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March 25, 2008

Team Orion 11.1V Graphite Edition 3200

Team Orion have announced the impending release of their Graphite Edition 3200mAh 3 cell 11.1 volt hard cased LiPo pack. Three cells were used to push your vehicle to its limit, and maybe even beyond that, during testing it was too much for most slipper clutches and diffs to handle. Instantly adding 50% more power to your machine while still being able to fit into most vehicles without the need for chassis adjustment your biggest issue is finding a street big enough to handle the blistering speed.

Source: Team Orion [teamorion.com]

March 21, 2008

Team Orion Marathon LiPo SLPB Rx packs

Seen at the Toy Fair at the beginning of February, Team Orion have released their range of Marathon LiPo SLPB Receiver Packs. Receiver packs are more important then most people realize with many a title being lost by drivers using substandard receiver packs that don’t delivery enough endurance or simply fail when the pressure is on. Wins are something Team Orion takes very seriously and with its World Championship team it needs the world’s best. These new receiver packs are available in 2 configurations, the 1500mAh hump pack shown above and a 1700mAh straight version.

Source: Team Orion [teamorion.com]

March 10, 2008

Chuck Berg wins the Chi-Town Shootout

Team Orion are reporting on the 2008 Chi-Town Shootout that was held at the beginning of March at the Leisure Hours Raceway in Joliet, IL. Racers from Michigan, Ohio, Illinois and Wisconsin all attended this annual event to race on the hi-traction clay track which allowed the racers to run slicks at the beginning of the day when the track was wet, then switch over to tires with a little more pin as the track started to dry out. Team Orion driver Chuck Berg was the man to beat in 2wd 19T buggy class, TQ’ing every round of qualifying to guarantee him the first spot on the grid for the main event. At the start of the tone, Berg shot off the line and after a couple laps he had stretched out a comfortable lead on the field. Chuck then went on and ran mistake free for the rest of the main winning by a considerable margin.

Source: Team Orion [teamorion.com]

February 19, 2008

Team Orion CRF Lightweight Flywheel

Team Orion recently released the CRF lightweight flywheel, which has been precision machined on the engine side to allow for quicker acceleration to out perform the competition. In it’s first official outing it was used by Joel Johnson to power the multi time World Champion to victory in the 2007 On-Road Nationals.

Source: Team Orion [teamorion.com]

February 6, 2008

Toy Fair – Team Orion

Team Orion 5300

Alongside its new parent company Kyosho, Swiss manufacturer Team Orion was present and on the stand were a number of new and interesting items and I was lucky enough to have Oscar Jansen run me through the good stuff. First up are these 5300SHO cells, which have an amazing capacity combined with a very safe cell, while for the US Market there are some new ROAR legal 4600SHO cells. Team Orion were also happy to inform me that there range of LiPos had been approved by ROAR.

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January 23, 2008

Philipp Guschl joins Team Orion

Philip Guschl joins Team Orion

We have the EXCLUSIVE news that top German Kyosho racer Philipp Guschl has joined Team Orion to use the company’s newly developed Team Orion CRF .21 buggy engine. The first race with the brand new Wasp prototype engine for the 15 year old, and current German National Champion, will be this weekend at the Kyosho International Indoor Race in Ostrava, the Czech Republic. Philipp had the following to say:

First I want to thank RMV Deutschland for the support during the last 7 years. All the victories including the German Champion 2007 could not have been achieved without them. Now I’m looking ahead with Team Orion and we will work closely together with the together with the R&D department of Team Orion and present the Wasp engines on a high level.

After a long development period the engines are expected to hit the market at the end of February just in time for the upcoming buggy season.

Source: Kyosho [kyosho.de]

December 13, 2007

Team Orion 4200SHO EU2008 cells

Following on from the announcement of the new SHO cell from Team Orion, a safer and more stable option to the current competition cells on the market, the Swiss company have released the first information about the EU2008 version of that cell. Made to meet the new 2008 EFRA regulations concerning cell size, these cells are 42.5mm in length, still staying under the 43mm maximum size after expansion. Team Orion have invested heavily in new tooling to create this new EFRA standard sized cell and they have been tested extensively by their team driver Teemu Leino over the past few months to ensure optimal results. Expect them to go on sale next week.

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November 3, 2007

Team Orion 4200 SHO & 1600 cells

Team Orion 4200 SHO

Team Orion are close to releasing 2 new revolutionary, self developed, competition level cells. Set to take the EP world by storm are these 4200MAh SHO, super high output, competition cells that have been specifically developed by Oscar Jansen and the company’s Chinese Engineering development team to be chemically stable, which elimates explosions and cell failure due to self discharge. These are the first cells to be actually made by Team Orion themselves and they promise to deliver great power and long run times, and as an added bonus they can be purchased as hand made packs in saddle or straight 5 or 6 cell configurations, as well as loose. Team Orion have also announced new 2/3 A type cells that use the same chemical structure as the 4200 cells and are great for powering your micro racer or configured as receiver packs that offer long run time and can easily cope with high current servos in both off road and on road cars. Both types of next generation cells will be available to buy in the next 2 weeks.

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