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Redcat Shredder SC 1:6 Scale Short Course Review
Redcat Shredder SC 1:6 Scale Short Course ReviewUsually when you hear the words Redcat and RC in the same sentence your initial reaction is to cringe. They just don’t have the best reputation out there right now. The products are usually pretty low priced, and the scales are always non-standard. Hobby shops rarely carry their products or parts, and [...]
- 9/13/2011
- 2:32 pm
- Car & Truck Reviews
Hobby King
Large Scale RC - By: Brian
Traxxas F150 Raptor SVT
New from Traxxas is the Ford F150 Raptor SVT. According to the description, it’s based on the Traxxas Slash platform. We are pretty sure it’s a slash with a F150 body on it, but way it’s worded, it’s as if it’s a whole new vehicle. It comes with the Titan 12T Brushed motor, 2.4Ghz radio system, and BFGoodrich replica tires. [...]
HPI Racing Mini Recon
Looks like HPI Racing is going to try and get into that ‘first rc vehicle’ category. The one where parents and a kid walk into a hobby shop and say, ‘What should we get our kid for his first RC?’ The HPI Mini Recon is going to have a price point of $99!! So it’s easy on the wallet. [...]
HPI Racing Trophy Flux Truggy
Talk about a bashing vehicle! Just saw some info on the HPI Racing 1/8th scale brushless Trophy Flux Truggy! Comes RTR, with a 2.4, and sounds like it’s basically built for jumping on 4S Lipo! That we like! Also looks like a good amount of bling. This might be a Europe only vehcile, we’ll have to see if it makes [...]
- 9/9/2011
- 8:43 am
- HPI Racing
New Products - By: Brian
Axial Wraith Kit Coming Soon
Just a quick note, it looks like Axial will soon have a KIT version of the Wraith! According to Tower Hobbies it will be shipping late October, and it sounds like it will be minus a radio, and build it yourself. There were no other details yet, but for those that like to build their stuff, you are about to [...]
Losi 5IVE-T 4WD 1/5th Scale Short Course Truck!
Wow! File this under ‘we didn’t see this coming!!’ Losi has just announced the Losi 5IVE-T!! It’s a 1/5th scale 4WD off-road racing truck. Comes with 1/4 scale servo’s, Spektrum radio equipment, and has a drivetrain based on the 8IGHT platform! It has a 2-stroke 26CC gas engine, 5mm CNC chassis, large-bore shocks with 7mm shafts, 800cc fuel tank, huge [...]
- 9/8/2011
- 10:59 am
- Large Scale RC
Losi
New Products - By: Brian
Pro-Line Sneak Peek at Some New SC Tires
Looks like Pro-Line has some Badlands on the way? They don’t say what they are.. but they do look a little familiar. 🙂
Short Course Shootout! RTR 4×4’s go Head to Head!
It’s shootout time! That’s right.. the story we have been teasing you with for a couple of weeks now is finally here! This time around we decided to test three RTR 4X4 Short Course Trucks! Sure you can read reviews, but nothing tells it like it is till you compare them head to head! In our shootout we feature the [...]
Front Flip Back Flip with a HPI Flux
We have been able to do this with a Traxxas Stampede.. but didn’t think it would be so doable with such a large vehicle. Reader Daniel L. Sent in this video of him pulling off a front flip to back flip and landing it with his HPI Flux. That poor drive train.. lolNice jump Daniel! Keep up the sweet bashing!
Hitec X4 AC Plus
Wow, this is something we could use around here with all the batteries we seem to go through! New from Hitec is the X4 AC Plus four channel multi-charger with AC Power supply. It has four-pourt computer controlled capability with a built in 22 amp power supply. Each port can handle up to a 6S Lipo pack or 15 NiCd/NiMH [...]
RPM Front A-Arms for Associated SC10 4×4
Looks like you Associated SC10 4×4 fans are in luck. RPM just announced they are shipping Front A-Arms for your truck. As always, RPM has beefed them up to make them super durable. They come in black, and cost about $10 a pair. Visit the RPM RC site for more details.
Pro-Line Labor Day Sale 2011
It’s a holiday weekend, and you know what that means? It means Pro-Line stuff is on sale! The guys over at PL have been doing the the holiday sale thing pretty regularly. Always nice to be able to save some money.. so we have more to spend on the burgers and hot dots! 🙂 Head over to the Pro-Line website and [...]
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Silverlit 3D Twister Review
Silverlit 3D Twister ReviewSo a perk of owning a major RC news site is I get to take home the occasional vehicle for the kids to check out and bash with as well. I would guess they have played with or driven dozens and dozens of rc vehicles over the past years. A few weeks ago there was an ad [...]
- 9/1/2011
- 11:23 am
- Car & Truck Reviews
Silverlit - By: Brian
Quick Peoria Video
Bill posted up a cool little video of some of the stuff we were doing while in Peoria over the weekend testing stuff for the upcoming shootout. The video show’s us messing around with the Traxxas Stampede doing all sorts of flips and fails, with some sweet slow motion footage. Check it out!Nice job Wrench!
