Predator X11 | Team Xtreme

Lee Martin to run Vega 201

Yanina — Wed, 09 May 2012 09:55:07 +0000

Double European Champion Lee Martin, has chosen to race the VEGA conversion for the Tamiya TRF201X. Lee will be running the Vega Elite 201 2nd Generation – a mid-motor conversion for the Tamiya TRF201X from Vega until his sponsors Tamiya TRF have a mid-motor car of their own to compete on the high grip tracks that the UK National scene mostly comprises.

Lee visited the Team Xtreme / VEGA site and spent the day discussing his design changes and working with the designers to create the new version 2nd Generation VEGA 201 conversion.

VEGA:
The car was delivered to Lee, on the same night as he was to race it. It was quickly assembled and put straight on the track there and then. Lee managed to win the meeting amongst other top names racing and also managed the fastest lap times each and every run. Proving he
had the speed and consistency. It’s fair to say he was ‘On Fire’ bearing in mind the car or Lee had no previous track time.

New Premises!!

Yanina — Wed, 09 May 2012 09:48:13 +0000

New and exciting times for Team Xtreme. We have now moved premises and this is our new address:

Team Xtreme
CT3 Business Park
Unit 12
Cooting Road
Aylesham
CT3 3EP

This is our temporary number until we get a new one connected: 07886 269 289

All the Best
Team Xtreme

Vega-Elite Race Conversions – B4.1 now available

Yanina — Wed, 23 Feb 2011 22:38:00 +0000

Just released, the new series of Vega Elite 2WD race conversions for most major top-end race buggies. Featuring CNC machined aerospace 7075 alloy tub chassis & gearbox, motorplate heat sink, rear shock tower, bodyshell and more.

This exciting new conversion changes the weight distribution of the car, allowing it to jump more level & massively helps in-air control and powered landings.

Testing has shown the conversion gives a new more positive feel to the car, allowing for a more aggressive driving style. Flatter jumps, quicker landings and better cornering is bringing noticeably faster and consistent lap times.

Orders can be placed though the online store, or by calling direct on 01304 840597

See the Kyosho RB5 SP2 conversion here

Kyosho RT5 conversion

201 Tamiya conversion

B4.1 conversion

VEGA-ELITE RB5 Race Report!

Yanina — Sat, 29 Jan 2011 13:34:36 +0000

Below is a race report from one of our Vega Drivers, using the Vega-Elite Mid Motor Conversion for the Kyosho RB5!!

Having only received the car a week earlier in prototype form i was looking forward to collecting my new parts from Lewis (Vega designer). Once i arrived at Ardent my parts were ready to replace the alloy shocktower and proto motor mount i had been running a week earlier.
These parts were put on to bring the car very close to production, and i have to say the car looks the trick!!!

The venue at Ardent is very much a Touring Car venue that have started to run Off road, this is mainly evident in small things like track markings and layouts. But still a very well presented track with a few jumps etc.

I have to say the large amount of carpet, probably 95% of the track is not to my liking. But it is the challenge that is put before me and one i have been working on over the winter.
Practice:
Practice consisted of two timed rounds of which your 3 consecutive laps would decide which heat you would be placed in, the first round and although my car felt very good i found myelf trying to learn the track and by doing this moving over to allow others past. Still confident the car felt well.
The second practice and i decided to go for it in this one, car felt very good. First thing i have noticed is how the car responds round fast sweepers that lead into hairpins etc… it is very stable and you can just dab the breaks to bring the back end round. Anyway i managed to go 18th overall in practice which meant i would be in heat 2 (running in reverse).

Qualifying:
To be honest, i never managed to replicate the pace in the car from practice….. stupidly enough i was late to the rostrum so the space i stood in for practice was gone, this meant i had to stand other end of rostrum (unable to see downramp of big jump). Not thinking anything of it i managed to finish 2 runs. One of these was the first run which placed me 23rd at the time!! And to be fair i wasn’t happy with it at all. Some minor issues put me out of the last two runs, one of which was the motor coming loose (bad maintenance).
In the end i qualified 43rd or 3rd in the E Main….. defo not where i wanted to be but i was hoping to have a good final to see if i could have done better.

