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February 1, 2012

Toy Fair 2012 – Team Orion

Team Orion have a range of completely new .21 buggy engines, comprising of 3 motors, as well as a fourth for truggy. The new line all use the CRF technology and are available in one standard and two factory versions. All include the new crankcase which has been designed to improve strength with all the internals improved upon. The piston and liner have been updated with the piston having been machined from a different material to improve the quality, which together with the updated crankshaft timing help to improve the fuel mileage of the engine. The standard line is noticeable by the silver crankcase and will come in a 3 port version, while the 2 tuned engines have a black crankcase and come in 3 and 5 port versions and include ceramic bearings and hand finished internals. All the improvements to the manufacturing process have improved the cost of the engine which is being passed onto the customer. Finally in the engine line the .12 will get a new aluminium carburetor and we were told that the .21 on road engine will finally become available this year as a 7 port motor.

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January 29, 2012

Team Orion Advantage Touch charger

The Advantage Touch charger is a new generation of high tech charger from Team Orion. Equipped with a touch sensitive color LCD screen and specialized touch software, it’s a brand new experience in the field of battery charging. The centre piece of this new charger is the Spectra TFT color touch screen which allows you to reach all the different features of the system with ease. The charger itself is an AC/DC unit with 0.1 to 5A output current and 0.1 to 1.0A discharge current and it can handle all the modern lithium based battery types up to 6 cells. Rather than try to explain any more about the Advantage Touch just check out the nice video they made to go along with it below.

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January 26, 2012

Team Orion weight transfer system LiPo battery

Team Orion have introduced the WTS ‘Weight Transfer System’ in combination with a World Champion winning Carbon Pro 90C 4000mAh battery. Weight distribution is an important factor in the setup of the car and racers move the battery forwards or backwards to change the weight distribution. The problem is that the size and disposition of current batteries limits the effectiveness of this setting. To remove this limitation, they have developed a new battery case that uses shorter cells and is equipped with three compartments to fit weights. Thanks to this you can not only modify the position of the battery, but also its total weight and the disposition of that weight within the battery case. For perfect installation in your car, the Carbon Pro 90C WTS battery features two connector positions. This also allows you to shorten your ESC cables for even better efficiency. Furthermore the battery has switched battery polarities between front and rear to avoid misconnections when the battery is turned.

Source: Team Orion [teamorion.com]

January 20, 2012

Evans and Phend join Team Orion nitro team

American super stars Dustin Evans and Dakotah Phend join Team Orion’s nitro team. From now on they will not only use the Swiss company’s World Championship winning electric products but also the World Champion engines and nitro products. Team Orion’s CEO Philippe Neidhart comments the recent addition to the strong US team:

“We are very excited to have the two world class drivers on board and we are proud that they will use our unique and patented CRF technology engines in their cars.”

Source: Team Orion [teamorion.com]

December 2, 2011

Team Orion Vortex Neon BL systems

Team Orion have released their new line of Vortex Neon Brushless systems which come with all new 4-pole sensorless brushless motors. The new 4-pole design gives you maximum drivability with best efficiency and power output. Together with the Vortex R10 Sport speed controller the Neon Brushless system is the most advanced, robust and easy to use entry level brushless set Team Orion has ever made. Available in 14T, 17T and 19T versions.

Source: Team Orion [teamorion.com]

October 6, 2011

Team Orion Vortex VST SC 550 Pro motors

Team Orion have released their new Vortex VST SC 550 Pro motors. Using the same technology as in their 1/10 VST sensor motors, this 550 version has been optimised for Short Course Truck applications. A rebuildable 2 piece motor can design it has optimised sensor, rotor & stator positioning for improved efficiency and lower heat build-up. Available in 4.0, 4.5 and 5.0 versions.

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September 16, 2011

Team Orion confirm Elliot Harper signing

Team Orion have officially announced young on-road star Elliot Harper to their growing international team. Elliot who has been two time Worlds finalist, making the podium last year, will use Orion’s ESC, batteries and motors. The Tamiya driver, who has been running the Swiss company’s products for a few months now made the following statement:

I really like using the Team Orion products in my car. They are of high quality and the performance is awesome. The motors have great power and good feeling. The speedo is highly tunable for all conditions and tracks which is ideal, it is an ideal power package.

Source: Team Orion [teamorion.com]

August 18, 2011

Team Orion Vortex R10 Race controller

Team Orion got in touch to tell us about their latest addition to the R10 line of 1/10 scale speed controllers. Based on the the 4-times US National Champion R10 Pro the Swiss company introduces the R10 Race 2-3S Club Racing speed controller. The speedo, that is ideal for the zero degrees fixied timing class, features the same aluminium case as the Pro offerings, the Race offers the possibility to use LiPo batteries up to 3S with a 10.5T motor limit, 5.75V/3A linear mode BEC and on-board programming of various parameters like drive mode, punch, brake and low-voltage adjustments via the on/off switch. Using the optional DSB-R programming box gives additional access to boost and turbo programmes. The new speedo also sports a special capacitor board that allows the neat and secure positioning of the capacitors that are housed in a small plastic casing. You can now also download the 2011 US Nationals winning setups used by Jared Tebo, Dustin Evans and Dakotah Phend by clicking here.

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