Team: Awesomatix
Neighbours: Mad Max (front), Viljami Kutvonen (left)
Charger: LRP Pulsar Touch Competitions
Tools: LRP
Setup Tools: Hudy Setup System, Hudy QuickTweak, MMP tweak plate, Hudy downstop gauge
Car Stand: Hudy
Lipo Bag: LRP
Transport Bag: HPI trolley bag
Features: LRP Activator, 1Kg M&M’s bag, LeeSpeed spurs, double sided tape, MMP parts tray.
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Chassis – WRC STX
Motor – Orion VST2 4.5T
ESC – Orion R10
Batteries – Orion 6000mAh
Tires – Volante (handout)
Radio/Servo – Sanwa
Bodyshell – Protoform LTC-R
Remarks – Having made the switch to WRC from rival Italian manufacturer Capricorn, Michele Romagnoli is running an updated version of the STX. His car features a new aluminium chassis, harder compound arms and aluminium front and rear hubs. The steering system has also been updated for improved precision.
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Chassis – Schumacher Mi6
Motor – LRP X20 4.5T
ESC – LRP Flow
Batteries – LRP 5600mAh “LCG”
Tires – Volante (handout)
Radio/Servo – Sanwa
Bodyshell – Protoform LTC-R
Remarks – Schumacher factory driver Michal Orlowski is debuting the new Mi6 touring car from the British manufacturer, the first car to be penned by Aaron Rose sporting a number of interesting new features. The “S” shaped wishbones, like the anti-roll bar, are mounted on ball bearings. This makes for a perfectly smooth and precise suspension travel. The car also features all new geometries, with the shocks mounted sideways on the arm so that the shock angle can be determined by simply adding or removing shims. The car is equipped with a new bumper mount and new body posts, new shocks that allow for a double o-ring option and a new spool. The twin point steering system is now stock and the motor has been moved 2mm towards the center of the car and lowered by 1mm. Options wise, Michal is using an aluminium chassis, front double joints driveshafts and rear aluminium driveshafts.
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Chassis – VBC Wildfire D08
Motor – Muchmore Fleta 5.0T
ESC – Muchmore Fleta Pro
Batteries – Muchmore 6000mAh
Tires – Volante (handout)
Radio/Servo – Sanwa/Highest
Bodyshell – Protoform LTC-R
Remarks – Making his first ETS outing with his new team VBC Racing, Yannic Prumper is running the latest version of the Hong Kong based company’s called D08. His car is pretty much an out-of-the-box example the only exception being harder c-hubs and titanium screws.
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The full Serpent team is in attendance here at the ETS in Wels, with their top drivers Wilck, Fisher and Borowski debuting a completely new platform called 4X. Conceived by the newly appointed touring car designer David Ehrbar, the car features a completely new decoupled, pull-rod suspension system that uses two separate shocks to take care of the downtravel and the roll respectively. Designed to work without a top deck, the layout also features a very low center of gravity and an inverted steering system – the brackets facing towards the rear of the car – which allows for a more consistent Ackermann angle throughout the whole travel. Also completely new, the suspension arms and hubs use the pivot ball system and are completely identical for both front and rear end.
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Name – Modellbau Wels
Host – ETS
Country – Austria
Location – Wels (200km West of Vienna)
Direction – Clockwise
Surface – Carpet
The Euro Touring Series visits the small northern Austrian city of Wels for the first time as Round 3 takes place as part of the country’s biggest Hobby Exhibition ‘Modellbau Wels’. A host venue for the Euro Offroad Series for the past two years, the large hall allocated to the ETS has allowed for the building of what is the biggest track of the three indoor carpet races that make up Season #9. 34 metres wide, the track has a dept of 24 metres and is also one of the bigger builds of the season. While the hall has a very fresh asphalt floor, service cable tunnels meant it was not possible to race directly on the surface and in order to ensure the perfect flat ground on which to lay the carpet the area was first covered with tongue & grooved OSB boards.
In terms of the track layout, which was changed to run in less common clockwise direction during the Thursday build, joint championship leader Marc Rheinard described it as ‘pretty nice’ adding with the many 180 corners it has ‘a few nice passing spots’. Asked about the surface due to the carpet being mounted on wood, he said ‘I expect less grip than the last round (Mulheim) due as floor being harder underneath. In both Germany and the Czech Republic the track was laid directly onto a rubber sports flooring.
Reigning champion Ronald Volker described the layout as ‘different than the normal’. The German said the difference was not only the direction but also the mix of corners which was ‘something new’ and made it ‘interesting and challenging’. The only slight criticism he had was in relation to the driver’s stand which he said due to the extra 4-metre dept of the track was ‘too low’.
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In the first of what we hope will be a regular race weekend feature, Red RC set factory Schumacher driver Michal Orlowski a small challenge at Round 2 of the Yokomo Euro Touring Series. Handing him over one of our Nikon D4 cameras, we asked the 14-year-old to come up with a selection of 12 photos. With some tuition from our chief photographer Ricky Acciari this is what Michal shot (well he shot 100s of photos with Ricky selecting these as his best). Turns out the European 4WD Offroad Champion has a pretty good eye for photos.
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Due for release in April, Muchmore displayed its new Fleta Pro2 speedo. Weighing only 10 grams and characterised by an all new heat sink and case design, the new ESC features a receiver wire and switch connector on both the front and the rear side, allowing for a cleaner installation on every car. A new firmware called Expert.V.1.5 is also being tested by team drivers in its Beta version. The Fleta Pro2 will be available in both polished and matte finish.
Body painter Tim Roser from TR Design showed us a project he has created which is a motor fan mount for the new Awesomatix A800. 3D printed out of polyammide, the mount features a connector housing and it has been designed to be used with a 40mm fan, but a 30mm version is also in production.
Factory Roche driver Oliver Bultynck gave us preview of a new aluminium chassis for their Rapide Formula 1. This pre-production sample is machined to confer a different flex to the car and is slightly heavier than the carbon stock one.
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