Final:
Not wanting to stand where i had been all day i got to the rostrum early, managed to bag the place i stood in practice!!! I was hoping this would help me a little…..
The buzzer went and straight away i was down the inside of car 2 to take 2nd place, already i felt so much more comfortable about seeing the whole track!!! Coming round to the big jump (even though you just popped on it) the car in front was not even a car length in front and as we went up the jump i tagged his wing. It really was one of those parts of the track that would decide a race, not much i could have done about it so i carried on. My main contender in the race was Neil Round who was .5 sec behind, i led from start to finish practically… In the end winning by around 3.5 seconds. Car felt really good and one of those were i asked if i had maybe tried to move on the rostrum would i have done better ?????? (excuses, who knows)
But to be in perspective, my time would have placed me 4th/5th in the B final .4 sec off Kevin Lee’s finish time.

Overall i was really happy, so much so i decided to drive down to Stotfold MCC the next morning to do some testing ready for the first National there in April.

Testing:

So far i have tested the car indoors and outdoors, both with major succes.
First up was Moto Arena indoors, pretty much the track that was used for the 2nd round of the SRCMCC/Kyosho Indoor series. With drivers like Lee Martin, Marc Rheinard, Victor Wilk, Tom Cockerill all booked in it would be a great test to see how quick the car was. I left the setup the same as the first time i ran it, only small improvements made during the day.
Untill the last round of qualifying i held TQ, this was then improved on by Lee Martin and Tom Cockerill. 3rd on the grid with Rheinard, Wilk all behind (happy days!!) Finished 5th in the final, but the car made some heads turn and the interest was pretty good.

Next up i visited Stotfold MCC, this venue will host the first round of the National series. As the weather is pretty cold/wet here the track at Stotfold is very slippy, this is an area where the mid cars struggle. Once again a couple of good drivers were in attendence with the all new TLR 22.
In practice it was clear to see that i had the pace over Bloomfield and Reeves with the new 22, this resulted in both of them fitting brand new tyres. Overall this meeting went really well and over a week of having the car i have managed to compete in 4 meetings, all have gone very well and my setups have only seen minor tweaking. I am not saying it is the perfect setup as i like my car soft, but it is the same setup Kev Lee used in practice at the Petit and he went 3rd fastest!!!!

With more and more running of the car i can only see it improve, this hopefully will see some good results….
To say i am happy with the car is an understatement, i really liked the MCS (results were really good too). The Vega Elite RB5 has everything the MCS had and more, more steering, more stability in fast and slow corners, better looks, better quality and hopefully better results for me!!!

Double ‘A-final’ at EPR National

Stu — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 15:08:08 +0000

The weekends National at ‘Eden Park Raceway’ saw both principal team drivers in the prestigious ‘A-final’ with the Predator X11’s. Ellis Stafford was the higher of the two, pressing for TQ through the day and battling on the track for the overall win. Kevin Lee also made the top final with a strong showing all through the day.

Look out for a race report coming soon.


Kevin (left) & Ellis (right).	Familiar colour schemes to UK national fans.

Ellis Stafford to continue with X11

Stu — Thu, 27 May 2010 20:16:38 +0000

After racing for the team over the winter season current BRCA National champ’ Ellis Stafford has decided to continue running the X11 for foreseeable future – possibly including the Euro’s later in the year.

The national meeting at Eden Park in a weeks time will hopefully be a good event for the team on home ground; much winter testing has been done at the track with Ellis and the team working on the car.

Watch out for a report from the event, with news and photographs on upcoming new products.

A few photo’s from RHR National

Stu — Tue, 11 May 2010 18:07:52 +0000

The second round of the BRCA National series, Robin Hood Raceway, near Blyth in the East Midlands.

Talywain National

Stu — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 20:16:12 +0000

The opening round of the 2010 BRCA National series returned to Talywain in south Wales. A beautiful two days of weather provided the drivers with a superb weekends racing.

The track was similar to that used at the 2009 national held at the venue, a long straight (smoother than last year), level changes and three sets of ‘doubles’.

Above – Kevin Lee’s car. Solid A-final performance from Kev, as is maybe expected from the car in his hands. The ultra low CG of the Pred lends itseld perfectly to high grip Astro, generating amazing corner speed..

After winter testing of prototype parts such as shorter wishbones and widened hinge pin braces Kev has retuned to his set-up from the latter half of last summer. It provided him with consistent high finishes in the 2009 national series and if the Talywain performance is a guide it should continue to do so.

Only small changes were made, a move to single hole drilled pistons and slightly lighter shock oil. Kev was working with hand made two position lower shock mount for added tuning.

We spoke to Kevin about the exciting news of his new venture ‘Inside Line’, distributing RC products including Predator kits and spares.

