January 25, 2014

Chassis Focus – Dustin Evans

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Car: TLR 22-4
Motor: Orion 5.5
ESC: Orion
Batteries: Orion
Radio/Servo: Spektrum

Former Reedy Race of Champions winner Dustin Evans is running a fresh 22-4 from the first production batch. Only receiving and building it last week it sports a development after market cab forward body which he says is more aggressive and gives plenty of steering at low speeds. In terms of setup he has been trying a lot of different things to try and improve the balance of the car, which is a compromise between improving steering while trying to maintain rear traction.

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January 24, 2014

Chassis Focus – Jared Tebo

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Car: Kyosho Ultima RB6
Motor: Orion 7.5
ESC: Orion
Batteries: Orion
Radio/Servo: KO Propo
Tires: JConcepts Barcodes (event controlled tires)

The current 2WD World champion, Kyosho’s Jared Tebo is running a pretty stock version of the mid-motored RB6 from the Japanese factory. Apart from the use of yellow in his body and wheels, the American ace told us his car hasn’t change much in terms of setup from the one he used at the Worlds in Chico. To deal with the low traction at the OCRC track he has had to play with his shock setup, changing pistons and oils to achieve the desired result.

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January 11, 2014

Chassis Focus – Oskar Levin

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Chassis – Team C TM2
Motor – Muchmore
ESC – Muchmore
Battery – Muchmore
Radio – Sanwa
Servo – Spektrum
Tires (Handout) – Schumacher

The Swedish ace is still running the original version of the mid-motored TeamC buggy, saying he didn’t receive the “V2” kit yet. Delighted with the performance of his car, he told us that he is using a slightly different setup from what he used back at home to win 2 VBC championship rounds. To deal with the demanding track he is running a thinner sway bar and shorter front links this make his car more reactive without losing rear traction on the loose areas. His front tyres of choice are the popular Schumacher Stagger Ribs.

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January 11, 2014

Chassis Focus – Ronald Volker

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Chassis – Yokomo BD7-2014
Motor – LRP
Battery – LRP
ESC – LRP
Radio/Servo – Sanwa
Tires (Handout) – LRP

Four times DHI Cup champion Ronald Volker is running the new 2014 version of the successful BD7 platform in the beautiful “all black” look, equipped with a Mazdaspeed6 body from Protoform. The main new features are the new ackermann that is meant to give more steering and a different motor mount designed to vary the flex of the chassis to make the car more aggressive. The new parts now also allow for superfine adjustments thanks to smaller possible adjustment steps.

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December 15, 2013

Chassis Focus – Taylor Larsen

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Car: TLR 22 2.0
Motor: Orion
Battery: Orion
ESC: Orion
Radio/Servos: Spektrum
Tires: JConcepts

Top qualifier in the ultra competitive 2wd buggy class, Taylor Larsen is one of the few front runners in the class to run the car in rear motor configuration. Saying this suits his driving style more than mid motor, following Friday’s free practice he decided to add brass weights to the car which helped to settle it down over the bumps. Running a standard setup for these conditions he too has focused on tire prep and is currently running worn tires, instead of sanding down new tires, and says the traction is coming up every run because of this.

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December 15, 2013

Chassis Focus – Steven Hartson

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Car: Team Associated B44.2
Motor: LRP
Battery: Reedy
ESC: LRP
Radio/Servos: Futaba
Tires: JConcepts

Current 4wd World Champion Steven Hartson is running his B44.2 in the same configuration as his car that won him the World title, with the exception of using ball diffs in place of gear diffs. Running his standard indoor setup he has just made the front oil a little softer to make the car roll into the corners a bit more but apart from that has decided to focus his attentions on tires and tire prep. Sanding down the tires to scuff and lower the pins, along with applying his self mixed traction additive, he says this is helping improve the car’s traction on this particular surface.

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