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We’ve mentioned the Hot Bodies D8 Hara Edition quite a bit here on BSRC, and now DE Racing has some cool new Mud Guards that have been altered to allow the use of optional threaded hinge pins in the rear hubs as found on the Hara Edition D8. Check out DE Racing’s website for more info.
LRP now offers the Vector X-12 Stock-Spec brushless motor with the new SXXX Stock-Spec V.2 ESC in one convenient combo. This was developed specifically for spec racing, offers and better torque and faster throttle response with higher efficiency. The ESC has two 6V/2A BECs, an internal temp check system, and measures only 30 x 34 x 21mm. [...]
It looks like the peeps over at Traxxas have yet another shell for their award winning Slash 2WD. The Chad Hord Edition Slash is available with all the standard stuff you’d expect from the Slash 2WD (2.4GHz electronics, 7-cell NiMH battery, brushed motor and ESC, fully RTR) with a cool new licensed body based off Chad Hord’s full size [...]
Team Associated has some new High-Torque Slipper Pads avaliable for your SC10 4×4, SC10, B4, T4, and B44. They have a bigger surface area to handle more torque, allow for drive torque adjustment on the SC10 4×4 using the included decoupled slipper, and allow for more rear drive out of corners and into jumps. Check out Team Associated online [...]
Hey guys, Question for you on converting a losi micro over to 2.4ghz…Are you running the stock motor? will the Mamba work with the stock motor and a losi lipo? I’m going to be using my tactic 2.4 receiver, should do the job.. I also have a Novak Spy esc I was going to try to use… Thanks! Tim K. Cubby– What’s up Tim? Are [...]
It’s Bunny Bash time! What: Bunny Bash! Come on out and do a little bashing. Where: 15551 94th Ave, Orland Park, IL. – Hobby Town USA When: Saturday, April 23rd, 2011 UPDATE TIME: Sounds like 11am we will get things rolling! Events to include: Long Jump, Shopping Cart Free-Throws, Easter Egg Demo Derby (or normal demo derby.. we shall see) and a ‘new’ [...]
RPM has a new product to keep those 1/10th scale Traxxas shock shafts from getting banged up or broken with their new Shock Shaft Guards. The new guards replace your stock spring cut with new cups that incorporate a plastic guard to keep stuff from hitting the shock shaft. It also includes oversized rod ends for increased [...]
Great Planes is bringing back their America’s Best R/C Sale for 2011. Last year’s sale saw a ton of great deals on products all across the R/C spectrum, and this year is sure to be no different. Great Planes is promising savings of up to $50 on more than 100 products from their various brands, which includes DuraTrax, Tactic, Futaba, [...]
VP Pro has some new short course truck tires avaliable that promise to work better in bumpy conditions as well as provide more front bite. A pair of the Axman tread tires are avaliable with foam inserts for $16.99. The tread looks pretty cool and everyone loves some more front bite on their 2×4 SCT! Check out VP [...]
THE Futaba 4PL 2.4GHz S-FHSS Review From: Futaba Direct Link: Futaba 4PL Review by Cubby So you (like a lot of people) are in the market for a new transmitter. At the top of your priority list is 2.4Ghz, but you also want a radio that looks modern and feels terrific in hand. Oh and… you aren’t a cheapskate, so you are [...]
Red Bull Racings Seb Vettel has simply pwn’d the entire F1 field this season, well at least until last weekend! Thankfully Lewis “Moons Over My” Hamilton stepped it up to take the win Sunday in China. Unfortunately for me I’m a big Michael Schumacher fan, and once again it was another weekend without Schu on the podium. Here’s to [...]
A reader tipped us off about this RC car running off of soda can rings or aluminum waste products! There’s even a video!The car is called the dAlH2Orean, and is part of the ‘Aluminum’ project manufacturing rc cars using recycled aluminum as the main fuel. Aleix Llovet and Xavier Salueña, respectively student and professor at ETSEIAT, have patented the dAlH2Orean, [...]
Word on the street is that the new rc company Firelands Group is about to start getting things into action. We have heard that their new 1/18th scale 4×4 Animus truck should start to hit shelves in mid May, and we should also start to see some hop-up parts from their Anza side company start to show up probably [...]
If you’re looking to add a little “bow-tie” to your short course truck, check out Pro Line’s Chevy Silverado 1500 Pro-2 body. This new body comes clear, with all the window masks and decals for you to custom paint and design to look however you want. It even has 1-piece bolt-on number plates and side dams to give [...]
Short Course bashers and racers rejoice! Pro Line has a new body specifically designed to cut down on SCT “parachuting”. For those of you that don’t know, short course trucks tend trap a ton of air under their big bodies, which creates sort of a floating “parachute” effect whenever the truck is in the air. The new Flo-Tek [...]