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Everybody's Scalin' For the Weekend - Hot Rodding an Axial S…
The virtual ink hasn’t even dried yet on our review of the Axial RECON G6 SCX10 but it’s time to talk upgrades! When I mentioned I was building it a few weeks ago in this very column, I said I had big plans for it. Well, it’s time to discuss said plans. The first thing I did was switch out the [...]
- 12/20/2013
- 5:30 pm
- Axial
RC Rock Crawling - By: Doug
Everbody’s Scalin’ For the Weekend – Trail Appeal
My club held our annual pre-Thanksgiving trail run a few weeks ago and despite the temperature being in the low 20s we still had over 30 people show up. Doing three miles of frozen mountain terrain was tough on both driver and vehicle but it was a freakin’ blast! As you check out the pics of our latest adventure below, [...]
- 12/13/2013
- 3:29 pm
- RC Rock Crawling
scale rc - By: Doug
Everybody’s Scalin’ For the Weekend - Gmade Sawback Impr…
Two weeks ago I got word from my hobby shop that, lo and behold, my Gmade Sawback had finally arrived. I wasted no time in picking it up and starting to wrench. After the build was finished, I tested it out over a variety of different terrain. While this isn’t a true review, with so many scale off-roaders wanting to [...]
- 12/6/2013
- 1:04 pm
- New Products
RC Rock Crawling
scale rc - By: Doug
Product Spotlight - Savox SW-0230MG Waterproof HV Metal Gear…
In the not-so-distant past, it was a pain to get a quality waterproof servo. You had to either fork over a king’s ransom or try to do it yourself (usually with messy adhesive plastic). Thankfully, that isn’t the case anymore as manufacturers are finally starting to pump out affordable gear for those of us that want to play in the [...]
- 12/5/2013
- 2:26 pm
- Mini Review
Savox - By: Doug
Everybody’s Scalin’ For the Weekend – Under Constructi…
A belated Happy Thanksgiving to everyone! I hope you all gorged yourself on fixin’s and football like I did. If you’re out and about on Black Friday, best of luck to you. And please, remember to keep your head up and eyes sharp so you aren’t trampled by some lunatic who will stop at nothing to get $10 dollars off [...]
- 11/29/2013
- 10:47 am
- New Products
RC Rock Crawling
scale rc - By: Doug
Everybody's Scalin' For the Weekend - Where the Rubber Meets…
“What tire is the best for my truck?” That is the first question most newbie scalers ask upon picking up their new ready-to-run (RTR) truck. Like all r/cs, tires are probably the most important performance choice you can make on a scale rig. Most RTR trucks come with tires that are made of a hard compound that easily slip off [...]
- 11/22/2013
- 9:29 am
- RC Rock Crawling
scale rc - By: Doug
Everybody’s Scalin’ For the Weekend – Ever Danced with…
As is customary at all of our club trail runs, there is normally a bashing session in the parking lot while waiting for members to arrive. While short course trucks and drift cars are the norm, one day something very surprising showed up – a rare Richman’s Toys Batmobile pan car. Even though it couldn’t leave the friendly confines of [...]
Everybody's Scalin' For the Weekend - To Leaf, or Not to Lea…
Let’s get one thing out of the way– über-scale leaf-spring equipped r/c trucks aren’t for every hobbyist. They are generally more expensive, need a good bit of maintenance to stay in working order and in most cases, are slow and heavy. If you go into it with the right frame of mind though, the experience of building and driving one [...]
- 11/8/2013
- 11:28 am
- RC Rock Crawling
scale rc - By: Doug
New Weekly Column - Everybody's Scalin' For the Weekend, By …
Seeing as how I’m the new scale guy ’round these parts, I guess I should take a minute to introduce myself. My name is Doug and I have a scale r/c addiction! I run the Show-Me Scalers club here in St. Louis, MO, and most weekends you can find us out on the trail. In addition to being a trail/crawling [...]
- 11/1/2013
- 12:41 pm
- RC Rock Crawling
- By: Doug
