Archive for the ‘Xray’ Category
Tuesday, March 18th, 2008 | 307 views
We just found out about this Xray XT8 Truggy 2008 spec. We thought something new but nothing at all. There is no such thing as 2008 new specification for the Xray XT8 Truggy. Here from the most reliable source for us - Xray own website.
Due to their successful outing on many international races and being consistent on the top of podium, they just decided for 2008 specs remain unchange and just copy whatever 2007 winning specs has already. Now that’s what we call efficient and smart. Hahaha.
Dipl. Eng. Juraj Hudy, chief designer of XRAY:
“The XT8 has been extremely successful since its release, and the long development time has paid off as the car has been proven to be ‘bulletproof’ and its performance has been at the very highest level. We have followed all reports, feedback and exeriences very closely, not only from team drivers but also from our customers around the world… and as such I am happy to confirm that there are no immediate plans to alter the XT8 and it will remain with the same specifications for the 2008 season. I hope everybody enjoys the XT8 and I wish everybody great success in the 2008 racing season.”
Read more here - Xray website. Other source: Neobuggy.net.
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Wednesday, February 27th, 2008 | 553 views
Team Xray new buggy. The moment everyone been waiting for. The buggy simply named as XB808. Here in pictures, courtesy from Team Xray website. Claimed made an impact on the recent Nurnberg show.
The XRAY 808. The ultimate vehicle concept molded and shaped into an extraordinary engineering masterpiece by the artisans at XRAY. Superior as ever… yet all new. The 808 throws down a challenge for you to drive it… race it… win with it. Answer the call… take the challenge. Experience a new form of fascination, undreamed-of driving enjoyment… performance and dynamic ability you can count on. Experience the all-new XRAY 808.
There are many pictures at Team Xray website but these are some of them that we find very interesting.
Shocktowers
The front and rear shocktowers are all-new. The shocktowers are CNC-machined from premium extra-robust 3.5mm (rear) and 4mm (front) thick high-grade graphite reducing significantly the weight. The shocktowers featured optimized shock positions and roll center positions.
The new-concept steering block is taken from 1/10 electric off-road cars, providing zero kingpin steering — the steering block rotates in an absolute vertical position so that the angle does not change. The new steering block gives a better steering radius which greatly improves the handling and makes the car even easier to drive on all tracks and provides more steering into corners. The steering block features one optimized Ackermann position.
The tiny size of the steering blocks was achieved by using new lighter ball-bearings. The inner bearing (13×19) carries a heavier load where the CVD drive shaft outdrive rotates… while the outer bearing (8×14) is newer & lighter than previously used to reduce unsprung weight. The two ball-bearings are further away from each other which provides more stability to the mounting and holding of the wheel axle.
Direct Central Shafts Connection
The central drive shafts have an all-new design and concept, a genuine XRAY innovation. To transfer power from the engine, both central drive shafts are directly connected to the pinion gears in the front and rear gearboxes. This allows direct transfer of power without any kinetic losses, as well as increasing the lifespan of the shafts thanks to the elimination of connecting parts. The drive shaft is inserted through the diff housing opening (with Labyrinth Dust Covers™ on the diff housings to keep the dirt outside) and with a pin connects directly to the pinion. The connecting pin sits in a ball-bearing to guarantee that the connecting pin will never fall out… and removing the risk of having the central drive shafts become disconnected.
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Posted in RC Buggy, XB808, Xray | 1 Comment »
Tuesday, November 13th, 2007 | 587 views
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Posted in Byron fuel, GS Racing, Jo Sung Gi, Korea Championship, RC Forum Korea, Shin Choong Yeul, Werks, XB8EC, Xray | No Comments »
Thursday, October 4th, 2007 | 272 views
Gene “The Machine” Hickerson report on the final of 2007 RC Pro East Series that was held at Phil Hurd Raceway.
The 3rd and final round of the 2007 RC Pro East Series was held last weekend in Savannah Georgia at Phil Hurd Raceway. It was a good turnout of about 140 entries as the best of the East battle for the title of RC Pro East Champion. The track was a good combination of fast sections and really slow sections with tons of small double jumps and 1 huge double jump in the middle. There was no place to make up any time on the layout, but many places where you could easily loose time; so the racing was very close as everyone had about the same lap times.
