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Venom Has Three New LiPos
New from Venom are a couple of new lipo batteries. I think a lot of people have been waiting for this first one. It’s a 15C 2S 250mah 7.4v LiPO for the Losi Micro 1/24 Scale Rally and SC trucks. I know more than a few people looking to upgrade their Losi Micro batteries and this will be just [...]
- 3/24/2011
- 12:57 pm
- Venom Group
- By: Brian
ASK Cub Reporter- Your Wacky Questions, My Reticent Response…
Hi ya guys, What is an acceptable motor temp on a Mini-T? I have an EZRun 25A speed controller with a 7800kv motor on a 2S lipo. Its geared stock spur mated to a 15 tooth RRP pinion. The highest motor temp I have seen so far has been 168 degrees. Is this hot enough to damage the magnet? Thanks for [...]
OFNA NEXX 10SC Joins the SC 4×4 War
OFNA Racing has another 4×4 short course truck in their ranks in the form of the newly designed NEXX 10SC. The kit comes 80% assembled, but gives you the opportunity to tune your ride by assembling the suspension, gear box, and diff grease. It features pivot ball suspension, three sealed oil filled differentials, and new full size (2.2″ [...]
- 3/24/2011
- 1:17 am
- New Products
Ofna - By: Evan
Some industry heavy-weights starting new company…
Model Retailer magazine has just published a report stating that former Horizon Hobby president and CEO, Mike Gillette, has teamed up with industry legend Gil Losi Jr., and former Team Associated engineer Jason Corl to launch a new company called Firelands Group. They intend to enter the market with cars and trucks of their own under the Helion brand [...]
BZM Micro’s engine isn’t all that micro…
BZM Micro was showing off their new 23cc engine for the Baja 5 line at RCX. This beast is an all new design, not just a bulked up Fuelie or Zenoah. While this guy may be smaller than a lot of other after-market engines, it’s numbers are anything but. According to BZM’s dyno testing, when this engine is paired to [...]
RCP Crawlers impressive display of Scalers
I mentioned in the post about RCP Crawlers new Axial XR10 chassis prototype that they had a very cool booth at RC Expo 2011 with all kinds of scale crawlers. Here’s some pics of a few of them. All the Jeep crawlers are built with the G.I. Joe Jeep push toy, they are all great looking vehicles. And be sure [...]
- 3/23/2011
- 11:30 am
- In Other News
- By: Jeff
March Bash-ness – Round 1 Voting
Click to Embiggen. [Update: Round 1 voting is now closed, round 2 voting has started.] Here it is! The first round of voting for our March Bash-ness spectacular is now open! Pick the one in each battle that you want to see make it to the next round. Voting for this first round will be open until March 24th, 11:59pm CDT, that’s not [...]
Axial Rock Racer or Mud Racer?
Last week we received a few pictures from a reader of what looked like a possible rock racer coming from Axial. This week we received this picture. Maybe it’s a mud racer? That or this guy has never heard of a car wash! Rumor mill has it this thing may pop up in a very limited release around mid [...]
LiFeSource AC/DC Charger Review
Direct Link: LiFeSource Charger on TowerHobbies Review by BrianA while back I was looking into getting a LiFe battery for the office 4PK radio we have here. It seemed like a good way to start working a little more with LiFe batteries and maybe get a little more time with our transmitter between charges. (It comes with a NiMH pack). Well [...]
- 3/22/2011
- 8:15 am
- Accessory Reviews
LiFeSource - By: Brian
Team Chase’s new rear shock towers for Baja line
If you’ve ever snapped a shock tower on your Baja 5B/T/SC then you might want to take a look at these new, super beefy towers from Team Chase. In the picture to the right you can see a stock shock tower at the top and Team Chase’s redesigned and much stronger tower below. Beyond the redesign, Team Chase is molding [...]
More of HPI’s E-Firestorm Flux
HPI Racing‘s recently announced E-Firestorm Flux was on display, front and center, at the RC Expo. Here’s a few more pics of it from the show floor showing the water proof radio box and Flux Brushless system. #gallery-5 { margin: auto; } #gallery-5 .gallery-item { float: left; margin-top: 10px; text-align: center; width: 50%; } #gallery-5 img { border: 2px solid #cfcfcf; } #gallery-5 .gallery-caption { margin-left: 0; } /* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes/media.php */
- 3/21/2011
- 4:35 pm
- HPI Racing
New Products - By: Jeff
Prototype Chassis for Axial XR10 from RCP Crawlers
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 at this point, when put [...]
Not So Random Booth Babe Pics from RCX 2011
I missed a few this year, I’ll do better next year, I promise. Some more pics after the break. Other RCX 2011 coverage here.
- 3/21/2011
- 3:46 pm
- In Other News
- By: Jeff
THE Cub Report- Bad Moon Rising, Version 03.20.2011
Holla rc fans, you’ve come across yet another fantastically satirical edition of THE Cub Report, the column that makes people with a sense of humor giggle, and those without, well.. they have epic meltdowns. 🙂 Australia + 3 days, 20 hours, 14 minutes and 56 seconds = Formula 1!!!! Speaking of epic meltdowns, while I was in Jacksonville Florida last weekend [...]
Around the Office
While Jeff was off jet setting and rubbing elbows with the people and fans of RCX, we were busy back home doing some bashing, testing and evaluating. We have a ton of great stuff we are working on with reviews, interviews and general articles. Just wanted to mention a couple of the things sitting on the desk we are about to [...]
