HRC Distribution announce the signing of French ace Leo Arnold to their team. The successful nitro racer will now also attend at electric touring car events such as the French Championships and the ETS using Team Magic’s latest E4RS II Evo kit.
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Swiss Team Magic distributor HRC announce that 2013 French Champion Nicolas Schwendimann has joined Team Magic to race the company’s latest electric touring car in his 2014 campaign. He will also assist with future development of the car and had this to say about the deal:
I am very glad to join Team Magic and HRC Distribution. It allows me to start the 2014 season in the best conditions and to represent the brand during national and international races. I would also like to thank the team for the seriousness and the trust they placed in me, particularly Lionel Troyon for his availability.
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Team Magic introduce the E4JS II club-level electric touring car kit. The car is based on the E4RS II and E4RS II Evo and is designed to create a cost-efficient platform for part time and club-level racers. Sharing many parts and also the suspension geometry with the latest Evo kit, the JS II builds on a 2.3mm ‘Eco Graphite’ double deck chassis with hard compound plastic front, middle and rear bulkheads combined with a metal motor mount. The drivetrain is equipped with gear differentials and universal driveshafts as well as an aluminium main gear holder. Other features include hard material suspension parts, composite/aluminium shock absorbers, carbon fibre shock towers and the possibly to take influence on the flex characteristics of the chassis courtesy of three different mounting points for chassis braces and linkages. The kit will become available by October.
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Team Magic have an updated metal bevel gear set for the RSII Evo touring car available. Included are internal metal gears, shims and 7075 aluminium crosspins with hardened surface. The parts are made to increase the durability of the differential while offering the highest possible stability which is necessary when running low-turn modified motors.
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Team Magic introduce a new tool line called Black Magic. Available are several metric and imperial tool tip variants including Phillips, flathead and hex drivers all of which are made from HSS material for a long life and high precision. The grips are machined from aluminium, come black anodised and with lazer-etched size markings for easy identification while their design allows for easy tool tip changes if needed.
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New from CSO comes two option parts for the CSO One and Xray T4 touring car in the form of a flexible lower deck and an all-alloy spool axle kit. Starting with the main chassis plate, the part is CNC-machined from 2.25mm carbon fibre and designed to fit the CSO One and the Xray T4 touring car. Large milled out sections and the waisted design make for a more flexible chassis ideal for both low and high-bite conditions in order to gain more rear traction out of the corner and to overcome traction rolling issues when turning in. The second new part is the all-aluminium hardcoated front spool set for CSO One, Xray T3/4 and the E4RS2 line of Team Magic cars. Sporting a machined aluminium 38T pulley, spool body and outdrives the axle has to be used with CSO’s optional plastic caps for the driveshafts and makes for a more solid drivetrain when needed.
Team Magic have released their new E4RS II Evo 190mm TC chassis. The new evolution focuses on lowering the car’s centre of gravity with other changes also following the current trend of centrally mounting all the major elements to avoid uneven flex of the chassis such as the servo mount. The 2.3mm carbon main chassis is slightly narrower than its predecessor and looking at the car you can see it comes highly spec’d with aluminium and carbon throughout as well TiNi coated shock shafts, front double jointed drive shafts and a rear gear differential.
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Team Magic and HRC Distribution have announced the signing of German racer Patrick Gassauer to their electric touring car team. Following successful tests with the all new E4RS II chassis, he has chosen this car to race in the 2012 season. Patrick, who has been a finalist in European and National championships, will drive for Shepherd in nitro on road.
Source: HRC [hrcdistribution.com]