1/8 Expert Arena Truck qualifying:
Going into this final round, the battle was between Xray’s Leon McIntosh and myself as we both had a win in a previous round. In round 1, I put my CEN Matrix Tr Arena on the pole, while McIntosh took 2nd. In round 2, McIntosh put his XB8T on the pole. In round 3, Xray’s Chris Crews took the TQ. In round 4, the overall TQ was still up for grabs, but it was Jammin’s Brandon Cutchins CRT that won the round. That gave Leon the TQ, followed by Brandon and myself in 3rd. The 5 bonus points for TQ gave Leon the edge going into the A-main.
1/8 Arena Truck A-main:
The A-main was a grueling 45 minutes. Bad luck struck right from the start as McIntosh had his engine come loose and missed the start and had to start 1 lap back. At the start, I passed for the lead but then was hit from behind half way through the 1st lap, giving Crews the lead. I worked my way back through the pack into 2nd and set sites on the leader. All I had to do to guarantee the Championship was to finish ahead of Leon, so I took it easy.
At about the 12 minute mark, my brakes went out right as I caught Crews. On my 2nd pit stop, I adjusted the brakes on my Futaba radio but I still had no brakes. As I started to drop back, Cutchins and OCM’s Alan Burton got by for 2nd and 3rd. Then my steering started to get slow. I then realized that it was my receiver pack that was dying. I yelled to my pit man to get another RX pack ready for my next stop. Soon after, my battery was almost dead and I had to pit early to change it. I rejoined the race 4 laps down and in 8th place. Meanwhile Chris Crews had stretched out a big lead and McIntosh was in 5th and moving up. As the hard packed track started to claim its victims, Leon and I continued to move up. Near the end, McIntosh moved into 3rd place while I was up to 4th place 1 lap back. That was how we finished with Crews taking the win and Cutchins taking 2nd. I thought I had lost the Championship by 1 spot since Leon had a 1st and a 3rd, and I had a 1st, 4th, and a 5th. But after the points were tallied up including bonus points for most laps lead, I was the Champion by only 1 point over McIntosh. Crews finished 3rd overall.
RC Pro East 1/8 Expert Arena Truck Final Standings:
1. Gene Hickerson CEN/Maxy’s
2. Leon McIntosh Xray/Werks
3. Chris Crews Xray/Rocket Science
1/8 Expert Buggy qualifying:
In Buggy, it was a battle between Leon McIntosh and myself again. McIntosh had a 1st and a 2nd, while I had a 1st and a 7th. In round 1, Kyosho’s Robin Nelson took the TQ. In round 2, Chris Crews took the TQ. In round 3 and 4, it was Team Associated’s JR Mitch who put his new RC8 into the TQ and overall TQ position. McIntosh had bad luck and was 1st in the B-main. I had not much better luck, qualifying 10th in the A-main, but my buggy was good and ready for the main event. In the B-main, Leon was way in the lead when his engine flamed out, ending his day. He would have to watch the A-main from the sidelines to see if I over took him in the points chase.
1/8 Expert Buggy A-main:
In the 45 minute A-main, Mitch got a clean start and started to pull away. I worked my way up to 4th place very quickly as there was a lot of hacking going on in the pack. Just as quick as I moved up, I was taken out 3 times and dropped back to dead last in 12th place. Soon after, Mitch came up on me and lapped me. By now, the field was spread out some and I was able to get by slower traffic without being taken out much easier. As I worked my way back through the pack, Mitch flamed out and lost his huge lead. He later dropped out with a mechanical problem to end his day. That gave the lead to Robin Nelson. On lap 56, I moved into 3rd and started to run down the leaders. On lap 61, local Patrick Rossiter took over the lead from Nelson. With less then 5 minutes to go, I caught Nelson and was just 16 seconds behind Rossiter. I was going to take my time as I tried to pass Nelson because all I needed to do to win the Championship was finish 2nd. But just then, the high winds caught my buggy over the huge double jump and when it landed, it snapped rolled and broke a steering screw off in the knuckle.
That ended my day and my chance at the title. Chris Crews moved to 3rd and that was how they finished. That gave McIntosh the overall Championship, followed by Nelson, and myself.
RC Pro East 1/8 Expert Buggy Final Standings:
1. Leon McIntosh Xray/Werks
2. Robin Nelson Kyosho/Sidewinder
3. Gene Hickerson CEN/Maxy’s
Your Bonus shot here: Lady RC Driver??
