THE Speed Passion Cirtix Short Course Master 3600 kv Brushless Combo ReviewSpeed Passion has proven they can power world class touring cars to championships, but can they put out an affordable system that launches your 2wd short course truck to the next level? Read on to find out…
Team Durango have at last unveiled the DEX408, after having teased us for many weeks. It’s packed with features, most of which are to be found on the nitro version too, such as easy-access diffs and a slimline design. The plastics are all light weight composites, and all the shiny bits are CNC machined aluminum, further aiding the already excellent weight [...]
Welcome to Day 2 of Big Squid RC’s 12 20 Days of Christmas Contest! What is this? Click here for all the rules! Today, we are going to give away the Big Squid RC Contest Shirt! The winner will get their choice of size. Plus don’t forget a set of Big Squid RC Stickers and 3D Glasses! So now all [...]
So while we are always telling everyone to support your local hobby shops, we wanted to point out this promotion that our friends over at Pro-Line are doing. It’s called the Big Give, and for ALL of December 2011, for every $1 spent on a web order, they will donate $.50 to charity! That is REALLY cool of those guys. [...]
So yesterday we talked about the official press release and our Exclusive pictures of the new DuraTrax Evader Brushless. Less than 24 hours later, we have one in the office! Of course that means it’s time for the unboxing photos. I have to admit this is one of DuraTrax’s better boxes. It has the punch out windows, that are actually taunting [...]
We have our winner for Day 1 of Big Squid RC’s 12 20 Days of Christmas Contest! Congrats to Doug (darmst02@#$%%^.com) for winning! You were the random entry chosen today! Watch for an email coming your way to get your shipping address! Everyone make sure to come by tomorrow for Day 2! Thanks to everyone who participated! If you aren’t [...]
Welcome to Day 1 of Big Squid RC’s 12 20 Days of Christmas Contest! What is this? Click here for all the rules! Today, we are going to start off by giving away the Duratrax Kwik Trak Racing Cones, and a Futaba can cozy! We use these all the time when out bashing. Just toss em down, and [...]
Welcome to Big Squid RC’s 12 20 Days of Christmas Contest! Christmas is a time of giving, we know, most people do 12 days, but our sponsors are just too awesome to do some wimpy 12 day thing, so we are doing 20! Before we get to the details, we want to thank the following sponsors, go click the links, [...]
Way back in October we posted some Exclusive pictures of the new DuraTrax Evader Brushless. Well, we just received the official press release which means it’s probably coming to a hobby shop near you soon! The 1/10th scale Evader Brushless comes with a 2.4GHz transmitter made by Futaba! You know it’s a quality radio, even if it’s a pack in! [...]
The folks from DuraTrax continue their tire line with this latest offering. The Duratrax Persuader and Equalizer 1/8 scale buggy tires are that latest offering. The Equalizers are for high grip on looser tracks while the Persuader is meant for indoor or smooth, hard packed tracks. They are available in soft C2 or super-soft C3 compounds, and you can get [...]
my thoughts on the xo-1 I agree with cubby…the XO-1 is not about selling large volume and making money….it’s to make a statement! It’s like the Ferrari of R/C. Not all of us is going to be able to afford one, but somewhere in all of us, we all want one 🙂 Sxxxx Cubby– Just fyi for our readers, Sxxxx is a west coast [...]
Way back in 2009 we posted what we thought was going to be the future for Futaba. You can click that link to see the original post. Yea we were doing it as sort of a gag, but with the way Futaba radios were evolving, it didn’t seem like too far of a stretch. Now, almost 2+ years later, what’s [...]
Just in case you haven’t caught the videos of the Traxxas XO-1 in action, we wanted to make sure they do not get missed! The first XO-1 video is their initial showing, with it racing around the track and looking pretty cool.The second video after the break shows off the new TQi radio and how it works with the [...]
Adding to our Traxxas XO-1 Coverage we got to ask Peter V. over at Traxxas a few questions about the car. Here are his responses. Big Squid: Some of the video shots look like it has lights. Will there be a light kit available when it ships? Is this later down the road? Peter V. : XO-1 does not currently have [...]
If you haven’t gotten enough Traxxas XO-1 Release News yet, we got two cool pics off the box. The first is the top of the box, so you all know what to look for on the shelves, but I really liked this side of the box that points out a lot of the new features I haven’t seen mentioned in [...]
