What do the Big Car Manufacturers do when they want to put out a new car, but lack the funding to start from scratch? Easy, they use an existing chassis and rework the design. Since this is a column about drifting, Toyota 86 and Subaru BRZ is a fitting example, but there are of course lots more out there. Not being [...]
The folks over at Sweep Racing have put out a press release on their new WHD Wide Heavy-Duty Wheels for 1/8th monster trucks. The upgrade wheels are significantly beefier than previous units, thus allowing you to go harder than ever before. The WHD wheels fit tires like the belted Sweep Racing Terrain Crusher or Road Crusher tires and they come [...]
New from Team Raffee are a number of 1/10 Scale Motorcycles. From street to off-road, Team Raffee has the perfect motorcycle to go along with your next scale build. Here is the list- * KTM Red Bull 450 SX-F Marvin Musquin #25 * Yamaha Factory Racing Moto GP-99 * Yamaha YZF-R1 * Kawasaki Ninja 650R * Aprilla RSV 1000R Factory Black * BMW K1300S * KTM RC8 * [...]
Do you like playing soccer or hockey? If so, have a look at the new NanoSport RC Car Set from Team Associated. The NanoSport set comes with 2 cars, 2 pucks, 2 balls, and is ready for you and a friend to play head-to-head soccer style games. Here are the highlights- * Comes with everything needed to drive right inside the [...]
A few months back, I had the pleasure of attending the BIGFOOT 4×4 Open House and helped to put on the r/c monster truck portion of that event. You can read my coverage of it right here. During the event, we got introduced to the folks at Hot Wheels Monster Trucks Live, who filmed some of our competition for use in [...]
Monster Truck fans have been anticipating the release of the CEN Racing 1/10 Solid Axle MT Series trucks for awhile now, and we’ve spent the last few weeks putting not one, but both of them (the HL150 and B50, to be more exact), through their paces. How do these rigs hold up? Read on to find out! #gallery-1 { margin: auto; } #gallery-1 .gallery-item [...]
An easy, as well as affordable, way to up your scale realism game is by adding a steering stabilizer. New from RC4WD is a fully licensed Rancho Adjustable Steering Stabilizer. The Rancho steering stabilizer can not only add a great piece of scale realism to your rig, but it can also be used to make your rig more stable when [...]
Available right now from Onyx is the KX80 AC/DC Battery Charger. The KX80 is an affordable charger that can handle lots of different styles of batteries, plus it can charge at up to 6 amps. Here are more highlights- * Charges LiPo, LiFe, LiIon, NiMH, NiCd, and Pb * Maximum LiPo cell count of 6S * Easy to read LCD screen * 2 amp [...]
Hola there rc fanatics from across the globe, welcome to THE Cub Report. The BSRC Bash Crew is coming off yet another extremely busy week, so I will jump right on in. In secret news that I can’t talk about, there is a little event going on this weekend that I can not talk about. However, the BSRC Bash Crew will [...]
After a couple weeks of teasing, DE Racing has released full details on their Street Outlaw Rear Drag Racing Tires. The DE Street Outlaws were designed for the dog eat dog world of no-prep drag racing and are available in three different rubber compounds. * Must be used with DE Racing Gambler wheels * Designed for no-prep Slash drag racing * Slick with [...]
Now being teased by Axial Racing is a new rig called the Capra. The teaser video below gives very little clue as to what the Capra looks like, but the hot rumor going around centers around portal style axles. We have no idea if the Capra will be portal equipped or not, but what we do know is that is [...]
I want to start off this week’s edition of Everybody’s Scalin’ with some sad news. Over the week the scale crawling community had to say goodbye to a very talented builder and fan of Big Squid RC, Jason Pierola. Jason will be missed by more people then he could imagine. Rest in peace Jason, heroes are remembered but legends never [...]
Jeremy had the chance to enjoy a little slippery action with the Cross RC SU4 RTR in a light rain one afternoon. Got some great shots of the truck in action that we just had to share. Who doesn’t like playing in the rain?Don’t forget to hit the Official Cross RC US Website to check out their products, and [...]
New for all you Tekno and XRay 1/8 buggy owners are Bypass 1 Shock Pistons from MIP. Why do you need them? The Bypass 1 shock pistons allow you to adjust both rebound and compression damping, thus allowing you to completely dial in your shocks to a given track. * Different valves allow rebound adjustment * Stacking of valves used for [...]
Recently announced by Pro Boat is the 17″ Power Boat Racer Deep V w/SMART Charger & Battery. The latest offering from Pro Boat packs serious power by using a brushless motor and it comes with the very popular self-righting feature. Here are more highlights- * Comes with a Spektrum 3S 1300mAh SMART LiPo & charger * Choice of two trim schemes- Lucas [...]
