Looking for something to do this Saturday? Are you in the mid-west? Come hangout with us at the Horizon Hobby RC Fest! Everyone is invited to come out and spend a day enjoying the hobby on Saturday, June 10th. The event is being held at Eli Field in Monticello Illinois and is going to have demonstrations, try-me exhibits, and more. [...]
Designed to fill the gap between ready to run buggies and full on race kits are the new Club Racers from Team Associated. Associated will offer the RC10B6 and the RC10B64 in club racer trim to help get more people into racing. Both buggies will come loaded with Reedy electronics and are equipped with big bore shocks. The B6 sports [...]
After a big live announcement today, Horizon Hobby has released full details on their new E-Flite X-Vert VTOL. VTOL stands for vertical take-off and landing, and that is what makes this new release so exciting. The X-Vert makes it easy for people to have all the fun of a VTOL aircraft, without all the complexity. Here are some of its [...]
Bash Hi Cubby, I am looking forward to meeting you at the bash in St Charles next weekend. I have never attended one of your bashes before, what should I expect? Is there anything special I need to bring? Barney N.” Cubby- Well hello there Barney, you don’t see that name used a lot now days. That is cool that you will be making [...]
One of the biggest nitro races held each summer is the Futaba Nitro Challenge. The event has been held at the St Louis Dirtburners track for several years now and this year’s event is expected to be a monster. To make it even better, world famous rc race car drivers Adam Drake and Ryan Lutz will be holding a pair [...]
Just announced by SSD RC are three new Assassin Wheels. These are CNC machined from high quality aluminum and come with Delrin beadlock rings. There is a 1.9″ Assassin in bronze (#SSD00180), a 2.2″ in bronze (#SSD00185), and a 2.2″ in grey (#SSD00183). All three come with a standard size 12mm hex and are compatible with Vanquish SLW hubs. They also [...]
Recently announced by Tamiya is a Tyrrell P34 1976 Japan GP Special Edition. The Tyrrell uses a modified version of Tamiya’s F103 chassis and is a well done recreation of the iconic Formula 1 car. This particular special edition comes with a slew of hop ups for improved performance. * TRF special damper * Hi-torque servo saver * Foam tires * Torque tuned [...]
Have you ever seen a giant gas powered rc airplane dance on water? Neither have we, but now you can by watching the video shown below. Recently, at the Joe Nall air show, the Hitec crew decided to have some fun by getting crazy with one of their big gas powered planes. The video shows what can be done when [...]
While the crew at Pro-Line Racing are best known for their tires winning countless world and national titles, they are also hardcore about bashing. To help give all you owners of the X-Maxx more performance, a couple of months ago Pro-Line announced a unique wheel and tire combo for your Traxxas. Their Badlands MX43 Tires and Impulse Pro-Loc Wheels were [...]
Over Memorial Day weekend the JConcepts crew did a bunch of filming at the Diggers Dungeon 12th Annual No Limit RC Monster Truck World Finals. The video shows a bunch of high energy scale monster truck action, as well as plenty of footage of Grave Digger’s own Dennis Anderson. Watch the video to learn more about the rc event that [...]
The folks over at Reedy have announced a pair of affordable new HV Digital Servos. These are intended as an upgrade from your old busted up RTR servo and they come with sturdy metal gears. Water resistant, the Reedy servos also come with dual bearings and high torque motors. 0712MG – 0.12 speed/7.0 kg-cm @ 7.4V, $29, #27110 1514MG – 0.14 [...]
With the truggy wars heating up across the globe this summer, XRay has announced the 2017 edition of the XT8. The XT8 is a premium 1/8th scale nitro truggy that comes as a kit. To help put you at the front of the raging hordes, XRay has made numerous changes on the XT8, here are some of its highlights. * Longer [...]
With the Vaughn Gittin Jr Fun Haver edition of the Savage XS Flux getting ready to ship any day now, HPI Racing has released a new action video to promote the truck. The video features footage of Vaughn Gittin Jr himself, along with Savage XS action footage, to give you a good look at the truck’s capabilities. The action footage [...]
While at Camp Woodward, the Traxxas crew filmed some RC Parkour action with the Rustler VXL and the Stampede VXL. Check out the video to see both trucks busting out some cool lines and making big jumps. Both of the VXL brushless powered trucks can be seen ripping around Camp Woodward, showing you just how much fun they can be [...]
What’s this, one of the very first Traxxas TRX-4 specific hop up parts? New from ADW Design is a TRX-4 Front Servo Winch Mount. This is a replacement front bumper mount that makes it easy to add a servo winch behind the body of your new TRX-4 scale crawler. Pricing for this 3D printed part from the Shapeways store is [...]
