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Venom Gambler Brushless Edition SC Truck
Looks like the Venom Gambler is already getting a upgrade option before it’s even been released! We just spotted the Venom Gambler Brushless versions on their page. They will cost about $60 more than the normal version, but these come with a 3300kv brushless motor and 80 amp waterproof esc! Glad to see someone else jumping on the waterproof bandwagon! We [...]
Blitz aluminum front suspension mounts
Racers are an insatiable bunch. You give them a sweet ride like the Blitz and they want a high-end race version. So you give them the Blitz ESE, which is ready to tear up tracks and win races all over the world and they want more hop-ups for it. So what is HPI to do? Release more hop-ups of course. [...]
RC4WD aligns with Dick Cepek Tires for the good of scalers
RC4WD is perhaps best known for their small scale off-road tires. Dick Cepek Tires is perhaps best know for their full scale off-road tires. So it only makes sense that one would hook up with the other in an effort to introduce more small scale tires that look like full scale tires. RC4WD now has license to take Dick Cepek [...]
HPI Blitz Chassis Protectors
So you got a brand new Blitz, the body is pristine, the tires are shining, and the chassis is unscratched. You wish it could stay like that forever right? But you know the first time you run it all that new car sheen is going to be worn off and you can’t handle that. So HPI is stepping in [...]
Tim Mohr Record Long Jump Video
So Cubby mentioned the long jump bash event we were at this weekend! Special thanks to Craig for building that amazing ramp! It was incredible! The event had a bunch of great people with all sorts of vehicles.. I’ll save that write up for the video covering the event coming soon.. this post is all about Tim! Tim has been [...]
THE Cub Report, Version 07.26.2010- Sucks Massa Pulled Over …
Have I mentioned how much I love Formula 1 racing? Have you heard every race is a giant soap opera? Well today at Hockenheim my favorite F1 team, Ferrari, had a one/two finish all locked up. Massa got a great start off the grid then pulled away with the lead. Later in the race his Ferrari teammate Alonzo started [...]
R/C Around the Web - Too sick and tired to think of an editi…
Photo of the week: Savage Flux tackling a sand hill at a recent hill climb event. By B&B Kristinsson. Article: RC Car Action – 5 Most Important RC Vehicles of All Time – A few good choices, some debatable inclusions and curious MIAs, but an interesting look at what they believe has driven the industry from the beginning. Build Fix Log: Creeping Death [...]
AquaCraft Rio 51Z RTR RC Boat Video
While we don’t post a lot of RC boat information, this new AquaCraft Rio 51Z video is sweet!My favorite part comes around the 24 second mark with the on-board water cam! SWEET! Check out Aquacraft’s site for info!
MaxAmps Guessing Game?
Just got a email from MaxAmps about some crazy contest…. Headline: You have never seen anything like this before! Press Release: MaxAmps.com is releasing a new product this week that we guarantee you have never seen before. The first person to guess what it is wins a brand new Traxxas Slash 4X4. Send your guesses to austin@maxamps.com before the release date [...]
Pro-Line Caliber SC Tire Review from Cubby!
Wow, Cubby is on a roll lately! He’s added another article to the RC Reviews section! His latest review is for the Pro-Line Caliber SC Tires! If your a racer in need of some traction, your going to want to check this out. Click the image or here for the review!
DE Racing Hub Nutz
I recently just heard about these Hub Nutz from DE Racing . With ‘scale look’ being all the rage these days, they look like they nailed it for the short course guys looking for a more realistic wheel look. They are molded over a steel nut with nylon, are sold in sets of [...]
RSS Feed Issue
Thanks to everyone who wrote in about the broken RSS feed with the images! We got a TON of email this morning letting us know it was broke. I’m glad to see we have so many followers on the RSS feed! Thank you all for reading, and for the heads up. Feel free to let us know if we break [...]
ASK Cub Reporter, Version 07.22.2010- A Weekly Q & A Session
Aha, here we are for yet another week of the ever so scrumptious letters from you, our precious (and ornery) readers. ========== Hi Cubby When reading your review of the HPI Blitz you mentioned scrubbing jumps. Can you describe what that is? Morgan W. Ellis Cubby– Yo Morgan, thanks for reading. As far as your question goes, let me start with a bit of [...]
Venom Group Speed Charger
Need a quick charger for those AA and AAA batteries? Venom has a new Speed Charger that should do the trick. It’s got a micro-processor to peak charger each cell automatically. It does NiCd and NiMh cells, and has a temperature sensor in case of overheating. It has a output of 1000mAh with 2 AA’s or 500mAh [...]
RC Vehicle Storage Bins
Here’s one for the Tips For Bashers section that I have been meaning to add for a while. Then someone sent me an email saying we should write a ‘tip’ about this, and I thought.. yea, I need to get it done. So this tip is all about storage of your RC vehicles. Around the Big Squid RC office [...]
