New from the folks at RC4WD comes the T-Runner Lexan Scale Body. It comes with molded front and rear bumpers, mirrors, and wiper blades! Also window masks and decals.
As an upgrade to your T-Runner body from the stock black parts, they have a chromed set that includes Front Bumper with grill, rear bumper, mirrors, wipers, and brush guard!

Visit RC4WD for more info!

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Venom has released a new version of their Creeper RC Rock Crawler called the Safari. It comes RTR with a 35T 550 Brushed motor, and the DIG unit pre-installed. It also comes with a 3 channel radio, and Beadlox crawling wheels.

Visit Venom-Group.com for details.

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New from the folks at RC4WD is the Gelande Scale truck kit. The truck is designed to fit the Land Rover body that you can buy from Tamiya. It does not actually come with the body. The truck is a 1:10th scale 4×4 with a billet aluminum chassis, scale billet bumpers, full bearings and comes 80% built.

Visit RC4WD for more info!

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New from Losi is a Bind And Drive edition of their popular 18th scale Mini Rock Crawler. Same great crawler as the RTR, but you save money (about $30) as it does not come with transmitter. Just bind up your own Spektrum transmitter to the pre-installed Spektrum receiver and you are ready to rock and crawl. Check out more info on the Losi Bind And Drive Mini Rock Crawler and all the rest of their line-up at Losi’s website: www.Losi.com

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Many have made said that the Super size crawler are a “thing of the past”, or have “died”. At RC4WD they will never give up on the Super Class. They have been working to bring new items like tires, wheels, and axles to the Super class community. Now RC4WD has a complete Super Class kit.

Introducing the new Rockbull 1/8 scale competition crawler kit. The Rockbull is the first competition super class crawler with pendulum weighted adjustable beadlock wheels, Rok Lok 4.0 tires and advanced alloy Super Bully axle.

Listed below are some of the other great features that the Rockbull kit offers.

• Rockbull chassis with steel skid plate
• Super Bully Comp Axle (MOA)
• Rok Lok 4.0 Tires (8.62″ / 219mm tall)
• Spark aluminum comp shocks(100mm)
• Low Boyz 4.0 adjustable beadlock wheels
• Meets all USRCCA required specs
• Full metal suspension with metal rod end
• Full ball bearings
• Gear Ratio: 40:1
• Length: 25inch/635mm
• Width: 15.5inch/393mm
• Height: 7.25inch/184mm (Chassis)
• Wheelbase: 16.5inch/419mm
• Ground clearance: 4.25inch/108mm

Retail price $649.99
Visit RC4WD to view their entire product line.

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Until now, under the hood of scale RC Crawlers was typically the area where the unrealistic looking components of a Scale RC build were hidden. RC4WD has changed all of that with the release of their V8 engine with built on Transfer case. Designed by Fracture (from New Zealand) and CNC machined from Billet Aluminum, the unit houses a 540 size motor and offers a 1:19 final gear reduction.

Check out this item and more at RC4WD.

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RC4WD released it’s most aniticipated scale tube chassis, the Subzero. They’re offering the powder-coated, steel tube chassis with scale steering wheel and interior panels for a retail price of $299.99.

Visit RC4WD to view this & their entire product line.

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With HPI releasing their new Crawler King, RC4WD has re-released their hardened steel transmission gear set. This is welcome news to the offroad, bashing, and crawling crowds.

Check out this product and more from RC4WD’s web site.

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Ok, this caught our attention today for sure! It looks like DuraTrax is coming out with a whole new line of RC Rock Crawling products under the name DuraTrax “GateKeeper” products! These new RC crawling products are coming from Austin “GateKeeper” Dunn who’s a pretty big name in the crawling scene! First up with the GateKeeper Mini GC-3 Chassis Kit with everything you need to turn the Losi Mini Rock Crawler into an uber 1.9 setup! The kit has gunmetal side plates, axle mounted servo plate, and rear axle link plate among other things. Looks pretty sweet.

Check the DuraTrax web page for more details.

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Do you want the look of the Pro-Line Racing 2.2″ Titus wheel, but without the weight?

Now available, unweighted with a 12mm hex, the 2.2″x1.4″ Titus Beadlocks are available in chrome or black for your Mini E-Revo or 1:10 Rock Crawler.

You can visit the Pro-Line Racing site here.

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Hi there. I figured that I’d take a minute and introduce myself. My name is Carey. I’m 35 years old and I live in the small town of Moundsville in northern West Virginia. I’ve been a basher for as long as I can remember but now my primary focus is rock crawling. I do, however, still try to get to the track a couple times a month to run my Slash and occasionally a friend and I beat on his Baja 5b on my property. I still dabble in off-road nitros, too, but it seems like far too often anymore, the electrics see most of the action.

My addiction started when I was 10 or 12 years old. Whether I was bashing on my Tamiya Super Sabre  or Monster Beetle, or racing friends w/ my Turbo Ultima (all of which I still have), I burned through many many many packs. After taking a break through my late teen years and early twenties, I got back into RC’s hard, jumping from one nitro to the next. Among the monster trucks, ST’s, and 1/8 scale buggies, I wound up with a collection that includes an OFNA Dominator, an HPI Savage Ltd, and a Losi XXX-NT along with enough parts to build complete rollers of each.

After getting into 1:1 rock crawling and trail riding with my Jeep, I picked up an Axial AX10, and then discovered the RC Rock Crawling competition scene, and this has been my primary hobby focus since. I’m an officer in our club, Western Pennsylvania Crawlers (W.Pa.C.), and actively compete in the 2.2 and Super classes, plus I’m in the process of building a 1.9 class competition rig. My 2.2 class crawler is really my pride and joy. It is a custom tube chassis for a pair of RC4wd Bully2 axles, a pair of Tekin FXR esc’s, and a couple Tekin handwound 35t motors.

