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October 21, 2022

Xray X4 ’23 Touring Car

Xray have today finally unveiled the 2023 edition of their 1:10 touring car platform, the World Championship winning X4 ’23. Key features of the new car include all-new XLP shocks that are 9mm shorter for improved cornering speed, steering response, and stability makes the car easier to drive in all surface conditions. The shocks are 2.6g lighter removing 10.4g from the front and rear of the chassis to improve weight placement while retaining the same internal oil volume compared to ULP shocks for consistent dampening. New pistons for improved travel from the more compact shock design ad new springs are 3mm shorter to match the new shocks. Front shock towers matched to short shocks are 8mm lower to improve CG with two optimised shock mounting positions. The Rear shock tower is also updated to work with the short shocks. Redesigned with additional material to improve durability in severe crashes and 8mm lower with 2 shock mounting positions to improve CG and optimise handling. The car features a number of heavy duty parts including lower bulkheads for improved durability while maintaining ultra-low weight with heavy duty upper clamps improving durability in hard crashes.

View the X4 ’23 presentation here for complete details

October 21, 2022

Montech ‘Divo’ Hypercar bodyshell

Italian company Montech have introduced a Hypercar bodyshell to fit on all 190mm touring models. The ‘Divo’ has a big emphasis on details to reflect the original car it is based on. Made from premium quality lexan polycarbonate, the kit includes the window masks, headlight stickers and the fixing screws & washers for the rear wing.

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October 21, 2022

Infinity IF15 low ratio pinions

Infinity has released new pinions for their IF15 1:10 nitro onroad platform to provide low gearing intended for use on short technical tracks. The 15 tooth first gear and 20 tooth second gear pinions are made from lightweight 7075 aluminium with hard coating.

Source: Creation Model [creationmodel.net]

October 21, 2022

Pro-Line 1978 Chevy K-10 Body

Pro-Line has released their first body shell for the Axial SCX6 Rock Crawler, a 1978 Chevy K-10. The fully licensed shell gives your 1:6 scale crawler a super scale, retro-classic look with this fleetside Chevy®, which is one of the hottest nostalgic full-size trucks. The 1978 K-10 body has been carefully sculpted with realistic details that recreate the lines and squared-off style of this iconic truck. It is molded from extra-thick, 2mm thick crystal-clear polycarbonate for extra durability on your giant rig. To fit this body to your SCX6, the AXI350001 body post set from Axial is required.

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October 21, 2022

Lukas Ellerbrock joins Awesomatix️

Awesomatix has announced the addition of German racer Lukas Ellerbrock to their Factory Team. A front runners in the hard fought European Stock Racing scene, Lukas moves from racing Xray and will make his international debut with Awesomatix at the next round of the ETS as the indoor carpet season gets underway. Reacting to joining the team, Lukas said, “I am very excited to join Team Awesomatix. It is a great opportunity for me to drive a car which has shown its potential at various races. Of course I already know a lot of the team members and I am happy to work with them together in the future.”

Source: Awesomatix [facebook.com]

October 21, 2022

Yokomo MD1.0 optional parts

Having released their all new MD1.0 Drift Kit last month, Yokomo has just released two optionals for the car. The first is for the transmission. As standard the transmission has 3 gears and positive torque, but by adding a counter gear and reconfiguring it, this conversion set can be used with 4 gears and anti-torque specifications. Compared to a 3-gear transmission, the additional gear increases drive loss, but the anti-torque of the motor works to push the rear of the car downward during acceleration, making it easier to gain rear traction. The high stability and acceleration power, especially on corner exits, are very attractive, and will be a big advantage in pursuits. Also offered is a battery holder conversion to change the battery mounting of MD1.0 to inline mounting. When the car has a certain degree of grip, mounting the battery inline (in the front-back direction of the chassis) suppresses chassis roll, enabling sharper movement when transitioning to an acceleration position at the exit of a corner or when turning a corner. In addition, the front load is slightly increased, which allows the car to steer better during cornering and provides a high degree of control.

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October 21, 2022

Factory Team RC10B6.4 Steering Rack

Factory Team has produced this durable and high-performance steering rack upgrade for the RC10B6.4 buggy line. Machined from billet aluminium, the new design utilises a clamping “crush tube” style ball bearing pivot that minimises play in the steering assembly. The result is a more durable and reactive steering assembly that will allow drivers to tune the steering system responsiveness.

View rack set here

October 20, 2022

Shepherd Velox V8.2 rear suspension optionals

German nitro onroad manufacturer Team Shepherd has introduced some new options parts for the Shepherd Velox V8.2 rear suspension. The new aluminium parts make it possible to use the eccentric inserts from the front of the car to adjust the position of the rear upper wishbone pin as needed. The upper/outer position is the same as the upper position of the standard parts while the inner ones increase the length of the upper arm. The set comes with all necessary hardware.

View optionals fitted here