters such as servo reverse, Sanwa SSR compatibility and overload protection. The needed software is available for free. All-black receiver wires round out the packages.

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August 18, 2020

RC Maker BD10 Slimflex chassis & weight options

RC Maker have introduced their new Slimflex carbon fibre chassis and floating electronics plate for the Yokomo BD10 touring car. Tested and developed for months the chassis will improve on the original chassis, especially in low-med traction conditions. The chassis is narrowed all round to provide less scrubbing in corners, leading to increased corner speed. This increases flex, so to counteract this, the designers have recessed the diff and spool cutouts instead of cutting them all the way through. Not only does this bring the chassis back up to the desired amount of flex, it also improves aerodynamic performance by not preventing air from under the chassis being forced up into the car, detrimental to downforce. Overall, the chassis is slightly stiffer than the kit chassis, and provides improved response.

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August 17, 2020

Alexandre Duchet joins ORCA team

ORCA have announced the signing of French driver Alexandre Duchet to their team. The 2016/2017 ETS stock champion and 2017 EFRA European stock champion will use the full line-up of speedos, motors and batteries in his Xray rides. He had the following to say about the deal, “I’m very happy to sign with ORCA, the performance of the new combo and the new range of LiPo batteries are really good and so is the feeling. I hope that with this material I will have very good results and I thank the ORCA team for trusting me for the years to come.”

Source: ORCA [orcarc.com]