September 16, 2016

Chassis Focus – Neil Cragg

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Chassis: Team Associated B6
Motor: Reedy Sonic 6.5T
ESC: LRP Flow
Batteries: Reedy 3900mAh Shorty
Radio/Servo: KO Propo/Reedy
Remarks – British ace and current 2wd European Champion Neil Cragg is starting his 16/17 EOS campaign here at the Nurburgring with the Team Associated B6. His Reedy/LRP powered buggy is equipped with a number of aluminium parts, such as the front bulkhead, steering bell cranks and rear arms mounts and he is also using steel chassis weights.

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September 16, 2016

Chassis Focus – Martin Wollanka

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Chassis: Xray XB2 2017
Motor: LRP X20 6.5T
ESC: LRP Flow
Batteries: LRP 4500mAh
Radio/Servo: Sanwa/Xpert
Remarks – Austrian ace Martin Wollanka topped the sheets in 2WD controlled practice here at the Nurburgring with a pre-production 2017 version of the XB2, the car meant to be released shortly. With this latest car sporting a new 3 gear transmission, Martin is also using aluminium uprights, a brass front weight, a graphite battery strap and aluminium servo saver arms.

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September 16, 2016

Chassis Focus – Jorn Neumann

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Chassis: Serpent Prototype
Motor: Orion VST2 Pro 5.0T
ESC: Orion Vortex R10.1 Pro
Batteries: Orion 3800mAh Xs
Radio/Servo: Sanwa/K-Power
Remarks – Former EOS Champion Joern Neumann is running a prototype buggy here at the Nurburgring. With a new Serpent 4WD designed in cooperation between Gerd Strenge and Michael Salven coming soon, Jorn is using that same car, which features a shaft driven transmission, but with a different, prototype 2WD front end.

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September 16, 2016

Chassis Focus – Lee Martin

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Chassis: Yokomo YZ-2 CA
Motor: RC Concept 6.0T
ESC: RC Concept
Batteries: RC Concept 4500mAh
Radio/Servo: Sanwa/Xpert
Remarks – Defending EOS Champion Lee Martin is starting a new season here at the Nurburgring behind the wheel of the Yokomo YZ-2 CA. His car is equipped with new prototype Yatabe springs, a pre-production front wing with a dedicated support and a new, thinner front anti roll bar with a diameter of .8mm. Looking for more torsional flex, Lee’s engineer Shin Adachi decided to cut the mid-rear bridge only leaving one of the three brackets.

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May 1, 2016

Chassis Focus – Joern Neumann

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Chassis: Serpent SDX-4
Motor: Orion VST2 Pro 5.0T
ESC: Orion Vortex R10.1 Pro
Batteries: Orion 4500mAh
Radio/Servo: Futaba
Remarks – Former EOS Champion Joern Neumann debuted the new Serpent 4WD Buggy, called SDX-4, here at the Nurburgring. The completely new car, still in a pre-production 3-D printed version, features a shaft driven transmission and a very simple layout that makes it a versatile platform with different weight distribution options available. The suspension arms can accept carbon stiffeners for different flex options while the rear arms offer 8 different shock positions.

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May 1, 2016

Chassis Focus – Bruno Coelho

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Chassis: Xray XB4 2016
Motor: Hobbywing V10 G2 5.5T
ESC: Hobbywing Xerun XR10 Pro
Batteries: EZ Power 4600 mAh
Radio/Servo: Sanwa
Remarks – Newly crowned 2015/16 EOS Champion Bruno Coelho is here at the Nurburgring running a pretty standard 2016 version of the Slovakian made car. Featuring new double jointed front driveshafts, graphite arms and an aluminium steering rack, in terms of power his motor is equipped with a thinner 12.5mm rotor to smoothen up the powerband.

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