Reflex Racing RX28K/RX28 Initial Impressions (

Описание: As you can see from my recent video, I've been getting more and more into 1:28 scale track cars. I recently picked up this RX28K pan car chassis by Reflex Racing. This is the state of the art for this scale. I bought it used from a trusted seller at an amazing price! It comes with the chassis itself with the KISS frontend, A06CLS servo, brass lower pod plate, and Jomurema bumper. Today, this 98mm RWD pan car competes against cars from GL, Atomic, RTRC, PN, and Nexx.

One particularly interesting feature of this RX28K is the KISS frontend, which stands of "Keep It Simple, Stupid". The regular RX28 is a double wishbone design, but RX28K uses a much simpler MacPherson strut design. In theory, it trades off the full range of adjustability offered by a DWS geometry, but it's supposedly to be easier to tune. In practice, it's actually doing really well in top level races! Atomic is introducing a similar design with their new MRZ-SF.

The rear uses the tried-and-true tri-damper suspension setup. Supporting the rear wheels is a carbide ball differential (allows 14mm wheels). The chassis is full of aluminum parts. The entire frontend, knuckles, motor pod, etc. The chassis plate is brass. Cristian Tabush, the owner/designer of Reflex Racing, wanted RX28 to be race-ready out of the box without needing option parts. To be honest, that's awesome. There's no need to mess with all the basic components that are likely to be upgraded anyway.

One thing to note is that RX28 is not 100% compatible with autoscale bodies. Its side clip mounts are a bit more forward.

RX28 is also not equipped with any servo saver. The design of the steering system is extremely direct. Yes, the servo isn't protected, but in return there's very little play. A wide bumper is recommended.

Let's compare quickly with the GLR, which dominated the scene when it was released 5 years ago. GLR also uses the pan car tri-damper rear suspension setup. The front is a single wishbone setup. But fast forwarding 5 years of development, it's clear that everything on the RX28 sits even lower. When I first saw the roller chassis, immediately I noticed how the whole rear suspension was much lower than GLR or GLR-GT. What will 1:28 track cars look like 5 years from now? It's so exciting because many manufacturers are competing against each other to build the fastest car.

So what's my plan for this RX28K? I'm going to put in an GL 3500kv motor and ESC, plus a Jomurema body to start. This means building an RX28-specific body because of the different side clip mounting position. In addition to the hard body, I'm also going to prepare the Protoform P63 lexan body. Let's hope there's upcoming track time soon!

This is Sammy and thanks for watching!

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