New for the Awesomatix A800R electric touring car is a series of parts for the shocks, the anti-roll bar, and the front bumper.
New are the AT143 ARB Stiffeners, which increase the stiffness of the stabilizer by up to one step. +1 step stiffness increase means that 1.0 mm rod acts like 1.1 mm rod, 1.1 mm rod acts like 1.2 mm rod, 1.2 mm rod acts like 1.3 mm rod, and 1.3 mm rod acts like 1.4 mm rod. 1/2 and 1/4 increments of increase can be set.
Also new are the ST05-R shock rods which add “friction type” damping in suspension operation. ST05-R slides along ST102 with noticeable friction during suspension travel. Friction damping compresses the suspension more = more damping, even at low suspension speed. Oil damping: more speed of suspension travel = more damping. Low damping at low speed of the suspension. With ST05-R, the car rolls and dives slower and responds faster to steering input. A800R damper settings that were good with ST205 linkage should be 10…25% softer when using ST05-R.
we just revceived the new ORCA Software for our ETS stock touring car classes. You can download your software here to use it on track as soon as possible. We have tested many different settings and RPM limit values, and in the software you will get the values we liked the most during testing. Before you run with the new software for the first time, we like to give you some information about it.
The new Software comes with less values to adjust, for less confusion and more fun on the track. You can adjust the following values on the Speed Controller: LiPo Cutoff | Punch | Drag Brake | Brake Force | Brake Punch | Dead Band
RPM Limit for 21.5T Stock and 40+ Masters: 18.000 RPM (blinking 4 times for identification) RPM Limit for ProStock: 20.000 RPM (blinking 3 times for identification)
The “PWM Frequency” is now pre-installed to the values 8000K for driving, and 1000K for braking. We found out that these values are working good in all conditions so there is no need to change them. We also removed the paramers “Running Mode” and “Reverse Force” as nobody used these setting options at all.
Important: You must update your programm card to the NEW 6.2 Software which is also included in the download package.
To download the Zip Folder including the new softwares for ESC and Program Card, simply click HERE:
In case you have missed the information about the new FDR (Final Drive Ratio) for our ETS touring car stock classes, you can re-watch the videos about this topic here:
English Video
German Video
Updating the ORCA software
In addition, here are the instructions on how to update the software. Note: The video still talks about the previous versions. However, the principle and the procedure remain the same for the new versions.
We wish you a lot of fun and success with the new software and the new motors on track during ETS Season #16 2023/24.
Today we like to share a very important information with you. After many drivers have asked us about “Sponsored Drivers” racing at the ETS in different classes, we have talked and discussed intensiveley about this in our ETS orga team and found a conclusion for the new season. Here is the statemend from Scotty Ernst and the team about it:
Hello to our ETS family of racers! As the cold of winter leaves us it ushers in the warmth and sunshine of summer which we are all egearly waiting for. The sunshine and warmth also means the begining of the outdoor racing season of the ETS. We are excited to be kicking off the outdoor season at the beautiful Apeldoorn track in the Netherlands.
As we prepare for the outdoor season, we want to let you know of a rule change we have made to remove the confusion many have regarding sponsored drivers.
The world of RC has changed drastically over the past 10 years when it comes to sponsorship. Now days, sponsorship discounts are the normal way for our industry. So many racers including new beginner racers get deals from their local shops, online shops, small manufactures all the way to major manufactures. The argument has been ongoing to determine exactly what a “sponsored driver” truly is and there is no way for us to classify what it is.
If we look back over the past few years, we have had racers who have had discounts and sponsorship participating in all categories of the ETS.
So going forward, we have removed this terminology from the rule set. We feel that racers who are of the higher ability will not run the slower classes and will run in the appropriate classes. We built the ETS to focus on the fun we all can have in the hobby and hope that the founding spirit of the ETS is what guides everyone in the future.
Looking forward to seeing everyone in the Netherlands for what will be a great season of the ETS. Thank you!
ZooRacing has released a new tourinc car bodyshell for 1:10 scale racing. The name of the body is GOAT, which means nothing more than “Greatest Of All Time” – a very confident name choice from ZooRacing which brings the GOAT into the focus on track for sure! ZooRAcing has also listed the GOAT for the Pro Stock and Modified class of ETS Season #16 2023/24.
Find out more about the GOAT in ZooRacing`s product description:
GOAT is ZooRacing´s new high-performance touring car body. Developed from the experience from the super successful Dogsbollox body, but a more compact and shorter design to generate more rotating for a more fluent driving. Key areas, like the new, shorter nose- and hood design are optimized and the also the rear section is more compact and much lower to make cornering faster and have a stable rear at the same time.