“Inside Line Racing is a new online shop run by myself and my wife Ana. We have taken on sales of the awesome predator cars and along with that will be stocking Electronics from Team Tekin, tyres and inserts.

We plan on increasing our product range and have some interesting new items in the pipeline so keep an eye on the shop, but first of all our priority is to do what we do to the best of our ability…..

…….Having been involved in RC racing for a long time we know the importance of having a shop that delivers your parts fast, exactly what we aim to do.

We have also taken over www.the-pred.co.uk which is a resource dedicated to the predator car where I’ll be on hand along with other predator enthusiasts for any advice you may need.

We will be attending all 2010 nationals and mid south regional’s so if anybody needs a part, or advice, please come and find us!”

http://www.insidelineracing.co.uk/


John Spencer… flying high…….	…..and keeping in closer to the ground…

Ashton Armstrong is the team’s youngest member, in his first year of national competition. Aston stepped up to the challenge perfectly, putting in some good times in qualifying. While not quite being on the pace of Kevin he was certainly not languishing down at the bottom of the field.


Greg Spicer, long term Predotor campaigner	Nice Caravan, yeah.

An excellent weekend’s racing all round, looking forward to the next round of the series at another Astro venue – RHR at Blythe. Hopefully another strong showing for the team.

EPR RACE REPORT!!

Yanina — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 20:51:19 +0000

What an amazing day. With a breathtaking ‘A’ final. Ellis Stafford up against a decent crop of competitive drivers managed to lap 2nd place in the finals. This wasn’t without a couple of minor mistakes but Ellis lost no concentration and just kept on going. Absolutely Amazing!!!

Sunday the 7th Feb 2010, a very cold day with a wet and greasy track.

Round 1:

Ellis Stafford didn’t finish the first qualifier as he lost a drive shaft cap. However Kev Lee went on and put in strong and consistent laps times. With a good solid run he finished 2nd. Kev Lee also had the fastest lap time of round 1.

Round 2:

2nd qualifier went brilliantly as Ellis Stafford went on to TQ the round. He TQ’ed the round 13 seconds ahead of 2nd place – Simon Reeves and Grant Williams 3rd. Kev Lee came 9th and held 2 of the top 10 fastest laps. Ellis had the other 8 of the 10 fastest laps.

Round 3:

Ellis Stafford was the only driver to achieve 15 laps, the first and last 15 lapper of qualifiers. Out of the 10 fastest lap times, Ellis Stafford had 8 of them and Kev Lee had 1. Kev Lee managed a respectable 3rd place. Ellis Stafford and the car looked awesome and he was a lap ahead!

Round 4:

Ellis Stafford TQ’ed again by an amazing 9 seconds. Kev Lee again putting in strong lap times came 4th. Out of the 10 fastest laps, Ellis Stafford took 7 and Kev Lee took 1 of them.

FINALS:

The final was 7 minutes. Ellis Stafford managed 19 laps, which was the only 19 lapper of the finals! He also managed to amazingly lap 2nd place. Kev Lee had an unlucky start in the finals and got badly tangled at the start. Still managing to come 6th! You will have worked out that Ellis Stafford won the final.

Ashton Armstrong our junior driver managed to come 5th in the ‘B’ final, with steady consistent driving.

Brilliant results from our brilliant Team Drivers!!

Well Done Guys!!!

BRCA Open

Stu — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 20:21:08 +0000

Jan 30th & 31st 2010 saw the inaugural running on the BRCA ‘Winter Open’, a meeting that replaces the old Indoor Finals. In spring 2009 that event was cancelled at the eleventh hour due to lack of entries, so for 2010 the BRCA decided to run a meeting in the dark depths of winter and to use a ‘Reedy’ format that has worked so well at the recent ‘Players’ meetings. A healthy turnout both days suggests that this was s good move.

Sunday’s 4wd action kicked off with a strong showing from Team Xtreme, with Ellis Stafford and Kevin Lee battling for honours in the F1’s elite class. Representation through all the ability classes was present, from the F1 stars to junior team members Greg Williams and Ashton Armstrong and Lewis Dickinson representing the seniors!

Above – Kevin Lee’s car with the latest parts and modifications.Most of the team have been heavily trimming the standard bumper, the new moulded part is based on that. The idea is to stop the front of the car digging in on a nose down landing but still provide some protection for the front end and support the front wing.The modified position for the upper rear wishbone is to provide a longer link. That modification is being used in conjunction with the changes seen below that shorten the lower wishbone.


