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Peter Vieira gets some “constructive criticism” from Cubby.

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iHobby 2011 ARRMA Demo

You’ve seen our ARRMA Fury review… What about some of the other ARRMA vehicles? Well, they were kind enough to demo the Fury SCT, Raider buggy, and the Granite Monster Truck earlier today, and they were pretty sweet! I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again here, I’m stoked to get behind the wheel of everything [...]

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Thunder Power TP1430C Charger

Hitec isn’t the only company at IHobby that has a new ultra mega super charger. Thunder Power RC is introing their new TP1430C charger. It’s a 1000(!) watt charger that is capable of charging appropriate LiPos at up to 30 amps! It’s not just LiPos though, this thing is a multi chemistry charger, so you can charge [...]

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Big Squid RC iHobby 2011 Show Cars!

Here are a just a couple shots of the Team BSRC iHobby 2011 Show Cars! Adam “the Intern” created a totally awesome 8-wheel crawler, pro driver Tim brought his killer on-road car, and Craig the Crazy Ramp Builder brought…a Superman SCT?! You’ve gotta come by the booth and check these out! And we’ve got a lot [...]

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New Hitec Servos!

Everybody loves some new Hitec servos! They had a ton of new ones on display here at iHobby 2011. Everything from wing servos to crazy giant 1/5 scale servos. The HSB-9380TH is a brushless servo that produces 486 oz. of torque on 7.4V and runs at 0.15 sec/60. That’s just crazy! This thing would rock [...]

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HUGE TRAXXAS NEWS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Not really. The only news out of the Traxxas booth at this year’s IHobby is some new paint jobs for the Summit. That’s all. Seriously. … … … Ok. While they aren’t showing it at IHobby, one of their guys told us they are definitely working on something new that should be out by the Christmas shopping season. It’s [...]

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Reedy 4000mAH 60C 7.4V Shorty Li-Po

Reedy have announced a new 7.4v “Shorty” Li-Po for the racers out there. However if you do fancy bashing it, there’s no need to worry, because it’s 60c 4000mah cells are protected by a hardcase. Sounds like another Li-Po right? WRONG. It’s called “Shorty” for a reason – its short! That means you can slide it about in your standard sized battery [...]

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Hitec X4 AC Plus

One of Hitec‘s new products at IHobby is the X4 AC Plus mega charger. This beast of a charger features four individual 50-watt charge circuits, a built in 22 amp power supply, four internal LiPo balancing circuits, and five programmable profile settings. And best of all it runs off convenient AC power or DC. It’s made to [...]

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Cubby yelling at a kid while he drives our surface drone.

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ARRMA Booth

ARRMA has made an appearance at IHobby, showing off all of their current and upcoming vehicles. You’ve already seen all of our exclusive news yesterday, so there’s nothing new to say about anything they have. So just look at the pictures. #gallery-7 { margin: auto; } #gallery-7 .gallery-item { float: left; margin-top: 10px; text-align: center; width: 33%; } #gallery-7 img { border: 2px solid #cfcfcf; } #gallery-7 .gallery-caption { margin-left: 0; } /* see [...]

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Venom Low Voltage Monitor

Stay safe with this Low Voltage Monitor from Venom. You can set the alarm to sound between 2.7v and 3.8v per cell using 2s to 8s LiPo packs.  As well as a loud alarm, this tiny monitor has a LCD readout so you can check your packs voltages.Head over to the Venom Website for details!

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HPI’s Mini Recon in person

HPI Racing isn’t attending this year’s IHobby, but there’s still a couple of HPI’s new vehicles floating about. This is their recently announced Mini Recon, 1/18 scale, 4wd monster truck. Be sure to hit up our archives to read all about this little monster. And check out the HPI Racing website for more info. #gallery-9 { margin: auto; } #gallery-9 .gallery-item [...]

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New Dynamite Speedtreads Tires

Here are some pics of some of the new Dynamite Speedtreads Tires that are being shown here at iHobby 2011 These are both 1/8 scale and SCT truck tires, with a variety of treads. Hit up this link if you want to see just exactly what each tread pattern is. #gallery-11 { margin: auto; } #gallery-11 .gallery-item { float: left; margin-top: 10px; text-align: center; width: 50%; } #gallery-11 [...]

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Dynamite LCG conversion for Slash

Dynamite has a load of new stuff for the Traxxas Slash. The biggest new item being a LCG conversion set. But you’ll also see aluminum arms, shock towers, sway bar sets, and more. Everything is available now or will be very soon. Keep an eye on the Dynamite website for more info. #gallery-13 { margin: auto; } #gallery-13 .gallery-item { float: [...]

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ECX Smash in person at the Horizon Booth

The ECX Smash, 1/18 scale monster truck, is making an appearance at the Horizon Hobby booth. There isn’t any new info that hadn’t already been released last week, but it’s nice to have this thing in hand and get a good look at it. One nice tidbit is that since it’s based on the now discontinued Losi Mini-T, [...]

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