Predator X11 | Team Xtreme

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

Big Bore Shocks now standard.

Andy — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 14:00:11 +0000

New shock bodies, shock pistons, and new shock compensator.
Larger shock body = allows 25% more fluid to be held, this allows the piston to pass through more volume of oil making the shock react faster over bumps and jumps.

Pistons = Larger pistons have been designed to allow more fluid to pass through them for a more tune-able shock. All in all this allows more consistent damping for the car. It improves stability, bump handling, landing off high jumps. It allows you to run softer oil to gain grip and roll in the corner with minimal slap. Therefore it doesn’t slap down any more than any other car on the current market and the X11 stabilsers itself quicker.

Sold as a complete pair! (springs sold separately)

X-Brace Upgrade Pack.

Andy — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 13:59:14 +0000

This upgrade pack is for the XRS and X10.
A beautiful and very strong aluminium cross brace, machined from a single piece of high grade aircraft aluminium, accurately locates the suspension rocker crank pivots, suspension pins, and ball raced steering assembly.

The reduced gear cover is now only required to protect the gearbox internals and is carbon fibre filled to reduce weight and lower centre of gravity.

X11 X-BRACE UPGRADE PACK INCLUDES:
XC010 = Front Cross Member
XS008 = Rocker Crank Left
XS009 = Rocker Crank Right
XS018 = Front Cross Member Pin
XB004 = 4×8x3 Flanged Bearings
XC008 = Front Gear Box Top

New Team Orange steering links.

Andy — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 13:56:51 +0000

XX004: X11 – NEW STEERING LINKS
New steering links which change the ackerman. Anodised in Team Xtreme Orange! Longer steering link included!

X11 all new set up sheets.

Andy — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 14:41:28 +0000

The all new X11 set up sheets are now available as blanks to download, so you can keep a record of your set-ups for different tracks. A selection of ‘team-setups’ are also available to download, including the X11 starting set-up as well as a few typical track set-ups.