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“Helion Criterion I want to upgrade my spur gear for my helion criterion and it’s getting annoying trying to find anything for this buggy. I have upgraded my pinion gear and like the reviews say the stock spur gear gets worn VERY easily especially with the new 31t spur gear it doesn’t help I upgraded my motor to a brushless motor. [...]
With the Toy Fair in Nuremberg already in our rear view mirror, it’s important to decompress and think about everything brought to our attention and the new RC items coming in the next few months. Horizon Hobby alone announced over 24 products this past week! My head was spinning; not only from being overwhelmed, but from all the excitement I felt with [...]
“ESC Upgrade Hey Guys, Do you think i might face any technical issues in case i replace the ESC of my TT countryman BLC- 80C with the BLC-150C which is being used on the MT4 G3? i’m looking for more power but im afraid to face some problems with the differential system or gearing…etc… Thanks OD” Cubby- Yo congrats OD, I have selected yours as [...]
As always, I’m excited to bring you another installment of Raging Rotors. Today is definitely a ‘story-time’ kind of day, but I think the best way to talk about something is experience. I mentioned last week that I had a little ‘incident’ regarding my Blade 350QX. So maybe I got impatient, but boy is that quad ridiculous! Granted, the bigger they are the [...]
“Hi Gentlemen What do you think about the Kyosho DRX VE (Ford Fiesta or Subaro Impreza) Vs. the traxxas Rally? Actually i own a traxxas rally (and i’m very happy with it) and i was thinking to get a DRX VE but i’m not sure if it’s worth it. I need your opinion from technical/performance point of view. Thanks for your feedback [...]
“Question I’m thinking of buying a hellion dominus, can a lipo be used in the truck in its stock form? thank you, Frank B.” Cubby- Yo to the yo Franky B, thanks for taking the time to shoot out an email. For those not familiar with the Helion Dominus, it’s Helion’s 4wd 10th scale short course truck. It has an affordable price point, $199, and [...]
Hey guys, Ragu here with this weeks Raging Rotors, focusing this week on the art of quadcopter blade replacement, plus a few tidbits about stuff going on in the heli world. Now with every great pilot comes a few great crash or freak out stories: I’ve tried using the GPS on my Blade 350QX when I forgot to wait for signal [...]
“Hey Cubby, I implore you to please quit using the word manufacture when you should be using manufacturer. A manufacturer is the company that manufactures the products. Thanks, Joshua H.” Cubby- Yo hey Josh, you’ve made the big time, hit Brian up with your snail mail for a BSRC sticker pack. Ok, a couple quick things here- 1. While I merely dislike Grammar Nazis, what I [...]
Hey guys, Ragu here to make your Wednesday a bit brighter with this week’s Raging Rotors. This week I’ll give my impressions on what I found are great quadcopters for you beginning pilots. As a basher, I always want my new RC to be durable as well as forgiving when I make mistakes. When it came to quadcopters, I tried [...]
“Vaterra Cogging How can I get rid of all cogging from my halix vaterra? 2s Lipo Aspen Sam” Cubby- Yo hey Aspen Sam, what’s up and I hope you’ve been bashing the heck out of your Vaterra Halix. While it is still a very new model it has become a favorite among the BigSquidRC Bash Crew. The Halix comes geared somewhat tall out of [...]
Hey guys, HobbyTown Kevin (aka Ragu, or whatever nickname ends up sticking) here with the first installment of a feature focusing on helicopters, flying, new products, products I like to make mention, and some mini reviews as I continue to recklessly purchase, fly, and frequently crash! Check out my first few product highlights from Align and more below! Align has been [...]
“Cubby, I am in need of a new power supply for my battery chargers, which one are you recommending now days? Btw, I read your last Cub Report and I totally disagree with you on the Associated B5, I can’t wait to buy one. Martin V.” Cubby- Yo hey what’s up Martin, thanks for the email and be sure to shoot Brian your snail [...]
“Hello, I am looking for a telescopic piston for r/c truck. I am not using it for a specific truck, but assembling something general, so almost any type would be ok, as long as it is relatively short (not 10-12 inches, but less). Can you help me? Thanks, Gal.” Cubby- Yo to the yo Gal, and I don’t think the question is so much “can” I [...]
“Hey my name is Garett. I was wondering if you had some info on the Axial Exo Terra Buggy you guys put the tracks on? I really want to put tracks on mine and was wondering if i could get some info on what you guys did to get them to fit. Please get back to me i would absolutely [...]
“Animus 18TR I was recently reading a thread on your website that reviewed the Animus 18 TR. I believe it was posted by Tim Mohr in Nov. of 2011. Near the bottom he talks about mods over $5 being a good quality charger, which would be around $50. I was wondering what the brand of charger (model # too) was and [...]
