March 7, 2024

2024 TITC Chassis Focus Index

Last weekend thanks to the support of Hobbywing, Red RC made a return to the TITC for the 20-edition of this legendary Bangkok race.  The biggest one yet, it has truly become the most significant annual electric Touring Car race in the World.  It was extremely positive for the category to see so much manufacturer support for the race.  Of all the major car brands, only Schumacher had no official team presence but here’s hoping the British manufacturer gives us the opportunity to see Michal Orlowski take on the challenging RC Addict track conditions for the first time next year.  Such was the quality of the field, the B-Main was full of World Championship Finalist drivers and it was great to see six different manufacturers represented in the A-Main of Modified.  Call us old school, but putting the iconic Tamiya logo in our results graphic was a nostalgic moment.  In another positive for electric touring car we had three new cars at the race.  We had the latest prototype from Yokomo, the Japanese brand going for a name change as the BD name is dropped in favour of MS for Master Speed.  Nicolas Lee did try to get us permission for a chassis focus but we couldn’t get it across the line.  Kyosho had two prototypes of what is expected to be their TF8.  That news generated massive excitement, so much so Kyosho requested we take down the story we ran on their return to the category.  Finally Ryan Maker debuted his exciting new SP1 that will see him realise the dream of his RC Maker brand becoming a fully fledged car manufacturer.  While both RC Maker and Kyosho allowed us to look at their new creations, we were not granted permission to photograph them for a Chassis Focus which we fully understand given the cars’ designs are still to be fully finalised.  Over the event we did however photograph 12 cars from seven different manufacturers and we have compiled them all here in our latest Chassis Focus index.

 

Alexander Hagberg (2nd Overall) – Xray X4 ’24

Jilles Groskamp – Infinity IF4 II TE

Marc Rheinard (3rd Overall) – Awesomatix A800R

Ronald Volker (Top Qualifer) – Mugen Seiki MTC2R

Kato Kouki – Infinity IF14 TE

Akio Sobue – Axon TC10/3

Bruno Coelho (Champion) – Xray X4 ’24

Souta Goto – Tamiya TRF 421

Naoto Matsukura – Infinity IF14 TE

Lucas Urbain – Awesomatix A800R

Atsushi Hara – Xpress XQ11 “Hara Edition”

 

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Simon Lauter (Top Qualifier & Champion) – Awesomatix A800R

 


March 3, 2024

Chassis Focus – Simon Lauter (Awesomatix)

Chassis – Awesomatix A800R
ESC – Hobbywing G2S Pro XR10
Motor – Hobbywing G4 Bandit 13.5t
Battery – Nosram 6100mah
Tires (handout) – Sweep
Radio/Servo – Sanwa M17/  MKS HBL575 SL
Body – Xtreme Speciale

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March 3, 2024

Chassis Focus – Alexander Hagberg (Xray)

Chassis – Xray X4 ’24
ESC – Hobbywing XR10 G2S
Motor   Hobbywing G3 4.5T
Battery – Nosram 6500
Tires (handout) – Sweep
Radio/Servo – Sanwa M17 / Sawna PGS-LH2
Body – Xtreme Twister

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March 3, 2024

Chassis Focus – Jilles Groskamp (Infinity)

Chassis – Infinity IF14 II TE
ESC – Orca OE1 Mark II
Motor – Orca Modtreme 2 4.5T
Battery – Orca 6090mah
Tires (handout) – Sweep
Radio/Servo – Sanwa EXZES ZZ / JG Racing JG-TC1
Body – Xtreme Speciale

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March 3, 2024

Chassis Focus – Marc Rheinard (Awesomatix)

Chassis – Awesomatix A800R
ESC – Orca OE1
Motor – Orca Modtreme 2 4.5T
Battery – Orca 6090mah
Tires (handout) – Sweep
Radio/Servo – FlySky Noble Pro / Power HD S15
Body – Xtreme Speciale UL

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March 2, 2024

Chassis Focus – Ronald Volker (Mugen Seiki)

Chassis – Mugen Seiki MTC2R
ESC – LRP FlowX
Motor – LRP x22 5.0T
Battery – LRP Graphene 4.1 6500mah
Tires (handout) – Sweep
Radio/Servo – FlySky Noble Pro / Highest DLP 650
Body – Xtreme Twister

Notes –

Ronald is running the motor mount from the previous MTC-2 for additional stiffness in the carbon chassis of his MTC-2R.  He is also using a stiffer top deck configuration using more screws.  Normally not found on his car, here at RC Addict he has Horizontal Body posts for the rear.  On his electrics he has a soon to be released high rev aluminium speedo fan from LRP for better cooling.  He is also using a booster connected to the motor fan to keep the voltage at a minimum of 8 volts.

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