All new episodes of the MythBusters will soon be upon us! The first of which is this Wednesday night at 9:00pm eastern on the Discovery Channel. We here at the Squid are big fans of the fedora sporting ADHD guy and the mustachioed, beret wearing, mountain of a man (or maybe it’s just Kari… yeah, that’s probably it). Anybody who’s watched the MythBusters knows that they have converted more than a few full size vehicles to radio control in cases when having a human driver would be too dangerous. We can only guess what kind of cool new radio controlled projects they might have up their sleeves for this season. So let’s reminisce about some of their projects from seasons passed, shall we?

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I read and watch a ton of stuff on the internets every day. Some of that stuff I end up liking a lot and bookmarking for later. This new weekly feature highlights those links.

Build Log: Dumas 19′ Racing Runabout – This will be one to keep an eye on for a while. It’s going to be a long project from the looks of it.

Photo of the Week: Disco’s red hot ride. Forum member and comedian Desmond “Disco” Dailey show’s off his current drag car project. You might have to scroll down a bit if your browser doesn’t take you straight to the post.

Shopping Around: Save some cash, spend it on other stuff… – Check out my previous article about some of the ongoing rebates in the industry.

Video of the Week: Disassembly – A cool parts explosion animation of a non-descript R/C helicopter. The guy made it for his demo reel to show off his computer animation skills.

More Video: The Radio Control Show, Episode 45 – Info about RCX, the HPI Blitz ESE, Florida Jets event coverage, Aeroworks P51 Mustang ARF, new Kyosho products, Off-Road Shootout Sweepstakes grand prize RTR Baja 5T, HPI Vorza giveaway.

Even More Video: RCX 2010 Live Cams – Can’t make it to RCX this weekend? Well you could always sit at home and watch live streams, I mean, that’s almost just as good right? Am I right? Hello?. Three different streams are available, one showing the vast show floor, another showing off-road action on the dirt track, and a third mobile cam that will have interviews and product demos.

Here’s some video we shot while testing out our new Platinum Edition Traxxas Slash 4×4 in the snow! Good times! The video on Youtube is also uploaded there in hi-def!

Enjoy!

For those of you who just want to see good quality video in the player, the ihobby video is now up on HobbyZip.com as well! Their embedded player stuff always looks better, and they have good RC vids there, so make sure to check it out.. don’t forget to rate it!

Finally, video of our demo times! For those of you that missed the awesome demos we were giving at the iHobby Expo 2009, now you can see what all the fuss was about.

Not only did we hit the track banner this year, we jumped OVER it, AND got a vehicle stuck up in the rafters!!! Some note worthy parts in the vid, the yellow 1/18th scale pulling a triple back flip, the crowd starting the banner chant on their own, obviously getting stuck in the rafters, the 1/8 buggy slamming into the SC truck on the way up, and still making it over the banner. I turned all the volumes way down, it was amazing how loud the place was this year!

Thanks to all of our fans for coming out and making it a great show! You guys rocked!

Thanks to Channel 9 news for the mention! Anna is probably one of our new biggest fans!

When I posted the video, it was still processing the HD version, but it was shot and should be ready to view in true HD shortly. Please rate/vote for the video. Rendering a smaller version for hobbyzip viewers asap.

We had the new Traxxas 1/16 E-Revo out for some testing, and had a great time with the vehicle! So far it’s been pretty durable, and it’s darn fast out of the box!
Stock Battery – 30mph
2S Lipo – 34mph
4S Lipo – 49mph!

Remember the standing backflip video from the HPI Savage Flux? The E-Revo can also do it pretty easily, forward and reverse! Enjoy the video! There is also a HD version over on youtube.

Hope ya like it! Here’s the link to the YouTube version in HD if you want to check it out.

Added The youtube directly, since iphones and other none-flash based systems couldn’t see the above video directly. Don’t forget to go check it out in HD! Looks pretty good.

