Schumacher USA has announced a new engine called the Schumacher X28. This is the new engine that comes with the Fusion 28 which can hit 80mph! I saw this engine at the iHobby show and it looked really cool! The head on it was sweet. I’m willing to bet there will be a few [...]
I would just like to take a moment to welcome our newest advertiser to the Big Squid RC family, RC-Hobbies in Naperville! They have a pretty cool shop here in Illinois, they have an indoor rc rock crawling course, and they keep lots of good stuff in stock! If you are in the area, stop in and check them out! Make [...]
Today I met with Bill(firesprink281) and Jeff(jetboat) at the HobbyTown USA – Orland Park store to check out their new RC rock crawling course and help get it ready for the event coming up. We met with Steve, the owner, to discuss the event as well as lay out some plans and ideas for the course. It’s [...]
I’m still down here at the Snowbird Nationals ,my cell phone keeps going off every 3.259 minutes.It must be BigSquid calling, urging me to get out of this wonderfully heated outdoor pool and submit my daily report. I must admit- the reasons are few to pluck myself from this [...]
Cub Reporter here with a bunch of pics from the Snowbird NationalsI do not know who some of the people or who all the cars belong to, but I do know that the first picture is Pro Driver Tim Mohr’s car, and that the second car is Pro Driver Wesley Dennis’s car! Notice the Big Squid Stickers! Awesome! Enjoy [...]
Great Planes announced today that they will be bringing the Muchmore Racing product line to North America. The Muchmore products are mostly electronics like charger/dis-chargers, tire warmers, motor accessories, stuff like that. Cub reporter, who is down at the Snowbird Nationals, sent in this picture of a banner that was put up for the official announcement. [...]
Today the Venom Group did a good job of filling my mail box with Venom Press Release goodness! Check all this stuff out! First up is the Venom Heat Sink Motor Plate for the Axial Scorpion. It’s is CNC Machined from 6061 aluminum and finned for optimum motor cooling! Next up [...]
Greeting’s from Florida! With a little help from Brian back in Chicago (hey buddy.. how’s the weather! Muhaha..) I’m going to try and bring some updates and pictures from the Snowbird Nationals. I’m beyond tired, so I’m going to keep this one short. There are 750 entries from 38 states and 10 different countries! the Doors [...]
It’s Friday, which means one thing in the rc industry, no press releases on new products over the weekend! So let me dive right into the highlights of new releases this week. The biggest news this week- the Novak 1/8th scale conversion kits. It’s quite obvious that the next big thing in rc racing will be 8th scale electric off-road. There [...]
We just got a press release from Duratrax that talks about their new 1/8th scale racing truck called the Duratrax RT-X 27. This is the only picture I have, nothing with the lid off yet. It’s hard to tell if it’s based on anything like the Warhead or the Raze. From the sounds of the [...]
Hot on the heels of their new brushless systems Schumacher USA has announced some new LiPo packs. The CORE RC 3250mah 7.4v now has a smaller form to fit those harder to fit areas. It has a impact resistant hard case with ‘cell shapes’ molded into the bottom that can key into those chassis that [...]
Yes, even the best opinion writer in rc can miss a deadline. After the constant hate text messages from the men in black suits at BigSquidRC, I decided it was in my best interest to get my Week 3 review in their inbox. First, before I start ranting, BigSquidRC is breaking out the big money and making sure you, the faithful [...]
In what I would pretty much consider a “Stop The Presses!” moment today, Team Novak dropped me a press release with talks of conversion kits for many popular NITRO buggies to convert them to brushless! Now I know what you are thinking… ok.. so they probably made a kit for one OFNA, the one that came [...]
If you are into the new and hot RC Rock Crawling scene, and happen to be in the Chicago area, you are in luck! Today I went to visit the RC Hobbies – Naperville store to check out their new RC Rock Crawling course! It’s a sweet setup of rocks and tree-limbs that can provide a [...]
