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THE Cub Report, Version 04.04.2010
This is an exciting week for BigSquid. We’ve worked long and hard on our Li-po Shootout 2, and the results are ready to be posted. Testing batteries might not be “hard” work compared to a construction worker, but it is certainly time consuming. Take the capacity test for example- it takes slightly over 1 hour to fully charge up a [...]
Drake Testing Tanks for Losi!
A good friend, and pretty reliable source just sent me an email saying Adam Drake was spotted yesterday at a test track in Pomona CA driving the recently rumored Losi 8-M1 tank! He was apparently seen driving both nitro and electric versions of the vehicle! Drake was overheard saying that the Losi 8-M1 “pushes a little bit in the corners, but [...]
ASK Cubby, Version 04.01.2010, A Weekly Q & A Session
Cubby, I am your BIGGEST fan! I can’t get enough of your Cub Reports! XOXOXO, Dawn S. —————- It’s always nice to get compliments Dawn S., especially those with lots of “XOXO’s” attached, but I must admit you have to be in the minority. You’d be amazed at all the hate that comes our way from sanctioning bodies, manufactures, distribs, stealth mag types, [...]
THE Cub Report, Version 03.29.2010
The second BigSquidRC great Li-po battery shootout is nearly finished. Over the weekend the crack BigSquidRC crew performed a majority of the testing. Now we are wrapping up the photo, graph, and writing duties. Packs were submitted for this shootout by CheckPoint, Hyperion, Ace, Zippy, JGB, Winforce (the 2S 5000 mah $7.99 pack), Common Sense and Venom. Some of the [...]
Ask Cub Reporter, Version 03.26.2010
Dear Cubby, I enjoy reading your columns every week, but now I have a question for you. I have a VXL system in my Slash and after landing from a jump it doesn’t want to go forward anymore. What do you think is wrong? Trans-Am Man ========== I had a Pontiac Trans Am one time. Mine was a bright red 95 version. I gotta [...]
THE Cub Report, Version 03.22.2010
Yet another week in rc has gone by the wayside, so what were the scoops this week? Well, this was a trade show week, and most of the industry was sitting in sunny SoCal working the RCX show, yet still no “big” news emerged. The internet age has eliminated most of the “big” surprises from popping up at trade shows, [...]
ASK Cub Reporter, Version 03.18.2010
“I recently bought a Slash 4×4 and hear guys are running a center diff. Whats the benefits?” (name and address withheld by request) Cubby- The Slash 4×4 is a great truck, congrats on your new fly ride. So about that fancy dancy center diff, what’s the real scoop? If you dig pulling massive wheelies, the center diff is not for you. With the center [...]
THE Cub Report, Version 03.15.2010
First up this week are a couple reminders. Looks like BigSquid’s next Li-po battery shootout starts testing next weekend. Venom vs Checkpoint vs Common Sense vs JBG vs Zippy vs $9 Ebay pack vs Hong Kong mystery pack equals one hell of a battery shootout. Second reminder is that the annual April fools edition of THE Cub Report is coming up [...]
THE Cub Report Version 03.07.2010
Hello BigSquid fans, and welcome to yet another edition of THE Cub Report. No, I can’t believe they let me keep doing this either. 🙂 Really, it was a boring week in rc, so I won’t be a bellicose fool again this week. But I do want to touch on a couple things real quickly (famous last words, LOL). First off, the [...]
Ask Cub Reporter, Version 03.04.2010
Hey Cub-ster, I know you guys are all about bashing and so am I (hence the reason I bought a Savage X as my first RC in twenty years and is my first nitro truck, I love it!). However, I am thinking about getting into RC racing and I think a good place to begin would be 2WD stock CORR events [...]
THE Cub Report, Version 03.01.2010
Just 11 days, 53 minutes, and 11 seconds till the cars roll off for first practice at the Formula 1 Grand Prix of Bahrain. Several new teams this year, and 2010 will mark the return of the most incredible racer of all time, Michael Schumacher. One of the best days of my life was spent watching Michael win the USGP [...]
Five Questions with Shawn Palmer
We have been reporting on the news of Schumacher USA Closing it’s doors, and I decided to sit down and talk with Shawn Palmer (formerly of Shumacher USA) and ask him a few questions about what he’s up to and what went down. —————– 1. So I find it a bit quixotic that Schumacher decides to [...]
Ask Cub Reporter, Version 02.24.2010
Hello Cub Reporter I have a question I stripped out the heads of two screws in the front skidplate on my T-Max how do I get them out? John Denver ————— Hey now John, how’s that Rocky Mountain high going for ya? I didn’t realize they had email where you are now days. Or is your name John and you just live in [...]
THE Cub Report Version 02.22.2010
Hello BigSquid fans, and welcome to yet another luxurious edition of the much maligned and frequently litigated Cub Report. Did you know a couple of wars are going on in our hobby? The first war involves speed controllers, and it’s really heating up- a war to see who can pump the most timing into a 17.5 turn brushless motor. We’ve got [...]
Readers Letters Answered Here- Ask Cub Reporter Version 02.1…
I must say, we’ve got some real “winners” as readers. Our first letter of the week is proof positive. 🙂 === Brian I just want to let you know the heat sensor came. I also want to tell I will no longer be send any pictures for this contest. I have a funny feeling that the savage and the rest of the nicer [...]
