April 21, 2015
Italian company Blacktarmac introduce the LSS Ver. 2.0 on-road shock absorbers. The updated version sports a long list of features such as different length aluminium shock bodies including double O-ring short-type bodies, teflon bushings for improved sealing, high-precision 2 to 8-hole 1.1mm pistons, new piston screws, super smooth piston rods as well as new laser-etched spring preload nuts for easier and more intuitive shock adjustment. The shocks are available in four different sizes including 56.3mm, 57.9mm, 60.3mm and 65.5mm variants as well as complete sets for kits such as the Xray NT1 2015 and RX8, the Shepherd Velox V10 Pro…
April 10, 2015
…flex characteristic using different bushings on for the servo saver post. Additional Multi-Flex setting in the front and rear of the radio plate further enhance the ability to fine-tune the flex characteristics to your liking. Furthermore a rear stiffener link was designed to connect the radio plate and the rear 2-speed bulkhead, again in a wake to allow for maximised flex adjustment capability. Moving to the rear end the 2015 NT1 features new, smaller rear uprights with optimised wheel bearing fitment, two upper camper link positions and the possibility to mount optional 2-piece carbon fibre aero discs. The NT1’15 also…
April 9, 2015
…have always amazed me with highest quality and performance in the racing market and the dedication of the team is second to none. Xray team is very friendly and bulletproof for customers. With the European Championship 2015 that will be for first time held in my home country in Turkey I wanted to race only the best car which is nothing else than the World Championship winning NT1. I would like to thanks to Umut from NCRC and Hudy family for their belief in me and supporting me for what I love to do: Racing RC cars. Source: Xray [teamxray.com]…
April 3, 2015
…but you can screw up easily and destroy a previously successful product. Working to improve upon the NT1 has been exactly like this … skating on very thin ice in the springtime. The NT1 has been our most successful platform, having won many World, European, Asian, and USA Championship titles since it was first released 8 years ago. In the beginning it was my father Juraj who was responsible for development, and he was the one behind the car’s early successes. I was very honored and humbled to take over responsibility for NT1 development a couple of years ago. One…
March 27, 2015
…the race. The World Championship is the ultimate event that crowns the best of the best, and every two years all teams pull out their “secret weapons” for this race. To be honest we did not have much work to do on the NT1 before the Worlds, which is only because we have been doing our homework all the time. Since the very first NT1 released 8 years ago we have never stopped working on it and developing it, and year by year we made new improvements as they were needed. I can honestly and humbly say that the NT1…
March 25, 2015
Xray have announced the signing of young and talented multiple German Junior Champion Dennis Sting to their team. Dennis is focused for nitro on-road racing and will race at all major events including the Euros, the ENS and the German Nationals in 2015 using Xray’s RX8 and NT1 kits. Dennis had the following to say: I am very happy and excited for this great opportunity and want to thanks to Xray for their trust in me. To be part of World Championship winning team is a great honor for me and I will do my best to represent Xray in…
March 24, 2015
…great success and as such I did not consider any other option than to continue with the World Championship winning team. I am happy to be part of the development team and will continue to help Martin and rest of the team with the further development of the NT1. During the year I will participate at all the major races including ENS series, Euros and of course the National series as well. I will be available at the French races to help to any Xray drivers, so do not hesitate to contact me with any your questions. Source: Xray [teamxray.com]…
March 16, 2015
Xray have released a first teaser image for their all-new NT1 200mm nitro on-road kit. Later this week, in the build up to the car’s release, we will have an in-depth interview with Xray’s on-road designer Martin Hudy and an exclusive ‘making of story’ on the latest release in the World Championship winning NT1 platform. Source: Xray [teamxray.com]…
