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November 18, 2009

Schumacher Racing have a job opening

Schumacher Racing were in contact to tell us that are searching for someone to fill an opening in their engineering department. “We require an engineer with a degree or equivalent in mechanical engineering to help design and develop our innovative, world leading products. You will be required to regularly attend race meetings at weekends, to support our racing team, and use the knowledge gained to help with product testing and development. You will be a key member of a small team and will have a major input into the future direction of Schumacher products.”

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November 10, 2009

Schumacher Mi4LP Pro & Race Touring cars

Schumacher have introduced the Mi4LP, their next high performance electric touring car. Designed by Schumacher’s world championship winning engineering team, led by Phil Booth and developed by 5 time British touring car champion Chris Grainger and the Schumacher Race Team. Touring cars are changing and once again the Schumacher design team have hit the mark with the Mi4LP. With the universal usage of LiPo battery technology and now new lower weight limits, massive consideration has to be taken with left to right weight balance. With the introduction of the new narrow LiPo chassis, adjustable motor position and ability to flip the transmission the Mi4LP can be balanced perfectly whatever your radio choice. This new chassis of course retains many of the features that have dominated the domestic touring car scene over the last season

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November 2, 2009

Schumacher Mi4 Touring car Option parts

Schumacher have released a number of new parts for their Mi4 touring car. First up is are these medium flex 4 degree front caster blocks. Made with the Schumacher medium flex polymer that resists impact breakage but still maintains shape for driving and tuning precision, these new blocks will increase impact durability through the entire front suspension of your Mi3, Mi3.5 or Mi4. Also new are these improved arms which come in hard carbon or medium flex material, and are rapidly becoming a must-have. Beefed up for greatly improved durability, and slightly shorter for a dramatic cornering performance improvement for your car. The final part, the wide shock tower is a standard part on the Mi4, but fits the Mi3 and Mi3.5 cars as a direct replacement. Added body mounting stability and improved rear body downforce effect makes it a powerful and functional hop-up for your Mi3 or Mi3.5.

Source: Schumacher [racing-cars.com]

October 22, 2009

Schumacher iCharger 106B+ & P350 Power Supply

Schumacher have introduced the new ‘I’ charger and Power Supply to their range of electronics. The ‘I’ charger 106B+ is a Synchronous Balance charger/discharger for NiMh/NiCd, Lithium, LiPo, LiFe and Lead Acid (Pb) battery packs. The main feature of the ‘I’ charger is that it is capable of charging at up to 10A making it extremely powerful and versatile. In addition to the charger the P350 power supply is now also available. The Powerful AC adapter is applied for any device with DC in 10-18V. It is designed especially for high power charger and balancer charger applications for RC models.

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October 1, 2009

Schumacher Cat SX S1 Chassis & Tubby inserts

New from Schumacher for their Cat SX buggy, is this chassis plate and top deck that have been specially designed for LiPo packs only. Made from S1 composite, it is much heavier than the standard carbon fibre versions, keeping the extra weight as low as possible. Also new for the Cat are these new alloy rear upper suspension mount that allows shock bracket mounting on either side which is better for the rear shock conversion kit. Finally Schumacher have introduced Tubby inserts, which give a fuller profile to off road tires, which can be a great tuning aid for serious racers.

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August 19, 2009

Team Azarashi Cat SX Womoog shell

New for the Schumacher CAT SX, Team Azarashi have released their new Womoog shell. Sporting the same unique shape as seen for other buggies, the new shell has of course been modified to take the cars internals. As with previous versions of this body, these too will offer high levels of stability and a cool new look.

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July 28, 2009

Mission Possible – Schumacher Mi4

UK based company Schumacher’s range of ‘narrow’ electric touring cars has come a long way, since starting in 1996 with the SST, which turned out to be a very successful TC platform. What followed was the exquisite Axis mid-motor cars that proved difficult to set-up but as fast – if not faster – than the SST range of cars. The current Schumacher TC platform is called Mission and has evolved from the Mi2(EC), Mi3 and Mi3.5 that went back to a more conventional design and suspension geometry compared to the Axis chassis. The latest incarnation is the Mi4 that offers the same race-proven suspension like the Mi3.5, introduced in 2008, but with a more LiPo-friendly chassis and bulkhead layout making it ‘future ready’, with more and more race meetings allowing the use of 7.4V LiPo batteries. We found out what the new UK tourer has to offer.

Read the full review here

July 16, 2009

Schumacher Mi4 Wishbones & Caster blocks

New from Schumacher for the Mi4 are these shorter and stiffer new wishbones. The new design enables the car to have more corner speed and traction under almost all track conditions. The overall car width is maintained through the use of washers at the pivot block. Available in both Carbon Fibre material for the high end racer and Medium Flex material for improved impact absorption. Also available are these Xtra Flex 4 degree front caster blocks that will give more steering compared to the Medium Flex ones released previously.

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