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“RC chop shops/ ABT bash Hello Cubby, I have been a long time reader of The Cub Report and I don’t think I ever read about your thoughts on rc chop shops. You the know ones that take rtr’s or kits and part them out. Over the years I have heard people at the local tracks dislike them fearing it takes [...]
While some of you have been to an organized bash, my guess would be that the vast majority of you have not. You might be stuck in an office working the rc biz and too busy to make it to a local event, or you might live in a part of the country where there simply are no bashes (which [...]
For the longest time now I’ve been planning on building a super scaled out, high performance 1.9 trail rig. It’s just that other responsibilities (aka different r/c’s) have always led to this project being stuck perpetually “on the drawing board”. No more! A massive amount of stuff has been ordered and as you can see in above pic, it’s time to [...]
“The Internet For years I have been watching traffic on rc forums go down. I don’t think it is the fault of the websites themselves, I think it shows a lack of interest in the hobby as a whole. I have seen many people leave the hobby while very few have entered. People have left the hobby to pursue other things, [...]
You know, I’ve used the title “Always Outnumbered, Never Outgunned” (the title of a Prodigy album) once before, wayyyyyyy back in 2009. So this week I thought I would hop in the time machine and go back to what I wrote back in ’09 and see how it stands up today. So what was in my ’09 Cub Report? * I [...]
Happy Friday everyone. This column is going to be a bit short this week as I’m working on a myriad of things, most notably writing part two of this article detailing my Axial SCX10 mud truck and getting in some wheel time on various product reviews that I hope to post before long. So given that I’ve been in the mud [...]
“LiHV High Voltage Lipo Question I will keep my questions short and to the point. What is the deal with the new “LiHV” Lipo batteries? Are they any good and why do I need them? Are they more dangerous than normal Lipo batteries? Cory E. P.S. Keep rocking the stache” Cubby- Yo hey Cory, thanks for the email, and you aren’t the only person [...]
Ever see an empty flying field? How about a nearly empty track with 10 people, each running 4 classes for “40 entries”? How about that rocky area of your local park that used to have 10 guys crawling on the weekend, now it is lucky if 1 or 2 shows up? Seriously folks, we gotta stop running people off. Why [...]
It’s been awhile since I’ve done one of these posts discussing news as 2015 has been pretty slow on the “major scaling news” front. We’ve had lots of accessory announcements, but nothing huge. Heck, using last year at this time as an example, the hobby was caught up in Yeti-Mania. There really hasn’t been anything released in the segment this [...]
“Is this a no-brain’r or ? Sir Cubby, Mr. Cubby I’d like to know your take on choice of 1/8 Truggy Tires for straight Hard-Core bashing. As most of us know 1/8 bashing truggy tires don’t have much of its own class/selection. This is for my Durango DEX8T, though race potential I’ve built for bashing primarily. What would be your recommendation besides the [...]
Hello rc masses, this is THE Freak’n Cub Report, where I talk the smack and you complain about it to your buddies. Just FYI, if you haven’t noticed, this is the time of the year when all the manufacturers announce their fall/X-mas products. The Losi Supercar was the first (and perhaps biggest) to be announced thus far, but the PRs just [...]
Last year I wrote a piece lampooning the seemingly instinctive need many scalers have, particularly noobs, for crazy amounts of suspension flex. I was then taken to task via e-mail (rightfully, I might add) for not really explaining what exactly the ideal amount is. Fret not, as this week I shall atone for this past grievence. While I’m focusing on [...]
“Hey Cubby, Have you guys thought about doing a Losi Audi versus Traxxas XO-1 shootout? I think the whole world would thank you for it. Dedicated reader, Charles D.” Cubby- Yo hey Charles, thanks for the email. And ya, I’ve already received multiple requests to put the Losi Audi R8 up against the Traxxas XO-1. And yes, it should make for a totally EPIC [...]
Bigger, faster, gnarlier, that is exactly what bashing is about. Get at least two guys together in a cul-de-sac or at a local park, and it always turns into a “who is the faster” or “who can jump farthest” contest. So the “big” news from last week was of course the announcement of the 6th scale Losi Audi R8 Supercar. Being [...]
Earlier this week Gmade announced they were releasing factory axle tube weights for their Sawback trucks and it got me thinking – hey, I’ve never talked about axle tubes! In all the popular scaler axle housings, the space between your pumpkin gears and axle tip is typically empty, save for the dog bone. The axle tube inserts into this area, therefore [...]
