There are a lot of people out there that like to speed run their Traxxas Slash 4×4′s, including most of the staff here at BigSquidRC. JConcepts recognized that fact and have announced their new Scalpel Body and Front Bumper Conversion for the Slash 4×4. Their new Scalpel body is low slung and made specifically to [...]
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Nic Case and Team Associated have uploaded a new episode of their Road to 200 series. If you’re unfamiliar with this project, it’s an attempt to get an R/C car up to the 200 MPH mark. They are making great progress and this is an excellent video that takes a closer look at the custom [...]
It looks like it’s time again for the International Speed Challenge! The ISC is a great place to take that speed demon you have been working on, and show it off to the rest of the world. If you think you got something fast, and you want to prove it. This years event is in [...]
The 2nd closed course event for the ISC was held this weekend at the Major Taylor Velodrome in Indiana this past weekend. The reports are just being posted: From Mike Ogle: Just got back from Indianapolis this evening, here’s a recap of what went down. Shawn Palmer set the mark in Open Wheel with a [...]
Popular Science has a spectacular story on a couple of R/C speed demons. This includes Nic Case’s 161 mph Schumacher Mi3, Gary O’Connor’s 4 Engine 93 mph monster, Jack Cecil’s 111 mph Traxxas 4-tec and Nick Maslowski’s 97 mph modified RC10L4 dubbed the “X2″. Check it out here.