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March 2, 2020

Willspeed YZ2 Cal 3 & XB2 Take One D arm mounts

Following their B6.1/B6.2 Take One D arm mount Willspeed now also roll out D arm mounts for the Yokomo YZ2 and the Xray XB2 2020 and 2019 kits. Designed for carpet racers, The TakeOne D hangers remove 1 degree of in-board toe-in, racers to achieve 0.5 and even 0 degrees in-board toe. The capable in-board toe-in range is 0 to 3 degrees with no change to anti-squat adjustment. Removing toe allows the rear axle to act more efficiently, reducing tyre scrub, increasing mid corner rotation and increased on power steering. The parts come machined from high-quality aluminium and the are anodised clear for a shiny silver look.

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March 2, 2020

EJ Evans TQs & wins at Nor-Cal Hobbies On-road race

Nor-Cal Hobbies of San Jose, California held their On-road race this past weekend, attracting 65 entries. In Touring Modified it was EJ Evans with the overall TQ and he also came out on top in the single 6-minute A-main event, leaving behind Aaron Lewis in 2nd, some five seconds behind. Lex Tyler would complete the top 3 podium result in 3rd, a narrow 1.2 seconds behind Aaron.

Image: Lex Tyler

March 2, 2020

Wu Xuanwei TQ and wins at Suray Cup

The Suray Cup was held in Taipei, Taiwan this past weekend, attracting drivers from all over the country. In 1/8th Nitro GT and when the dust had settled, it was Wu Xuanwei with the TQ and also the win in the main final, leaving behind Hsiang in 2nd while Coly John completed the top 3 result.

Source: Hong Nor [hongnor-racing.com]

March 2, 2020

SWorkz release full S12-2 details

Following a couple of teasers and first images of the production-ready kit, SWorkz finally unveiled all details of their forthcoming all-new S12-2 1/10th scale 2WD buggy kit. The car builds on a lightened and hard-anodised 7075 aluminium main chassis whose layout allows for up to six different battery positions while the overall chassis flex can be changed by adjusting the sideguards. In the suspension department the car sports an updated geometry that was developed to provide optimised corner speeds and an easy handling on carpet or very high-bite tracks. The S12-2 uses a 4mm carbon fibre front shock tower and a completely new designed front C-Hub geometry. An adjustable Ackermann plate and carbon fibre steering plates come as a kit standard as do the new gullwing lower arms that provide a lower shock position which leads to a lower centre of gravity.

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March 2, 2020

Rebellion-RC T4’20 Crossflex aluminium chassis

RC-Carbonstore have introduced their new Rebellion-RC Crossflex aluminium chassis for the popular Xray T4 2020 mid-motor touring car. The chassis was developed for the use in medium to high-bite traction conditions with its highly machined design allowing for optimised flex characteristics that can be greatly influenced with the use of up to twelve optional brass inserts that not only add weight in the lowest area of the chassis, but they can also be used to change the overall torsional flex characteristics. The idea was to become able to adjust the weight-balance as well as the flex individually with every insert by using different fixing positions without the need of changing the whole chassis; with a standard chassis being always hard front/rear or soft front/rear, but not hard front/soft rear. When the brass inserts are fixed at a 90 degree angle to the driving direction they almost have no influence to the flex, but if attached using the remaining – cross-positioned – mounting points, the inserts decrease the flex. To make the system work the fixing points for the “hard” setting are 0.3mm lowered to make for a free movement at “flex” setting, and when using the “hard” setting drivers need to insert the included 0.3mm shims to be able to access the desired “hard” flex settings. The chassis is machined from high-quality aluminium, it comes black anodised for wear and looks, features a laser-engraved Rebellion-RC logo and it weighs in at 83g alone and up to 130.9g using the optional brass inserts.

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March 1, 2020

Adam Swanson doubles at RCRCCC Off-road Classic

The annual RCRCCC Annual Off-road Classic was held in Rapid City, South Dakotak recently. Xray’s Adam Swanson was the man to beat in both 2WD and 4WD Buggy and starting from pole position in both A-mains he also brought home the overall titles, leaving behind Kylan Smith (Xray) and Chris Luie (TLR) in 2nd and 3rd respectively. Over in the 4WD A-main it was again Adam with the win as Matt Swanson and Corey Claymore completed the Xray podium lock-out.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

February 28, 2020

Xray Racing Series Slovenia Rd4 – Report

The fourth and final round of the Xray Racing Series Slovenia was held at the Genius Ring in Medeuzza recently with drivers from five different countries including Austria, Croatia, Denmark, Italy and Slovenia in attendance. In the Touring 13.5T class the pole went to Nejc Mihelic, followed by Bjan Miklozic and Soren Bang while in Formula 21.5 it was Federico Antonazzo on pole, followed by Nicola Zuccheri and Arno Webernig. The Touring A-main saw a dominating win for Nejc Mihelic (Xray) who was closely followed by Bjan Miklozic (Xray). 3rd place went to Fran Ivan Skoric (Awesomatix).

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February 28, 2020

WRC Racing STX.7 mid-motor touring car kit

Italian company WRC Racing have introduced their all-new STX.7 4WD mid-motor touring car kit. The car builds on a carbon fibre double deck chassis with a centrally mounted motor mount, a rear-facing layshaft and non-equal length drive belts. The steering utilises WRC’s proven curved rail design with a low centre of gravity servo mount. An off-road-inspired battery mount uses rubber O-rings to secure the battery pack, doing away with the common use of reinforced battery tape or battery taps. Other features include ultra low-profile shock towers and shock absorbers, easily adjustable body mounts that allow for 0mm, 0.5mm and 1.0mm height adjustments by simply twisting them and new low-friction driveshaft blades ensure an efficient drivetrain. The kit is available by the time you are reading this.

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