GM Racing has announced that their new line up of brushless motors are now available. Called the Brushless Pro, these new motors promise to have extremely high performance and high efficiency and are available in 5T, 7T, 8T, 9T and 12T. GM Racing are also releasing 2 new hard cased LiPo packs at the end of June.
Source: GM Racing [gm-racing.de]
GM Racing have announced that they have signed former European 1:12 On-road champion and multiple 1:10 Touring car vice European champion, Sakke Ahoniemi. The Corraly team driver will use the companys GM Genius Brushless speedo, GM brushless motors and GM VISCommander battery management system on up-coming races. He had this to say about the deal.
After a couple of months testing with GM brushless motors and speedo, I’m very convinced that GM is the right company to power up my Corally cars for best results. GM Genius Brushless speedo is amazingly good in all areas and GM brushless motors have good power, so I’m looking forward to next races.
Source: GM Racing [gm-racing.de]
Former European 1:10 Touring Car Champion, Jonas Kaerup, has made the change to GM racing. The Danish driver will be using the GM Genius Brushless speedo’s, GM’s EVO 3 brushless motors along with GM’s VISCommander battery management system. Furthermore his cars will sport Graupner’s receiver and servo’s.
Jonas comments on the change: ” I felt that the time for a change was right, now that Touring Car is entering a new era of brushless motors and 5 cells. I have signed a 2 year deal with GM/Graupner, and I am already impressed by how professionel they are. In my mind GM has one of the very best electronic speedcontrol systems in the world, as my German Corally Teammate Marc Fischer, has already shown on more occasions. I look really forward to racing for GM “.
Source: Race RC [racerc.dk]
A little piece, or perhaps a big piece, of news that we overlooked last week was the announcement that UK driver Chris Grainger has joined GM Racing. For brushless racing, the multiple British Champion will now power his Yokomo chassis with GM brushless controllers and motors, while for non brushless running he will continue with Team Checkpoint motors. Only last weekend Chris won the modified class at the opening round of the Schumacher BTCC championships, held at the Stafford track in the UK, which attracted a full entry of 120 racers.
UPDATED to reflect correct sponsor arrangement.
Source: GM Racing [gm-racing.de]
More stuff from German company, GM Racing, with the release of new models to their range of Genius brushed / brushless speed controllers, namely the 50, 85 & 100. This new range features new software specially designed for model cars and boats, but also suitable for model aircraft and the Genius 85 and 100 sport a splashproof case, though only when used sensorless and as is the norm, the controller can automatically detect cell type, cell amount and motor type as well. Something to note is that Marc Fisher used a Genius 95 controller to win last months Snowbirds in 1/12th scale, so the pedigree is undeniable. Also available to compliment the GM Genius is this 2 line LCD screen programmer that allows you change the settings of the controller without the need for computer, something similar to what we saw from Quark.
More details can be found here (speedo) and here (programmer).
Source: Graupner [graupner.com]
GM have released two new ranges of brushless motors for both competition and sport applications. First up is the new Evo3 competition motor which is a highly efficient, reliable and top end performance motor which is sensored for smooth and reactive control and which features multiple, extra-thick, windings together with an extremely low-loss design and sintered neodymium magnets to ensure enormous power and high efficiency. With the ability to adjust the sensor timing and the motors use of large cooling slots, you can really get the maximum from this motor. The Dr. Speed sport motor is similar to the Evo3 but is intended for sport applications, with both motors are available in a large number of winds and wind types.
More details can be found here (Evo3) and here (Dr. Speed).
Source: Graupner [graupner.de]
