Teased in a video from a few weeks ago, JConcepts has now formally announced their Fling King tires and Dragon wheels. Both are sized at 2.6″ and were designed to fit on mega trucks. The Fling King tires have an extra deep tread pattern to help your truck get through the worst of mud holes. The Dragon wheels were designed [...]
There are a couple of trends that we’ve been seeing in recent years. We’ve been seeing vehicles get bigger and more scale looking. The Losi Super Baja Rey is not only big, coming in at 1/6th scale, but it is also designed to look exactly like a full sized short course race truck. The big Losi also sports serious power [...]
Here is the storm that Horizon Hobby has been teasing, the new Losi Super Baja Rey. The Super Baja Rey is a large 1/6th Scale off-road truck that was designed for serious bashing fun! Our BigSquidRC Bash Crew has had the pleasure of already getting in wheel time with the Super Baja Rey and we can say that it is truly [...]
Shipping now from Reedy is the Blackbox 850R brushless ESC. The 850R was designed for use in 1/8th scale vehicles and has a motor limit of 3000kV on 4S. The 850R is 6S capable and comes pre-programmed with settings that work on most tracks. Pricing for the 850R is $197, it has a part number of #27007, and full details are [...]
If you didn’t catch #5 yesterday, here is what’s going on. Each year we hand out our Bash Vehicle of the Year Award. There can only be one winner, and there is usually a list of the top 5 we had thought about winning. EVERY vehicle that makes this list, or that was considered a possible bash vehicle of [...]
Here ya go folks, a bit more of a clue on just what Horizon Hobby’s big announcement is for tomorrow. Today Horizon Hobby posted a new video which is shown below. While we still do not get a glimpse of what the vehicle may be, we do get to see more giant rooster plumes. More importantly, the end of the [...]
Are you a hardcore basher? If so, have a look at the Pro-Line Video shown below to see how easy it is to turn your Traxxas Slash into a monster! By putting on larger wheels and tires, plus a body with much larger fender wells, your Slash can be turned into an extreme bashing machine. The video below details what parts [...]
While on-road in general has been a bit slow lately, there are cars being released to help boost the segment. A great example of that is the HPI Racing Ken Block ’65 Ford Mustang Hoonicorn. The Hoonicorn is an absolute beast in the full scale world, best known for the crazy videos that it was driven in by rally car [...]
Soon to be released by Yokomo is the Drift Spec BL-PRO4/ZERO 2 Brushless Combo Set. The set includes a BL-PRO4 electronic speed controller and your choice of a 10.5 or 13.5 Zero 2 drift spec brushless motor. These power packages were designed to give your car easy to use power, thus making it easier to hold a drift around the [...]
Just announced by O.S. Speed is the B21 Adam Drake Edition nitro engine. The new Drake engine is a .21 that was designed for both buggy and truggy racing. Here are some of its highlights- * New porting & cylinder liner * 6.5 & 8.0mm carb reducers * New bore x stroke – 16.40 x 16.55 mm * Ceramic rear bearing * 21J carburetor * P3 [...]
Every year we give out our Bash Vehicle of the Year Award. While there can be only one winner, we usually offer up a list of the top 5 because EVERY vehicle that makes this list, or that was considered a possible bash vehicle of the year, is truly an exceptional vehicle. Bash Vehicles of the Year must have been [...]
Fresh off taking the win in our scaler shoot-out, the Traxxas TRX-4 makes a return with a newer model, the TRX-4 Tactical Unit. How does this militaristic machine stack up? What’s different? Read-on to find out! From: Traxxas Direct Link: TRX-4 Tactical Unit Unboxing Pictures: BSRC Unboxes The TRX-4 Tactical Unit Review By: Doug Welker Photography By: Doug Welker Specs: RTR or Kit: RTR Age: 14+ 2wd or 4wd: 4wd Shaft or Belt: Shaft Electric or [...]
Just announced by the crew at Yokomo is the YZ-2 DTM World Championship Edition Kit. The latest YZ-2 is capitalizing on their recent world championship win with Ryan Maifield by giving racers a slew of option parts right in the box. Here are some of the upgrades that are included with the WC edition- * New gullwing front arms * Graphite [...]
Now available from RC4WD is a Poison Spyder Bombshell Diff Cover. This fully licensed scale accessory was designed to fit RC4WD’s cast K44 axles. The diff cover sports a stylish Poison Spyder logo and they have been CNC machined from billet aluminum. The part number for the diff cover is #Z-S1847, they are priced at $19 each, and full details await [...]
What’s this, a Traxxas Ford Mustang GT at a skate park? Indeed it is. The latest video from Traxxas does a great job of showing how much fun can be had with the Mustang while catching air and sliding around on the polished concrete. The iconic Ford Mustang GT not only sports some serious scale appearance on the outside, but [...]
