Schumacher Racing, the British RC car manufacturer have the following job vacancy, based in Northampton, UK. The company is requiring an engineer to join their design and development team as design, development and race engineer. The responsibilities include the building and testing of prototype cars, inputting knowledge from racing into the design process as well as the 2D and 3D design of RC racing cars.
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Coming from Schumacher is this large hauler bag for transporting all your race gear to the track. The branded bag is super easy to manoeuvre with is two position, push button, lightweight aluminium handle and robust moulded wheels. The bag also incorporates a shoulder strap for more carrying options and the handle is replaceable if somehow it gets damaged. The zips on the hauler are also super tough, with upgraded fastenings for improved durability. The bag offers five corrugated boxes, one large, three medium and one small, all of which are available separately as spare parts, with moulded supports to provide even more strength. Also incorporated into the design are an upper tool tray and a side bag for that all important setup board.
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Schumacher welcomes young Michal Orlowski to the team. Michal, at only 13 years old, has already made A-mains at the EFRA 1/10th Offroad Euros and the very competitive EOS series. In touring cars Michal is current EFRA junior champion and Euros B finalist. The young gun from Poland will be racing the Schumacher Mi5 Evo, CAT K1 Aero, and Cougar KF, at major international races in Europe, USA, and Asia in 2015. Michal has the following to say:
First of all I would like to say big thanks to Team Durango, for all the support I got from them over last 2 years. Especially to my Team friends Elliott Harper and Jorn Neumann and Gerd Strenge. With Team Durango’s change of direction, my future plans are associated only with big, international races, Euros and especially the 1:10 electric buggy Worlds in Japan in October 2015. Now I start new adventure with Team Schumacher. Great Team, great cars and great people. I’m really excited start racing with the cars, true engineers masterpieces which I could observe at the race tracks and in the pits. Big thanks to Team Schumacher and Robin Schumacher for the offer to support my race career. I could not wait for the first races with new team.
Source: Schumacher [racing-cars.com]
Schumacher now have the pre-mounted low-profile Cut Stagger 2WD front tyre and the Spiral SC silver compound tyre available. Starting with the pre-mounted 1/10th buggy tyre, the control tyre of the EOS 2014/15 season comes in the carpet-specific yellow compound glued to a slim 12mm hex front wheel. The pre-mounted version does away with the hassle to glue the tyres on your own and it fits on a wide range of today’s 2WD buggies with 12mm wheel hex adapters. Also new is the Spiral SC 1/10th short course tyre in the super soft silver compound. The softest of Schumacher’s rubbers is ideal for the use on wet astroturf or dirt.
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Schumacher introduce the latest incarnation of their championship winning SupaStox 1/12th scale GT12 kit, the SupaStox GT. Coming in two versions, with a S1 fibreglass chassis and rear differential or based on a carbon fibre chassis with fixed axle, the car is meant to be lighter, stronger and faster than ever. Included in all versions is a new low centre of gravity alloy motor mount and a pivot ball rear end with front to back tube damper for improved bump handling while new front and rear ride height adjustment options allow for improved fine-tuning. The car accepts a wide range of industry-standard bodyshells and electronics and it comes with pre-glued contact foam tyres front and rear.
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ZZRacing have new stainless steel and titanium screw sets available for a range of Schumacher and Hot Bodies kits. Beside weight saving titanium and cooler looking silver stainless steel screws the sets also include purple colour aluminium washers and aluminium nyloc nuts and they are currently available for the Schumacher Mi5, Mi5 Evo, Cat K1, Cougar KR/KF/SV2 as well as the SupaStox kit. As for the Hot Bodies range, specific sets for the TC-FD and TCXX are available.
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Schumacher welcome Richard “Tricky” Taylor to their off road team. Richard’s long and successful career in 1/10th off road includes four BRCA National Championship titles, twice EFRA Euros podium finisher, and an IFMAR Worlds A-final. In recent years Richard has been running 1/8th off-road, where he has achieved A-final positions at the Neo buggy race and several British nationals. Now, concentrating on 1/10th again, with his new CAT K1 Aero and Cougar KF cars, Richard will be a top contender at the popular Chadderton indoor series this winter and BRCA Nationals in 2015.
Source: Schumacher [racing-cars.com]
Schumacher announce that UK off-road front runner David Poulter has re-joined the team. David is a high performing driver who will be an excellent addition to the UK team and he has the following to say:
I’d like say thank you to TLR & Horizon Hobby UK for their support this year. I am very happy to be returning to Schumacher Racing and am excited about running both the Cougar KF and Cat K1 Aero for the coming season. I am hoping to compete at all rounds of the EOS Series and the Silverstone Winter Series where I will be able to adjust to the cars ready for the UK Nationals in 2015.
Source: Schumacher [racing-cars.com]
