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[Garry]

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The wait is finally over ! The ALL NEW Hong Nor X3 Sabre 8th Scale Professional Racing Buggy is ready to demolish your local RC track with loads of new features:

• 100% New design.
• Classic Hong Nor quality, durability with competitive pricing.
• Improved weight distribution for greater stability on rough terrain and tricky multi jump sections.
• Lightweight precision steel drive train, hardened for long term durability.
• Rear chassis kick up for increased clearance and stability on high speed, on the limit landings.
• Proven and Improved industry leading 16mm big bore shocks with gold anodized precision adjustment collars.
• CNC machined gold anodized tension optimised chassis braces.
• Cab forward aero optimised high down-force body for greater stability and high speed precision.
• Side mounted brakes for easy tuning and easy out centre differential removal.
• CNC machined hard anodized CNC front and rear shock towers.
• New design CVD drive-shafts for more drive train efficiency and durability.
• Battery forward radio box design for greater on power steering.
• Lightweight CNC hard coated chassis
• New steering geometry, with multi Ackerman positions for every traction level.
• Heavy duty, durable suspension components.
• CNC front and rear suspension mounts with kick up, toe in, and squat tuning with included inserts.

HNX3 SABRE Pro Deal 1: £399.99

HNX3 Pro Rolling Chassis



HNX3 SABRE Pro Combo Deal 2: £529.99

HNX3 Pro Rolling Chassis
ARGUS Pro .21 Race Engine
EFRA 2080 Tuned Pipe
Pro Tyres 4pcs

HNX3 SABRE Pro Combo Plus Deal 3: £579.00

HNX3 Pro Rolling Chassis
ARGUS Pro .21 Race Engine
EFRA 2080 Tuned Pipe
Pro Tyres 4pcs
EVOLUTION V2 Starterbox

Source: SMD

[grumpygramps]

Great to see HN bringing out a new race buggy and they're supposed to be fantastic on the track, shame the cab forward shell makes it look like an invalid carriage though..

Edited by grumpygramps, 06 October 2011 - 05:36 PM.

[goldblades7]

all that waiting and they come up with a shell that looks like that!!!!!
apart from the shell sounds good

[-BEZ-]

those type of shells are thanks to the Proline bulldog, which provides awesome downforce and airflow compared to std designs but agreed there not that pretty to look at, nothing a good paint job cant cure tho

[Garry]

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Hong Nor introduce their latest 1/8 scale nitro off-road competition buggy called the X3 Sabre. The totally redesigned buggy features loads of 7075-T6 aluminium parts such as the chassis plate, front and rear shock towers as well as 16mm big-bore shock absorbers, chassis braces, suspension pin braces with plastic inserts and more. Other features are a front-mounted battery box for LiPo and NiMH straight packs, a new centre bulkhead with shielded main gear and fibre glass brake discs and of course front and rear anti-roll bars and a "mild" cab forward design. More details will be released soon.

Source; Area 52

[grumpygramps]

Is the X3 Sabre some sort of pro version of the Ulra LX-2...?

I only spotted the Ultra on sale a week or so back for the first time, and they look pretty similar, but the Ultra is much lower spec and price. Maybe that'll be taking over from the RTR X1X-CR? http://www.modelspor...products/366531

[Garry]

Its more than likely, OFNA cars are OEM'd from all sorts of places, Hong Nor being one supplier.

[Garry]

Speaking of which, the OFNA X3 Sabre:

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OFNA introduce the X3 Sabre 1/8 scale off-road buggy. The chassis features a new weight distribution with the receiver battery mounted to the front end of the chassis and the engine moved forward and centred. The chassis is milled from 3mm 7075 T6 aluminium and hard anodised. The shock towers are machined from 5mm aluminium. Other features include aluminium big bore shock absorbers, aluminium arm holder and toe braces, aluminium chassis braces, and clutch shoes. Included in the kit are two sets of springs, anti-roll bars, inch up wheels, EFRA 2080 one piece pipe and header, cab forward body shell, fibre disc brakes, as well as lightweight differentials, and a cab forward body shell.

Source: Area 52

[Thunderwolf]

what the deal with these new body shell designs? i assume there is a reason manufactuers are starting to use them now?

[Garry]

Steeper frontal area (cab/nose) creates more drag, which can be used as downforce, so more front end grip. Been in use since the mid-2000s but manufacturers are putting them in kits now more and more tracks suit them (its more a low grip choice, like dirt tracks. Most tracks in America are dirt.

[Garry]

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[djr2096]

That look very,very nice! Some great looking parts on the.
Looks very well put togeather!!