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February 27, 2023

Wahl wins Open Brushless at TITC

He has been more involved in the background lately acting as mechanic for multiple World Champion Marc Rheinard, but over the weekend Tim Wahl added a significant title to his own CV with victory of Open Brushless class at the TITC in Bangkok. The biggest category at the legendary Touring Car race with 118 entries, the German took his ORCA OE1 WLE powered Awesomatix A800R to a dominant victory. Securing the TQ early on his way to topping all four qualifier at the Infinity RC Addict track, Wahl won the opening two A-Mains comfortably from fourth place qualifier Natthawat Rungcharat. With Wahl sitting out A3 that went to no.2 qualifier Kriengsak Suttiprawat to give them second place on the podium ahead of Rungcharat.

Image: ORCA [orcarc.com]

February 17, 2023

Wilck joins ORCA

Electronics brand ORCA has announce the signing of multiple Touring Car World Championship Finalist Viktor Wilck to its official race team. The factory Infinity driver will make his official race debut with ORCA at next weekend’s TITC in Thailand and commenting on the announcement the Swede said, “Im very excited to join ORCA racing team. I feel ORCA is determined to succeed and pushing the development of their products. I hope I can contribute on further developing the great products from ORCA. Special thanks to Michael and Frankie for giving me this opportunity.”

Source: ORCA [orcarc.com]

December 31, 2022

Neumann to run ORCA electrics in 2023

ORCA has announced the signing of top off-road racer Jorn Neumann as a factory driver for 2023. The multiple European Champion will use the company’s electronics and motors in his new cars, announced on his new brand iminent following the announced of his Schumacher departure. Announcing the signing of the German, ORCA said, “ORCA RC is proud to announce our new factory Team Driver Jorn Neumann. Starting January 2023 Jorn would be using ORCA’s electronics and motors that would see him further develop and provide feed back and advice when on track. With Jorn’s involvement mainly in the off-road scene, ORCA hopes to be pushing more boundaries and more success in the off-road categories. See you all on track.” Neumann added, “I am very happy to join the Orca team. From 2023 I will be using Orca ESC and motors in my cars. I would like to thank Frankie and Michael from Orca. My first race will be the Köngener Indoor Masters next weekend.”

Source: ORCA [orcarc.com]

May 31, 2022

T-Works ORCA titanium motor screws

For modern ORCA motors, T-Works have produced this titanium motor screw set. Replacing the standard steel screws that come with the motor, these new 64 titanium screws are lightweight and very strong and give that factory look to your motor. This set includes three long motor case and three short end cap screws

Source: T-Works [rc-tworks.com]

June 22, 2021

Orca ONPC non-polarity capacitor

Orca have released their new ONPC non-polarity capacitor. Suitable for use in all categories, and all 1S & 2S ESC types from stock class to modified class, Orca’s ONPC is one of the smallest and lightest capacitors on the market now and balances size and performance together with high quality. With a size of 20.5mm x 16mm x 6.9mm and weighing just 7.4grams even with its aluminium case, it has a max voltage of 16V and a capacity of 1700uF.

Source: ORCA [orcarc.com]

December 31, 2020

Marc Rheinard makes switch to ORCA

ORCA have announced the signing of 5-time IFMAR World Champion Marc Rheinard to their team. Marc will be joining other elite drivers like Jilles Groskamp, Naoto Matsukura and Akio Sobue to mention a few. Making the switch from long time sponsors Muchmore, Marc will be using the full series of ORCA products to power all his rides for 2021 and beyond and ORCA hopes they will be able to power him to many more wins. Rheinard has the following to say:

I would like to thank the whole ORCA Team to take me on board for 2021 and more! I’m motivated and ready to win many more races! When I tried the ORCA electronics, I was really happy about the feeling on the track, especially the brakes! Thanks again and we will meet at the track soon!

Source: ORCA [orcarc.com]

October 20, 2020

ORCA Level board system

New from ORCA is their ‘Level board’ product, a system to ensure that your setup board is perfectly level. Your setup board is flat but if the surface it sits on isn’t your settings can be off. This set includes four adjustable legs that attach to each corner of the board using a steel set screw and using the included water level each leg can be individually adjusted to get the perfect level. The legs have an adjustment range of 10mm, while the clamp can be mounted on a setup board of up to 13mm thick. Supplied in their own foam lined case for easy and safe transport.

Source: ORCA [orcarc.com]

October 15, 2020

ORCA BP1001 Blinky Pro stock ESC

The new ORCA Blinky Pro was developed with blinky stock class racing in mind and features all the necessary options to adjust the ESC to your liking, while remaining in blinky mode at all times. As expected it it doesn’t offer any boost or turbo timing options, but does have many useful adjustments such as braking, punch and general feel to help you get everything dialled in just right. The 100A current limit can handle motors down to 10.5T and a nice option is the ability to run with an RPM limit of 17,500rpm.

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