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Traxxas Gets a Cover Shot
Traxxas sponsored motocross dude, Christophe Pourcel, is on the cover of the new RacerX magazine with the Traxxas Logo clearly seen on his helmet! Again, congrats to Traxxas for helping get their name and the world of RC to the mainstream! I’m starting to sound like Cubby! For more info check the Traxxas Website.
Team Durango DESC410R Tease
Wow, everyone has been doing the teasing lately! Looks like Team Durango didn’t want to be left out, so they posted this image this morning along with the following text: …and its closer to release than you may think. Guess we’ll just have to wait and see! Watch for more info on the Team Durango site.
HPI Racing Savage XL Roll Cage Set
HPI Racing now has a roll cage for all of us Savage XL owners! This set will increase the durability factor, and even includes a new fuel tank mount to give it some extra protection as well! The roll cage will only cost ya about $16, probably a pretty good investment. Drop by the official HPI [...]
Schumacher Fusion 28 Turbo
New from Schumacher Racing is the on-road Fusion 28 Turbo! It’s a 1/10th scale 4wd nitro speed demon. It uses the Schumacher X28 engine (Pico), and a 3 speed transmission to hit speeds of 80+ mph! Zoom Zoom! Check the official Schumacher Racing site for more details.
Just because we are not racers…
Just because we are not racers, does not mean that we are not competitive. I would say just about every time we get together and have transmitters in our hands, Bill and I are usually doing our best to 1up the other guy! Similar to a Travis Pastrana and Andy Bell from Nitro Circus. We just can’t let [...]
Pro-Line GMC TopKick Big Rig Body
Looking for a new and different truck body? Pro-Line Racing has just introduced the new GMC TopKick for the Traxxas T-Maxx, E-Revo, Savage and MGT vehicles. It’s an official GM licensed body of a semi-truck style big rig! Visit the Pro-Line Racing site for more info.
Behind The Scenes
Just a heads up, we did some behind the scenes site maintenance this evening, so thanks for bearing with the small down time. If anyone notices any issues, feel free to drop me a line so I can make sure we get all the kinks worked out. If everything went according to plan, you shouldn’t see much difference.. [...]
ASK Cubby, Version 04.15.2010- A Weekly Q & A Session
“A friend sent this link and asked if I could make the lead for him. I can make the leads BUT is it safe to charge 6 lipo of different capacities at the same time at 20a in parallel Craig” link/video: Youtube Vid —— What’s up Craig? The politically correct answer to your question is- contact your battery suppliers to see what they [...]
AquaCraft Rio 51Z RTR Video
Recently we posted information about the Aquacraft update to the RIO 51Z with the sweet Zenoah gas engine and the much loved Tactic 2.4Ghz radio. . Well the folks over at Aquacraft have posted a pretty sweet video of the boat in action! WOW does that thing move! Now if only we had water ramps!Check out Aquacraft’s site for [...]
MaxAmps 3 Year and 5 Year Guarantee is now Free!
A We mentioned there would be news coming out of the MaxAmps camp, and here it is! MaxAmps 3 year/300 cycle warranty is now free! To top it off, the MaxAmps Green Series packs include a 5 year, 1000 cycle warranty! This is actually pretty awesome. Lipo’s are expensive, and do have a habit of going south. To get a warranty [...]
News Coming From Max Amps
A little birdie told me that there should be some news coming out of the MaxAmps camp within the next 24 hours. No idea if it’s big news or not, but since Max Amps usually does not make that many announcements, it’s usually something pretty good. Keep your eyes here of visit MaxAmps.com for more info!
Your Going The Wrong WAY!
Up until recently, I would occasionally chime in with some random rc bashing story that usually involved the Big Squid RC crew up to something dumb while out and about. Usually along the lines of some sort of demolition derby, or being yelled at for going the wrong way at the track (on purpose), but those stories started to become [...]
Durango DNX408 Radio Tray Setup
Team Durango has release a picture and some information about the radio tray setup in their new DNX408 Buggy. Now normally people wouldn’t really have that much interest in this if it was on any other vehicle, but the Durango is really a pretty special vehicle! The details and design that have gone into this machine are just [...]
Novak Ballistic 550 Brushless Motors
Novak has released the new Ballistic 550 Brushless Motor for short course trucks! The 550’s have a extra long stator and rotor magnet that gives them twice the torque of an equivalent 540 motor. The larger motors run cooler and more efficient then the 540’s as well. They are ready to install into the Ofna Hyper 10 SC [...]
Team Associated RC18 Late Model RTR
Looks like the Team Associated RC18 Late Model RTR is now shipping. It’s a electric 4wd RTR based on their popular RC18 series. Has a fully enclosed 2-belt drive train system, it comes fully assebled with the XP3-SS 2.4Ghz radio system. If scale looking 18th scale is your thing, then you will want to check the RC18 Late [...]
