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Photo of the Week:Traxxas Slash by mstens.NERD!: Or too awesome for words: PC World – The RC Nerf Tank. It’s all a matter of perspective. Scammed: Don’t trust anybody you meet on the internet. This is why I never trade over the net and always get used stuff only through eBay with PayPal, there’s at least some buyer protection [...]
Yup, it’s Thursday, hell ya, so here’s some of your questions…. ========== I was a little surprised when I compare the average voltage under load from the second shootout and compared them to the first shootout. In both cases you reported using the same discharger set to the same current. According to your results all but one of the batteries in the [...]
Photo of the Week:Bridge Crossing by Pah co chu puk If you’ve found a great link, photo, or video out there in the last week, feel free to drop us a line about it to brian AT bigsquidrc.com. Put “Around the Web” in the subject line to help us sort it from all the hundreds of other emails we get. Giveaway: [...]
Ya know, I still can’t get over that rc airplane hitting a full scale plane video that Brian posted last night….. Anyways, here’s this weeks ASK Cubby. ========== Brian, Why does Cubby hate Associated so much? I have been a loyal Associated driver since 1993 and have always thought their cars were the best. Just tell him to back it off on Associated [...]
Photo of the Week: Traxxas Slash 4X4 PE by forum member PontiacGT201 So Brian found where Cubby hid the closet key and I’m free now, so here’s my version of the Around The Web. Build Log: Freeze’s Savage Flux “Frostbyte II” Review Roundup:HPI Mini Trophy Truck Review here @ Big Squid. RCTrax MiniQLO Rock Crawler @ MyRCBox.com Duratrax Evader DT @ Ultimate RCVideo of the Week:
Jeff seems to be MIA this morning, so I’ll whip something up. Forgive me if it’s not up to his usual quality post! Cubby probably locked him in a closet or something! (again) Event: This weekend is one of the bigger RC Drag Racing events at the Lynwood RC Dragway! I’ll be there on Sunday to cover some of the racing [...]
It’s Thursday again already? Oh my does time fly around this joint….. ========== Cub Reporter When is Losi going to put out something decent for a change? Hot D*ck Willy Cubby– Great question, I think? Ok, everybody knows Losi isn’t really “Losi” anymore. So to properly re-word your question, it would be “When is Horizon going to put out something decent again under Losi badging?”. Well, [...]
Photo of the Week:Land Rover Defender by canadajack2 Contest: August 2010 Photo Contest – Open theme, read the rules. Prize is a copy of the XXX Main Truck_X2 Resurgence DVD, which – by the way – we have reviewed here. Rock the Vote: Voting is opened for the July 2010 Photo Contest. Internet Debate: Superchargers and diesel for 2 stroke engines, some [...]
You ask the questions, we do our best to make up some kind of ridiculous answers…….. =============== was up i need some help with a delima im looking to get a tamiya clod buster and i do not like the stock wiper speed control that it comes with and was woundering what type would be best as an esc would be -simon hello brian ive [...]
Photo of the Week:by Dark Flashy Forum Thread: What is bashing? – If you really want to know what bashing is, check out our YouTube channel. Shameless Self Promotion: Unboxing the HPI Mini Trophy Truck – We got it first, because we’re awesome like that. Shopping Around: Futaba Free Receiver deal when you buy a qualifying radio system. Video of the Week:
Aha, you have once again found the BigSquidRC mailbox department, congrats to you! This week for something a bit different, I am going to start off with a little “Do you want the good news or the bad news first?” dealio. So what do you want first, the good news or the bad news? Well, seeing as how you really don’t [...]
Photo of the week: Savage Flux tackling a sand hill at a recent hill climb event. By B&B Kristinsson. Article: RC Car Action – 5 Most Important RC Vehicles of All Time – A few good choices, some debatable inclusions and curious MIAs, but an interesting look at what they believe has driven the industry from the beginning. Build Fix Log: Creeping Death [...]
Aha, here we are for yet another week of the ever so scrumptious letters from you, our precious (and ornery) readers. ========== Hi Cubby When reading your review of the HPI Blitz you mentioned scrubbing jumps. Can you describe what that is? Morgan W. Ellis Cubby– Yo Morgan, thanks for reading. As far as your question goes, let me start with a bit of [...]
Photo of the week:Remote controlled Peterbilt 379 2ND2N1 built out of Legos, by bricksonwheels. Check out the full photo set. Build Log: 1/6 Dragon Jeep Conversion Review Roundup:Duratrax Evader DT @ Big Squid RC Losi Mini Desert Buggy @ RC Universe Team Associated RC8T Championship Edition Truggy Project – Part 2 – The Build @ My RC Box (Part 1 intro here)Video of [...]
It’s about time we get back to some actual rc questions don’t ya think? So here we go….. Dear Cub, How do I glue up new tires on my Nitro 4Tec? Jeremy Cubby– Oh geezuss, here we go, another person that has only owned RTR’s and has zero clue on how to work on anything. If lil’ Jeremy had ever built a [...]
