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Tricopter Snow Shots
Our resident pilot 3DBill was hanging out at the Orland Park Illinois Hobby Town store with one of his tri-copters getting some aerial shots of the surroundings snow fall as well as some of the snow bashing that was going on in the parking lot. Enjoy the pics. #gallery-1 { margin: auto; } #gallery-1 .gallery-item { float: left; margin-top: 10px; text-align: center; width: 33%; } #gallery-1 img { border: 2px [...]
- 12/15/2013
- 2:42 pm
- miscellaneous
- By: Brian
Horizon Hobby to be Acquired by Investor Group
In industry news, we just saw a press release that says Horizon Hobby is being sold to an investor group led by Joe Ambrose. (Horizon’s Chief Executive Officer). The investors in the new endevor are Armory Capital LLC, and Mill City Capital L.P. We have reached out to a few people for comment on this, but odds are [...]
Simple Tricopter 2.0 Review
Hey guys, it’s 3DBill here with something a bit different for you: Multirotor (Tri, Quad, Hex, and Octo-Copters) aircraft are the new rage and quadcopters are THE item to pick up this Christmas at all the local hobby shops. Tri copters are a bit different from your standard quadcopter and quite fun to fly as well. Read More to check out the [...]
- 12/6/2013
- 9:59 am
- Other Reviews
- By: Brian
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Product Spotlight – MaxAmps Quad Lipo Batteries
MaxAmps 1s Lipo ReviewSmall Quadcopters like the Heli-Max 1SQ, Traxxas QR-1 and others are all the rage. They are the hot thing in RC right now, and when everyone has them, it’s time to look for upgrades. Well, there isn’t much you can do to these Mini quads as they are pretty bare bones to keep the weight down, and [...]
Lions Wide Receiver Nate Burleson is Into RC
Interesting story recently about Nate Burleson of the Detroit Lions teaming up with on-road racer Dave Johnson. Apparently Nate is big into the RC world, but like most of us, is a long ways away from ‘Pro-Level’ racing, so he’s a team sponsor for Dave. Sadly, ABC News won’t let you cleanly embed video, so click here for the link [...]
Black Friday – ST Racing Concepts
Looking for some hop-up deals for Black Friday? Check out this one from STRC! They are offering 20% off and FREE SHIPPING if you use the code turkey2013. Hit up This Link for their official website. For more STRC news on BigSquidRC, simply click Here.
Orland Park Hobby Town Black Friday Deals Week
Not wanting to leave fellow RC enthusiasts out on the chance for some good old pushing and shoving (and maybe some biting), we just got word that our localOrland Park Illinois Hobby Town store will offer 25% off all Helimax Helicopters! (sorry.. quads are not in on the deal). But if you have been thinking about getting a new [...]
Wildman Adrian Cenni – Full Scale Barrel Roll
I pull this move off all the time in the RC world, ask ‘Wrench’ or Tim or Cubby.. heck, it’s in several of our videos. Ok, maybe not on purpose, but it happens. Here’s we are doing it in 2008 with a HPI Baja 5B CLICK HERE! But when you see a full scale truck do it, surrounded by [...]
- 11/19/2013
- 10:55 pm
- miscellaneous
video - By: Brian
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We Have Our ARRMA Granite Winner
Congratulations to Jeremy V. from Washington, USA. He is the official winner of our ARRMA Granite BLX ! If you missed it, you can check out the official giveaway right here. We had over 7000 entries for this one! Wowza! We will be sending an email your way Jeremy to get all the info we need. Congrats again! Don’t forget to [...]
Huge RC Jet Makes a Flight
This is easily one of the largest RC jets I have ever seen fly. It’s crazy huge at a scale of 1:15, about 16 feet long, and almost 3 gallon fuel tank! The Airbus A380 is impressive to hear, and see fly.. check out the video below.
Duratrax Li-24 Charger in the House
We recently posted details about the Duratrax Li-24 2S-4S Balancing Charger, and like magic, ours arrived in the office a couple of days later. Here is a quick shot as we get ready to start our review process. For more info hit the Duratrax Website. Click Here for more Duratrax news on BigSquidRC.
Quadcopters Take Over Lexus Commercial
Need more proof that quadcopters are taking over the world? Check out this new Lexus commercial that is 99% quadcopters, 1% Lexus car headlights. It’s a great little commercial showing some cool swarming stuff. Sure some of it is CGI but it’s still awesome to see.Ohh. and make sure you check out the behind the scenes making of for [...]
Unboxing the Carisma M10DT RTR
While the new Carisma vehicles haven’t made their way stateside (quite yet), their line-up of bashing vehicles continues to grow. Check out the new Carisma M10DT as we unbox it for the first time. We were nicely surprised by the flat paint on the outside of the vehicle, as it takes an interesting twist to being also on the tires, [...]
Win Our ARRMA Granite BLX Truck!
Check it out.. our latest Giveaway! A Brand New ARRMA Granite BLX!That’s right, we are giving away a new ARRMA RC Granite BLX Monster Truck! This is the latest and greatest brushless monster truck from ARRMA and it is pretty darn awesome! How awesome you ask? Have you seen the Review? Do we have to remind you about the Big [...]
