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!
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!
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
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.
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.
Hot news from RC4WD for Baja 5T fans.
“We are proud to announce a new line of limited edition aluminum beadlock wheels for the ever popular 5T. We will release a new style once each round is sold out. So you will be one of a select few to have a set of these new wheels.”
The first release is……. The “Poison” 5T Beadlock wheel.
Offered in both high quality chrome and a black anodized finish, these are the same size as the stock beadlock wheels and fit even better. Add a set of our Dune Reaper tires for that ultimate scale look. These rims will be available exclusively through our Baja partner, Team Gonads.
Hit the RC4WDStore.com site for details.
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.
The Traxxas Slash has made a huge impact on our hobby. Even though it may look scale on the outside, the internals of the chassis hardly resemble the full size CORR trucks it takes after. RC4WD and a member of the scale RC community, Katan, are collaborating to change all that. Their creation is the Hardcore Chassis for Slash. Made entirely of aluminum, this chassis conversion is designed to have the Slash front-end bolt on. Not much else of the original truck is retained. The rear axle duty will be handled by a modified Wheelie King unit. The conversion kit is still in development, but it’s cool to see the scale segment of our hobby continue to grow.
