July 14, 2015
New from Xray and made for the NT1 2015 1/10th nitro on-road car is a rear graphite chassis insert. The CNC machined from thick carbon fibre the part is extra rigid and designed to improve the aerodynamics by eliminating the airflow into the rear bulkhead. The part is a direct fit but must be used with the #331280 plastic brackets. Source: Xray [teamxray.com]…
June 27, 2015
Coming from CSO and made for the Xray NT1 2015 is a hard-coated aluminium main chassis. Cut from high-quality 3mm material and coming black anodised and with silver chamfered edges the chassis is a direct replacement for the stock plate and as a special feature it sports three angled channels underneath the engine section to allow for improved crankcase cooling. Source: CSO [cso.com.hk]…
June 16, 2015
Xray have new optional rear anti-roll bars for the NT1’15 200mm nitro on-road car available. To the standard 2.0mm variant add harder 2.2mm, 2.4mm and 2.6mm wires that help to fine-tune the roll characteristics of the car. The black wires come laser-etched for easy identification. Source: Xray [teamxray.com]…
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…