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Orlowski aims to kick off new EOS season with home win

Posted: 19 Oct 2017 10:48 AM PDT

Season #7 of the Euro Offroad Series kicks off this weekend (20-22 Oct) in Warsaw, Poland, with reigning 2WD Champion Michal Orlowski aiming for a repeat of his last performance on home soil. The Schumacher driver, who lives in the Polish capital city, did the double last year when Warsaw hosted the second round of the indoor carpet offroad championship going on to claim his inaugural EOS title win. With Poland returning as the opening race of the championship, Orlowski will be looking to capitalise on the energy of the race’s large show crowd to get his title defence off to a winning start. Running as part of the World Travel Show, which is expected to be attended by over 30,000 visitors, the teenager knows that as champion he is the one everyone is out to beat. While already facing tough competition from Xray, Yokomo and Team Associated established driver line-ups, this weekend will see the high level of competition further bolstered by the additions of former 1:8 Offroad World Champions Ty Tessmann and Atsushi Hara as they make their EOS debuts.

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Orlowski aims to kick off new EOS season with home win

Posted: 19 Oct 2017 10:45 AM PDT

Season #7 of the Euro Offroad Series kicks off this weekend (20-22 Oct) in Warsaw, Poland, with reigning 2WD Champion Michal Orlowski aiming for a repeat of his last performance on home soil. The Schumacher driver, who lives in the Polish capital city, did the double last year when Warsaw hosted the second round of the indoor carpet offroad championship going on to claim his inaugural EOS title win. With Poland returning as the opening race of the championship, Orlowski will be looking to capitalise on the energy of the race’s large show crowd to get his title defence off to a winning start. Running as part of the World Travel Show, which is expected to be attended by over 30,000 visitors, the teenager knows that as champion he is the one everyone is out to beat. While already facing tough competition from Xray, Yokomo and Team Associated established driver line-ups, this weekend will see the high level of competition further bolstered by the additions of former 1:8 Offroad World Champions Ty Tessmann and Atsushi Hara as they make their EOS debuts.

As the driver who lost his back to back title reign to Orloswki, Lee Martin will be looking to come back from a somewhat disappointing Season #6 campaign and start strong. While the second most winning driver of all time in 2WD, the British driver failed to win last season with the Yokomo team’s only victory coming from Marc Rheinard when he won the season opener at the Nurburgring. Joining Martin & Rheinard at Yokomo this weekend will be all round RC legend Atsushi Hara. Having tested in the UK together with Martin and Yokomo engineer Shin Adachi prior to flying out to Poland, Hara will be hoping he can impress on his first EOS appearance.

As back to back 4WD Champions, Xray showed at the back end of last season that they have made huge inroads with their 2WD programme with Bruno Coelho taking the TQ and win at the season finale. The reigning 4WD Champion and openly not the greatest fan of racing 2WD, Coelho now has two seasons of 2WD experience to work off and would very much like to add a 2WD title to his already impressive list of achievements. At the beginning of the month he did the E series triple crown adding the ENS title to his ETS and EOS titles, winning 2WD is one of the few challenges thats has so far defeated him. Alongside Coelho, Martin Bayer showed somewhat of a resurgence in form last season and capped off the season with a win in 4WD. This weekend however a lot of the interest in the race is going to be on Ty Tessmann. The Slovakian manufacturer has brought over the Canadian and with a few days of testing at the Hudy Arena to prepare for his EOS debut it will be expected that he will be mixing it with the regulars at the front.

Team Associated are backing experience and youth in the form of former World Champion Neil Cragg and rising star Joona Haatanen. Finishing 5th and 4th respectively in the 2WD standings last season, they will be targeting better results this year. Cragg has a full season of EOS under his belt now and Haatanen laid down a marker at the penultimate round when he took the 2WD TQ at Arena 33.

Xray C=2.0-2.5 progressive pan car centre shock spring

Posted: 19 Oct 2017 07:39 AM PDT

Xray have introduced their new C=2.0-2.5 progressive centre shock spring for 1/10th and 1/12th pan cars such as the X10 and X12. Marked with two dots the spring complements the softer one dot C=1.4-1.9 offering with the new, stiffer one making for increased traction, off-power steering and steering response.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

JConcepts 1988 Chevy Silverado “Snoop Nose” MT body

Posted: 19 Oct 2017 06:59 AM PDT

Made for all 13″ wheelbase monster trucks is JConcepts’ new 1988 Chevy Silverado Snoop Nose body shell. JC revives a cult favourite with a completely redesigned body for solid axle monster truck racing. The 13″ wheelbase is perfect for the solid runners in today’s racing and with a proportioned width and “snoop nose”, the Chevy is a cut above the rest. The tucked front nose provides clearance for an assortment of tyres such as the Renegades and Firestorms while the shaved front and rear bumper faces the competition like a fighting bull. The main structure of the body remains a genuine Chevrolet style used from 1988 to 1998 and deep down represents the Heartbeat of America generation. The body comes clear, including paint mask for all windows and detailed Chevy and JConcepts logo decal sheet.

