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Oct. 5, 2012, 7:28 a.m.
10/5/2012
By Mike Garrison
LiveRC.com
XRAY has been rumored to have been working on a 1/10 offroad buggy for quite some time. Other news sources have even snapped a few shots of what they spyed and believed to be the new buggy. Each month XRAY's lead man, Juraj Hudy, puts together an "editorial" of his own on the XRAY website. In the middle of the latest edition he talks about his journey to the 2012 Offroad Euros in Austria, and here is what he had to say:
"My summer tour started the day after the last round of the ETS. After arriving home I packaged my off-road stuff and was soon on the way back to Austria, this time to an off-road track, for the 1/10 off-road Euros. You may wonder why, as there is no Xray 1/10 off-road car. Certainly, you are right but at the same time not so much.
After several months of round the clock work we were ready with the pre-production prototype of the all-new project with code named XB4. At this stage there are not many details to share, but I can say that I was more than happy with the initial handling and performance, and that I was able to confirm that the ideas we had conceptualized were successful. This means that production will get the green light for this project.
Completely new projects like the XB4 are always the most difficult and demanding, as we need to make all the moulds required for the new components (in this case, 25 all-new moulds were required). To be able to test the prototype we had to prioritize the production, build and complete first the moulds for components that could not be replaced or simulated using machined components. It was a very tight timeline to have the prototype ready for the Euros, but due to a strong effort in production we were able to make it on time. Now the rest of the molds are in progress with some more deadlines fast approaching. I will get in some more details about this project in an upcoming column..."
XRAY has proven they can build race winning machines for both onroad and offroad. We speculate that with their dominating success in onroad vehicles and unique designs, the XB4 will be a 4wd buggy like no one has ever seen before.
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