Shorter arms, wider hinge brace…	….and the same at the front.

The car is seen ablove running an adjustable link between the steering cranks. As the link is made longer the front crack arm’s move closer together, lenthening the steering control links. This modification gives more steering lock.

Current BRCA National and ex-European champion Ellis Stafford continues to be a part of the team for the winter, lending his skill and valuable experience. A driver with Ellis’ proven race speed helps push the limits of what can be done with the X11 platform, and posting the fastest lap of the event clearly demosnsted the speed of the car.


Ellis’ car is on a set-up exactly the same as Kev’s.	Interesting install, ESC on it’s side.

The event was run to the exciting ‘Reedy’ race format. The drivers are organised into ability groups based on their BRCA drivers grading, then compete in a series of head to head races within their group. The format provides race-after-race of track action with the drivers battling for track position for the full duration of the event, rather than spending most of the day racing against the clock for a finals position.As the indoor winter national meeting is quite a social event with many drivers racing each other for the first time since the previous summer the fun ‘Reedy’ format is good. There are, however, no plans to change the way the main BRCA summer nationals are run, so here’s looking forward to the first of those in a little over eight weeks time……..

New Chassis available!!

Yanina — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 21:46:18 +0000

Team Xtreme are pleased to announce that the Lipo chassis for the X11 is now available on the web store.

Part number: XCOO7L.

Also available is the X11RS chassis.

Part number: XCOO7RS.

This chassis has been strengthened in critical areas and made with a special blend of materials to ensure durability!

Lipo Chassis:

LIPO CHASSIS COMING SOON!

Yanina — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 17:58:41 +0000

We are pleased to announce that the new X11 Lipo Chassis will be available really soon! After vigorous testing they are now in production. They are being made using the same material as the current chassis. Keep your eyes on this site for the part number – when they are available !!!

EPR WINTER WARMER RACE REPORT!

Yanina — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 21:47:48 +0000

An amazing result from Ellis Stafford after only his third time out with the x11. Ellis was absolutely flying (not literally) last Sunday at EPR’s Winter Warmer Meeting.
This was despite severe weather conditions which was a disadvantage to the cars and marshals!! The track was extremely slippery, wet and greasy!

Racing was postponed as the weather was so bad but finally a couple of hours later it eased up allowing the racing to begin!

Ellis went on to TQ round one, with super fast and consistent lap times. It seemed there was no catching him.

Round two – didn’t go so well as the car went off the side of the table top ramp and hit a concrete track marking. This caused very little damage – just a broken ball joint. Proving the car’s strength.

Round three – the weather wasn’t as good as the previous rounds making for a more slippery track. However Ellis put the car back in it’s place. He was on for a 15 lapper but due to a small mistake that cost him 5 seconds he just missed out.

To summarise the qualifying, Ellis TQ’ed the meeting!

In the finals Ellis changed the car slightly – this was to experiment and help him to learn more about the car.
Ellis went on to win the A Final!

We were all very pleased with this result as Sunday was used as a ‘test’ and ‘experimental’ day. The x11 glided over the bumpy sections and handled well around the challenging track.

Our under 16 driver Ashton Armstrong also drove well and consistently – despite track conditions. Ashton who has only started racing in January 2009 has noticeably improved with help and advice from the Team. Ashton managed 6th in the B Final!

WELL DONE GUYS – keep up the good work!

Ellis Stafford in the team.

Andy — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 10:40:01 +0000

UK star, 2 time European 4wd Champion – Joins the Team.
Team Xtreme are pleased to welcome Ellis Stafford on board. We are really pleased and excited to have Ellis on our Team and to be working with him’

Stotfold successes 15th November.

Andy — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 16:22:20 +0000

The Team Xtreme Team had a brilliant day on Sunday at Stotfold. All the Team did really well despite challenging track conditions.

Well Done to Kev Lee who TQ’ed the meeting! Made a mistake in the final which put him last. Consistent fast driving got him back up to 4th place!

John Spencer came 1st in the B.

Mr Ellis Stafford went blindingly fast – This was the first time out ever with the X11. He qualified 4th in the A and managed to finished 2nd – due to traffic. Once he had passed the traffic there was no stopping him!!

Out of the top ten fastest laps in the final – 7 of them were held between Kev and Ellis.

Woohoo!!

It was a really good fully booked meeting!! Well organised and run!!

Yanina x