January 9, 2016

Chassis Focus – Niclas Mansson

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Chassis – Associated B5M
Motor – Reedy 6.0T
ESC – Reedy
Battery – Reedy 3900mah
Radio/Servos – Futaba/Reedy
Remarks – Swedish Associated factory driver Niclas Mansson managed to get 3rd on the grid for tomorrow’s A-Main running a B5m equipped with a lowrider gearbox. The car also features a lower rear shock tower designed by Anders Lind, hard suspension arms while the aerodynamics is taken care of by JConcepts. Niclas also added some extra weight to the chassis.

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January 9, 2016

Chassis Focus – Tim Benson

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Chassis – Kyosho TF-7
Motor – LRP X20 13.5T
ESC – GM
Battery – GM 6400mah
Radio/Servos – Sanwa/Graupner
Body – Protoform Mazdaspeed 6
Remarks – German driver Tim Benson has topped the seeding rounds and the opening round of qualifying in Pro Stock running the latest version of Kyosho’s touring car. His TF-7 is equipped with short front arms, aluminium front outdrives with blades and a standard – no floating – battery mount. He is also using a soon to be released aluminium chassis and short shocks, together with different shock towers designed by Michael Vollmer.

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January 8, 2016

Chassis Focus – Michal Orlowski

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Chassis – Schumacher Cat K2
Motor – LRP X20 5.5T
ESC – LRP Flow
Battery – LRP 4500mAh
Radio/Servos – Sanwa
Remarks – Reigning European Champion in the class, Michal Orlowski is competing in 4WD running a pretty standard Schumacher Cat K2. The car is equipped with a Front Adjustable Brake system, small bore shocks and a WTF fan, which takes care of keeping the LRP motor cool.

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January 8, 2016

Chassis Focus – Bruno Coelho

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Chassis – Xray T4 ’16
Motor – LRP X20 4.5T
ESC – LRP Flow
Battery – LRP 6000mAh
Radio/Servos – Sanwa
Body – MonTech Silvy
Remarks – Racing three classes here in Odense, Xray’s Portuguese star Bruno Coelho is running a pretty standard version of the 2016 T4 touring car from the Slovakian manufacturer. The car is equipped with low friction belts and an aluminium screws set, and sports some new orange drive shaft blades that are designed for higher durability.

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January 8, 2016

Chassis Focus – Tom Cockerill

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Chassis – Yokomo YZ-2
Motor – Yokomo 6.5T
ESC – Yokomo
Battery – Yokomo 4800mAh
Radio/Servos – KO/Xpert
Remarks – Top Yokomo driver in the Buggy division here at the DHI Cup, British driver Tom Cockerill is running a YZ-2 equipped with front and rear LMR wings and under LiPo weight. The car also features a titanium screw set, vented slipper plate and rear aluminium uprights.

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December 9, 2015

New in the Pits – JConcepts

Making their trackside debut at the 2015 JConcepts Indoor National Finals, JConcepts brought a number of new items to Omaha for their team drivers which will be available for general release very soon. First up is the new line of t-wrenches available in 7mm for 1/10th offroad wheel nuts and the 17mm version for 1/8th offroad wheel nuts. Made from aluminium and available in black or blue the end is extruded to allow you to ‘quick spin’ the wheel nut and features a t-handle so you can tighten down or loosen the nut. Seen on the table of Ryan Maifield is a new carbon and aluminium high end setup board. Large enough to be used with a 1/8th truggy but better suited for 1/10th scale, the outer frame has been machined from blue anodised aluminium with the work surface made from carbon fibre.

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Seen on many of the JConcepts team driver’s car is the new Stabilizer rear wing that incorporates a rear gurney flap, similar to that used on 1/8th wings, which can be bent forward to further increase downforce. Available for the B5M and the 22 3.0, as the name suggests the wing offers a lot of stability due to the large amount of downforce the wing generates. In terms of bodies, the Warrior and S2 bodies are now available in lightweight versions, perfect for dropping weight which is especially useful in stock classes.

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