Also new from Team Orion is the release of their newest LiPo battery, the 2400mAh Experience LiPo Power Battery. Consisting of 2-cells, this 7.4 volt pack has a 20C rating and shares the same high quality Kokam cells as the 3200, 3600, and 4800 that Team Orion has already released. With a MSRP of $59.99, this is one of the easiest and safest way to get into LiPo batteries.
Source: Team Orion [teamorion.com]
Team Orion have announced the upcoming release of some new team clothing that includes a new t-shirt and hooded sweater. Both garments are made from black cotton and both feature a large Team Orion logo across the chest, offset so that it goes under the left arm. The hooded sweater sees the logo more offset than on the t-shirt while both logos are printed in grey and white which gives the clothing a bold look. Available in the usual range of sizes.
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Yesterday we showed you the first pictures of the production Vortex Experience and Micro 1/18 brushless motors from Team Orion. Today we have more first pictures from the Swiss company, this time from the brushless Vortex SL, a line of sensorless motors that have been designed for those racers that want high performance on a budget, with a speed version and a high torque version set to be released. Also new is the Vortex 1:36, a BL motor that brings larger scale performance to the smallest scales of racing cars, and when sold will be initially available in 2 different versions – 9500KV and 10300KV.
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We already showed you the first pic of the production version of the Vortex Race BL motor last week and now we have some more first images from Team Orion. Pictured above is the final production version of the Vortex Experience Touring Combo, developed for those who are not yet wanting to invest in race or sensored systems but would still like race winning performance. Supplied with a sensorless speed controller, the motor features a centre barrel of real carbon fibre to create a tuned magnetic field, making the Experience the optimum solution for those with brushless RTR’s that wish to take it to the next level. Also new is the Vortex Micro 1/18 BL motor, for 1/18th scale vehicles to achieve new levels of tuning and performance that their 1/10th big brothers currently have.
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Seen in the pits at this weekend’s Worlds Warm-up race in Thailand, is Atsushi Hara testing what looks like the new Team Orion Vortex motor in his Hot Bodies Cyclone. The former World Champion left the Swiss company at the end of 2006 to join Team Checkpoint, but the US company appears to have done little in the way of development in recent times and this appears to have left the Japanese driver looking for alternatives. Also spotted on Hara’s workbench are some Team Orion cells, and this new combination seems to be working as he is currently fastest after today’s controlled practice although we dont know if he will run with this motor in qualifying.
Image: Pre Worlds [thailandwc08.com]
Team Orion have announced the upcoming release of their Vortex Race Brushless motor, the result of 24 months of work by Oscar Jansen to create the ultimate brushless motor. The Vortex Race motors are the company’s top of the line BL competition motors and as such are designed to be powerful and highly efficient. Brushless technology increases power output and efficiency to push vehicles to faster speeds with increased run times and with no brushes, springs, or commutators to maintain, drivers can spend more time improving their driving skills and car set-ups rather than performing motor rebuilds. Its versatile design allows it to be used with today’s leading sensored and sensorless brushless ESCs. Available in 2.5, 3.0, 3.5, 4.0, 4.5, 5.5, 6.5, 7.5, 10.5 and 13.5, they will hit the shops worldwide in the next 10 days.
More information can be found here.
Source: Team Orion [teamorion.com]
Team Orion have announced that their long awaited Wasp CRF REV 21 buggy engines will be delivered to distributors this week and should hit the shops on the 15th of this month. Made in Italy for Team Orion, this new 5 port long stroke buggy engine has undergone a lot of testing by engine developer Adrien Bertin, as well as team drivers Ryan Cavalieri, Philipp Guschl and new signing Joern Neumann, and is now ready for release. One feature that sets this motor apart from its competitors is the patent pending crankshaft design, first seen in the original CRF 12 engines, that gives better fuel delivery to the main chamber of the engine making for smoother power delivery and better low end torque. The engine is supplied with a lightweight Bordeaux red cooling head is lightweight and for best performance, it comes with Swiss made bearings throughout with the front sealed for better endurance in off road racing.
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Team Orion have announced the release of 2 new decal sheets for adorning the body on your electric or gas powered car. The large decal sheet, which is a few centimeters bigger than A4, features lots of Team Orion logos for use on a light and dark background, and what is neat about this sheet is that each logo is tagged with the correct application for the that logo. So the large ones are for a truggy/buggy or on-road wing, while the smallest fits perfectly on a Mini-Z hood or sides as well as on the nose cone of the buggy. The second smaller sheet is for gas powered cars, and specifically Wasp CRF users, and again sports a number of different logos for different coloured backgrounds and applications.
Source: Team Orion [teamorion.com]
