You know, it’s cool stuff like this that makes me want to find some more hotspots for RC Drifting in the area! HPI Racing has put out their LED Super Light System for 1/10th scale drift cars. It has 17 light bulbs with 6 different lighting modes. Headlights, tail lights, turn signals, side indicators, brake [...]
For all those who have run out to buy the HPI Racing Baja 5T only to find yourself looking like everyone else at the track, you are in luck! HPI Racing just released the clear Baja 5T body. It comes trimmed, with decals, and logo’s. Very cool! So get out there and get your paint on!
HPI Racing has announced the new Outlaw Wheels for the Baja 5T 1/5th scale trucks. They come in chrome, black, white, and gunmetal. They also come with a 4mm or 10mm offset. These are beadlock setups, so no need for glue (yeah!) and run about $35 a pair. Note, the beadlock rings must be ordered [...]
Tons more Fan Pictures for the Big Squid RC Contest are starting to come in! Remember, we are giving away a BRAND NEW RTR Duratrax RT-X 27 at the end of the year! You don’t have many months left to get those pictures in! Thanks to everyone who sent in this last batch [...]
Where is the 8th scale brushless revolution? Has that “trend of the day” already been surpassed? The technology has been available to make this work for at least a year now, but there are only two non-conversion 8th scale electric buggies out on the market right now, the Caster EX-1R, and the Losi Eight-E. It’s been more than 2 years [...]
O’Donnell Racing has issued a press release talking about their new O’Donnell Z01-T Truggy. It’s 1/8 scale, 4WD, and built to race! I had the pleasure of talking to ‘THE’ Steve O’Donnell himself last week. He’s really a great guy, and cool to talk to every time I see him. They really put a lot of thought [...]
Duratrax has put out the full press release on their new 1/18th scale Vendetta TC. It’s a 1/18th scale touring car, it comes RTR with 4WD! I got a chance to check it out at the iHobby Expo last week, and it was a pretty sweet looking car. The full press release will [...]
East Coast Trans-Am Shootout Vintage Trans-Am racing is alive and spreading across the country like a wind driven Santa Anna fire storm. This class is popping up at local club races everywhere bringing both old and new drivers back into our sport and hobby. With being able to use any TC 4wd chassis, hobbiest [...]
As BigSquidRC grows, we are doing our best to bring on more writers and involve different areas of RC. I have known Wes for a few years now, and he’s a good guy, friendly at the track, and a heck of a racer. He is going to be bringing us news from a lot of the big races as [...]
During the iHobby show, I made a quick stop over in the Axial Racing booth to say hello, and to see what new goodies they had coming in the near future. I think the coolest was the Bender Customs SWX Chassis kit. The setup looked pretty darn cool, and it looked like a true upgrade that [...]
I’m pretty sure that the first few times I walked the show floor, these vehicles were not anywhere to be seen. Then one late evening, just before the show was closing for the day I spotted these two vehicles on a counter in the Thunder Power RC booth! The 1/16th scale looked sweet! The sign [...]
RPM RC has just sent out a press release announcing their new Traxxas Slash Rear A-Arms! They have increased the material around the inner and outer hinge pins by 64% as well as removed the extra holes that were for vehicles other than the slash. They also ended up being 10% lighter, and way stronger! The full press [...]
So let’s jump right into the good stuff. What was the hottest news at the show (besides the BigSquidRC and IMEX booth babes)? It was a hard call this year. I think the general consensus would have to go to the Traxxas Crawler. It was on display in all it’s glory, and looked really gnarly. Although, in my opinion, it looked [...]
Since we already covered the big 1/16th scale news from Traxxas, I figure we better show the Traxxis Summit pictures we took. The coolest thing about it, remote locking differential. Lock and unlock on demand from the remote. You can see the extra mini servo’s inside that make this happen. The truck itself [...]
Here are the pictures of our final winners of the weekend! Anyone can go buy a Traxxas Slash or a Schumacher Rascal, but I don’t even have a Tim Mohr autographed body! This has to be the biggest smile ever recorded! Wow was he happy! Congratulations to all the winners [...]
