Italian company Capricorn RC have announced that top Belgian driver Jerome Renaux has signed a deal to be part of their team. The European 200mm Championship direct qualifier will use Capricorn’s full range of optional parts on his Xray NT1 for the 2010 season as he competes at this year’s World and European Championships. Source: Capricorn RC [capricornrc.com]…
We already covered last week’s IFMAR Pre Worlds, but TQ Hobbies and Capricorn RC were in touch and sent us their report from the event. At the start of the week, Capricorn RC and Chris Tosolini prepared his LAB-C01 chassis with some newly engineered parts, designed and engineered by company owner Patrizio Rossi, in conjunction with Tosolini. The new parts consisted of a new motor mount made of barillium, which adds 60 grams of extra weight directly under the motor. Ralph Burch also used Capricorn parts on his Xray NT1 later in the week to help him drop his lap…
…Mig buggy engine which has 5 ports, turbo plug and a flat piston and thanks to the crankshaft design has very linear power. The engine comes with a plastic carburettor and as with all the Mig engines features an o-ring below the button. The company will also release a similar motor for the Rally Game class as well as lower cost options such as the Typhoon 3 .12 engine that doesn’t have a balanced or coated crankshaft and comes with a flat piston. GI-MAR plan to also release a complete clutch set as well as NT1 parts as used by…
Introduction the Xray NT1 2010 spec, the latest version of the European Championship winning 1/10th 200mm chassis. To bring the car to the next level, Xray’s primary focus was on improving fine details while increasing reliability and performance. Value being a foremost consideration, Xray are pleased to include as standard many new and improved parts that were previously only available as options. The NT1 is a premier nitro touring car straight out of the box, able to put you into the winners circle at club, national, or world championship levels… with all the finest features that put the Xray factory…
Team C Racing have released their conversion kit for the Xray NT1, to turn it into a 220mm chassis. Supplied with all the parts needed, it features a GTP style front bumper, aluminium mounts and carbon fibre body mount as well as a rear floating body mount and suitable rear carbon fibre shock tower. To complete the conversion you need new wider tires and of course the new wider body and again Team C have got your back with their new 220mm Lola VDS body shell. Source: Team C [teamcracing.net]…
Hong Kong based CSO have released some new parts for the Serpent 733 and the Xray NT1. For the Serpent, there are these new front suspension brackets made from 7075 T6 aluminium that are stronger than the standard plastic items that come with the kit. They directly replace the original part and hold hold the upper and lower suspension pins to the rear of the wishbone. For the NT1, CSO have introduced super lightweight, yet strong, titanium pins for use in the gear differential. Source: CSO [cso.com.hk]…
To celebrate Xray winning the 2009 European Championship with their NT1, Xray have released the NT1 EC limited edition. This high-performance, high-value kit includes over 250Euro/350USD of the same all-high performance option parts that helped the team to dominate the race. The NT1 has earned not only EC victories but also dozens of national titles around the world including US Champion title, not to mention awards and accolades from international press and magazines. Use and race the same car as the Team Xray factory racing team. This quantity-limited offer is available only while stock lasts. Source: Xray [teamxray.com]…
…with a two laps advantage. It is his third German title with two earlier electric touring car titles in 2005 and 2006, not to forget his podium finish at the European Championship “B” 2008 with the Xray NT1. The newcomer of this event was with no doubt Simon Balk. He did the fastest lap of the final (13,096) followed by Eric Dankel (13,110) and Joerg Baldes (13,138) but was quick all over the race to finish on a surprising second. Also Simon Balk received a drive-through penalty for a race incident which wasn’t caused by him. The man who could…
