February 12, 2009
…with a Traxxas high-current connector. That’s what we call real Spec racing! Specifications Scale: 1/10 Chassis: plastic composite Drivetrain: 2WD rear wheel drive Differential: planetary gears/grease filled Suspension – front: independent wishbones Suspension – rear: independent wishbones Shocks – front: plastic/oil filled/coil over spring Shocks – rear: plastic/oil filled/coil over spring Dimensions Length: 565mm Width: 300mm Height: 200mm Wheelbase: 340mm Track – front: 256mm Track – rear: 253mm *Stock set-up with wheels as tested Equipment Car: Traxxas Slash [traxxas.com] Battery: LRP VTEC 4000 Race Stickpack #77110[lrp.cc] Charger: LRP Pulsar Competition 3 [lrp.cc] Performance Tips > For maximum performance out of…
February 8, 2009
Our sponsors Team Orion have announced that their 2009 product catalog, presented for the first time at this weeks Toy Fair in Nuremberg, is now available in both the English and German language. As you know from our coverage of the fair, the company has many new products on offer like starter boxes, new servos, new chargers, alkaline batteries and much more, which can all be found in the catalog. In addition you can learn more about the company and find background information from the R&D department led by Adrien Bertin and Oscar Jansen. To download the Catalog, go to…
February 6, 2009
…method makes for a more easy to tune and more stable engine overall. The biggest thing that the Italian company is pushing is their Price Reduction Program. They have gotten rid of all distributors, in place of selling either direct to the customer or directly to a shop. This allows them to drastically reduce their sale price by up to 40% and hopefully allow them to recapture their market share while at the same time offering good quality products at a more affordable price range. Expect the company’s e-shop, which will accept credit cards and paypal, to be online by…
January 31, 2009
The 27th installment in the Xray column from Xray owner and chief designer Juraj Hudy is now online. In this months column, Juraj talks about the Xray product line, lists each ones strong and weak points, scores them and offers an idea as to what will be changed in future versions. So at the end we worked around the XT8 to reach a middle ground, allowing the 2009 version of the XT8 to retain as many parts as possible but also to improve those areas and parts which will bring the XT8 to the next higher level once again. The…
January 12, 2009
The 25th and 26th installment in the Xray column from Xray owner and chief designer Juraj Hudy is now online. In this months column, Juraj talks about the development of their touring car platform as well as their recent trip to Thailand for the on road Worlds. At the last minute we decided to participate at the 1/12 Worlds which meant we needed to push development and production to the limit. The final pre-production car was tested at our factory tracks as well as at private sessions in Bangkok just before the Worlds. After the final design changes and final…
January 4, 2009
…an acceptable level, considering it is still a relatively new surface. The track was built approx 5 inches off the ground and has a drainage system underneath. All the usually facilities were provided like pit tables with lights, air compressor, wash and tire prep area, fantastic lights for night racing, wireless internet connection and AMB online system as well as track side store for anyone who did not bring parts. I had my standard setup and worked well and as the traction came up, I used harder springs all round and it was almost perfect ready for qualifying. Controlled practice…
December 16, 2008
The 24th installment in the Xray column from Xray owner and chief designer Juraj Hudy is now online. In this months column, Juraj talks about his trip to the 1/8th scale World Championships in Charlotte NC. My realistic expectation was to get 1 car into the final and if we had good racing luck we might even have good chances of getting onto the podium. But at the same time I was realistic and knew that no matter how good your drivers were or how great your cars were, there were dozens of other factors out of your control which…
November 29, 2008
[veoh]http://www.veoh.com/videos/v16755922hAZyWJJb[/veoh] We borught you a number of reports from the recent Kyosho Fall Classic held at Revelatioin Raceway in Ontario, CA, and now thanks to Empire RC we have a video from the event. This video shows the Expert A-Main final and in particular the battle between Ryan Cavalieri and Adam Drake. Source: Empire RC [empirerc.net]…
