New from OFNA are the RTR versions of the Hyper SC10 electric and nitro versions! Both vehicles come with 2.4ghz radios. The electric version has a brushed motor, while the nitro comes with a .18 engine.
Big roll bars, and nerf bars make them look ready for bashing. Both have an extensive set of hop-up parts ready to go.
Check out OFNA’s web site for some more info and pictures.

Some news for people looking to pick up a Jammin SCRT-10. The electric and nitro versions now coming in RTR versions! Complete with electronics, radio, and everything else you need to be ready to go out of the box. If you have been thinking about picking up a kit, but don’t have all the stuff laying around to finish it off, now is your chance.

Head over to the Jammin Website for info.

OFNA’s got a new line of glow plugs for your engines. These new platinum element plugs will be available as standard and turbo styles. The plugs feature anti-corrosion treatment and are cnc cut for precision. Three heat ranges are available for each style; the B-6 is a standard cold, B-5 is standard medium, and B-4 is standard hot; while the T-6, T-5, and T-4 are the turbo styles of each heat range. Probably the best news about these is that they are cheap. A single standard plug will retail for $6.95 and a turbo will be $7.95. They will also be available in 12 pack cards at $82.95 for standard and $94.95 for the turbos.

Click through to the OFNA web site for all the details.

OFNA has taken their Hyper 10SC and given it a shot of nitro to make the (cleverly named) Hyper 10SC Nitro.  Just like it’s electric brother it’s a 1/10 scale, 4wd, short course truck.  The front and rear suspension were pretty much brought straight over from the electric version and there is a lot of parts compatibility between the two.  The Hyper 10SC Nitro comes out of the box 80% assembled, to complete it you’ll need a radio system and a .12 – .18 rear exhaust engine, a complete exhaust system is included.  OFNA has been testing this truck for a while and have been showing videos of it on their OFNA Live show for the past month.  MSRP is $429.95, availability is soon.  Check out OFNA’s web site for some more info and specs.

ST Racing Concepts is showering us with gifts today! Well, not really gifts, but a bunch of new products for all you short course enthusiasts out there to buy. Whether you got a new Traxxas Slash 4×4, an HPI Blitz, or an OFNA Hyper 10SC they’ve got something new for you.

The Slash 4×4 is still brand new, but ST is on the ball with a CNC machined aluminum center shaft front drive hub (or CMACSFDH for short). This will drop right in place of the stock plastic piece and let you put down even more insane power. Bullet proofing the drive train is always a good idea whether you race or bash. It just makes sense. Your have your choice of Blue, Gun Metal, Red, or Silver to match the scheme of your ride. MSRP is only $9.99.

Dissatisfied with your Blitz’s stock steering bellcrank? Try STRC’s new CNC machined aluminum bellcrank, it’ll flex a lot less than the stock bellcrank when used with high torque servos or under harsh conditions. You can get it in any of these colors: Orange, Gun Metal, Silver, or limited edition Red. MSRP is $27.99.

Finally those of you that went with an OFNA SC10 shouldn’t feel left out in the rain. For you they’ve got an CNC machined adjustable position battery plate that allows you to shift your battery by 10, 20, or 30mm; allowing you to fine tune your truck’s weight distribution. Your color options are limited to the monochromatic: Gun Metal or Limited edition Silver. MSRP, cheapest yet! $9.25.

Get all this information and more at ST Racing Concepts’ site!

ST Racing Concepts now has a full line of aluminum hop-ups for the Ofna Hyper 10SC 4×4 short course truck. They have front and rear shock towers, front steering upper plate, front chassis ‘H’ brace, diff bul heads, spur gear and more!

For more information check the ST Racing Concepts web page.

Hey all, this is part two of the bigger than usual Cub Report, since the last one was a good chunk with all the iHobby talk, this part is a little different subject matter, but still stuff I wanted to talk about, it was just too much for one report.

Wow, I mean Seriously Wow! I don’t know who the guys behind RC4WD are, and I’m definitely not a crawler guy, but Wow, RC4WD’s new products look sweet. Realism is selling right now, and not only do RC4WD products lean towards scale realism, but they just plain look trick. For years and years rc cars have gotten farther and farther away from the looks of the real thing, nice to see the trend going the other way! New products from RC4WD include their 8th scale comp crawler kit, 10th scale metal chassis, and 10th scale Fracture V8 engine shell with transfer case that you install a normal 540 electric motor in. Trick, uber trick.

Parma! I gotta give the Parma guys some love this week, as their new Dune Buggy body looks really trick! The Dune Buggy body brings back so many fond memories, and is the best looking body to come out of Parma in quite some time. It’s intended to be bolted up on the Traxxis Slash chassis, and looks very much like the Meyers Manx dune buggies from the late 60’s.

Ofna has drastically cut back on advertising as of late, but they’ve recently released info on their new Hyper 10 4×4 SC truck. Most any truck that is a 4×4 is a blast to drive, and the OFNA looks to use a very beefy 8th scale’ish drivetrain for durability. Even though a heavy drivetrain is used, the truck is set-up to run a 10th scale power system on 2S lithium, saving loads of bucks over using an 8th scale power system and high cell counts. Easy to drive 4wd, beefy drive train, and SC looks, Ofna might have a winner on their hands with this one.

A note to ALL he industry folks out there. BigSquidRC will be holding a second Li-po battery shootout. We’ve shot out a ton of emails inviting everyone we could think of to be in the shootout, but it seems many of these emails go unread or are shot into spam boxes. So if you want in on our second Li-po shootout, send Brian at BigSquidRC.com an email to get complete info. If you are a consumer and want to see your favorite brand of Li-po battery included, and you have a inside contact at your preferred battery company, please invite them to shoot Brian an email to be included. We’ll start the second shootout the weekend of November 28th, so all packs must be received no later than November 25th.

We’ll also be doing a battery charger shootout in the next couple of months. So if you are an industry person and want your charger included in the shootout, shoot us an email at Brian at BigSquidRC.com for complete information on how the shootout will be conducted, and a time frame when we’ll need your charger for the shootout.

That’s it for this week, support your hobby/industry in any way you can, you Industry guys, start dropping Brian some email! (Not just the hate kind).

Your Cub Reporter

Team Novak has just issued a press release about the new Brushless in a Box HV Pro 6.5 conversion kits. The kit comes with the HV 6.5 brushless motor, steel pintion gear, motor heat sink, two battery boxes, ESC cooling fan, motor cooling fan, antenna mount, hardware kit and instructions.

They now have a ton of kits available, and I’m guessing there will be one for the now popular Hot Bodies D8. We’ll have to wait and see, but till then, here is the current list!

#3100 HV Pro 6.5 System / Conversion Kit Combo: Associated RC8
#3101 HV Pro 6.5 System / Conversion Kit Combo: CEN Matrix
#3102 HV Pro 6.5 System / Conversion Kit Combo: Hot Bodies Lightning2 Evo
#3103 HV Pro 6.5 System / Conversion Kit Combo: Kyosho Inferno
#3104 HV Pro 6.5 System / Conversion Kit Combo: Mugen MBX5
#3105 HV Pro 6.5 System / Conversion Kit Combo: OFNA 9.5 Ultra
#3106 HV Pro 6.5 System / Conversion Kit Combo: OFNA Hyper 8
#3107 HV Pro 6.5 System / Conversion Kit Combo: OFNA Hyper 7
#3108 HV Pro 6.5 System / Conversion Kit Combo: X-RAY XB8
#3109 HV Pro 6.5 System / Conversion Kit Combo: Losi 8ight.

Make sure to check out the NEW Product Forum for the full press release and details!