More info @:
http://www.machinesrchobbies.com
Phil Hurd Raceway.com final result in PDF
Congratulation to our friend, Gene Hickerson and also Leon Mcintosh for their respective podium finish. :nod:
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Posted in CEN, Gene Hickerson, Leon McIntosh, Matrix, Matrix TR, Phil Hurd Raceway, RC Pro East Series, RC Pro Series, Werks, Xray | No Comments »
Tuesday, September 18th, 2007 | 462 views
The 2007 HPC International 1/8 offroad buggy and truggy race was scheduled on 15th to 16th September on weekend. Sadly our team could not be there to cover the event so we relied heavily on other report. Thankfully, first notice the result and report from RCTech forum presented by X1CR(X1R2) driver, Arghhh the nickname. The report originally from Team Xray / RB from Singapore courtesy of Team Hobbylink via RB Product Website. To them we thank you for the report. Here in full.
INTRO :
The annual buggy event attracted 60 drivers from all over the region, namely Singapore, Macau, Taiwan and the host country Malaysia. This included OCM and Nanda factory team.
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Posted in David Lim, Glen Phuah, HPC Glenmarie Track, RB Products, Team Hobbylink, Xray | No Comments »
Saturday, September 15th, 2007 | 589 views
Just another great product from Hudy for the great Xray buggy, The 1/8 Offroad Buggy Droop Gauge.
Proper chassis droop is a critical yet frequently overlooked set-up feature of modern 1/8 off-road cars and truggies. It is essential for proper handling of the car to get balanced down travel on each side of the suspension and as such HUDY is the first RC company to develop and produce the first purposefully-designed 1/8 Off-road large-size droop gauge support blocks.
Using the support blocks is super easy. Simply remove the tires from your buggy and using flat HUDY Set-up Board #108202 put the car chassis on the support blocks; place the front support block below the servo saver, and place the rear support block below the rear suspension mounting. Using the #107711 HUDY Chassis Droop Gauge with elevated scales, measure the droop under the wheel axle hex. Use the downstop screws to alter the suspension droop on each side of the car; the shocks should extend out far enough that they do not limit the suspension arm movement. Ensuring equal and proper suspension droop will allow the car to achieve a proper traction level and weight transfer depending on track conditions. Please refer to your’s car set-up book to learn more about how to adjust the droop of your buggy.
• chassis droop gauge support blocks (30mm) for 1/8 off-road cars
• allows adjustment of front/rear droop when used with #107711 HUDY Chassis Droop Gauge
• CNC-machined, made of high-quality lightweight duraluminum
• inside of the gauges additionally machined to minimize wall thickness and reduce unnecessary weight without compromising strength or durability
• black elox-coating for smooth, long-lasting finish and stylish look
• laser engraved with HUDY logo
• 2 pieces in a set
Source: Radio Control Car Action (new product site)
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Technorati Tags: Hudy, Xray buggy, The 1/8 Offroad Buggy Droop Gauge
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Thursday, August 16th, 2007 | 645 views
Team XRAY known to be the Art of performance product through their Chief Designer Mr. Juraj Hudy, is now asking you the loyal customer, the ultimate question - To bling or not to bling? Will you pimp your ride just for the sake of look or performance?
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Saturday, August 11th, 2007 | 275 views
XRAY has released this cool looking buggy wing sticker sets for their XB8, XB8TQ, XB8EC and truggy XT8. With their extra bright, luminous colors, you definitely have the ride of the day 
For easy application, the stickers are die-cut so you just have to peel off the sticker and apply to the body. These new stickers have an extra bold outer outline to make the XRAY and XB8 logos stand out and be highly visible from a distance. Available in various luminous cool colors to match every different paint scheme of the buggy or truggy, as well as matching the different-colored XRAY wings.
Source: RedRC.net | Team Xray.com
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Posted in RedRC.net, XB8, XB8EC, XT8, Xray | 2 Comments »
Wednesday, August 8th, 2007 | 182 views
Team Xray has come out with their valuable tip on the XB8EC Buggy and answer to question why chassis flex is actually better than stiffer setting.
The XB8EC chassis is manufactured from premium Swiss 7075 T6 and is hardcoated on XRAY‘s own fully-automatic state-of-the-art robotic hardcoating line.
Some XB8EC drivers who were used to the XB8TQ may feel that the chassis is softer, but please note that the XB8EC chassis is not softer but rather it is more flexible due to the use of composite braces both front and rear. The XB8TQ included both composite and aluminum braces and experience has shown us that most customers installed the aluminum braces; this made the XB8TQ chassis flex less and in most racing conditions where a more flexible chassis was required the XB8TQ did not have sufficient traction. For this reason XRAY decided to include only the composite braces in the XB8EC kit, which can be used in most standard racing conditions as
they provide more chassis flex, making the car easier to drive.
