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September 30, 2015

Xray T4’16 electric touring car kit

Xray T4'16 electric touring car kit

Xray have introduced the latest incarnation of highly successful T4 platform. The 2016 specification car received some subtle changes to make the European Championships and IFMAR Vice-World Championship title winning car even better. The backbone of the ’16 is a redesigned lower chassis plate made from 2.2mm high-grade carbon fibre. Only 86mm wide the chassis offers optimised flex characteristics and it features new mounting positions for the updated motor mount to make for equal left-to-right flex and greatly reduced chassis tweak. Weight distribution and balance characteristics have also been optimised to allow the battery to sit as closely to the car’s centre line as possible which was made necessary due to today’s heavy, high-capacity LiPo battery packs. The chassis also sports pre-drilled holes for optional parts such as chassis weights, graphite motor guard, graphite adjustable battery holder, and battery strap.

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September 30, 2015

Absima ASB1 1/10th scale RTR buggies

Absima have introduced the ASB1 1/10th scale 4WD ready-to-run buggies. Building on a tough composite chassis with integrated upper cover the vehicles can be thrown at all kinds of track conditions thanks to their waterproof electronics. The suspension components allows to fine-tune camber and toe settings while the large volume oil-filled shock absorbers feature threaded bodies for easy ride height adjustment. The battery compartment takes standard 7.2V NiMH or 2S LiPo packs and the packages are rounded out by pre-painted buggy bodies and a 2.4GHz radio system. The ASB1 is available as brushless-powered BL version including a factory installed 3420kv brushless motor and 45A controller while the standard brushed version comes with a 550-size 15T motor and LiPo-compatible 40A brushed controller as well as a NiMH battery pack and suitable charger.

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September 29, 2015

Xray XB4’16 4WD buggy – Coming soon

Xray XB4'16 4WD buggy – Coming soon

Xray have released a first teaser image of their soon-to-be-released XB4’16 1/10th 4WD buggy. The year 2016 incarnation of the European Championship winning kit had its debut at the recent EOS race in Germany with a double podium finish in the hands of Martin Wollanka and Bruno Coelho. All details and images will become available soon.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

September 29, 2015

AME Project IRIS 1/10th 4WD touring car

Following a first preview, AME have announced full details and several renderings of their forthcoming Project IRIS 1/10th scale 4WD touring car kit. This next generation touring car was developed by Andreas Myrberg with the focus being set on an easy to build, easy to tune and easy to maintain platform without sacrificing performance. The car builds on a class-standard double deck chassis and utilises a 2-belt drivetrain but this is where similarities with most other touring cars end as the suspension package features innovative pushrods to actuate the rotation shock absorbers and torsion springs.

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September 27, 2015

Yokomo YZ-4 coming soon

Having won last weekend’s opening round of the Euro Offroad Series in Germany in the hands of Lee Martin, Yokomo have released the first information on the new YZ-4 4wd buggy. A big focus has been placed on the transmission of the YZ-4 with a new type of drive-train that offers benefits over the conventional belt and shaft drive configurations. We expect to receive full details on the new buggy in early October, coinciding with the IFMAR Worlds at the Yatabe Arena, while the first shipment is expected to be in early November.

Source: Yokomo [teamyokomo.com]

September 25, 2015

All Japan Hobby Show – Kyosho

On show at the Kyosho booth at this week’s All Japan Hobby Show are several new competition kits ranging from 1/12th to 1/8th scale. First up is the Plazma Ra2.0 1/12th scale pan car kit. The follow-up model of the Ra features several improvements and new features such as the single bellcrank “reverse-type” centre steering assembly with longitudinally mounted steering servo. New are also the front aluminium suspension mounts that allow for easy ride height changes using carbon fibre plates and the battery mount utilises rubber O-rings for tape-less battery mounting. Also new with the 2.0 version is the ability to adjust the side springs through the lower pod plate with the larger inner hex making adjustments more precise and easy.

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September 25, 2015

All Japan Hobby Show – Carisma

The 55th edition of the All Japan Hobby Show is held this week in Tokyo, Japan with most of the important Japanese and Asian companies in attendance. First up is Carisma who have their all-new 4XS 1/10th 4WD race buggy on show. Developed in cooperation with a well-known European RC car designer the 4WD buggy is based on a carbon fibre double deck chassis, it features a shaft drivetrain with 3-disc slipper clutch and, from what is understood, the buggy can utilise both shorty and saddle pack battery configurations right from the box. Other features of Carisma’s first ever competition kit include alloy suspension mounts with composite inserts, aluminium big bore shock absorbers and a mid-cab design bodyshell with aerodynamic tuning features. The kit should become available shortly.

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September 23, 2015

Corally reveals World GT car kit

Team Corally have released first renderings of their forthcoming 1/10th scale World GT pan car kit. The vehicle is of a pretty basic design but the front end allowing for independent roll centre adjustments by raising or lowering the lower A-arms or upper arm mounts while the rear motor pod is obviously of a rail-type design for step-less axle height adjustments. The pretty wide chassis seems to take both standard length and shorty battery packs. More information and images should become available in time for the release.

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