RC Pro Products turn up the heat with new Pro tested and Italian made VooDoo Glo Plugs coming available next week. Multiple temps in Turbo style are set to come down the pipe very soon. VooDoo Nitro Fuel has also been announced. The all synthetic 30% premium blend is made in the good old USA to exacting QC standards and [...]
So we just updated the Basher Approved section with two new entries. I’ll let you read all about it in that section, but on the left is Scott Cramer accepting the award for the Duratrax Evader DT truck, and on the right in his best pose yet is Peter Vieira from Traxxas accepting the award [...]
In need of some tiny lipo’s? These new Thunder Power RC Ultra-Micro Batteries may be what you are looking for. If you need the batteries, you are going to need a micro charger to go with it! The only thing missing is a magnifying glass. Thunder Power RC is introducing their new 1S 3.7V 125mAh [...]
A few more pictures from our friends at HobbyMedia.it from their trip to the Tamiya Fair in Japan have caught my eye. First is this Ford F150 body! Without going on a Cubby rant, and how he’s been saying for over a year now that ‘realistic’ is the future of RC, but something [...]
Our friends from HobbyMedia.it just got back from the Tamiya Fair in Japan, and have sent a few pictures. The Tamiya Avante, a 1/10th scale electric buggy re-release. The original was released around 1988, and the re-release was in 2001. Does that make this a re-re-release? Every once in a while, I’ll see someone [...]
Well, they need you if you know what you are doing. Our friends from Axial have let us know that they are looking for a qualified product designer to work out of their so-cal office! How awesome is that?! If you have some engineering and design skills and want to apply them to some kick a$$ RC projects, [...]
Life is tough in the newspaper and magazine industries. Actually, most industries are having it rough during our economy, but the print guys have really been suffering. Nearly every week you learn about another big name newspaper or mag calling it quits. Finally those tough times have hit us in the rc world. I have long said that 4 mags for [...]
Just saw over on the Savox website that they have a new Rebate program where you can trade in any old servo towards one of their own and get $20 off!! How sweet is that?! All you need to do is add one of their qualified servo’s to your shopping cart, use the code servotradein and place the [...]
If your are car nut, you already know that Top Gear out of the UK is one of the greatest car shows on TV. Well tonight the USA gets their own version on the History Channel! I don’t think anyone expects the show to be as good as it’s UK big brother, but fingers are crossed it does [...]
Photo of the Week:By Nicolas Petit Build Log: Project Groundskeeper Willie – Heavy on pictures, light on text. Don’t know what’s what, but the results are pretty nice, especially the custom chassis plates. Doing Good: Donate $5 to Toys for Tots through TGN Distributing and be entered into a custom Baja 5B Raffle at the Bajambug Toy Drive. Drawing is [...]
We just confirmed that the RC Pro Series has been sold! I know a few people here at Big Squid RC were huge fans of Carlton Eppes and the way he ran the series, and he will be missed. We wish him luck in whatever his next project is. As for the RC Pro Series, it’s now run David Lovett, and [...]
Just wanted to let everyone know that Castle Creations has a $30 rebate on their Castle Sidewinder products! That includes the ESC and ESC with motor combo’s. Check out the Castle Creations rebate page for all the details!
UPDATE: The Deadline for entries has now passed, if you missed out on this one be sure to keep any eye on our front page for more giveaways in the very near future.To celebrate the awesome Evader DT receiving a Basher Approved award, DuraTrax gave us one new Evader DT to give away to you! To enter this give-away you’ll need [...]
Axial is releasing a little upgrade kit for the RTR AX10 and SCX10 trucks called the RTR Steering Upgrade Kit. This kit replaces the stock plastic steering links and increases strength and precision with aluminum steering links. Check out Axial’s site for details.
JConcepts recently showed off, for the first time in public, their new Punisher cab-forward style body for the Team Associated RC10T4.1 stadium truck. It made it’s debut at the ROAR Region 4 championships where it TQ’d every round of qualifying and took 1st & 2nd places in the A-main. Certainly an impressive start for a new product. The cab-forward style [...]
