RCP Crawlers was putting on a big show at the RC Expo 2011, with a booth full of awesome scalers and a large crawling course with demos going all day long. The big news out of their booth though, was their new Progress chassis for Axial’s XR10 super crawler. While it’s still an early prototype [...]
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Looking to add some strength, bling, and better heat transfer to your XR10 Crawler? Axial Racing’s new heavy duty gear plate has your covered. Precision machined from billet aluminum, the plate is 4mm thick at the motor mount, and designed to dissipate heat quickly and efficiently for better perfomance and all-day crawling. It even comes [...]
To paraphrase Lee Iacocca Charles Wilson, as goes full scale, so goes our hobby. Axial has a new set of large tires for rock crawlers, and in the announcement for the new Ripsaws Axial says Within the 1:1 crawl & off-road race segments, overall tire diameters have been on the rise, literally and directly influencing [...]
If you’re looking for more ways to add a touch of realism to your scale crawler RC4WD has a couple new officially licensed products from Ballistic Fabrication for you. If you’re not happy with those big, bulky plastic kit axles you’ve been using then you might want to have a gander at the Ballistic Fabrication [...]
Axial has partnered up with Castle Creations to develop a new ESC for the budget minded rock crawlers in the crowd. The AE-2 is a fairly simple and straight-forward ESC that comes from the factory programmed with drag brake and zero delay forward/reverse. In addition, it is also programmable with Castle’s CastleLink programmer, has a [...]
Is there anything more important for a scale rig’s realistic looks than authentic full scale logos? RC4WD doesn’t think so, that’s why they’ve been licensing every full scale product they can. This latest product is the Viking Offroad Fairlead winch guide. RC4WD’s miniature version is machined out of aluminum and powder coated with the Viking [...]
Rogue Element Components is on a tear lately, releasing limited product after limited product. Their latest piece is another small detail that every scale and rock crawling aficionado can appreciate. The fully functional 1/10 scale “ARB 9000″ snatch blocks are machined out of aluminum, and assembled with brass and delrin components. To make things even [...]
From: Venom Direct Link: Venom Creeper Competition Crawler Review by Adam the Intern. So I got my hands on a new Venom Creeper Rock Crawling kit. Brian decided I might as well jump in with both feet, so here we go! Needed to complete: To complete this truck you’ll need a radio, receiver, speed controller, [...]
DarkSoul still has the Christmas spirit. Until January 1st, the Chino competition crawler chassis kit for the Losi Mini Rock Crawler is available directly for only $50. This kit includes an all new chassis with plenty of tuning options that is formed out of one piece of aluminum. You’ll also get a new set of [...]
GH Racing has a set of awesome looking new beadlock wheels for 1.9″ class crawlers. The JigSaws have a very hefty HMMWV style. They’re 3 piece wheels that have been machined out of aluminum and black anodized for a durable finish. MSRP for the JigSaw wheels is going to be $49.99 for a pair. They’ll [...]
RC4WD is stepping their game up and bringing more officially licensed awesomeness to the scale builder’s tool box. Not content with just offering Dick Cepek Tires, the group at RC4WD has decided to also grab one of the other big dogs in the field and now have Interco’s Super Swamper TSL/Bogger in their stable of [...]
RC4WD‘s deal with Dick Cepek Tires extends beyond just tires. The new DC Torque wheel is a 1.9″ class beadlock wheel that has all the detail of the full scale version, including a scale wheel nut cover featuring the Dick Cepek logo. They certainly are a fine looking wheel. Expect to pay handsomely for the [...]
Rogue Element Components is offering up another chance to buy what they say has been their most popular product to date. For scale rig builders that desire severe detail you might be interested in REC’s alloy scale lug nuts and wrench for Tamiya and Axial trucks. The lug nuts are available in two styles, 8-bolt [...]