Wow! This in nuts, and also pretty dang cool! How the heck do you know what one is yours? I have been flying with just a few planes in the air and gotten distracted.. what a cool event! Also.. just think about how impossible this would of been just a few years ago with AM/FM only!

Just caught this over at our Italian friends site Modellismo Hobby Media. A video of the New 1/16th Scale Traxxas Mini Slash in Action! Was it always 4WD? Enjoy!

No idea where the original video came from or was uploaded to, if anyone knows, feel free to let me know. Would rather give them credit.

note: Someone sent me an email with a link for the original video, so you can check it out and download it RIGHT HERE.

So we were doing some testing over at the Leisure Hours track, when it came time to pull out the HPI Savage Flux! I could tell people were excited to check out the truck, heck half the track cleared when I got out there, and people from the pits came out to watch! After a quick test lap I started to open it up a little. I could tell everyone wanted me to pull the trigger! I got to the back straight that had this huge triple that nobody was making! I closed my eyes and pulled! To my amazement, and everyone’s jaw dropping I pulled a sweet back flip while clearing the whole jump! Next time I’ll have to keep my eyes open, I heard it looked awesome!

There is also a HD test version posted up on YouTube that you can check out HERE! I hope it works.

I put together a quick video I shot while doing our iHobby Expo 2008 demos for the crowd. Sadly, because I was the guy on the mic as well, I didn’t get nearly as much footage as I would of liked! Next year I’ll have to get a MC or cameraman. Anyway.. enjoy.. it’s short and sweet.
Thanks again to all the fans that came out to the show and screamed their lungs out!

I’m working on another video that will be a walk-through of the entire show!

We just picked the winners for the October 2008 Big Squid RC Contest! I’d like to thank all of our readers for their support, and for sending in those awesome Fan Pictures! Keep sending those pictures in! Just 2 months left to the Grand Prize Drawing for the brand new RTR Duratrax RT-X 27 Monster Truck!

We thought it would be fun to do a special drawing for October, so enjoy the video!

Congrats to our winners!
1) Samuel J. – Illinois
2) Brian D. – New York
3) Dave C. – Illinois

We made it! The first Big Squid RC video ever posted to YouTube now has over 2 million views!
Wow! It’s awesome to be able to support not only the RC Drag Racing community, but just the overall RC community! A few months back I was in line for food at motorcycle stunt show, I had my Big Squid RC T-Shirt on, and the guy behind me taps me on the shoulder and says ‘Hey Dude.. I have seen your videos on the net! Nice Job!’ Now, I get that now and then when I’m at a RC event, but at a non-rc event? That was too cool!

Thanks to our millions (literally) of fans who suport us, watched the video, and voted!
Brian

Here it is, the video of Nic Case’s 161.76mph run. At the moment, this is the World’s Fastest RC car run! If you scroll down below the embedded video, we have a local higher res version. This car was movin! It’s pretty short, hopefully we’ll get one with a few more angles.

There is also a local, higher res version located here:
Nic Case – 161.76mph run. Please RIGHT CLICK and SAVE AS.

Ok, this has been long over due, and I finally have it started! I am currently working on a new version of the Videos page! Everything from RC Drag Racing, RC Monster Trucks, RC Cars, RC Drifting and Bashing to contest drawings is being collected into one place!

It’s going to take a few days to get all the videos together.. they have been really spread out. After that, I’m going to try and get them in some sort of order, and work on better descriptions. Wish me luck! lol

For now, head over to the NEW RC Videos section and take a look! There are probably a few you have missed.

More coming soon!

Here is the link for the Hi-Def version of the video I recently uploaded. This is from the first Lynwood Dragway event of the year. It was also the first event shot with the new Hi-Def camcorder! The video is zipped, and around 40 meg. It’s in mp4 format. If you don’t think you can watch such a video, check out the online version HERE! It’s in flash format. Enjoy!

R/C Drag Racing – Lynwood IL, Midwest RC Drag Racing Series Event – 40meg. MP4 format. (please right click, and save as)