If you want your chance at winning $1000 IN CASH, here is your reminder about the deadline for submissions in the incredible Pro-Line Racing Big Bash Video Contest! There is $1000 on the line for the winner, along with $500 in prizes! We aren’t messing around! September 1st is the cut off date for video submissions. The awesome videos continue [...]
New for the Mugen MBX7-T Truggy is a Finnisher series body from JConcepts. The Finnisher series bodies are known for their aerodynamic design that help improve handling on the track, now you can get one for your Mugen nitro truggy. * Comes with protective film and window masks * Blended wing & body design * Supplied with Finnisher decal sheet * Designed for excellent [...]
Toughen up your Losi LST2 XXL/E monster truck while adding some bling with new Aluminum Spindles. These are genuine Losi upgrade parts for a perfect fit and are anodized in red to really set your truck off. The spindles are street priced at $29, they have a part number of #LOS344000, and Right Here is the link that you want for [...]
Exactly what is the Hobbico Pro Series Big 5 GPS Meter? It is an affordable and compact GPS unit that can be used to measure (and record) speed, distance, and altitude. We’ve been testing one for several weeks now to find out if it is worth the cash for a normal backyard basher. Exactly what did we find out? Keep [...]
Before we get started, you can click here for Part One if you missed it. Building the trucks? Easy. Building the mud pit? PITA. This is the numero uno thing I’ve learned about racing r/c mudders. And of course the day we picked to build the track and run these vehicles just so happened to be 95 degrees with high humidity [...]
Are you one of those people who goes out and bashes after school, after work, on the weekends, records some sweet video and posts it to YouTube? Maybe you do all the bashing, but just not the filming? Would $1000 Cash be enough for you to press record? Here is the deal, with the help of Pro-Line Racing we are [...]
Live in the Midwest and looking for a place to bash this weekend? The St. Louis Missouri RC Freaks are putting on a big bash this Sunday. The Springdale Park Bash is open to all the popular scales of rc cars/trucks and to both gas and electric powered vehicles. The BigSquidRC Bash Crew will be there in full force to [...]
Scale realism in rc now days includes things like rear view mirrors, smoke coming out of the exhaust, and sound modules. It also includes highly detailed engine compartments. If you’ve been searching for a cool looking Engine Insert for your next custom build, take a look at the new DynaTron 20 from FireBrand RC. The DynaTron 20 is a highly [...]
For all you harcore drift guys out there, RC Mart has just released the first video of the new 3 Racing Sakura D AWD & RWD car in action. The new Sakura is making big waves in the drift community, take a look at the video to find out why. To get more details on both the AWD and RWD, [...]
Everybody likes making high speed passes, it is one of the ultimate tests of power, skill, and tuning ability. Recently we caught up with Albert Gwaltney, a BigSquidRC reader who has been putting up some impressive numbers with his 5th Scale HPI Baja 5B. You see, Albert’s HPI Baja is regularly breaking the 80 mph mark, something that is NOT [...]
The latest scale tire to hit the 1.9 scene is the RC4WD Atturo Trail Blade M/T. Fully licensed by Atturo, the Trail Blade M/T looks just like its full sized counterpart and is ready for serious off-road use. For extra traction they are molded in RC4WD’s X2SS compound and come with plenty of sidewall lugs for when the going gets [...]
Newly updated from STRC is their Traxxas Slash 4×4 LCG Conversion Kit. Leading the list of revisions is a narrower 4mm aluminum chassis and a loss in weight, down 30 grams from the original. There is also more clearance around the rear sway bar mount and a revised battery strap. You can get the kit with either black or blue [...]
Add a distinct new look to your ride with the Multi-Fit Banshee body from Fire Brand RC. Being a multi-fit body means that the body can be installed on a wide variety of different trucks and it comes in clear, ready for your custom paint scheme. A large decal sheet is included, as are window masks and a protective over-spray [...]
What does it look like when opening the box on the new Pro Boat Voracity-E 36? Well, to show everyone out in rc land what comes in the box we took a bunch of pictures while unboxing our test unit. The Voracity-E is certainly a beast, it is physically quite a large boat and comes with a brutish 6S LiPo [...]
You know, I’ve used the title “Always Outnumbered, Never Outgunned” (the title of a Prodigy album) once before, wayyyyyyy back in 2009. So this week I thought I would hop in the time machine and go back to what I wrote back in ’09 and see how it stands up today. So what was in my ’09 Cub Report? * I [...]
