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April 22, 2009

Xray Column – Crazy What?

The 29th installment in the Xray column from Xray owner and chief designer Juraj Hudy is now online. In this months column, Juraj reflects on the company’s beginnings and how no one at the time believed there was a market for his line of tools and tire truers and how he proved them wrong.

I remember the statements like it was yesterday: “Are your crazy? Special aluminum tools for RC car racers?” Well, maybe I was crazy for deciding to go my own way and risk producing equipment and tools which were previously unknown/unseen and which the majority of racers had no idea what they were. However, I was a racer and designer at the same time so I knew those products would be successful because they make life easier for an RC car racer. Now I know I was right and had the right vision.

Read the full column here.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

April 22, 2009

Marco Müller wins Swiss 1/8th Nats Rd1

Shepherd are reporting from the first race of the 2009 Swiss Nationals that took place in Schaffhausen last weekend. It was Marco Müller’s debut race as a Team Shepherd driver and he dominated the event with his brand new Velox 09. Breaking the existing track record by a sensational 0.2 sec he secured himself the pole position after qualifying. The final proved the great performance of the car, with Marco leading the race from the beginning to end winning from Jürg Nydegger in 2nd and Christophe Pethoud in 3rd. For young Shepherd talent Simon Kurzbuch it was a succesfull weekend, too. He placed 3rd after qualifying and was therefore qualified directly for the final. Unfortunately, he experienced technical difficulties at the beginning of the final and fell back to the last position managing to work back up to 8th position and claim the first place in the junior ranking.

Source: Shepherd [team-shepherd.com]

April 22, 2009

RB Engines 2604 pipe

RB have updated their 2604 pipe which well known by drivers around the world for its performance. Modified to receive the standard gasket, they have also designed a new manifold that increases the engine power while reducing the fuel consumption. As a result the old manifold does not fit the new 2604 pipe anymore.

Source: RB Products [rbproducts.com]

April 22, 2009

SchepisModel team up with Mario Rossi

SchepisModel in Italy have announced that they have teamed up with Engine guru Mario Rossi to work together on the development and production of a new range of SchepisModel engines. The partnership was announced during the first round of the Italian 1/10th scale National Championships, held last week end at the “Black Tarmac” track in Mesero. Mario Rossi left GRP earlier this year where he had worked with the Gandini brothers for a number of years developing their range of engines.

Source: SchepisModel [schepismodel.it]

April 22, 2009

Xray NT1 8.4mm Alu Pivot balls

New from Xray for the NT1 are these CNC-machined 8.4mm diameter mounting pivot balls, made from lightweight 7075 T6 aluminum. Sold in a set of 4, each pivot ball is 63% lighter than its steel counterpart, giving a total combined weight saving of 18.8 grams on a car. Precision machined with highest tolerances using fully-automatic German CNC-machines. High-quality hard coating is done at Xray’s own in-house fully-robotic hard coating line, ensuring a perfect surface every time. A post-hard coating black finish provides a stylish look.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

April 21, 2009

HPI Racing Formula Ten

Following on from our coverage here and here, HPI Europe have offered up more details and photographs of the new Formula Ten chassis. This fantastic new kit is designed to replicate the thrills and excitement of the fastest car racing series in the world. It features realistically scaled dimensions such as wheelbase, width, tyre size and more, allowing you to faithfully recreate your favorite team’s livery and do battle with rivals out on the track. There is truly nothing like the excitement of seeing a full grid of cars painted in replica colours, waiting for the lights to go.

Click here for more information and photos

April 21, 2009

HPI Cyber 10B titanium turnbuckles

New for the HPI Racing Cyber 10B are these sets of super-strong Grade 5 titanium turnbuckles. Beef up your 10B and make racing adjustments fast and easy with these new items. To fully outfit the buggy with titanium turnbuckles, you will need two pairs of 46mm turnbuckles for the camber links and one pair of 34mm turnbuckles for the steering links.

Source: HPI [hpieurope.com]

April 21, 2009

Venom Multi Function Pro Charger Plus

Venom’s new Multi Function Pro Charger Plus is now available in an AC/DC power configuration to suit a variety of user needs. It will charge 1 to 8 cell LiPo and LiIOn/LiFe battery packs, as well as NiCD and NiMH battery packs with 1 to 27 cells and Lead Acid batteries. The Venom Pro Charger Plus has many easy to use features which include charging, discharging, cycling, balancing and has user definable charge rates from 0.1 amps to 7.0 amps as well as USB PC linkability, temperature probe and 10 User-Defined charger profiles. Supplied with six different charging plugs including the Traxxas high current connector (TRX Plug).

Source: Venom [venom-group.com]