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RCX 2012 – Hitec

Hitec’s new servos!  221 oz. in .07 inches with titanium gears and dual bearings.  Yes please!  If you need more power, you can have 485 oz. in 0.14 sec.  They also have their new X2-400 Two Port Charger on display.  

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RCX 2012 – Sunshine Systems shining brightly

Sunshine Systems, whom we first met back at IHobby 2011, are lighting up the place with their selection of RC ready LED light systems. New to the product line is a new connector thing that allows you to daisy chain together multiple strings of light systems. Go back to our IHobby archives and check out the review we did of [...]

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RCX 2012 – Kraken RC basher chassis for Baja 5 line.

Kraken RC is showing off their recently announced X2 chassis for the HPI Baja 5 line of vehicles. If it looks like a molded chassis, that’s because it is. In fact, it’s the first ever molded chassis for HPI’s 1/5 scale vehicles. It’s made from a specially formulated polymer created by DuPont, and Kraken claims it has great hardness, rigidity, [...]

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RCX 2012 – Strike Models, RC naval combat

Strike Models is in attendance this year, showing off their line of naval combat boats. And when I say combat, I mean it. These boats feature functioning turrets to engage enemy vessels on the high seas. Strike Models sells many, many different kits based on full size ships from the WWI and WWII eras.  For more info about these ships, [...]

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RCX 2012 – Celebrity Sighting

Brian sent this pic telling me there’s a celebrity in it. I searched and searched. I think I found who he was talking about. Click after the break to see.

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RCX 2012 – Team Associated Booth

Team Associated has a big booth again this year, showing their whole product line. And no, there is no RC5T 1/5 scale gasser in attendance here. The newest product they’re showing is the recently announced SC10GT. Which I would love to have, I don’t care what Cubby says, and that’s a lot coming from me, cause I dislike nitro almost [...]

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RCX 2012 – Something else new from Pro-Line

Sometimes it’s the small things that get us the most excited. As if their new performance transmission for the Slash and Stampede wasn’t big enough news, Pro-Line is also showing, for the first time, these new clipless body mounts. Rather than using a traditional body clip to hold the body on the post, these new mounts have a twist on [...]

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RCX 2012 – Booth ba… err… “spokesmodels”

Here are some more booth babe pics for you all to ogle.  More after the break.

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RCX 2012 – Kershaw Designs

Kershaw Designs showing off product as well. I’ve always thought the chassis designs were pretty cool.  I wonder how that brushless system closest to us looks against some of the other large scale solutions?    

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RCX 2012 – Drifting the weekend away

RCX isn’t just a bunch of booths with static displays of new products. There’s a ton of dynamic demonstrations going on all over the show. This is the drift track where some of the best RC drifters are putting on a great show. Better yet even, there’s a Try-Me section so all you noobs can give drifting a run.

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RCX 2012–New transmission from Pro-Line Racing!

Pro-Line Racing announces a new bolt on transmission replacement for the 2wd Slash and Stampede. Vented disk racing style slipper clutch, 3mm thick aluminum motor mount with cooling fins, 20% less rotational mass, sealed and tunable differential,  and more!  I know it is targeted for racing but an upgraded transmissions for my bashers that tend to run hot at times? [...]

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RCX 2012 – Gens Ace wants your attention

Strange things happen as trade shows and expos. People will be dressed up in all kinds of strange costumes to attract attention to whatever product they’re hocking. But the good, old stand-by is the attractive, young, spokes-model. And there’s quite a few of them at RCX 2012. Gens Ace and the HobbyPartz crew have gone all in on this idea [...]

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RCX 2012 – VGRacing

VGRacing is at the show in full force, showing off their huge line of roll cages for all kinds of vehicles, including their somewhat new green cage for the Traxxas 1/10 Grave Digger, seen above at the left. Hit up the Roll Cage City web site for more info and then go to VGRacing.com to buy.

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RCX 2012–Kyosho

  Kyosho’s Mini-z lineup.  Showing off some of the AutoScale Collection bodies including the newest releases, the limited run Alice Motors EVO, and the new Porsche906 bodies. The new F1 cars are there and the much anticipated Mini-Z Moto (shipped from the warehouse yesterday and in stores next week).  We also see the new Yellow Limited Edition MR-03 (arrived in stores [...]

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RCX 2012 – KO Propo EX-1 K.I.Y.

KO-Propo is showing off their lastest high-end Transmitter that they announced back in January. The EX-1 K.I.Y. is a completely customizable transmitter system with tons of interchangeable parts to create the transmitter you’ve always wanted. It’s kinda hard to comprehend just how customizable this thing is until you see just a small selection of all the parts laid out as [...]

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