We got some last second Fan Pictures for the Big Squid RC Contest! I will post the winners for this month tomorrow night!
Thanks to everyone that has sent in pictures so far! We really appreciate all of our fan support! Can’t wait to get the drawings started.
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So I thought I would post a quick update on how things are going. I must say that the
HPI Racing Savage gets a lot of attention at the track! Just walking into our pit table with the truck we were turning heads. By the time I set it down on [...]

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Let’s get right on down to the nitty gritty here.
For you crawler fans, XTM looks to be the second manufacture with a full on competition chassis right out of the box, the XTM X-Crawler. It seems every week the crawling segment gets more support, and the new XTM “super class” crawler is just more evidence [...]

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The end of the month is coming up fast, so people are sending in their Fan Pictures for the Big Squid RC Contest! There are a few days left till the end of the month, so get those pictures in soon! Thanks to everyone for sending in their pics [...]

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Wow.. check this thing out! a 1/8th scale RC Motorcycle from Venom!

The line starts here people! This looks like a blast!
There is already a list of hop-ups including a full carbon fiber chassis! Check out the Venom website for more details.
I’ll get the full press release posted in the NEW Product Forum.
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I’m not 100% sure we can claim FIRST on this, but if not, it will be pretty darn close to first! Our HPI Savage XL arrived today! I snapped a few pictures as I opened it and took it out. First thoughts: WOW! It’s BIG! The motor looks MASSIVE.
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Team Novak has introduced their new heavy-duty HV-Series High Voltage Brushless Motors with 5mm shafts. The new HV Pro ESC is available in two brushless systems, the HV4.5 and the updated HV6.5. Check the NEW Product Forum for the full press release.

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Trade shows in general are so 1980’s. Back then they were heavily attended, with huge manufacture, dealer, and consumer support. Manufactures would debut oceans of hot new products and offer large incentives to dealers. Dealers couldn’t wait to get away from their stores in middle-of-nowhere America to reap the deep discounts and to party [...]

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What a weekend! This was the Season Opener of the Midwest RC Drag Racing Season! With some luck on my side, I won the Extreme Dragster class! It wasn’t really the way I wanted to win, but I’ll take what I can get. The amazing news is that [...]

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Pro-Line Racing has a few cool new product announcements this month. First up is the new Flat Iron RC Rock Crawling Tire. They look like they have some potential. I like the tread pattern. They are a standard 2.2″ since and come in M2 or ultrasoft M3 compound. What really catches [...]

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MRC has just sent us a flyer showing off their new Nitro RC Go Kart! The price is pretty cheap, (not sure they wanted us to show that part off). It has some very interesting features, like belt driven, rotating steering wheel, and a backlit steering wheel on the transmitter! It [...]

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So this last weekend I had a chance to attend the U.S. Vintage Trans-Am Nationals! I was getting tired of sending Cubby around the world doing event coverage and piling up the ‘grown up entertainment’ expense report!
While there, I got to meet up with Doug, the guy who runs the [...]

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I get emails all the time from people asking me how they can become pro drivers, and what it takes to take their hobby and turn it into a job. Let me tell you, it’s not easy! It’s tough to get noticed by the companies that have the move to afford drivers. Well, if being [...]

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Weed. So just why is it that many outdoor (and some indoor) tracks across the country have such a large proportion of racers that insist on smoking weed during races?
Certainly rc racing is not set up for youth racers, as it caters more to the 30-something age set. But, rc racing should always [...]

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With the recent announcement of the 2008 Big Squid RC Contest, the Fan Pictures are rolling in! This one to the left is probably one of the best I have seen! Don’t worry.. it’s a random contest, it’s not about the best. Just make sure you get those pics in! [...]

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Pro Driver and good friend of Big Squid RC, Wesley ‘Micro-Man’ Dennis checks in after getting back from a recent big 1/18th scale race. It’s always great talking to Wes, and he’s one of the nicer Pro’s in the industry! We wish him all the luck at the events.. if [...]

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That’s right, it is that time of year again! Time to start sending in those Fan Pictures for the Big Squid RC Contest!!
Every year we try to give something back to our loyal fans and readers. Keeping with our standard, this years prizes are even better then last year!
The big grand [...]

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Just a quick heads up, Pro-Line Racing has re-designed their website. It’s got a good look, and things are a little easier to find over there. If you haven’t checked it out lately, maybe now is a good time to go tire/wheel shopping for the summer bashing!

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Hey All, in case you were flipping out last night hitting your reload button trying to get to BigSquidRC, it wasn’t you.. it was us. Our ISP had a small network hiccup. Things look to be fixed and up and running.
We not return you to your regularly scheduled program!
Thanks for your support!

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April 12th, 2008 is the U.S. Vintage Trans-Am Nationals! This is a really cool idea. On-road RC racing with Vintage bodies!
These events are getting more and more popular, and starting to pick up some great sponsors as well like HPI Racing, Parma PSE and EDS Racing Products! I will be doing [...]

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It looks like the Schumacher USA Speed Passion motors are now ready to get dirty! The new Competition 2.0 brushless motors come in 8.5, 7.5, and 6.5t. They are built to handle 2wd and 4wd off road vehicles. Make sure if you pick these up, to grab the Speed Passion [...]

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Yesterday Cubby mentioned the new Traxxas T-Maxx 3.3, so I figured I should get some pictures and information posted. The new T-Maxx 3.3 has 6.3 inch tall tires and 30mm (1 inch) longer wheelbase. The new tuned aluminum Resonator pipe adds 16% more power for a top speed of around 45mph.
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Brian, the head cheese and uber editor of BigSquidRC.com suspended me last week. I never thought he would have been personally offended at what I had last turned in, but I guess he wasn’t impressed with my last Cub Report that contained more curse words than a typical rap song. This week, I’ll try [...]

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Up first from Venom today are their new LiPo battery packs. The VEN-1554T 4000mah and VEN-1553T 3200mah packs come with the Traxxas High Current connectors to hepl push the limits of those new Traxxas motors, and also have the JSTX42.5 3P balance connectors.
Up next come [...]

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