Castle Creations has just announced a new 20mm brushless motor for your mini car or truck. For more torque Castle uses a 4 pole design and it is available in three different kv’s- 4100, 5300 and 8200. The 4100 and 5300 are rated for use up to 3S Lipo, while the 8200 is rated for [...]
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“Scale” short course comments As a long time – 30 years – RC enthusiast and racer, I feel that you guys are way off the mark with your “scale” comments lately regarding short course. The class will never grow if we don’t move it more and more towards performance. We cannot go back to Slashes [...]
A while back we posted that Castle Creations would be upgrading their Sidewinder and Mamba Monster line to waterproof versions. Well the Sidewinder3 and Mamba Monster 2 have been officially detailed and are ready to go. We aren’t sure what took Castle so long for their in house product line to catch up to their [...]
THE Durango DESC410R V2 4wd Electric Kit, Short Course Truck Review Intro: Monster trucks and 8th scale buggies used to be the Kings of the Hill at your local bash spot, but in the last couple of years 4wd short course trucks have made a run at the top. Today we’ll be taking a closer [...]
Are you tired of landing from a huge jump only to find that your double sided tape has given way and your speed controller is flopping around inside of your truck? Yes, us too. Luckily a company named Snappy RC Products is manufacturing durable mounts to keep our expensive speed controllers safely planted to the [...]
Best Buy Correction The pricing displayed is what a Canadian customer will pay for the vehicles…. The vehicles are to be sold in Canada, even though it is on best buy.com as well As bestbuy.ca…. It is possible that you will not be able to even complete the order on the US site. For now, [...]
Hi Guys, Great site and lots of info. I have read quite a few articles and forums and I’m at information overload now trying to pick the right combo for my build. I have a e-revo 1/16 that I’m planning on putting a mamba max pro with either a 4600kv 4-pole or 5700kv 4-pole motor. [...]
Pro-Line Transmission Is there a projected availability date? Is there a waiting list? What does one have to do to get one of these? I’m sure you get numerous similar requests, thanks for any info. you can provide. Paul M. Cubby- Hola amigo, mucho gracias for the email. Enjoy the stickers that will be headed [...]
Hello, first let me say I love bashing now that’s out the way I have a Cen Gen 7.7 I need a brushless conversion kit for it I tried smrcinnovations but I get no response and I don’t want to send loot and get nothing! Any help will be appreciated, Thanks in advance Ray Cubby- [...]
Modding The Helion Dominus Part 4 – Installing A Brushless System No other single modification will give your Dominus such a dramatic increase in shear power as the installation of a brushless power system. Today I’ll be walking you through what it takes to install a brushless motor and speed controller in your Helion Dominus. [...]
question for ask cubby I have a Losi SCTE on your recommendation and I love it. I am setting up another one for my brother since he lives close to NorCal Hobbies and it is one of the more popular classes. I wanted to know if you had any issues with the Castle Sidewinder SCT [...]
The Castle Creations booth with a lineup of their products including the Castle powered Funnycar from Traxxas. Oh, and wouldn’t it be great if the motor in front of the Mini E-Revo was a new upgrade option? Or perhaps we need a new project truck!
Thanks Before Christmas I sent you guys an e-mail asking for some advice on getting a new truck. I was really pleased to see my question appear on your site with a suggestion of what would be best to get. I followed the advice and today went with my son for our first ‘drive’ of [...]