May 24, 2015

New in the pits – Schuur Speed

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Ron Schuur from Schuur Speed is at the Reedy Race of Champions with samples of their new limited edition “Select Signature Series” of 13.5T and 17.5T Stock motors. Hand built and race prepped by Ron himself, they have just become available for purchase through the Schuur Speed website where upon ordering the customer can choose among a series of customising options. There will be a choice of standard or the ability to select “extra strength” rotor, steel or ceramic bearings, timing and anodising color – the default color being blue. The order form also features an extra field for special requests.

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May 23, 2015

Chassis Focus – Ryan Cavalieri

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Chassis – Associated TC6.2
Motor – Orion 4.5
ESC – Orion
Batteries – Orion 6000mah
Tires – Sweep (handout)
Radio/Servo – Airtronics
Bodyshell – Protoform LTC-R
Remarks – Used to a different kind of surface but very comfortable on asphalt, Team Associated’s offroad star Ryan Cavalieri is making his annual touring car outing at the Reedy Race running a slightly modified TC6.2. Very similar to that of Rick Hohwart’s, he is using TC4 rear arms and TC5 front arms and caster blocks. His Orion speedo features a WTF angled cooling fan.

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May 23, 2015

Chassis Focus – Viktor Wilck

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Chassis – Serpent S411 Eryx 3.0
Motor – Speed Passion 4.5
ESC – Speed Passion
Batteries – MTB 6500mah
Tires – Sweep (handout)
Radio/Servo – Sanwa
Bodyshell – Protoform LTC-R
Remarks – Serpent’s Viktor Wilck is running a S411 3.0 at the Reedy Race of Champions that sports a few option parts, the car featuring an aluminium battery holder and rear driveshafts. The most interesting feature on the car are some pre-production shocks – the production version set for release as soon as next week – they are slightly longer and bigger in volume. He is also using a mix of titanium and aluminium screws.

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May 23, 2015

Chassis Focus – Alexander Hagberg

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Chassis – Xray T4 2015
Motor – ORCA 4.5
ESC – ORCA
Batteries – Reedy 6200mah
Tires – Sweep (handout)
Radio/Servo – Sanwa
Bodyshell – Protoform LTC-R
Remarks – At his first outing on the World famous Tamiya Raceway, TITC Champion Alexander Hagberg is running a T4 2015 equipped with a number of option parts such as graphite wishbones, steel outdrives and aluminium servo horn and steering arms. The Swede is also using AVID titanium ballstuds & ceramic bearing, Hiro Seiko screws and for the heads up racing format has decided to fit a Protoform’s anti-body tuck stiffener in the back of his LTC-R.

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May 22, 2015

Chassis Focus – Steven Weiss

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Chassis – ARC R10 2015
Motor – LRP 4.5
ESC – LRP
Batteries – LRP 5600mah
Tires – Sweep (handout)
Radio/Servo – Sanwa/Futaba
Bodyshell – PF LTC-R
Remarks – Former European Championship Top Qualifier Steven Weiss is competing here at the Reedy Race with an ARC R10 2015.  The car features a number of option parts such as graphite arms, low friction ball cups and rear double joint driveshafts. The German is also using an aluminium screws set from the “black edition” version of the Taiwanese car.

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May 22, 2015

Chassis Focus – Ty Tessmann

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Chassis – HB Pro5
Motor – Orion 4.5
ESC –Orion
Batteries –Orion 5200mah
Tires – Sweep (handout)
Radio/Servo – A-Main/Savox
Bodyshell – PF LTC-R
Remarks – Not the usual kind of car we are used to doing a chassis focus on for Ty Tessmann, the 1/8th Offroad World Champion is mixing it up with the best touring car drivers in the World, running this weekend in his second appearance at the Reedy International Touring Car Race of Champions.  The HB driver is running an out of the box standard version of the new Pro5.

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