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November 14, 2009

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.

– XB808 Wins the Hessen Cup
– XB808 Wins the Galician Regional Championship
– T2’009 Wins Portugese National Championship
– T3 Wins Danish Championship R2
– NT1 Wins 2009 Swiss Championship

Click here to view the round-up

November 14, 2009

LRP Team Jacket

LRP have introduced their all new team jacket. Made from strong, water-repellent and wind proof materials, it’s perfect for the cold temperatures found at outdoor races during the winter time. Sporting the LRP logo on the chest and across the shoulders, as well as other different slogans, all designs really stand out from the blue jacket and show your brand allegiance. The jacket also sports an integrated hood with zipper, big-size side pockets and a special mobile phone pocket.

Source: LRP [lrp.cc]

November 14, 2009

F.V.S.S. Racing team Grease & Ball bearing oil

F.V.S.S. Racing Team have released a new range of grease and ball bearing oil made especially for RC cars. First up is the teflon grease, a sticky and low friction grease specially formulated to cover the pinions contact surfaces with a Teflon layer. Next up is the copper grease, which is an anti-friction grease made from the best anti-oxide and anti-corrosive additives mixed with a pulverized copper paste, together it makes a soft metal lubricated layer offering excellent lubrication properties that minimize metal parts deterioration. The Molybdenum disulfide grease is a sticky, low friction, grease made with from the best anti-oxide and anti-corrosive additives that is specially formulated to lubricate drive shafts and thrust bearings. The bearing grease is made to extend bearing life and is the perfect replacement for the grease delivered in ball bearing. Finally F.V.S.S. have released a bearing oil pen, a small refillable pen that will accurately dispense small amounts of oil exactly where you want it. It contains synthetic ball bearing oil for electric and nitro cars and allows bearings to run cooler, smoother, faster, longer and quieter.

Source: F.V.S.S. [fvssrc.com]

November 13, 2009

Serpent S120 Link 1/12th scale chassis

We have touched on it a few times in the past, but now Serpent have finally released some information on their new S120 link car. Serpent pan-car developers Markus Mobers and Paul Ciccarello, both with over 20 years of pan car racing experience, created this new chassis assisted by Billy Easton and Michael Salven. Sharing the same front end with the original T-bar version of the S120, the main difference between the two cars is how the rear pod and main chassis are connected. This new version retains the innovative lateral damper but uses a conventional link system that features 2 spring loaded side bars. Other changes include the new rear motor pod, that has been changed from a single piece version to one that comprises of high quality machined aluminium brackets and top quality carbon fibre parts, bolted together to create an ultra stiff assembly which allows the brushless motor to be mounted in the optimal position for car balance.

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November 13, 2009

Pro Tips with Michael Salven – Part 3

Following on from part one and part two of this five part how-to video series, this 3rd episode from Serpent chief designer and former World and European Champion Michael Salven focuses on building the perfect shock absorber, mounting of the engine and checking the free movement of the suspension in preparation for applying the setup. The remaining two videos in this series will focus on the setup and tweaking of the chassis getting it ready for racing.

November 13, 2009

Hudy Set-up Wheels for 1/8 Off-road cars

Hudy have released these CNC-machined aluminium set-up wheels for 1/8 off-road cars that allow for precise and repeatable set-up adjustment and tweak correction. Precision-machined to exacting tolerances, each alu set-up wheel in a set is perfectly matched and eliminates set-up errors inherent in using standard off-road tires. Suspension set-up, ride height setting and checking tweak using standard rubber tires typically gives non-precise and non-repeatable measurements and rubber tires with foam inserts are never perfectly round, so when checking and setting up suspension geometry, ride height or tweak it is important to have all four sides of the car exactly the same size and perfectly round. The alu set-up wheels are one of the most important and basic set-up tools when performing a professional car adjustment. They can also be used on a 1/8 rally car or 1/8 truggy (not for ride height).

Source: Hudy [hudy.net]

November 13, 2009

Shepherd Velox V10 1/10 scale 200mm chassis

Shepherd Micro Racing are pleased to announce the release of the new Velox V10 1/10 scale 200mm chassis. Designed with the help of current World Champion Daniele Ielasi, the car has already been proving its performance on tracks around the World, finishing runner up at this year’s ROAR Nationals in the hands of Josh Cyrul and winning the competitive Asian Cup in Bangkok driven by Jilles Groskamp. Seen for the first time as a one-off prototype at the 2009 International Toy Fair in Nuremberg, the chassis has undergone a lot of fine tuning in preparation for its public release. Shepherd Micro Racing’s Velox V10 is packed with loads of innovative features, most seen for the first time on a 1/10 nitro on-road car. First and foremost the chassis is equipped with Shepherd’s innovative ‘Direct-V-Brake System’ (DVB System) that sees the brake discs sit directly on the rear differential allowing for a more precise feel without the fear of brake fade during a run. Different from current designs that sport a single brake disc on the middle layshaft, the V10’s DVB System sits directly on the rear bulkhead close to the chassis’ centre line for optimised weight distribution.

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November 13, 2009

Italian UISP Championship Rd4 report

Schumacher are reporting on the fourth round of the UISP Championship in Italy saw the championship move back indoors on carpet for the final round of the series. This years championship has seen over 100 drivers at each race and has made for a very competitive series. With two indoor and two outdoor races making up the series, this would prove to be the deciding round with the best three results to count towards the championship.

Continue reading the report here