We have been arguing discussing what vehicle we thought deserves the honor of Big Squid RC’s Bash Vehicle of the Year for a while now. A lot of great vehicles have driven over our desks this year, and while I think it was close between several, one really stood out. This year’s winner of Bash [...]
The new R204GF-E is Futaba‘s best attempt yet at creating a micro sized receiver. While still not the smallest receiver out there, this one is certainly a valiant attempt at shrinking the footprint on their rather large (comparatively) receivers. The R204GF-E is a 4 channel, 2.4 GHz receiver made to pair with Futaba’s sport line [...]
Any time we hear the words Tiger and Raptor together, we immediatly think of a Griffin, that mythological beast of eagle and lion lineage. We could totally see a Tigerraptor and Griffin going at it in the skies above ancient Greece. It would be the most epic creature battle since Godzilla took on Charles Barkley. Alas, [...]
Being winter in the awesome half of the world (that would be the northern hemisphere), indoor micro helicopters might be a good distraction until the snow goes away. Estes, the rocketeers, are trying to assist in that distraction by offering up a couple new micro helis for our entertainment. Both the SF161 and R73-OPS Mini [...]
Apparently the gang over at RC Madness have been hard at work on a secret project. That would be a brushless conversion for the relatively new Losi 5ive-T. According to some info on Dean Berry’s blog over at RC Driver this thing will be a 12S (!) powered beast of a machine. Not much more [...]
Panther are back with a new tire design for 1/8 scale buggies, called the Rattler. Panther suggests that these tires are ideal for hard packed surfaces and also mention that the tires were used to TQ and win round 2 of the Midwest Nitro Series. The Rattler is available in three compounds: soft, super soft, [...]
Adding to our constantly growing list of RC On TV, I spotted a show on the food network called Challenge. I jumped in mid way over.. but the basic premise was to build some sort of remote control vehicle out of cake. They started with various vehicles as a ‘base’ and then piled cake and [...]
Actually Flite Test is also sponsored by Horizon Hobbies and I have seen them point out problems with many of the Hobbyking products they review. Also some of the products they review are pre-production units which they review and make suggestions to improve the production units. Ken C. Cubby- Yo thanks for the info Ken, [...]
Rogue Element Components is opening the vault and bringing back one of their classic releases. The insanely popular scale lug nuts are back, due to popular demand, for one more go around. These detailed wheel nuts for Tamiya and Axial scalers are finely machined and feature a very tight press fit nylok nut so you [...]
It’s that time again! Every few months it seems we are looking to grow a little more, and add on to the Big Squid RC crew! This year has been another record breaker for us! From our ever expanding groups of fans and readers, to our insane demos and shows. At the moment we are [...]
Hello fellow rc’ers, thanks for dropping by, and I certainly hope Santa totally dialed you up with sweet rc gear under the X-mas tree. Personally, I didn’t receive any rc gear for X-mas, but with names like Moet, Tag, and Bowers and Wilkins under my tree, I certainly wasn’t hurt’n. BIG NEWS- BigSquidRC is naming [...]
The Speed Passion RS1 Review When we caught our first glimpse of the Speed Passion RS1 at the RCX Chicago show, we have to admit the $99 sale price is what caught our attention first. From there it was the RTR with a Brushless system and 2.4GHz radio, all for $99!? It was tough to [...]
Normally everyone is tuning in for the Monday Morning Cub Report, but he’s still on his way back from some tropical island where he likes to recharge his internal batteries, so your stuck with me. I thought I’d take a moment to let you know what’s been up around here. Last week I had a [...]