We just received a press release from RPM about their new Traxxas T/E-Maxx True-Track Rear A-arm conversion. The new new kit eliminates the rear toe link and locks in the angle at a negative 1.5 degrees per side. The arms are also a little beefier and they even have oversized bearings! They will come in the usual [...]
Hello everyone. Hopefully everyones holidays were good, with them (X-Mas-New Years and my B-Day ) over now I’m going to try to write a little…bear with me. Well a few of us have been getting together at Underground the last few weeks on Saturday’s. For those of you who don’t know what The Underground is let me try to describe it [...]
When it comes to people you admire, at least in the RC world, everyone always has some top pro drivers that they worship, and just think are the greatest people ever. When it comes to who bashers worship, it’s XXXMain. Well.. maybe BigSquidRC, then XXXMain.. (Just kidding!) Seriously though.. these guys have been hardcore bashers forever, and [...]
Information on two new items from Team Check Point has just come in. The Pro Car LiPo Balancer, balances individual cell voltages during charge/discharge and automatically checks for poor quality cells. It can be used alone or with a separate charger such as the TC-1030. It’s designed to work with 2 to 3 cell packs assembled [...]
The good people over at Venom were on a mission today to fill my mailbox with loads of new product press releases! Up first is the new Multi-Function Pro Charger, and it looks like it comes with everything you could ever need! Besides every plug possible, it comes with or without a power supply(nice) LiPO Balancer, [...]
While still playing catch up after our big computer meltdown, I’m finding news we missed posting in backup emails. I posted a few new press releases in the NEW Product Forum. One of them being for the Futaba 4PK 4-Channel 2.4ghz computer system. We talked a little about it back during our coverage during iHobby, and it [...]
Just wanted to post a rumor I have been hearing that the ROAR organization is just a few days away from legalizing Li-Po’s in their races with the requirement that the packs be sealed in some sort of hard case. So for all you die-hard racing nuts, it looks like you might finally get to experience what [...]
Hey All, with the recent announcement from Schumacher about their speed controllers, I thought I better get to work on the interview with Shawn Palmer! It’s good and long with lots of details! Enjoy! Make sure to hit the title/jump for the full interview! 1. The news officially dropped today about Schumacher’s brushless system. It’s already a crowded BL marketplace. All [...]
This video was with everyone’s favorite RC tech guy, ‘Scooter’ from Team Tekin! This one had a pretty funny blooper, as another company at the show kept running some electric turbine jet thing at full throttle every few minutes. It was loud and annoying, and had good timing. 🙂 Enjoy.High Res version here: Big Squid RC iHobby 07 – [...]
Week two in 08′ has flown by. Product wise, MaxAmps, trying to make good on their vow to dominate in 08′, introduced another product- some hard case saddle pack li-po’s. The jury is still out on encasing li-po’s in a hard pack. On one hand, protecting them is very important. On the other, li-po’s don’t like being contained in essentially, a warming blanket. Before [...]
What a great event today! I was out at the Hobby Town USA (Naperville) Rock Crawling event today. Mike, Jeff, Zak, and others did a awesome job of getting the track built and the event organized. The turnout was bigger then expected which always helps. Below are a bunch of pictures I snapped during the event. I [...]
Got a press release from Schumacher USA with news of their new ESC! Here are a few quotes: “new generation of “Super ESCs” capable of sensored motor operation utilizing the sensor loom, sensored motor operation without the loom, and purely sensorless operation as well as brushed motor capability.” I’m not 100% sure what all that even means, [...]
Now that our yearly Fan Pic contest is over, and we are working on getting prizes for the next one, I thought maybe we would toss out another contest to keep people busy in the meantime. A few times a year I get an email telling me that someone saw a Big Squid RC sticker on a [...]
Looks like we finally have the videos rolling out! Wish us luck that we keep going and we don’t melt another computer. This new video features Pro Driver Tim Mohr in the Castle Creations booth talking about a new ESC. We have been working with Tim for a long time, and he is by far one of the nicest guys have [...]
Here we are, kick’n off 2008 with a (soft) bang in the rc world. On the product side- MaxAmps, who promised to make huge strides in 08, has already fired the first shot. Early on in the week, a press release was sent out about their exclusive 4700 mah sub-c ni-mh’s. That’s pretty ho-hum in itself, but the bold statement “We [...]
