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	<title>Doug &#8211; Big Squid RC &#8211; RC Car and Truck News, Reviews, Videos, and More!</title>
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		<title>The Backyard – Sometimes It’s Enough to Just Look at ‘Em</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2026 20:36:18 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Happy Friday and welcome to The Backyard! You know, as I sit here writing this, I’m staring over at my Tamiya King Hauler and matching trailer sitting on my desk at home. The whole setup is over three feet long in total, and despite the fact I built the entire rig last year… I’ve barely [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>The Backyard – Give Me a Mid Paint Job Over a Vinyl Wrap</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Doug]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 08 May 2026 19:33:57 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Happy Friday and welcome to The Backyard! I know this opinion probably makes me sound like an old man yelling at clouds, but I’m going to own it anyway: Give me a mediocre paint job over a decent vinyl wrap probably 80 percent of the time. This goes for both full-size vehicles and R/C. Maybe [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>The Backyard – Builder Mode vs Driver Mode</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Doug]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2026 22:42:33 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Happy Friday and welcome to The Backyard! As I sit here in the middle of building my JConcepts Reactor (more on that over in the revived Monster Truck Madness series &#8211; article 1 goes live within a couple days), it got me thinking about something I’ve noticed over the years. When it comes to this [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Monster Truck Madness: Building a JConcepts Reactor Monster Truck Part 1</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Doug]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2026 18:41:44 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Hey everyone! It’s time to resurrect Monster Truck Madness for a few weeks, as I’ve officially started building a JConcepts Reactor Retro Truck—and let me tell you, I have a lot to say about this truck. A few weeks back, I wrote about my plans for the Reactor build—think of that as a “Part 0” [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>The Backyard – A Little Bit of Everything</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Doug]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2026 17:27:48 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Happy Friday and welcome to The Backyard! First things first—my JConcepts Reactor has arrived, and I’m already well into the build. I’ll be diving deep into that in a series of upcoming posts, breaking down the build process, setup decisions, and everything that comes with it. But for now, just know that progress is underway… [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>The Backyard – Bringing Back a Little Madness</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Doug]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2026 19:52:11 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Happy Friday and welcome to The Backyard! Well, it finally happened—I’ve got a 13” wheelbase JConcepts Reactor on the way. After a couple weeks of going back and forth (and missing the first batch thanks to a bit too much indecision), I was able to get in on the next round. So now the real [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>The Backyard – Planning a Reactor Build</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Doug]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2026 19:04:36 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Greetings all and Happy Friday! With the announcement and release of the JConcepts Reactor, I’ve found myself going back and forth… and then back again… on what exactly I want to do with mine. When I first learned about the Reactor, I had a pretty straightforward plan. I was going to build it as a [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>The Backyard &#8211; The Truck(s) That Got Away</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Doug]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2026 20:52:52 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Happy Friday and welcome to The Backyard! You know, as I sit here trying to figure out what JConcepts Reactor I want to build (short or long wheelbase?)—and then going down the rabbit hole of what body, what tires, what direction I want to take it (more on that in a future write-up once I [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>The Backyard – Choosing Your First Scale Crawler Kit</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Doug]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Mar 2026 21:15:09 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Happy Friday and welcome to The Backyard! I spent most of this week traveling, which meant a little more downtime than usual—and as is often the case, that turned into a bit of “talking R/C” with friends of mine online. In doing so, a longtime racer friend of mine FINALLY said he wanted to buy [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>The Backyard – Retro You Can Actually Race</title>
		<link>https://www.bigsquidrc.com/the-backyard-retro-you-can-actually-race/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Doug]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Mar 2026 19:21:43 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Happy Friday and welcome to The Backyard! There’s been a steady stream of retro releases in the r/c world over the last few years, and for good reason. Nostalgia sells, and a lot of us enjoy revisiting the platforms we grew up with—whether that’s through re-releases, throwback liveries, or modern takes on classic designs. And [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>The Backyard – Why Some R/C Platforms Just Won’t Die</title>
		<link>https://www.bigsquidrc.com/the-backyard-why-some-r-c-platforms-just-wont-die/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Doug]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Mar 2026 18:56:38 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Happy Friday and welcome to The Backyard! Every so often in this hobby, someone will pop into a comment section or forum thread and ask a question that seems perfectly reasonable on the surface: “Why are they still making that?” It usually comes up when talking about platforms like the Tamiya Clod Buster, the Lunch [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>The Backyard &#8211; Buy Me A Boat</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Doug]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Mar 2026 16:03:50 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Hello all and Happy Friday! Welcome to The Backyard! Here’s a question I’ve been asking myself lately: why is it that I just can’t seem to get into R/C boats? Because the weird thing is, I actually like boats. Quite a bit, really. Just maybe not in the way the R/C boat market typically leans. [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>The Backyard: Long Live the Forums</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Doug]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Feb 2026 21:12:19 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Happy Friday and welcome to The Backyard! Earlier this week, a little corner of the r/c internet went dark — and for a brief moment, many of us thought it was gone for good. RCCrawler.com’s forums went offline, and initial word from the site admins suggested that was all she wrote. Years of posts, build [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>The Backyard: Conservative Motors, Occasional Chaos</title>
		<link>https://www.bigsquidrc.com/the-backyard-conservative-motors-occasional-chaos/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Doug]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Feb 2026 21:21:50 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Happy Friday and welcome to The Backyard! I’ve come to accept something about myself over the years — when it comes to power systems, I’m generally a pretty conservative guy. I don’t automatically go for the biggest/highest KV motor that my vehicle can safely handle. I’m not usually chasing the highest cell count an ESC [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>The Backyard: Monster Trucks Finally Got Monster Truck Tires</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Doug]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Feb 2026 22:38:29 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Happy Friday and welcome to The Backyard! The recently updated Traxxas Stampede is actually what got me thinking about this week’s topic. Traxxas quietly refreshed the truck with proper chevron monster truck tires — and not just any chevrons, but ones that actually look like scaled-down versions of full-size monster truck rubber. Tall sidewalls. Aggressive [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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