Tlr at the eos

Buggyman · #1 24-04-2018

I just wondered why there never seems any tlr cars at the eos meetings.
I maybe wrong about this but you never seem to see them.

daz75 · #2 24-04-2018

Maybe they don't care about europe

neallewis · #3 25-04-2018

In the early days of EOS, TLR/Horizon Hobby were a main event sponsor, this was prior to "EOS carpet", although I don't think any TLR drivers took a win, though they did fly over some US drivers. Jorn with his Durango's seemed to dominate then.

The last serious TLR drivers I saw running at EOS were Ellis Stafford and Chris Delves with the 3.0 in Jan 2016 at Muelheim Kaerlich: http://eos.redrc.net/2016/01/chassis...llis-stafford/

Short/polite answer is they are now not bothered or can't afford to compete on the European stage with the big guys: Schumacher, Xray AE and Yokomo.
I don't think they have any pro level drivers in Europe, else the would be there?

If you go here: http://eos.redrc.net/gallery/ and scroll down, you can see the galleries of the early events.

Buggyman · #4 25-04-2018

Your probably right there. Shame really.

5tone · #5 25-04-2018

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Originally Posted by neallewis

I don't think they have any pro level drivers in Europe, else the would be there?

They have pro level drivers in Europe; (Reno Savoya is the main)
I'm more thinking of a commercial/economical choice from TLR
1/10th scale doesn't seems to be their priority in Europe
1/8th is pretty popular in many european championship and TLR is present in all of them

EOS level is pretty high, the money and time investments must be pretty high for a podium
I suppose it's discouraging some teams and drivers, in regard of the possible benefits.

neallewis · #6 25-04-2018

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Originally Posted by 5tone

They have pro level drivers in Europe; (Reno Savoya is the main)
I'm more thinking of a commercial/economical choice from TLR
1/10th scale doesn't seems to be their priority in Europe
1/8th is pretty popular in many european championship and TLR is present in all of them

EOS level is pretty high, the money and time investments must be pretty high for a podium
I suppose it's discouraging some teams and drivers, in regard of the possible benefits.

Fair enough, He's mostly 1/8th though.
1/10th doesn't seem a priority, yes. Shame really, but reflected in sales no doubt.

Buggyman · #7 25-04-2018

be interesting to see how they would get on if they attended. I am sure there cars would go well