Source: JConcepts [jconcepts.net]

Video – Jilles Groskamp Interview

Posted: 19 Oct 2017 05:38 AM PDT

ECX Barrage 1/24 4WD scale RTR rock crawler

Posted: 19 Oct 2017 05:13 AM PDT

Horizon Hobby have introduced the new ECX Barrage 4WD 1/24 scale rock crawler. The palm-sized vehicle features incredible scale realism, officially licensed Falken Wildpeak MT tyres, a rear “truggy” cage with spare tyre and LED lights. It is perfect for messy desks and messy bedrooms as well as crawling through gardens, mud, as well as your neighbourhood creek and can clear marble-sized rocks easily. A true 4-link suspension handles the suspension control and a stamped, black-coated aluminium chassis makes for a strong and stiff backbone. Included in the package, that is available in orange or blue body colour, is also a 4.8V 220mAh NiMH battery pack and a one-step USB charger.

Features:
Bright LED Lights
Licensed Falken Wildpeak M/T tyres
Rear truggy roll cage with functional spare tyre
True 4-link suspension
4.8V 220mAh NiMH battery pack
NiMH one step USB charger
ECX 2.4GHz 2-channel transmitter
Waterproof electronics
Stamped aluminium chassis
Fully-assembled with no building required

Source: Horizon Hobby [horizonhobby.com]

Xpress XQ1 bi-colour aluminium chassis plate

Posted: 19 Oct 2017 04:25 AM PDT

Coming from Xpress and made for the XQ1 touring car is a bi-colour aluminium chassis plate. The main plate is machined from high-quality 7075 alloy material and it comes black anodised and with machined edge details in red colour to match the remainder of the car’s colour scheme. The symmetrical chassis adds about 20g of weight while increasing car control on high-bite carpet tracks.

Source: Xpress [rcxpress.com]

Carlos Guerra wins at Bolivian 1/8th Off-road Nats Rd3

Posted: 19 Oct 2017 03:03 AM PDT

The recent third round of the Bolivian 1/8th Off-road Nationals saw JQRacing’s Carlos Guerra walking away with the win in the Nitro Buggy main final. TQ holder Carlos left behind fellow JQRacing teammate, Javier Rivera while HB Racing’s Nico Uribe rounded out the top 3 results.

Source: JQRacing [jqracing.com]

Infinity IF14 alloy bellcrank and Ver.2 double joint CVD

Posted: 19 Oct 2017 02:42 AM PDT

Infinity have added two new optional parts for their IF14 electric touring car which are designed to offer increased steering angles, the latest releases being an aluminium bell crank and Ver.2 double jointed front CVD set. Made from black anodised T7075 aluminium, the new 18mm bellcranks have increased rigidity resulting in improved steering response. The newly designed shape of the bellcrank also makes it possible to achieve greater steering angles than with the standard crank. The Ver.2 double joint CVD has been released to be used in combination with the new bellcrank as they have been designed specifically to offer smooth drive at the extended steering angles that can now be achieved.

Source: Creation Model [creationmodel.net]

KO Propo VFS-FR2 Pro brushed motor speed controller

Posted: 19 Oct 2017 02:08 AM PDT

KO Propo have introduced their new VFS-FR2 Pro brushed motor speed controller. The compact device measures 32.6x20x9.4mm and it weighs in at 25.3g. Rated at 120A constant current and 1200A peak current the ESC is good even for low-turn modified motors and it is usable with 6.6V to 8.4V input. The controller comes with all-black wires, pre-installed with the Ultimate Booster 2, and including a 35V capacitor. With its adjustable drive frequency the overall throttle response can be adapted to a range of conditions, from low to high grip surfaces and it is adjustable using KO Propo’s VFS-FR Manager software.

Features & specifications:
– Updated version of the popular VFS-FR controller
– Forward, brake & reverse functions
– Ultimate Booster 2 Schottky diode pre-installed
– Ultimate Capacitor 35V included
– 6V/3A BEC system
– 64 step throttle frequency settings from 500Hz to 5.3KHz
– LiXX, NiXX low-voltage protection
– Over-heat protection
– Adjustable using VFS-FR Manager 1.20 software

Source: KO Propo [kopropo.co.jp]

Kyosho MP9 series pre-glued brake pads

Posted: 19 Oct 2017 12:38 AM PDT

Coming from Kyosho and made for the MP9 series of 1/8th nitro off-road buggies is a pair of pre-glued brake pads. The special material of the brake linings and the unique glueing method will result in more consistent braking and less fading during a run. The pads come in pairs and they are usable for the current MP9 TKI4 and also older spec TKI3 and TKI2 buggies.

Source: Kyosho [kyosho.com]