First peek: Partner Buggy-Sport.Info
Main source: Team XRAY
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Sunday, June 24th, 2007 | 484 views
Check this out. Xray XT8 Truggy extensive build up. All in clear photos courtesy of www.truggy.nl via RC-Junkies.com photo Gallery 3.
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Posted in Neobuggy.net, RC Junkies, XT8, Xray, truggy.nl | No Comments »
Sunday, June 10th, 2007 | 1,004 views
We have featured earlier The Xray XT8 Truggy here and knowing Xray as the most Luxurious, Podium Result Finisher, well-made, not to mention Beautiful Parts Producer, The New XT8 Truggy Tires and The New XT8 150cc Tank news came to no suprise to us. All thanks to our Partner, RCForum Korea for the announcement.
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Technorati Tags: The Xray XT8 Truggy, Xray, New XT8 Truggy Tires, New XT8 150cc Tank, RCForum Korea
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Wednesday, May 16th, 2007 | 380 views
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Interesting news here. Is there really a Team Losi Xray Hybrid Buggy here? Now, this news which had been featured at Neobuggy.net is actually Jon Hazlewood’s Xray XB8 Buggy.
Check the font upper arm linkage, any familiarity with the other branded buggy from USA?
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Technorati Tags: Team Losi Xray Hybrid Buggy, Neobuggy.net, Jon Hazlewood’s Xray XB8 Buggy
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Thursday, May 3rd, 2007 | 573 views
Another Great Crazy News from Team XRAY, a real full size Ferrari Sports car up againts the RC Nitro Onroad 1:10 size Xray NT1 car. What more crazier than this. Thanks to RedRC.Net for sharing with us this news. Just awesome. Now who will won?
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Technorati Tags: Ferrari Sports car, RC Nitro Onroad 1:10 size Xray NT1 car
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Tuesday, April 17th, 2007 | 290 views
This is the Final Result of the Nordic Xray Challenge 2007 that been held in Denmark on April 14th and 15th and attended by Juraj Hudy using his Xray XB8EC. But on this race, It was Robert Gustafsson took the win with his OS powered Xray.
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Friday, March 30th, 2007 | 207 views
There have been a mistake in the spring packaged with the shipping of the Xray XB8EC buggy.
The Light-Blue shocks springs (#358095) which are included in the kit are NOT the light-blue springs. By a mistake in the color coating process the Dark-Blue springs (#358096) were coated with Light-Blue color. Therefore the springs which are in the kit, despite they have Light-Blue color, in the reality the characteristics and the springs are Dark-Blue.
We suggest to use for the basic set-up either the White springs or the correct Light-Blue springs from the XB8 or XB8TQ kit.
More info at source: Team Xray
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Thursday, March 22nd, 2007 | 189 views
News from RC Forum Korea:
This is the updated news on the Team XRAY XB8EC buggy. The kits are now shipping to all distributors around the world. The first batch is in limited quantity so it is advisable to pre-order if you been waiting for it to come out. Please contact your local hobbyshop or nearest distributor of XRAY products.
source: RC Forum Korea | Team XRAY XB8EC presentation
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Posted in RC Buggy, XB8EC, Xray | 1 Comment »
Wednesday, March 21st, 2007 | 96 views
Another News coming from RC Forum Korea. Team XRAY Racing has updated the Catalog for 2007. Go download it at Team Xray.
Source: RC Forum Korea | Team XRAY Racing
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Wednesday, March 7th, 2007 | 358 views
Yes, you heard me. Mr. Juraj Hudy will be racing in the Nordic XRAY Challenge 2007 that going to be held on 14th - 15th April. The other great thing is he is going to drive the new XRAY XB8EC!! Cool.
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Monday, February 26th, 2007 | 1,595 views
The full A Main results for Dirt Nitro Challenge just out. Thanks to our reliable rc partner, Neobuggy.net. It can considered a very important race especially for the USA market. New birth of buggies, like Team Associated RC8 buggy, Jared Tebo’s O’Donnell and Team LOSI 8ight buggy and 8T, the truggy. They all there to compete the best of the best and may i say, the bragging right among them. Do not forget, this race also open to all. Yannick Aigoin was there with his Team XRAY XB8 and XT8 truggy too.
