HPI Racing has just released a new video of their Ken Block WR8 FLUX in some wild action at their European warehouse. Watch the video to see not only some sweet drift action, but also what rc is all about, having some good old fashioned fun. Don’t forget to check out the HPI Website for more information on all their products.

While you are surfing the web today, why not check out a BigSquidRC TGIF Mystery Link?

The office here is already packed floor to ceiling with RC, so I’m not sure where we’d put one of these, but something about it is really intriguing to me.

After the break the guy shows off the insane stereo system built into the trailer! So if you are digging this, check out the others.

Testing the opening…

And you thought a XO-1 was expensive! lol..

Still cool to see it in action.. seriously all the technology has been there for a while, it just took someone dumb brave enough to sit between 8 slicing and dicing machines with no protection.

JATO Rocket Car

In the very first episode of the MythBusters ever, they gave us their very first radio controlled full size car ever. So the myth was that some guy (some totally cool guy no doubt) strapped a rocket to the top of his car and ended up killing himself. That’s the way I’d want to go. To see if such a thing was even possible they did the next best thing… strapped three rockets to the top of a car and let it loose while trying to keep it under control with a r/c transmitter from a helicopter. What happened?
Awesomeness. Let’s watch.
Yeah, that Impala may have over 3,000 horsepower, but my old ’67 Dodge Charger was still way cooler, I never should have sold her.

Speed bus flip & jump

The movie Speed, beyond the fantastic acting of the brilliant thespian Keanu Reeves (I thought he played the part of the tree very well), featured a speeding bus and… Well that’s about it really… But they did do a couple cool stunts in it. The MythBusters thought that maybe, just maybe,
there were some liberties taken in a fictional action movie. So they set out to test what would happen if you were to try to suddenly turn a bus going 50 mph through a 90° corner.

To keep everybody at a safe distance they fabricated a full on driver’s cockpit with the steering wheel routed through their trusty r/c transmitter.

(Sorry, this video isn’t embeddable you’ll have to click the link. Shame on you Discovery Channel!)
Click here to watch.

Apparently that wasn’t good enough for most people though, so they went back and tested another of the stunts in the movie. The jump. Yes, THE jump. Using the same setup as above, they attempted to hurl their bus off of a ramp made out of shipping containers that had been cut in half.

I think I’m going to create a setup just like that for all of my radio controlled cars.

James Bond boat jump

In another movie “myth” the guys try their hand at making a boat fly. They started out using an Aquacraft Pro Fisherman boat for scale testing. It didn’t work out too well. So they decided to do it full scale, because we all know that bigger is always better. The final result? Surprisingly, it
didn’t work out too well.

What Adam did at the last second kinda reminds me of when you hand a transmitter to somebody for the first time, how they just seem to automatically veer off course and smack the nearest solid object at high speed. Adam needs to work on driving in a straight line.

McGuyver Bamboo ultralight

Can bamboo, trashbags, and a lawnmower engine fly? Well, not on their own, no. But what if you tried to fashion an airplane out of those materials? Will they fly then?

The answer to that is also no.

Those are just a few of the instances where the MythBusters made use of r/c technology to do some really cool things. If you’re a fan of the show, or you’ve never tuned into it before, besure to check it out this Wednesday.

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.

Enjoy!

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.

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!