The new and more pronounced rear spoiler generates more downforce, what gives the car more stabillity when exit corners. The more homogeneous airflow behind the roof reduces drag and turbulences. New inverted fin design on the trunk reduces turbulences and increases static stability at the rear section and results a better approach flow to the new curved designed rear wing.
The rear wing design is curved according the body lines and has a stepped design to improve stability. The result is less flex and more downforce on high speeds.
The handling of the GOAT body is less agressive, than the Wolverine and rotates better, than the Dogsbollox and produces a well ballanced side bite. Perfect for tracks with low to medium grip and modified racing. The GOAT is Great On All Terrains!
On top of that all is the ZOOlite moulding process that reduces the overall weight of our standard thickness 0.7mm body shells by about 10g. This ensures the standard shells are legal for all races with minimum body weight rules, while significantly lowering the overall center of gravity. In addition, GOAT is also available in our proven, Ultralight 0.5mm variant for everyone looking for the outmost of performance. With the GOAT, ZooRacing introduces the new 0.4mm AIRlite material. This ist he lightest material by far we ever made for touring car bodies. We recommend this material only for super high grip trackst to reduce tractions rolls and/or tire waste. AIRlite material bodies are mostly faster, but the lifetime of the body is definitely limmited.
Part of the package is a window mask decal set and a high-quality wing mounting hardware and a detailed sticker sheet including grille, head and taillights.
Features:
CAD designed
Specialized LCG body shell with a more realistic design and less aerodynamic drag
Low, and yet realistic front end with sculptured hood and grille details
Updated Dogsbollox-style roof section for less aerodynamic drag and higher cornering speeds
Recessed roof to channel the airflow and to create greatly improved structural stability thanks to static reinforcement
Structured rear end for anti-tuck capabilities
Large wheel arches allow the body to be placed 4mm front or back (8mm in total)
Large wheel arches ensure the tires will not rub in whatever position
Anti-tuck capabilities with structured side skirts
Static reinforcement on the hood. Especially useful when running the ultra lightweight variant
ZOOlite 0.7mm standard body weighs in at about 75g cut & including wing
0.5mm body weighs in at about 55g cut & including wing
AIRlite 0.4mm weighs in at about 45g cut & including wing
Detailed decal sheet
Window masks
Wing mounting hardware
100mm grid on the rear truck lid for easy and convenient body mounting
Japanese manufacturer Destiny offers new option parts for their RX-10SR 3.0 Touring car platform.
First, there is a set of front spring steel metal bushing double joint drive shaft with lightweight spring steel spool cups. The length of the driveshafts is now 0.5mm longer. The kit plastic spool cup or option metal spool cup with plastic drive shaft cap was replaced by metal bushings which provide less friction during the driveshaf.t movement and more durability. Another benefit is the improved stability and corner speed. Destiny Part No. O10367
Another new part is the upper graphite bumper brace for the RX-10SR touring, and the F3.0 FWD car. It is made by 2mm graphite and gets installed togehter with two pieces of micro O-rings between the brace and the lower aluminum Bulkhead. This system avoides damage on the bulkheads and the chassis in crashes. Destiny Part No. O10388
The sixteenth (!) season of the Euro Touring Series will start at the beautiful venue of the AMCA Apeldoorn in the Netherlands on the first weekend of June, in about 6 weeks. The list of entries is getting longer and longer, and the whole ETS crew is very optimistic to reach the mark of 200 drivers for the season opener on one of the best racetracks across europe!
Today we like to take a closer look on the stacked field of Modified drivers who have already signed up, or confirmed their participation for ETS RD1 in the Netherlands to make the modified division the most spectacular racing class once again!
Akio Sobue
Axon | Orca | Sanwa
The Japanese top driver is racing for Team Axon and uses Orca electronics. He finished third at the 2022 IFMAR world championships in Gubbio (IT) and took a strong second place at last season`s ETS RD2 in Aigen (AUT). He also won the Japanese touring car championships in 2022. Akio had another great race at the start of 2023 at the TITC in Bangkok (THA), where he was the hardest contender for race winner Bruno Coelho (Xray). He finished second on the podium in front of his strong Axon teammate Hayato Ishioka. It is great to see Akio on the list of entries for our ETS season opener and we expect a good performance from the leading Axon factory driver!
Ronald Völker
Mugen Seiki | LRP | Highest
Last year was full of ups and downs for the Mugen Seiki factory driver Ronald Völker. After a slower start into the ETS season, Ronald was able to win his title number eight (!) at the last race of the season in Daun. Ronald won the penultimate round of the ETS campaign on carpet in Hann. Münden, and celebrated his title after a strong second place at the season finale. The IFMAR world championships in Italy didn`t went to plan for the German as he was only able to take P8 away from Italy – not what he and Mugen Seiki had hoped for.