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Technorati Tags: Dirt Nitro Challenge, Team Associated, RC8 buggy, Jared Tebo’s O’Donnell, Team LOSI 8ight buggy and 8T, the truggy, Yannick Aigoin, Team XRAY
Posted in 8ight, 8ight-T, Chad Bradley, Jammin / Hong Nor, Jared Tebo, Losi, Mike Truhe, O'Donnell, RC Buggy, RC Truggy, X1CRT, XT8, Xray | No Comments »
Tuesday, February 6th, 2007 | 345 views
I just found out this XRay XB8 brace MOD by someone nick wheelnut(rctech). But it was arghh that shown it to our rc community in Malaysia. Here i quote:
WheelNut
Tech Master
1,522 Posts Since Jan 2003
After seeing this new option part for the S204 Impreza STI. There is on that goes in the trunk and one that goes on the front lower subframe. It is basically a super stiff damper that smooths out flex movements in the chassis of the car. Supposedly makes the car easier to drive and more stable.
http://us.st11.yimg.com/us.st.yimg….5_1934_10084482
So I figured why not try this on my XB8? After all chassis flex is a tuning option that is often messed with and has a large effect on the way a car handles I think this may make a difference in the way the car feels. Many people run the XB8 with no rear chassis brace at all (Yannick for one) I think the car will be relatively safe on a normal track, for supercross tracks I’ll add the plastic brace. Since the chassis is basically a big spring after all, but there is no damping at all for it, so any oscillations go unchecked. I doubt there is much going on in the way of spring back motion, you never know since after all you can’t see that kind of detail while driving.
The damper is RC10GT shock body with a Savage shock shaft, #3 pistons and 30k oil (currently). From hand testing I’ve measured a full centimeter of travel from full compression to full extension. The shock doesnt really interfere with anything on the car besides the throttle link, which is easy enough to remedy. I will also try out some thicker oils as 30k seems a tad soft, mabye some 100k, or some #1 pistons w/30k oil.
I won’t be able to test this setup until March 1st though, so it will be a while before I can see what it does.
It was quite easy to install this as well, just drilled a hole in the rear body mount (highest point, so the damper will receive maximum travel) and flipped the centre diff brace front to rear then used the hole for the fuel filter to mount the ball stud. I also weighed this setup, its about 20g heaveir than the stock aluminum brace w/screws.
My 2 cents on this:
Its a very innovative and its really simple. I just bang my head of why i didn’t think this before. But if you think it more… there’s one think that you may want to consider before applying this. YOU HAVE TO USE THE OPTIONAL ENGINE MOUNT(for example like the X1CR “Z Brace”) WITH THE EXTRA LENGTH OF THE MOUNT. If not, when the chassis flex, compressed, the clutch bell and spur will be in trouble. but whatever it is. I still salute WheelNut for thinking of it. Cool stuff!!! 
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Original source: WheelNut Idea from Subaru
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Technorati Tags: XRay, XB8, brace MOD
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Friday, February 2nd, 2007 | 1,041 views
For I am a truggy guy. Anything truggy is my interest. With Xray coming out their new XT8 Truggy, how can i miss it. It should be in this blog. From the help and permission from my rc resource friend, Chief Editor Mr Philip of Neobuggy.net. Here they are in their glorious posing. They are indeed the “Truggy Fashion Model”. Hahahha.
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Posted in RC Truggy, XT8, Xray | 2 Comments »
Thursday, February 1st, 2007 | 200 views
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Lovely sets of ride, eh? Xray latest news, XT8 and the XB8EC(European Champion Edition). More info at Neobuggy.net
Related post: Xray Truggy??
Main source: Team Xray
Popularity: 31%
Posted in RC Buggy, RC Truggy, XB8, XB8EC, XT8, Xray | 1 Comment »
Tuesday, January 16th, 2007 | 220 views
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Just when you thought it was safe to play in the dirt, XRAY now announces the release of their next large-scale performer… the XT8 Luxury Racing Truggy!
Based on the super-popular and award-winning XB8 European Champion 1:8 nitro buggy, the XT8 Truggy has been designed and developed by the world’s most admired R&D team at XRAY. Ready to take the Truggy class by storm, the XT8 combines pure racing design, premium luxury quality and highest performance in an all-new package.
Get ready to dive into the dirt with the new XT8 Truggy, coming soon in 2007.
source: Team Xray
Popularity: 23%
Posted in RC Truggy, XT8, Xray | 1 Comment »
