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July 18, 2013

Cody King & Ty Tessmann join Team Orion

Team Orion announce the signing of Cody King and Ty Tessmann to run the company’s electric components in order to be ready for the 1/10 Electric World Championships held at Silver Dollar Raceway, Chico, California later this year. Both drivers will power their car with Team Orion’s latest motors and speed controllers while Ty will also use the company’s chargers. Both Cody and Ty will have their first outing with the new equipment during this weekend’s Hot Rod Hobbies Schootout.

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March 1, 2013

Ryan Cavalieri fully Orion’d

Team Orion announce that current IFMAR 2WD and 4WD 1/10 Electric Off-Road World Champion Ryan Cavalieri has made the move to use Team Orion’s Vortex R10 and R8 Pro ESC’s beginning March 1st. Cavalieri has been a valuable asset to Team Orion over the past seven consecutive years using their Vortex motors, nitro engines, LiPo batteries and chargers. Now with the addition of the Vortex R10 and R8 Pro ESC’s, Ryan has completed the entire product line with Team Orion. Ryan added:

I would first like to thank Jürgen and Reto from LRP. They have provided me with great support over the years and have helped me win three IFMAR World Championships along with many other races. I would also like to thank Philippe Neidhart, Oscar Jansen, and Joe Pillars for the great continued support of Team Orion Products. Team Orion has been behind me basically from the start of my professional career and it feels great to now run the complete power package.

Source: Team Orion [teamorion.com]

February 5, 2013

Team Orion Vortex Neon 550 motor

The new Vortex Neon 550 is the latest 4-pole sensorless brushless motor from Team Orion. Using the experience gained from their 540 sized motors, Orion developed the new 550 version with the needs of off-road racers in mind. Robustness was achieved by building the motor around a massive aluminium case using quality screws. The 550 size motor is best suited for 1/10 off-road applications and is available in a 2400KV and 3800KV version with 3mm or 5mm axle. In the combo they combine this motor with the brand new and waterproof Vortex R10 SC WP ESC which gives you outstanding performance and control.

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January 25, 2013

Team Orion Advantage Touch Advanced charger

Team Orion introduce the Advantage Touch Advanced AC/DC charger with integrated 100W power supply. The follow-up model of the original Advantage Touch charger features a 400×240 pixel TFT touch display, the latest firmware version with multi-language menu, and up to 10A of charge current. The integrated power supply allows for mobile and home charging and the charger comes with an array of of accessories such as an universal balancing board and six charging harnesses with dedicated Tamiya, Traxxas, Deans and crocodile connectors.

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January 24, 2013

Team Orion Vortex VST2 motors

Team Orion introduce the Vortex VST2 690-size brushless motors for 1/8th scale applications. The motor is designed from the ground up using the experience gained with the US national championship winning MR8 motors and features a dual sensor port design, CNC-machined heatsink aluminium case and 4-pole technology. Available as 1900kv, 2100kv and 2500kv variant the motor also sports durable low-resistance pre-shaped solder tabs, precision balanced rotor and high quality stator materials.

Source: Team Orion [teamorion.com]

January 23, 2013

Team Orion Advantage One 406 AC/DC charger

Following the Advantage One 405 charger Team Orion now also introduce the higher spec Advantage One 406 AC/DC charger. Coming in the same compact case the 406 features four button operation and a back-lit 2-line LCD display to monitor parameters such as charging current and voltage. The charger is designed for the use with 2S to 4S LiPo batteries and up to 8 cell NiXX packs and sports a charging current of up to 6A.

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January 22, 2013

Team Orion Advantage ONE 405 charger

Team Orion’s new Advantage ONE 405 is a very attractively priced AC/DC entry level charger opening the doors to the quality and design of the Team Orion Advantage charger family. With a charge power of 50W this super compact charger can handle LiPo batteries with 2, 3 and 4 cells and NiXX batteries with 1-8 cells. The charge current can be chosen from 1, 2, 3 or 4 Amps. The Advantage ONE 405 comes with 4 buttons and 4 LED’s showing the charge current.

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January 22, 2013

Team Orion Carbon Pro 8000mAh 90C pack

Team Orion have released this brand new and innovative LiPo racing hard case battery with an incredible capacity of 8000mAh. It is the first battery they have with a double connector which drastically reduces the resistance in the battery pack. Combined with the World Championship winning 90C Carbon Pro LiPo battery technology this will be a hard battery to beat. The new 8000mAh battery is available with gold plugs or Dean’s connectors.

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