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January 21, 2008

Xray Column – Off road Development

Xray Column - Off road Development

The 14th 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 the company’s next generation 1/8th scale buggy.

Before packing my stuff for the two big US races, I had the R&D and Production shops work quickly to make all of the parts I wanted to test. This time I had decided to not make all these parts for other team drivers but purposely only for me, but rather to make only a few shock sets for some other drivers. I expected that besides the significant shock improvements that we would need to improve forward traction and steering, and also the speed of the car. All of the parts were made on time and within only a few days, so I could finish packing my stuff and leave for the US.

Read the full column here.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

January 21, 2008

Serpent soft Anti-roll bar blades

Serpent have released these thin and therefore super soft rear anti-roll bar blades for their entire range of cars. These new blades have a similar hard setting to the original versions but in the softest setting they are much softer and overall they allow a wider range of settings. While suitable for all cars in the range that use the adjustable rear anti-roll bar, the softer blades are specifically designed to offset the new wider and thus harder lower wishbone anti roll bar mounting points on the 960.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]

January 21, 2008

Edit RC HB Cyclone D4 Bearing set

Edit RC have released a complete set of high quality bearings for the Hot Bodies Cyclone D4 4wd buggy. ABEC 3 (ISO Class 6) rated, these bearings are of a higher precision than most manufacturer’s standard bearings with tighter tolerances for fit, which means less slippage in the bearing and so more speed & longer life. These bearings are direct replacements for the Cyclone D4 standard kit bearings.

Source: Edit RC [rc-edit.com]

January 21, 2008

K-Factory Ball Diff Lube

Taiwanese firm K-factory have released this 4 gram tube of lube for use in your cars ball differential. This general purpose silicone grease should be applied to the diff balls for long lasting smooth operation of the unit.

Source: K-Factory [kfactoryracing.com]

January 20, 2008

ROAR Legalise BL Motors for Stock

In all of the excitement surrounding ROAR announcing the legality of LiPo cells for sanctioned racing we overlooked the introduction of Brushless motors for stock racing. According to Novak, 17.5-turn brushless motors have been approved for use in the Stock class and in addition there is a name change for the 19T class. This will now be known as the Super Stock Class, and will allow 10.5 and 13.5-turn brushless motors.

Source: Novak [teamnovak.com]

January 20, 2008

SMC 4000 & 5000 Hard case Lipos

SMC have announced that they are releasing 2 new hardcase LiPo packs with a true 28C rate. Offering a 4000mAh and a 5000mAh pack, the 4000 pack will be thinner so it will fit in any car where a sub-c pack fits, while the 5000 pack will be thicker and will require some modifications to fit in some of the more popular sedan cars. The packs come with 12 gauge silicone wire and Deans plug to handle high current applications and have been submitted to ROAR for approval.

Source: RC Tech [rctech.net]

January 19, 2008

HongNor Racing X1CR FT BB Buggy

The British importer for HongNor, SMD, has shown details of the newly released X1CR FT BB Special Edition buggy on their website. In addition to the standard F.T. SE spec, the X1CR FT BB now includes 16mm Big Bore shocks and springs for simply awesome bumpy track stability. Further highlights include CNC machined centre diff mount, front knuckles, front plate and front & rear multi position shock towers. There is also a carbon fibre radio plate and centre diff plate and Universal joints are included all around.
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January 19, 2008

Losi 4600 NiMH High performance packs

Losi have announced the upcoming release of 2 new NiMH high performance battery packs for powering your RC car. Available in 4600mAh, they both come pre assembled in a side by side stick formation, with one version sporting 6 cells and is your standard 7.2 volts while the second uses 7 cells and packs 8.4 volts. Both packs are shrink wrapped and come supplied with an EC3 connector.

Source: Losi [losi.com]