Coming from Xpress and made for their XQ1 series mid motor conversion kit is a 2.0mm carbon fibre high-clearance upper deck. The top deck is a direct fit and allows the use of large motor pinion gears as they are needed to achieve the desired gear ratios when competing in 21.5T stock motor classes. The top deck is machined from 2.0mm high-quality carbon fibre and it is available now.
Source: Xpress [rc-xpress.com]
With the second stop of the 2019/20 OneTen Series presented by Infinity set to take place next weekend (November 16-17) at the Amazing Indoor Arena in Guangzhou, the organisers are very pleased to announce some big name drivers set to attend rounds 3 & 4 of the series. Winner of the opening two rounds, and current points leader in the Modified class, Jin Sawada will once again head the Infinity team’s challenge as he aims to extend his perfect scoring record as the series heads south. Guangzhou native, and current Chinese national champion, Gary Huang will be Xray’s lead driver at AMA as he returns to his preferred track surface having struggled somewhat on carpet at the opening round at RCI in Shanghai. Serpent have made a big push for what is essentially their home event with lead driver Yugo Nagashima making the trip from Japan to join Stick King from Hong Kong as they aim to go one place better than team mate Rocket Zhang achieved in Rd1 & 2 of the series and get a first win for the Chinese brand with their all new car. More information on the event can be found here and entry for all classes, Modified, Stock and FWD can be submitted here or directly with the Amazing Indoor Arena.
Xtreme Aerodynamics have introduced their new pre-cut touring car wings for 190mm touring car body shells. The set includes two different design wings that allow to fine-tune overall downforce and driving feeling with the strong high-quality polycarbonate material ensuring stability and durability. Included with the wings, that fit most of today’s high-downforce 190mm touring car bodies, also come four pre-cut wing endplates.
Absima have announced the soon release of their all-new graphene technology HC competition LiHV battery packs. The batteries utilise high-quality 120C 4.35V high-voltage cells for a low internal resistance and highest possible performance and they are available as 8000/8300mAh (25.1mm tall) and 5500/5800mAh (20mm) standard as well as 5900/6100mAh (25.1mm) and 4200/4400mAh (22.2mm) shorty variants. The batteries can be charged to a standard 8.4V or high-voltage 8.7V, hence the different capacity readings, and all use 5mm bullet-type connectors and they come including standard balances harnesses.
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The final round of Czech Electric On-road Nationals was held in Jedovnice recently. Pre-event favourite, Oliver Havranek was able to top qualify both the Touring Modified and Touring Stock classes and after some awesome battles with Matej Sulc in the Modified category, he would also bring home the wins in both classes. With these results Oliver was able to grab the back-to-back titles, leaving behind Matej Sulc and Karel Kratochvol (all Xray) in 2nd and 3rd respectively in the overall standing.
The second round of the 2019/2020 Essex Winter Series took place this weekend at the popular indoor venue in the south-east of the UK. Elliott Harper, who had taken the TQ and overall win at the opening round of the series last month, set the initial pace in the Modified class as he topped Q1. However, he was pushed hard by Chris Grainger, who finished just four tenths of a second behind. Chris’s Team Associated team mate Matthew White took third in the round, a second and a half back on Chris, with Harley Eldridge and Kyle Branson rounding out the top five. The second round saw the top two positions unchanged, but Elliott managed to open up a two second gap this time. Harley moved her Yokomo into third place, with the Capricorns of Stefan Chodzynski and Kyle fourth and fifth. The third qualifier had Elliott as the first driver to break into the 22 lap bracket, securing pole position with his Xray. Again, Chris was second, with Kyle besting Stefan and Harley this time. Elliott made it a clean sweep of qualifying in Q4, finishing up ahead of Harley, Matthew, Kyle and Stefan.
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Infinity has extended its offering of chassis weights for their World Championship winning IF15. A new 9.5g weight allows for finer set-up adjustments when used in combination with the previously available 14g and 28g optional chassis weights. The screw-on part comes with a black surface coating for wear and looks and it features laser-etched graphics and weight info for easy identification.
Japanese brand Zero Tribe, known for their popular Xray T4 front-wheel drive and mid motor conversion kits, have released a first image of their forthcoming new T4 FWD V2 kit. Building on the experienced gained with the original FWD conversion kit, a set that allowed to convert the Xray T4 4WD touring car into a front wheel scrubbing machine, the V2 variant will feature some subtile refinements and improvements, such as a floating battery mount, a new aluminium flex chassis plate, a redesigned front motor mount and more. Full details will become available in time of the release.
Source: Zero Tribe [zerotribejapan.com]