At the end of 2022, Völker was able to win the highly competitive EWS International race in Great Britan. The year 2023 started with a trip to the TITC where Völker had a weekend to forgte with a lot of bad luck, followed by a win at the MIBO International race in the Czech Republic. Völker will start the hunt for ETS title number 9 in the Netherlands – can he win another modified championship?
Marc Rheinard
Awesomatix | Orca | PowerHD
Marc Rheinard has gone through a year 2022 which (same as Völker) brought some good, and some bad results for him and his Awesomatix car. On the positive side, Rheinard was able to win the first modified race at the ETS (at Arena33) since he joined the Awesomatix team, and he was also able to win the German nationals title at the same venue too. Two very important wins for Marc who was very close for a few times with his Awesomatix A800MMX (now A800R).
On the down side, the world championships in Italy, where Rheinard tried to win a fourth IFMAR title in the touring car category, was one of the big disappointments for him in 2022. Finishing only 5th overall was just not good enough for Rheinards ambitions and his possibilities as a driver. After the worlds, some more wins at the New York GP, the AOC in Australia, and the win of the Road Champion Cup at the 2023 Snowbirds Nationals in Florida rounded out the list of success for mister MR33. Let`s see how Marc Rheinard will come “out of the gate” at the first race of ETS Season #16 2023/24 in Apeldoorn!
Christopher Krapp
Yokomo | Racing Performer | PowerHD
2022 was one of the best years, if not THE best, in the RC racing carreer of Yokomo`s Christopher Krapp. He had a very decent outdoor season, including his amazing win at the ETS race in Aigen-Schlägl. It was the first ETS race win for Krapp since he won on the island of Gran Canaria in 2012, running for Kyosho and Team Orion (sonds like an eternity).
Krappi was always a contender for top spots, but in the past years it looked like he lost his winning edge. But after his great win in Austria, it looked like all of his confidence was back at 100%. That was also visible when Krapp took over the role of the hardest contender for Bruno Coelho at the IFMAR worlds in Gubbio, where he became the vice world champion behind the winning Xray driver Coelho. Krapp showed fantastic racing and was very close to Bruno all the time. The best carreer result for the Yokomo driver was the cream on the cherry of a great 2022. It will not be an easy job to top these results in 2023, but maybe the birth of his little daughter will give him some “extra wings” for the big upcoming ETS races!
Lucas Urbain
Awesomatix | Orca | MKS
Another driver joining the circle of ETS race winners in 2022 was Awesomatix factory driver Lucas Urbain. He had a good start into the year 2022, winning one round of ther EWS series in Great Britain, followed by two 5th place results at the ETS races Aigen and Andernach. In Luxembourg, the time of Urbain had finally come. The French ace drove the stars from the sky at ETS RD4 in Luxembourg, where he won the race in front of Rheinard and Völker. A victory which was long overdue, but which had eluded him for many years in the past.
Urbain backed up the result with a win at one of the Longwy Winter Series races, followed by a third place at ETS RD5 in Hann. Münden. Lucas was in the fight for the overall ETS title until the very last race of the season, making ETS Season #15 2022/23 the best campaign for him at the Euro Touring Series so far. As preperation and progress is one of Urbain`s biggest strengths, it will be exciting to watch him during the next season on track!
Michal Orlowski
Schumacher | Hobbywing | PowerHD
Schumacher`s leading factory team driver Michal Orlowski was the man of the weekend at the huge ETS season finale in Daun. Michal drove flawless all weekend long and was able to TQ and win the event in front of all the top drivers including Völker and Rheinard. It was a very big win for himself and the Schumacher team at the Euro Touring Series. For Michal Orlowski it was the first ever ETS win after finishing on the podium once or twice some years ago. When having in mind that the Schumacher team is one of the smaller ones at most of the ETS races, this success is ranked even higher – especially on a tricky carpet track we have in Daun. A sixth place at the IFMAR world championships in Italy was more than just an exclamation mark during the summer season. As Orlowski`s main focus is normally on his Offroad programme, there is a lot of phantasy allowed when we think about him concentrating even more on the onroad side of RC racing. His talent is amazing and he is one of the best “allround” drivers on the lanet right now!
Yannic Prümper
Yokmo | Orca | PowerHD
Team Yokomo`s Yannic Prümper has also (like Krappi) become a proud daddy of a young boy some weeks ago – congratulations Yannic! If that will give him some extra speed on track is something we will discover together during the next weeks. Prümper had a perfect start at last years season opener in Apeldoorn where he won from second on the grid against a very fast Ronald Völker. It was a superb win from Yannic with the new BD11 car which he backed up with another podium at ETS RD3 in Andernach. The IFMAR worlds in Gubbio saw Prümper making the A-Main and finishing seventh overall in the end. Not a bad result, but Yannic had hoped for a bit more in Gubbio. Can Yannic repeat the win in Apeldoorn again after switching his electronic sponsor from Dash to Orca? We will have an eye on him in the Netherlands at the first round of the new ETS season!
