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“Are hobby prices going up because of lack of workers in China? I read that on a messae board. Erwin” ———————— Cubby- Ya know, there is no doubt there are some weird things going on in that wonderful communist country called the People’s Republic of China. In recent months there have been 5 incidents of men grabbing knives/hatchets and going after school kids, [...]
Photo of the week:HPI Savage catching some air during a hill climb competition. By gudfinnur. Bad news: Remote controlled plane sparks Santee brush fire Other news: Old fogey shakes fist at noisy neighborhood kids… Event: Taylor’s Finish Line Festival – Featuring Kyle Busch’s Rowdy R/C All-Stars NASCAR driver Kyle Busch has invited some of America’s top professional radio-control racers to join him for [...]
“Hey guys. I’ve had this idea for many years now. Why don’t you see if you can team up with the X games to get some e-monster trucks (no oil spills now) going off the mega ramp. You could mount cameras on them and trail the competitors off the jump or you could use them as entertainment between events. [...]
Photo of the Week: Tamiya TT01 Nismo Drift by chicco_u, he’s got some more great photos, check out the rest of his Flickr photostream.Changing up the format a little bit. It’s become readily apparent that I don’t have the ability to keep up with the whole coming up with a cartoon every week thing, so I’m just going to [...]
“Dear Brian, First let me take the time to say, I really enjoyed the two battery shootouts. They were well written and I think by the second one you really have it nailed down with good testing criteria for each battery and being able to replicate situations so the testing for each is equal. One thing that really kind [...]
Article: Duratrax Gatekeeper Chassis review – If you have a Losi Mini Rock Crawler you might want to give our Gatekeeper Chassis kit review a perusal. Build Log: Micro-4WD Project – Taking Losi micros to another level. Shopping Around: America’s Best R/C Sale – BestRC.com – Be sure to check out all the great savings at BestRC.com Photo of the Week: Drift – Cool [...]
“Cub Reporter, What is better a Traxxas Summit or a Traxxas E-Revo? Thanks. Roger Blakely” Oh yes, the age old question of what is better. Well both are Traxxas, meaning they’ll have good customer support, will be tough as nails, and most importantly, most hobby shops will stock plenty of replacement parts. The Summit is better suited to low speed action, [...]
As the title suggests, Saturday just kinda snuck up. So rather than actually do my job and try to rush out a crappy cartoon, here’s an 80s pop/rock collage! If there was one thing that defined the 80s, it was pop/rock and the hair that went with it.It seems like it was a pretty slow week all around the interwebs [...]
“What are the max. charge rates for the batteries used for this competition? 1C? 2C? 5C? Recharging time is a consideration for many users and may be the deciding factor between similar-performing brands. Regards.. Bob” We shot Bob a personal reply, but his is a good question that perhaps other readers would like the answer to. During the Big Squid RC Lipo [...]
Build log: Nitro Hawk build – Resurrecting a vintage Traxxas Nitro Hawk. Shopping around: Maxamps now includes their 3 and 5 year warranties for free, pretty good deal. Photo of the week: Panzerkampfwagen III & Sturmgeschütz – A great shot of a couple tanks. I like tanks. Video of the week: “Drift” commercial for the Nissan Sentra SE-R – Great full size car [...]
“A friend sent this link and asked if I could make the lead for him. I can make the leads BUT is it safe to charge 6 lipo of different capacities at the same time at 20a in parallel Craig” link/video: Youtube Vid —— What’s up Craig? The politically correct answer to your question is- contact your battery suppliers to see what they [...]
Article: Review of the AE RC10B4.1 Brushless at MyRCBox.com – Associated also sent word a couple days ago that both the B4.1 and T4.1 are in stock and shipping, so if you’re in the market for an old school 2wd buggy or stadium truck you might want to hit up your local hobby shop. Build Log: 4×4 Chevy Van – A [...]
This week instead of posting questions that readers have submitted, I’ll be doing things a bit differently. The Big Squid RC Second Lipo Battery Shootout has been a ginormous hit, and with it’s success comes questions from those pesky message board pundits. So here’s some of the criticism off the message boards, and the reasons for why we conducted the [...]
Article: Review of the Duratrax Vendetta SC at RC Universe and our Team Associated SC18 review. Compare and contrast. In my opinion I would give the SC18 the nod just based on price alone. The ‘Detta SC is $40 more and doesn’t come with a battery or charger. On the other hand it is more [...]
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, [...]
