February 25, 2018

Chassis Focus – Joona Haatanen

Chassis: Team Associated B64
Motor: Reedy Sonic 4.5T
ESC: Reedy BlackBox 510R
Batteries: Reedy 5800mAh
Radio/Servo: Sanwa/Reedy
Tires: Schumacher (handout)
Body/Wing: JConcepts F2/ JConcepts
Remarks – Finnish young talent Joona Haatanen managed to qualify 4th for the 4WD A-Main at the third round of the EOS in Trencin. His B64 sports a Brass B-Plate, 45g brass weights behind the motor and a prototype steering rack that offers different ackermann options and is still undergoing testing.

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February 25, 2018

Chassis Focus – Martin Bayer

Chassis: Xray XB4 ’18
Motor: Hobbywing 5.5T G3
ESC: Hobbywing Xerun XR10 Pro
Batteries: Sunpadow 6000mAh
Radio/Servo: Sanwa/Savox
Tires: Schumacher (handout)
Body/Wing: Kit
Remarks – Xray team manager Martin Bayer TQ’d Round 3 of the EOS at the Hudy Arena behind the wheel of the Slovakian made XB4 ’18 version. His car is equipped with graphite arms and steering blocks, aluminium 12° C-Hubs and Uprights, aluminium steering rack and front ECS. The list of option parts is completed by a Hiro Seiko titanium screws set.

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February 24, 2018

Chassis Focus – Lee Martin

Chassis: Yokomo YZ-2
Motor: Scorpion 5.5T
ESC: Scorpion Vanguard S3140
Batteries: Yokomo 5000 mAh
Radio/Servo: Sanwa/Xpert
Tires: Schumacher (handout)
Body/Wing: JConcepts S2 / LMR 27 wing
Remarks – British Team Yokomo driver Lee Martin is running a YZ-2CA equipped with a number of option parts, such as aluminium bulkhead mounts, vented slipper pad, steel front arm mounts and titanium screws. Coming from his own company LMR are motor screws and an under lipo 55g weight. Lee is also running pre-production wishbones on his car that sport a slightly different shape so as to reduce flex and are also realized in harder compound.

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February 24, 2018

Chassis Focus – Michal Orlowski

Chassis: Schumacher Cougar KC
Motor: LRP X22 6.5T
ESC: LRP Flow X
Batteries: LRP 3500mAh
Radio/Servo: Sanwa
Tires: Schumacher (handout)
Body: Aerox
Remarks – TQ here at the Hudy Arena in the 2WD Class, Team Schumacher’s Michal Orlowski is running the same Cougar KC he used in his last EOS outing in Daun. Happy with the car, he only underwent some minor tweaks to the setup, while the biggest improvement for this round came from his electrics. Playing for the first time with different rotors and timing on his LRP X22 motor last week, he implemented what he had learnt and went for a bigger (12.7mm) rotor and a higher (+2.5) timing finding this would give his buggy an improved and better delivered power and a firmer braking, which helped him throughout the hairpins of the Slovakian track.

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February 23, 2018

Chassis Focus – Neil Cragg

Chassis: Team Associated RC10B6.1
Motor: Reedy Sonic 6.5T
ESC: LRP Flow X
Batteries: Reedy 4000mAh
Radio/Servo: KO/Reedy
Tires: Schumacher (handout)
Body: Kit
Remarks – Winner of the last EOS encounter in Daun, Neil Cragg is debuting Team Associated’s RC10B6.1 Buggy. The new car features an updated gearbox that allows a differential height adjustment and makes maintenance easier thanks to quicker diff access. The chassis is some 2mm shorter than the previous version and the front shock tower has also been updated. Neil is using a complete aluminium steering system, aluminium uprights and 67mm driveshafts. A Pro-Line front wing and steel chassis weight complete the option part list.

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January 28, 2018

Chassis Focus – Lee Martin

Chassis: Team Yokomo YZ-4 SF
Motor: Scorpion 4.5T
ESC: Scorpion Vanguard
Batteries: Scorpion Prototype
Radio/Servo: Sanwa/Xpert
Tires: Schumacher (handout)
Body: Standard
Remarks – British ace Lee Martin is running the Japanese company’s YZ-4 SF with a small number of option parts, such as aluminium bell cranks, titanium turnbuckles and titanium screws. In terms of electrics, his Vanguard speedo is equipped with an aluminium fan. Lee is also using a prototype Scorpion battery, LMR battery post and LMR 27 wing.

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