I’ve also just recently gotten back into electric offroad when I picked up a Traxxas Slash. I have fun with it, but I mainly just attend open track nights. I’m more in it for fun than hard core racing.

Feel free to drop me a line in the Forums. I look forward to getting to know you.

Carey

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This looks like something that will be a big hit with the RC Rock Crawling Axial fans. They now have a complete set-up kit for Behind the Axle Steering (BTA) which would really help out in a lot of situations. The complete set includes high clearance knuckles, it moves the steering linkage behind the front axle, 6061 aluminum parts, new battery plate to relocate your steering serve and batteries for better weight distribution, and includes all the hardware / instructions you need to do the install. They will also be selling the hi-clearance knuckles separately if you just want to go that route. Check out the Axial Racing site for more details.

We’ll see about updating the Big Squid Crawler here, and maybe do a write up in the near future.

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Thew new Futaba radio being called the Futaba 3PM-X 2.4GHz FASST Radiois promoting itself as a sort of ‘do it all’ radio saying it’s perfect for cruising, crawling and crushing! It makes it unnecessary to need different radio’s for racing, rc rock crawling, and monster trucks with the ability to setup a two or three position switch to control things like dig, or front or rear only drive. That’s cool. Here are some features:
• Four-wheel Steering Mix – switch between crab, all-wheel steering, front-wheel only or rear-wheel only, with just the push of a button.
• Digital Trim Steps – choose a level of trim adjustability, from fine-tuning finesse (1) to maximum travel (16).
• Adjuster Function – keep throttle and steering throws as well as centering at programmed ideals for optimum performance.

And don’t forget about the 2.4GHz part! Sounds like this might be the new ‘must have radio’ for bashers! Looking forward to checking it out at iHobby! Hit the www.2.4gigahertz.com site for more details.

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RC4WD is huge in the RC Rock Crawling scene, pumping out new tires nearly every month. One of their more recent releases are these bright yellow X-Lock 2.2” comp crawler tires. Molded in their X3 Ultra-Soft compound, these should stick to just about anything. Will spec crawler tires catch on? Only time will tell.

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It was only a matter of time before Axial released the SCX-10 as a Ready to Run, or Ready to crawl in their case. Instead of pre-assembling the SCX-10, putting it in a box, and calling it a day, Axial went the extra mile to make it well worth the money. The links get the standard Axial RTR treatment, being plastic instead of aluminum. Don’t let that fool you though; this is a full blown, trail ready scale rig. Axial designed awesome looking front and rear bumpers, as well as side steps that bolt onto the chassis. By the looks of it, they should hold up to lots of abuse. Pro-Line Flatiron tires are standard equipment, mounted on Axial 1.9 beadlock wheels. To complete the scale look, the Axial Durango body (no relation to the Dodge vehicle) has a full roll cage, mounted spare tire, fender flares, and a full set of LED lights. A 27 turn motor provides the power through the proven Axial drivetrain. Full electronics are included, just add batteries! If you are looking to get into scale crawling, but not ready to try building your own rig, check out the Axial SCX-10 RTR.

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Tuners, get rid of those JC-Whitney spoilers and grab the next hot new tuning accessory, the Pro-Line Racing Titus Tuner weights. These die cast metal weights are designed to clip onto your Pro-Line 1.9″ or 2.2″ crawler wheels to get extra traction where you need it most. Each set comes with pairs of 4oz and 12oz weights.

You can visit the Pro-Line Racing site here.

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Being a big Wheelie King fan, I might just have to pick up the new Crawler King from HPI Racing. It starts off with the Wheelie King 4×4 Chassis and then gets the HPI Rock Crawler Conversion kit, Rock Grabber Tires, and 2.2 Beadlocks. It has a front mounted battery, Crawler 55-turn motor, sliding drive shafts, and a pretty decent scale look. If you are looking to get into the popular RC Rock Crawling scene, you might want to add a Crawler King to your shopping list.

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For those running the Titus 2.2″ wheels, Pro-Line Racing now has a tuner weight kit available for you! It comes with 2 12oz weights, and 2 4oz weights. Happy Crawling!

You can visit the Pro-Line Racing site here.

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I’m happy to see the new Pro-Line Racing PowerStroke Scaler Shocks (90mm-95-mm) coming to the market. I was a HUGE fan of their Pro-Line Power Stroke Monster Truck shocks a while back, and have confidence that these new Scaler Shocks will be just as good.
Highlights - Aluminum body and shock cap, infinite spring pre-load adjustments, dual stage spring rates, dual o-rings, and a good fit for the SCX-10 or other rc rock crawlers.
You can visit the Pro-Line Racing site here.

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Axial rocked the scale crawler market with the SCX-10, and they’re about to do it again with their new scale accessory kits. If you opt for the scale interior kit, you’ll snag 3 different steering wheels, door handles, window cranks, arm rests, a number of different shifters, a gun rack (guns included) and all the necessary hardware. The exterior kit includes windshield wipers, a fire putter-outer, and mirrors. A cool feature of the mirrors is the number of included spacers to get the angle just right for that ultra-realistic look. Both sets are available in black or chrome.

Axial has also made a very nice headlight kit, called the Night Visions System. It includes a controller for headlights, tail lights, brake lights, and turn signals. There are auxiliary slots for any other lights if you feel the need for more. The blinkers activate when the wheels turn, and the brakes light up when you get on the brakes. All the lights are LED’s. If you happen to break any of the light strings, replacements can be had separately. The control box itself is a compact 47×32x23mm ~ 1.8x 1.25×0.9” (Width x Depth x Height). There is a separate on off switch for all the auxiliary slots. The switch for the control box also is separate, making it easier to reach.

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