As part of our coverage on iHobby 2011, we are going to try and bring the show to you, by posting up info on some of exhibitors here. If you can’t make it, you can at least see what you’re missing! If you’re into the paint/airbrush scene, GREX is definitely someone you want to check [...]
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Peter Vieira gets some “constructive criticism” from Cubby.
You’ve seen our ARRMA Fury review… What about some of the other ARRMA vehicles? Well, they were kind enough to demo the Fury SCT, Raider buggy, and the Granite Monster Truck earlier today, and they were pretty sweet! I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again here, I’m stoked to get behind the wheel [...]
Here are a just a couple shots of the Team BSRC iHobby 2011 Show Cars! Adam “the Intern” created a totally awesome 8-wheel crawler, pro driver Tim brought his killer on-road car, and Craig the Crazy Ramp Builder brought…a Superman SCT?! You’ve gotta come by the booth and check these out! And we’ve got a [...]
Everybody loves some new Hitec servos! They had a ton of new ones on display here at iHobby 2011. Everything from wing servos to crazy giant 1/5 scale servos. The HSB-9380TH is a brushless servo that produces 486 oz. of torque on 7.4V and runs at 0.15 sec/60. That’s just crazy! This thing would rock [...]
Not really. The only news out of the Traxxas booth at this year’s IHobby is some new paint jobs for the Summit. That’s all. Seriously. … … … Ok. While they aren’t showing it at IHobby, one of their guys told us they are definitely working on something new that should be out by the [...]
One of Hitec‘s new products at IHobby is the X4 AC Plus mega charger. This beast of a charger features four individual 50-watt charge circuits, a built in 22 amp power supply, four internal LiPo balancing circuits, and five programmable profile settings. And best of all it runs off convenient AC power or DC. It’s [...]
Cubby yelling at a kid while he drives our surface drone.
ARRMA has made an appearance at IHobby, showing off all of their current and upcoming vehicles. You’ve already seen all of our exclusive news yesterday, so there’s nothing new to say about anything they have. So just look at the pictures.
HPI Racing isn’t attending this year’s IHobby, but there’s still a couple of HPI’s new vehicles floating about. This is their recently announced Mini Recon, 1/18 scale, 4wd monster truck. Be sure to hit up our archives to read all about this little monster. And check out the HPI Racing website for more info.
Here are some pics of some of the new Dynamite Speedtreads Tires that are being shown here at iHobby 2011 These are both 1/8 scale and SCT truck tires, with a variety of treads. Hit up this link if you want to see just exactly what each tread pattern is.
The ECX Smash, 1/18 scale monster truck, is making an appearance at the Horizon Hobby booth. There isn’t any new info that hadn’t already been released last week, but it’s nice to have this thing in hand and get a good look at it. One nice tidbit is that since it’s based on the now [...]
The molding magicians at Panther have a few new products here at IHobby. The one above is a new parts mat made from super flexible silicone. They’re perfect for holding screws, shocks, bearings and other small parts that have a terrible tendency to roll away when you turn your back. The one pictured above is [...]