Only some weeks of patience needed
The new season is coming closer, so does our need for adrenaline and ETS racing. We hope you enjoyed reading our quick report which had the intention to wake you up a little bit from the long time without the ETS 🙂 INFO: We will release the new ORCA Softwares for our stock touring car classes in the next days. You will find them for download very soon – just follow our news here on the website!
T-Work`s has released many new products for the new Awesomatix touring car. There is a set of titanium turnbuckles available to beef up the suspension package, as well as several titanium screws for the campers, the topdeck, and the belt tensioner. A set of titanium ball ends and titanium screws, as well as a gold plated steel screw set is rounding out the new products from T-Wors for the new Awesomatix A800R. The products are expected to be in hobby shops around the world very soon!
T-Works part numbers:
TP-800R-A 64 Titanium Centering Screw 3 x 6mm ( For Awesomatix A800R ) 4pcs. TP-800R-B 64 Titanium Damper Vertically Screw ( For Awesomatix A800R ) 4pcs. TP-800R-C 64 Titanium Body Shell Front End Downtravel Screw ( For Awesomatix A800R ) 2pcs. TP-800R-D 64 Titanium Belt Tension bearing screw ( For Awesomatix A800R ) 1pcs. TP-800R-E 64 Titanium Linear Spring screw ( For Awesomatix A800R ) 4pcs. TSSU-A800R 64 Titanium Screw set ( UFO Head ) 158pcs. ( For Awesomatix A800R ) GSS-A800R-B Gold Plated Steel Screw Set( Bottom )42pcs. ( For Awesomatix A800R ) GSS-A800R Gold Plated Steel Screw Set 123pcs. ( For Awesomatix A800R ) TSS-A800R-B 64 Titanium Screw set ( Bottom )58pcs. (For Awesomatix A800R ) TB-289 64 Titanium Turnbuckle Set( For Awesomatix A800R ) TP-113 64 Titanium Ball End set ( For Awesomatix A800R/A800MMX )
Alexander Hagberg has won his eight (8th) European Championship title in the modified class this past weekend in Great Britain. Hagberg was TQ after qualifying with his Nosram and Hobbywing powered Xray car, and won the first and second A-Main from pole position ahead of the hard charging competitors Ollie Payne (Schumacher) in second place, and Michal Orlowski (Schumacher), and Marc Rheinard (Awesomatix) completing the top four. It was the eight championship title for Hagberg in the highly competitive 1:12 scale class and Hagberg is the record winner of this class now tied with David Spashett who was able to win this title eight times as well between 1993 and 2003. What an amazing achievement for Hagberg to equal this outstanding number!
The Stock class saw a very high number of entries (85 drivers). Michal Orlowski was able to win the European Stock Championships from first position on the grid with Ollie Payne and Louis Parker finishing second and third overall. A great result for Orlowski and Payne for Schumacher, after missing the big win in Modified. Congratulations to all racers, and also to the club, the ERFA, and the BRCA for hosting a great event!
today we must inform you about a re-scheduling of ETS RD3 in Andernach due to a Heavy Metal Festival going on in Andernach! Originally, we had our race at Arena33 scheduled from 07-10. September 2023. At exactly the same weekend, there will be a very big Heavy Metal festival on the ground beside the racetrack now. The festival is called Metal Mania and will take place from Friday to Sunday. It is a big event with official ticket sales and professional bands playing very loud Heavy Metal Music all day long. The event was not announced when we planned the ETS race calendar, but now we have no other chance than shifting the race to the weekend before Metal Mania.
ETS RD3 will now take place from 31.08. – 03.09.2023 at Arena33
We are sorry about this change but it is the only way to ensure a nice and smooth ETS event at Arena33 during ETS Season #16 2023/24. If you have already made some early hotel bookings, please try to change them ahead of time.
Yokomo had a very successful 2022 with the BD11 including two ETS race wins and a second place at the IFMAR world championships in Italy. Now, the Japanese company has released first information and pictures about the next touring car model they will release – the BD12. The car received a massive update with a lot of small changes, tested and developed by the Yokomo factory team under the lead of vice-world champion Christopher Krapp. More detailed information will follow soon. Here is what we know until now!
New features of the Yokomo BD12
2-piece Topdeck
Shorter Shocks with new, bearing mounted spring holders
Front Body stoppers included
New carbon plate on motor mount
Use of 90T Spur Gear for LCG is possible
New front shock tower with additional mounting positions
New rear shock tower with more possible rear shock angles
