Here ya go Ford fans, after a brief teaser at the Vegas show a few weeks ago, Traxxas has officially announced the Ford Mustang GT. The Mustang sits on the stellar 4-Tec 2.0 chassis and is powered by a Titan 12 turn, 550 sized, brushed motor. More importantly, the Mustang body is formed for incredible scale realism, making it a [...]
“Fix It Or Shut Up Cubby, With you always ranting against ROAR and rc racing, why don’t you put your money where your big mouth is and fix it? (name withheld by request) Michigan” Cubby- Well hola there Mr. Name Withheld By Request. As always, thanks for taking the time to write in, and of course a sticker kit is all yours if you have [...]
Have you been wanting to pick up an awesome new scale crawler? If so, check out the new RC4WD Gelande II RTR With Green Defender D90 Body. The G2 D90 just plain oozes scale realism and is quite capable right out of the box. Here are some of its highlights- * 1.9″ beadlock stamped steel wheels * Locked diffs, cast metal axles * [...]
For a limited time, Rise is offering their popular Vusion House Racer Drone in Black. The Black edition looks extra trick and its color makes it easy to identify when racing against the original green version. * Diagonal Size- 120mm * Weight- 68 grams * Comes with USB charger, extra blades, and rotor guards * Three different flight modes * 600TVL camera * 25mW, 5.8GHz, [...]
Have you been in the hobby long enough to remember how cool the bodies from Andy’s RC Products were? Back in the day, they were some of the coolest bodies that money could buy. Well vintage rc lovers, now you’ll have a chance to buy some of your favorite old school Andy’s bodies to replace the old beat up ones [...]
The Traxxas crew has finished up another video with some stellar action from Camp Woodward in Pennsylvania. This one features the Bandit VXL and has loads of high flying action. View the video posted above to see the Bandit VXL busting cool moves along with some very neat on-board shots. The Bandit is a legendary buggy for bashing and the [...]
In Monster Truck Madness #6, which I wrote in February, I went into detail on how best to get started modifying your Axial SMT10. The time has come to talk about juicing one up even further than that. Back in April I made substantial changes to one of my two SMT10’s to bring it up to snuff with the “Pro Modified” category of [...]
What has the crew at SSD RC been up to? Well, they have announced a new Wheel Hub With Brake Rotor. These are pretty trick looking and should be a good way to boost the scale realism of your off-road rig. * Machined from aluminum * Comes with some black anodizing * Fits on a standard 12mm hex * Fits the new Traxxas TRX-4 [...]
No, the picture shown above is not upside down, the helicopter is. You see, Blade’s new mCP S RTF Helicopter is a capable 3D flyer. If you aren’t into the air scene, that means it can do things like fly upside down. Want to learn more? * Single rotor design * Great step up from coaxial helicopters or drones * SAFE and AS3X [...]
This week, oh yes, this week, promises to be short and sweet. First, a couple of quick observations. 1. Don’t ever, and by that I mean EVER, take the 15 from Vegas to Barstow on a Sunday. I normally fly, but this week I was delivering a very trick car to the 909. Seriously California??? A freak’n mandatory “agricultural checkpoint”??? Oooffahhh… 2. [...]
Check out this very gnarly video from Pro-Line. The P-L crew grabbed a PRO-MT and a fully decked out P-L X-Maxx, then headed to a skate park. The video shows some really cool stunts along with some Massive airtime! But wait, there’s more! There is also a blooper reel at the end that is equally as gnarly. It seriously is [...]
Shipping now from RC4WD are Holley M/T Valve Covers for their scale V8 engine. The fully licensed Holley valve covers make the perfect upgrade for the scale V8 and feature the scale authentic look that you are after. * CNC machined from billet aluminum * Black anodizing * Weight- 0.49oz * Height- 0.40″ * Length- 2.33″ * Width- 0.63″ The valve covers are street priced at $33, [...]
Looking for a truck that delivers both unmatched performance and durability? Look no further than the Losi Tencacity SCT RTR 1/10 4WD Short Course Truck! With the Team Losi racing pedigree, combined with extreme durability and a modern, aggressive body style, the Losi Tenacity SCT brings a deadly combination of innovation and legacy to rule the track and the park! Buy [...]
Are you in need of a new charger? If so, LRP has just announced the Pulsar Sport AC/DC. Being an AC/DC unit, it comes with an internal power supply for use off of AC power or it can be powered by 12 volts DC. The Pulsar Sport charges a variety of different batteries, including the new LiHV cells, plus it [...]
With more people jumping into the scale crawling world every day, we have decided to do a series of hop-up articles for new people to the genre. We are taking a very popular starter truck, an RC4WD Trail Finder 2 LWB RTR, and making some easy mods. These will be mods that are common for the scale scene and are [...]
