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October 22, 2015

Awesomatix A800 belt-driven touring car kit

Following a first teaser Awesomatix have released more information and images of their forthcoming A800 electric touring car kit. Looking at the renderings the new car sports several proven Awesomatix design features such as sheet material lower A-arms, rotary dampers and dual link-type upper arms but the A800 will utilise a belt drivetrain over the previous shaft drive design. The car is based on a newly design chassis with symmetrical cutouts and recessed areas for optimised flex characteristics while the centralised position of the belts greatly reduces the chance of the chassis to become tweaked under load. Additionally both the motor and battery sit nearly 4mm closer to the centre line compared to other cars on the market to allow for a very centralised weight distribution.

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October 1, 2015

Awesomatix A800 electric touring car – Teaser

Russian company Awesomatix have released a first teaser for their forthcoming A800 electric touring car. No details on the features or specifications are known yet but the car is meant to perform (even) better while having a lower price tag. It is understood that the kit will hit the stores this October. We bring you more information as we get them.

Source: Awesomatix [awesomatix.com]

August 4, 2015

Awesomatix RFG rear floating gearbox set

Coming from the mind of Awesomatix’ Josh Cyrul is the RFG rear floating gearbox set for the A700 touring car. Designed for the use with the MM2 motor mount in flex mode 4 the system further reduces the unwanted torque steer effect caused by the longitudinal motor position as it does the FFG system up front. The set can be run with the C24 top deck and even without, in case more flex is needed.

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January 19, 2015

Kutvonen continues with Awesomatix for 2015

Awesomatix have announced that top Finnish driver Viljami Kutvonen has extended his contract as factory team driver with Awesomatix for the 2015 race season. The 2014 LRP Touring Car Masters champion and multiple ETS A-Finalist will attend to all major big races in Europe this year including the Russian Touring Masters. Viljami had this to say:

I’m very happy to continue with Awesomatix as factory driver. Last year we made our biggest achievements yet and we are looking forward to improve our results for the upcoming season with our new Evo II car. I want to thank Oleg Babich for his support since 2012 and our new team manager Max Mächler for trusting in me and we are looking forward to our most successful year yet.

Source: Awesomatix [awesomatix.com]

January 14, 2015

Blaze Racing Awesomatix caster setting pointers

Available now from Blaze Racing are caster setting pointers for Awesomatix’ A700 touring car. Machined from 7075 aluminium and designed for the use with “tall” 1/10th off-road setup stations the 44mm pointers help to precisely set the caster angles on the complex Russian tourer. Each pointer sports an engraved logo and the set is available in natural or anodised black, red or gold colour. Custom engravings are available on request.

Source: Blaze Racing [blaze-racing.com]

August 12, 2014

Awesomatix Double Cardan Joint system

Awesomatix have released a newly designed Double Cardan Joint system for their A700 chassis. The new easy to assemble design helps reduce backlash with improved concentricity and precision and is said to last three times longer than the current design. Through using shifted slot parts of the universal ring the user can also tune the angular speed fluctuations to create chatter which can be desirable in some conditions.

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May 16, 2014

Awesomatix 4.8mm ball studs & open ball cups

Awesomatix have new optional 4.8mm ball studs and matching “open” ball cups available. The parts are designed to replace the standard upper inner pivots for the camber and caster links of the A700 touring car to make for faster suspension geometry changes – a popular modification that previously was carried out using non-Awesomatix parts. Now the respective 10mm long ball studs and open ball cups are available directly from the Russian company with the design of the parts allowing for roll centre fine-tuning without disconnecting the cups from the balls. The ball studs come in packs of four while the cups being sold as pair.

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May 15, 2014

Awesomatix AS-700L brushless low-profile servo

Available now from Awesomatix is this low-profile steering servo. Sporting an integrated central “floating” servo mount the servo does away with the need to run the conventional mounting brackets or the company’s floating servo mount as it directly mounts to the chassis using the existing mounting holes. The top case is CNC-machined from aluminium and comes black anodised to match the middle heatsink section and the all-black receiver wire. A brushless motor makes for swift and powerful steering action but unfortunately Awesomatix missed to release any performance data so far.

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