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RPM RC Side Exit Mock Exhaust Tips
RPM RC has come up with mock exhaust tips to give your rc vehicle even more scale realism. Modeled after a full sized 3″ exhaust cut at a 45° angle, the RPM tips are easy to mount and weigh less than 2 grams. The tips come in pairs, one for each side of your vehicle, and come in two different [...]
- 2/21/2014
- 8:02 am
- New Products
RPM - By: Tim Mohr
Speed Power OTA-R31 Drift Car
For all you slideways guys, Speed Power has announced a new car called the OTA-R31. The R31 comes 90% assembled and was designed to be a capable drift machine. Its wheelbase of 260mm allows the use of most popular on-road bodies. Some of its other features include- * Bathtub type chassis * Comes with full set of bearings * Gear diff in [...]
- 2/20/2014
- 4:22 pm
- New Products
RC Drifting - By: Tim Mohr
Raging Rotors: Make Every Rotor Count!
Another week, another installment of Raging Rotors! I was just talking with 3DBill after he got back from E-Fest, and we got to talking about all things multirotor. He made a great observation while he was there: Many people when thinking of multirotor just think of quadcopters and maybe hexcopters (since hexcopters have been taking action shots for the Winter [...]
- 2/20/2014
- 3:16 pm
- Columns
rc helicopter - By: Big Squid Staff
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Helion Dominus 10SCv2
Helion RC has just announced their latest vehicle, the Dominus 10SCv2 short course truck. The version 2 comes with multiple updates, the biggest being its Reaktor brushless system. With a 3500kV brushless motor and waterproof electronics, the 10SCv2 is ready for some serious bashing. It also sports a new composite chassis, all metal gear transmission, and a new battery tray [...]
- 2/20/2014
- 11:38 am
- Helion RC
New Products - By: Tim Mohr
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ASK Cubby, 02.20.2014, Version- You Still Write, I Still Lik…
“Please help with pro line body thumbwashers install Hi guys, please help me. i was wondering what exact size drill bit do i use to install a Pro-Line Body Mount Thumbwasher Kit that i read about Thanks, Wolfy” Cubby- Hey Wolfy. Obviously you are a man of good taste and judgment, choosing to ditch those PITA body clips in favor of vastly superior Pro-Line [...]
RC4WD Steering Knuckles for Axial SCX10
Stock plastic parts aren’t known for their durability, therefore the crew over at RC4WD have announced new aluminum steering knuckles for the Axial SCX10. Black in color, these knuckles look the part and should be difficult to destroy on those long trail drives. * CNC machined from billet aluminum * Easy to install * Weight (each)- 0.35oz The part number is #Z-S1216, they have [...]
- 2/20/2014
- 9:06 am
- Axial
New Products
RC4WD - By: Tim Mohr
Parma Speed Shop Delivery Short Course Truck Body
New from the guys at Parma is their Speed Shop Delivery SCT Body. Its uses a classic sedan delivery body to give your SCT a different look than all your bash-buddies and is made from .040″ clear polycarbonate. The Speed Shop Delivery body requires tall rear body mounts (not included) and comes with Easy-Peel body film and window masks. The part [...]
- 2/20/2014
- 8:34 am
- New Products
Parma - By: Tim Mohr
Product Spotlight – Xpert RC Brushless SN-3301 Servo
Viper RC Solutions are best known for their electronic speed controls, but now they have gotten into the servo game with a line-up called Xpert RC. We have beeen using and abusing an Xpert SN-3301 servo for a few weeks now, here is what we found out. The Xpert SN-3301 is rated at .052 sec/60 degree at 6 volts, which is [...]
- 2/19/2014
- 12:46 pm
- Mini Review
Viper RC - By: Tim Mohr
Spaz Stix Body Painting Contest
Our friends over at Spaz Stix paints wanted us to let you know that time is running out in their body painting contest. The contest ends on February 28th and all it takes to enter is to submit a picture of a body (or bodies) that you have done with Spaz Stix paint. The winner will get a cool $250 [...]
Hobbico End of the Month Specials
The folks over at Hobbico are getting the word out that they’ve got some specials going on until the end of the month. Until February 28th you can save some bank on various surface and air products. Some of the more notable specials include- * $100 off the Duratrax Nissan GTR Nitro 4wd RTR * $40 off the 2013 ARRMA Fury SCT [...]
Parkzone ArtiZan BNF & PNP
Recently announced by Parkzone is their ArtiZan park flyer. The ArtiZan is intended to be a plane that is nimble up in the air, with enough performance to start exploring aerobatics. Parkzone is releasing the ArtiZan in two different versions, a Bind-N-Fly where you can bind up your own Spektrum transmitter to it, and a PNP that requires a transmitter and [...]
- 2/19/2014
- 9:01 am
- New Products
Parkzone
RC Airplane - By: Tim Mohr
Upgrading Your RTR Axial SCX10: Stage 1
So you’re the proud owner of a brand new ready to run Axial SCX10. Congrats, the truck is a lot of fun right outta the box! If you are like most people I know though, the first thing you’ll do (after giving it a test drive, of course) is hop on the internet, go to your favorite r/c forum/facebook page, [...]
- 2/18/2014
- 4:25 pm
- Axial
Projects
RC Rock Crawling
scale rc - By: Doug
Free Futaba S3004 Servo Offer
If you are anything like us, you can never have enough servos. It seems like every time we get in a new car we don’t have a an extra servo laying around to put in it. Such is life around the BigSquidRC offices. Futaba has a Special Offer going on right now where they will give you a free S3004 servo [...]
Gear Head Trail Torch DC-1 LED Light Bar
The crew over at Gear Head have recently added a new LED light bar to their catalog, the 1/10th scale Trail Torch DC-1. The Trail Torch is made here in the USA and comes with nine white and four amber LEDs. The light bar can be run on 4.5 to 6 volts and comes with a 12″ servo lead for [...]
- 2/18/2014
- 9:52 am
- Gear Head RC
New Products - By: Tim Mohr
ARRMA “Beat The Speed” Challenge
ARRMA has announced a neat Video Contest involving their Brushless BLX series vehicles. The Beat the Speed Video Contest gives ARRMA BLX owners a chance to win $80 in aluminum hop-up parts by posting a video of their vehicle going faster than 67 mph. BLX owners can even get a free t-shirt just by entering. To get complete contest rules hit [...]
