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On any given day, I have at least one drone with me. Most days, I have two. I have one for flying indoors and one for flying outdoors. I keep these quads in and on my trusty backpack. I have room on my backpack for my Blade Vortex 250 and my Traxxas Aton. Inside my backpack I keep batteries, props, [...]
HPI Racing has put out a press release to let everyone know about Motor Trend TV. Motor Trend TV is about ready to invade the United States. You can see Motor Trend TV on Motor Trend OnDemand, which promises to show loads of rc racing action. Here is the official press release from HPI Racing – “RC Racing TV is the world’s [...]
The folks over at Dromida have announced that their new 1/18 Brushless Monster Truck is now shipping. The Monster Truck comes loaded with a powerful 5300kV brushless system and is capable of over 30 mph speeds. It also comes with a rugged 4wd drivetrain and big bore shocks to soak up gnarly jumps. The Brushless Monster Truck is priced at [...]
Traxxas is one of the biggest names in R/C and there is a reason for that. They treat their dealers and customers with respect. I have had numerous interactions with Traxxas’ customer support from a dealers perspective, and I have heard countless testimonies raving about how well they operate and how they treat their customers as humans, not just walking [...]
The folks over at rcMart wanted us to let you know that they are having an Easter Sale. The sale runs through April 28th where you can score a deal on numerous different products. As part of the sale you can save cash on select Tamiya items, various electronics have special pricing, and they are holding their annual on-line Easter [...]
That’s right house racers, you only have until tomorrow, April 4th, to get your entry into the RISE House Racer Challenge. The House Racer Challenge is a video contest with $5,000 up for grabs, so if you have not sent in your video yet, now is the time to do so. To get more details, and to see videos that have [...]
The crew over at Futaba have sent out a press release with their latest driver signing, Bari Musawwir. While Bari is a professional full sized monster truck driver, he is also big into the hobby of rc cars. It sure is cool to see Futaba sign Bari and it was interesting to read in the press release how he uses [...]
Right now Horizon Hobby is holding their 8xEIGHT Tournament. The Horizon Hobby contest puts some of their most popular products against each other in a March Madness style tournament. There are products from Losi, Spektrum, Blade, E-flite, Pro Boat, and Hanger 9 in the contest, use This Link to head over to Horizon’s Facebook page to get your vote on. Give [...]
Have you ever been getting ready for a trip and had the strong urge to bring your drone with you but weren’t really sure if it was allowed? Well today we are going to talk about taking your drone on a cruise ship. Your experience may differ depending on which cruise line you go with and how shady you look [...]
Want to win a new scaler? Better yet, an extremely trick, customized rig? The hard working guys over at RC4WD have announced that they are giving away a custom Trail Finder 2 with a Blazer body set. The TF2 comes with one of RC4WD’s scale realistic Chevy Blazer bodies, as well as one of their scale V8 engines. There is [...]
Want to make a cool $5,000? If so, the folks at Hobbico have announced the RISE House Racer Challenge! The challenge involves taking one of their House Racer quadcopters, flying it through a course you have created with RISE Race Gates, then submitting the FPV video. A panel of all-star judges will then pick a winner who gets some serious [...]
The crew over at Horizon Hobby have announced a new rc race series called the TLR Cup. The TLR Cup consists of four races scattered across the country to help promote the sport of rc racing. In addition, the cup events aren’t just races, but will also include such things as seminars and question & answers sessions. We look forward [...]
Our friends over at Horizon Hobby have just issued a press release about their driver Juan Pablo Montoya winning the 2017 Race of Champions. Juan Pablo is a brand ambassador for Horizon Hobby and is an avid hobbyist. Oh ya, he is also one of the world’s best race car drivers and his big win last weekend helps to prove [...]
Recently posted by ARRMA RC is piece on Winter Snow Bashing. While you guys down south don’t get to blast around in the snow very often, in many parts of the world it is the only option for 3 months (or more) out of the year. In the ARRMA blog post they put up a bunch of pictures showing off [...]
As a faithful reader of BigSquidRC, you already know who won our “2016 Bash Vehicle Of The Year”, the ARRMA Nero Monster Truck. Today, both the crew from Hobbico and ARRMA put out formal press releases to celebrate their big win. The Nero certainly earned the award, it is a high-tech, revolutionary bash machine that proved itself to be the [...]
