Chassis Focus – Bruno Coelho

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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Chassis Focus – Michal Orlowski

Chassis: Schumacher Cat K2
Motor: LRP X20 5.5T
ESC: LRP Flow
Batteries: LRP 4000mAh
Radio/Servo: Sanwa
Remarks – Polish youngster Michal Orlowski is running an updated version of the Schumacher Cat K2. Having worked closely with Schumacher’s designer Tristram Neal on the development of the platform, his car now features a different chassis flex thanks to a different central transmission housing that only uses 2 screws instead of four and a thinner upper deck. Also a lot of effort has been put into reducing the weight thanks to the use of a low profile servo, small bore shocks and titanium screws and turnbuckles. The car is also equipped with aluminium steering arms, a front adjustable braking system and modified steering knuckles that reduce the Ackermann angle.

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Coelho cruises to A1 win

New Euro Offroad Series Champion Bruno Coelho produced a faultless drive in the opening 4WD A-Main at the season finale in Germany to win by a massive 5.7-seconds margin.   Starting from pole, the Xray driver quickly established a lead over outgoing champion Lee Martin, leaving the Yokomo to come under attack from Martin Wollanka.  With the second place battle the biggest entertainment of the race, two mistakes from Martin would ultimately give Wollanka the position.  The Austrian would resist a late charge from Martin to make it an Xray 1-2, the gap as they crossed the line 3/10ths of a second.

Posting the fastest lap, with only Wollanka able to match his late 18-second lap time, Coelho said it was a pretty uneventful race but everything on his Hobbywing powered XB4 working ‘super good’.   Starting from second, Martin said ‘Bruno made a very fast start and while I could match him I couldn’t catch him’.  On his battle with Wollanka the 2WD Champion said, ‘I made two mistakes and Wollanka was able to capitalise.  I wasn’t really much of a race’.  Outside the Top 3 Serpent’s Joern Neumann would make up two places to finish fourth ahead of the No.4 start Michal Orlowski with young Japanese driver Kaito Kodera completing the Top 6.

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