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SSD 2 Speed Wraith Transmission Kit
How cool would it be to put a 2 Speed Transmission into your Wraith? Well now you can with SSD’s 2 Speed Tranny Conversion Kit. Now you can have ultra low gearing for those tough rock sections, then hit a switch on your transmitter and have a taller second gear for wide open sections. Some of the highlights of the [...]
- 4/21/2016
- 8:12 am
- New Products
- By: Tim Mohr
Rogue 130mm FPV Frame from Rebel Miniquads
As the tech marches forever forward, FPV racing quadcopters are getting smaller and smaller. As the components shrink, so do the frames. And weighing in as a featherweight from the boys at Rebel Miniquads, comes the Rogue 130! This is one bad little frame. Available in red, white and black (with more colors to be announced soon), the Rogue 130mm sports a 2mm [...]
O.S. Speed 21 XZ-B Spec II Gold Edition Nitro Engine
Who said nitro was dead? In fact, we saw more nitro burners at our bash last weekend than we’ve seen in recent years. The 8th scale nitro racing community is also having solid turnouts, thus the need for 8th scale race engines like the one recently announced by O.S. Engines. The crew at O.S. have released information on a Gold [...]
JConcepts TLR 8IGHT 4.0 Turnbuckle Set
Back in the day, high-end turnbuckles were one of the most important option parts you could buy. Now days, not so much, but they are still really nice to have. JConcepts has recently announced a Titanium Turnbuckle Set for the TLR 8IGHT 4.0 buggy. The titanium turnbuckles are both lightweight and strong, and perhaps more importantly, they look really trick. [...]
Hyperion EOS 0840i 1000 Watt Charger
It has been a while since Hyperion has released a new charger. For years their chargers were considered the best of the best, now they have announced the EOS 0840i to help continue that legacy. What’s new on the 0840i? * Maximum charge current of 40 amps * Up to 8S Lithium cell count * Can charge the new LiHV cells * High power [...]
Chi-Town RC Crawlers First Outing
It only took the power of social media 11 days and a not-so-typical 60 degree day in February for the Chi-Town RC Crawlers to come out of the woodwork. On February 17, an independent Facebook Group, Chi-Town RC Crawlers, was created giving Chicagoland RC crawler and rock racer enthusiasts a place to call their virtual home. In under two weeks [...]
- 4/20/2016
- 7:51 am
- RC Rock Crawling
scale rc - By: Wrench
Event Coverage – Big Squid’s 2016 Bash & Smash!
At last, our BigSquidRC 2016 Bash & Smash is in the books, and quite the bash it was! With drivers coming in from all over the Midwest, a perfect venue, and some of the best weather that the Chi-Town metro has seen in months, the Bash & Smash just couldn’t have been much better. On Sunday April 17th, Bash & Smash [...]
- 4/19/2016
- 9:14 pm
- Events
Featured Posts - By: Tim Mohr
Video – Skate Park Action With The Losi TEN-MT
How have the guys over at Losi been testing the new TEN-MT monster truck? Take a look at the brief video above to find out. The video shows the Losi crew bashing-it-up at a local skate park to make sure the TEN-MT is ready for all you lunatics out in the wild. The TEN-MT is set for an early June release [...]
KillerBody RC Subaru BRZ Body
Put a cool new look on your 1/10th touring or drift car with the Subaru BRZ body from KillerBody RC. Like other KillerBody products, the BRZ is highly detailed and designed to look just like its 1:1 counterpart. The BRZ comes pre-painted in metallic blue and comes with a list of scale details like- front & rear light buckets, foglight [...]
- 4/19/2016
- 8:41 am
- New Products
- By: Tim Mohr
Kyosho EP Jetstream 888 VE With KT-231P
Yes indeed, it is officially rc boat season! Boating means none of the pressure of racing an rc car, plenty of sun, and your local watering hole might actually have some bikini clad women walking around. For all you boat guys, the good folks over at Kyosho have just announced the Jetstream 888 VE with KT-231P transmitter. The Jetstream is no [...]
- 4/18/2016
- 4:40 pm
- New Products
RC Boats - By: Tim Mohr
THE Cub Report, Version- Post Bash Thoughts…
Hello everyone out in rc land, I trust you had an awesome weekend. Mine was pretty much off the charts with getting to watch the STL Supercross in person, picking up yet another new car on Friday night, watching plenty of F1, and better still, on Sunday I got to spend some time bashing. On Sunday we put on our big [...]
Video – FPV Race Drone Vs Porsche 911
Have you seen FPV Drone Racing in person yet? Some people have, but most have not. To give you an idea on just how fast race quads are, Drone Racing League has released a new video showing a drag race between the legendary Porsche 911 and a full-scoot race quad. The race was held at a drag strip and it [...]
Reedy 5200mAh 55C 14.8V LiPo Battery
New from the crew over at Reedy is the 5200mAh 55C 4S LiPo Battery. What’s new on the 4S 5200? Well, it has a 10% increase in capacity over the old model, yet still weighs the same. This gives you a bit more runtime while still making it easy to achieve a proper chassis weight distribution. It comes standard with [...]
Emax Race Spec Quadcopter Motors
The Emax “red bottom” motors seem to be all the rage right now for FPV mini quads. Suitable for both Racing and freestyle, these motors can take a beating. Check out the new Emax Race Spec family of high performance brushless motors Redesigned and engineered to perform better than most in it’s class, every motor is precision crafted within tight [...]
Video – Going Huge With The ARRMA Senton
The weekend is almost here, to get the blood pumping and the trigger finger itchy, take a look at the Big Air ARRMA Senton Video posted above. In the video you’ll see not only how high the Senton BLX can fly, but also how it can take some majorly hard landings without breaking into a million bits. Enjoy the video [...]
