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Are you new to drifting? Have you been drifting for a while but are looking to up your sideways game? The folks over at HPI Racing have written a new article that shows you exactly how to customize a body for rc drifting. The article explains how to do a cool drifting paint job, as well as how to install [...]
Is your body destroyed? Are your tires bald? When you bash hard, broken bodies and worn out tires are just a fact of life. Just announced by Pro-Line is a Summer promotion called Beat The Heat. The promo allows you to save 15% off your order, now through August 14th. If you are looking to freshen up your rig, hit up [...]
If you are a basher then we don’t have to explain to you how legendary the Revo line of trucks from Traxxas is. Now, for a limited time, you can get a great deal on a variety of different Revos. From the nitro powered Revo 3.3, to the E-Revo, to the 1/16th scale E-Revo, you can save some cash on [...]
Last weekend the National Drone Racing Championships in New York made some big waves. The event was exclusively covered on ESPN3, sending notice that drone racing is steadily working its way towards the mainstream. One of the companies behind the evolution of FPV drone racing is Horizon Hobby. Horizon’s Blade line of drones has helped get FPV racing get to [...]
Have you been wanting to pick up a new Traxxas X-Maxx? Now is a great time as Traxxas has announced a couple of deals to sweeten the pot on the X-Maxx. There are two new options available when purchasing an X-Maxx. You can go with Deal 1 where you can get a free EZ Peak Dual charger, or Deal 2 where [...]
The crew over at Traxxas have announced they are extending their sale on the Aton and Aton Plus drones. Through August 31st, both units will be 20% off of regular pricing on the Traxxas website and at your participating local hobby shop. This puts pricing for the Aton at just $335, while the Plus model is priced at just $419. [...]
Hey everyone, just wanted to take a moment to welcome our newest sponsor, TRAXXAS! Traxxas is one of the reasons we started Big Squid RC many years ago. My neighbor brought over this new thing called a T-MAXX. An hour later I was on eBay and Craigslist drooling over pics of monster trucks with one tire propped up on a [...]
Treat your dad (or yourself!) to some new tires or a body during Pro-Line’s Father’s Day Sale. From June 16-19 you can save 15% off your order, plus get free ground shipping in the USA. To get more details, or to check out all the fine products that Pro-Line has to offer, simply hit up This Link. Can’t get enough Pro-Line [...]
Now that HPI Racing is getting back on track with RipMax, they have written up a short article to promote all their Classic Rally Car Products. From a vast array of rally car wheels and tires, to numerous scale realistic bodies, HPI has long been a huge supporter of the rally car movement. To see all the cool rally products HPI [...]
Save your dad some cash on rc products during rcMart’s Father’s Day Sale. That’s right, now through June 22 you can save 10% on brands like Overdose, Pandora, and Active. Also, rcMart has special pricing on other products, to find out which ones simply hit up This Link to head on over to rcMart’s official website. Hit This Link to read [...]
Just in from AsiaTees Hobbies is a press release about their 15% Off Sale that they are having on black and gun metal colored aluminum upgrades from GPM, TopCad, and TRC. That’s right, now through May 29th you can save some cash while blinging-out your ride with high quality aluminum parts. To get the entire scoop simply hit up This [...]
Recently announced by the good folks over at Hobbico was the addition of full scale race car driver Martin Truex Jr. to their Futaba race team. Truex is best known as a two time Xfinity Series champion and we really look forward to seeing him help the hobby via his collaboration with Futaba. Read below for the full press release- “Champaign, [...]
In another move forward on the path to global domination, drone racing will soon be arriving on ESPN. Thanks to the International Drone Racing Association, we will all be watching our favorite hobby continue it’s meteoric rise and take center stage on the world wide leader in sports in the very near future. The international, multi-year deal was announced earlier [...]
Drone racing is blowing up. That’s all there is to it. And for good reason! Just announced, ESPN and the International Drone Racing Association have inked a multi-year deal to broadcast the best of drone racing on cable TV. The first instalment will be the U.S. National Drone Racing Championships, to be hosted on Governor’s Island in New York at the [...]
The folks over at rcMart wanted us to let you know that there have been some design changes on the Xpresso K1 since it was first announced. Xpress has done a bunch of updates to the Xpresso for better handling and to make the car easier to adjust. Some of the updates include- * The steering links have been moved behind [...]
