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“Vent/ Rant/ Rc etiquette at places not intended for rc cars Some (not all) people need to respect others while driving RC cars. I see a lot of skatepark/ bmx track footage of people driving their cars at these places while others are trying to use them for there intended purposes. Yes, it makes for some awesome footage and I myself [...]
The monster truck world said goodbye to one of the titans of the sport last weekend; legendary driver Gary Porter. If you’re an extremely casual monster truck fan then you may not know that name, but I bet you’re familiar with his creation- “Carolina Crusher”. The original Carolina Crusher was built in ’85 as a promo vehicle for the family 4 Wheel [...]
Guess what? Yes, it’s Monday and time for another Cub Report. Thanks for tuning in. Over the weekend I got a chance to spend some time at the Futaba Nitro Challenge. The Futaba race has been going on for a bunch of years and is one that I try to attend whenever possible. Held in St. Louis Missouri, the Futaba race [...]
The biggest news in the scaling community as of late was Vanquish Products announcing their ultra high-end “Ripper Project” would be available for order to those interested in getting one. Everything on the chassis/body is custom machined out of billet aluminum, save for a few 3D printed accessories. The price? $1,899. You then have to supply additional parts to complete the build. [...]
“Steering Hi Cubby, what is the best way to get more steering on my PRO-mt? When I first got it the steering was fine, now it seems like there isn’t enough? Porter” Cubby- Hey ya Porter, thanks for writing in, shoot me your snail mail for one of our very large, and very kick butt, sticker packages. So… you have a Pro-Line PRO-MT. Congrats, [...]
Well hello there, my name is Cubby and I want to welcome you to THE Cub Report. Ya know, it still amazes me the amount of noobies that our industry generates, so if this is your first time reading THE CR, I hope you enjoy your time here. Nope, I don’t have anything huge for ya this week, but I do [...]
I’m no sissy when it comes to scaling in the elements. I’ve done G6 competitions in the sweltering heat and long trail runs in zero degree weather with the snow falling. It’s all part of the game. Still, the heat wave that has engulfed the midwest for the last two weeks has me crying uncle. I had been laying low, but last [...]
“Fix It Or Shut Up Cubby, With you always ranting against ROAR and rc racing, why don’t you put your money where your big mouth is and fix it? (name withheld by request) Michigan” Cubby- Well hola there Mr. Name Withheld By Request. As always, thanks for taking the time to write in, and of course a sticker kit is all yours if you have [...]
In Monster Truck Madness #6, which I wrote in February, I went into detail on how best to get started modifying your Axial SMT10. The time has come to talk about juicing one up even further than that. Back in April I made substantial changes to one of my two SMT10’s to bring it up to snuff with the “Pro Modified” category of [...]
This week, oh yes, this week, promises to be short and sweet. First, a couple of quick observations. 1. Don’t ever, and by that I mean EVER, take the 15 from Vegas to Barstow on a Sunday. I normally fly, but this week I was delivering a very trick car to the 909. Seriously California??? A freak’n mandatory “agricultural checkpoint”??? Oooffahhh… 2. [...]
R/C trailing can be a wildly different experience depending on what area you’re running in. There could be intense technical rock crawling or none whatsoever. Mud and trees or sun and sand. When exploring a new spot, this sort of mystery is part of the experience. It’s weird how my tastes have changed over the years. I used to be all [...]
“Radio destruction Cubby, What is your take on the radio that got destroyed on the stand during the 1/8 nationals? Owen D.” Cubby- Well hello there Owen and thanks for taking the time to shoot me an email. OK, for those of you that didn’t see it on social media, Ryan Maifield lost his temper at the ROAR 1/8th scale nitro nats a couple weeks [...]
Here we are, just you, me, and a few thousand other people, welcome to this week’s Cub Report. I hope you are already off to a great start of your week, I know things are hopping like crazy around our offices. So this week I want to touch on something that I have never spoken about before- Amazon. Yes, you know [...]
It’s been a long time since I’ve discussed batteries which, shame on me, are often the subject of e-mails that I receive from noobs. I’ve neglected the topic for far too long, so here we go. Here are a few tips on selection and safety, as it pertains to r/c trail trucks. Let’s do it scatter-shots style. Battery mAh and C rating – [...]
“100 Hello Cubby. I only have $100 to spend, what do you think is the best cheap car on the market? Cheers, Ernesto C.” Cubby- Well hello there Ernesto, thanks for writing in. So… the “best” rc car under $100 eh? That is a hard one. Actually, it isn’t hard because of the price point, it is hard because there are actually a lot of [...]
