I guess I can go ahead and put my foot in my mouth. I can’t count how many times I’ve said RC Drift is growing and it’s niche and it’s underground. You could really get away with saying that, until a YouTuber called Drift 44 and automotive manufacturer Lexus put it in front of the eyes of millions of viewers [...]
The folks over at Luxury RC have announced new Colored Body Pins. These are available in five different colors- blue, green, red, black and purple. Colored body clips can add a touch of bling to your ride and make them easier to find while out bashing. These are heavy duty body pins that fit most 1/10th scale vehicles and are [...]
While most every body of water near the BigSquidRC offices is still frozen solid, it isn’t too early to dream about spring and getting in some boat action. Hitting your local hobby shops in March is the new Jet Stream 600 from Kyosho. The Jet Steam 600 comes as a Readyset, pre-built and ready to hit the water. A water [...]
Just announced from Gmade are new MT1902 rock crawling tires. Designed to fit 1.9″ wheels and molded in a super soft compound, the Gmade MT1902s have a nice scale look that should work well out on the trail. Big, deep lugs are used to provide traction and soft foam inserts are included with each pair. Catch up on more Gmade [...]
For the rock crawling crowd, Tamiya has announced a limited edition version of a Toyota FJ Cruiser that will come on their CR01 chassis. Their CR01 is a 4wd platform that comes with 4 link suspension and gear diffs that are lockable by simply turning a screw. Some of the other features of the FJ CR01 include- * Comes as a [...]
“My pro-line mt I need some advice, there isn’t anyone who has pegged the best electronics system for bashing with the new pro-line pro mt and proclaimed it as such. I just ordered a kit and there aren’t even any recommendations on their website. I know you reviewed it with a castle mamba max pro sct with 1410 series 3800 kv [...]
One of the longest running and most popular classes on indoor carpet is 1/12th scale pan car. Needless to say, the competition to produce the best 12th scaler is quite intense. Serpent is known for their high-end products and have just announced their latest entry into the 12th scale class, the S120 LTR. Some of the highlights of the new [...]
All the way back in August, I got my hands on a Goblin 570 from SAB Helidivision thanks to my friends at PrestigeRC/HeliDirect. Over the past few months, I have been diligently working on it while getting more and more excited for flying season to start this now snowy 2015. I have only built a Baja 5B SS in all my time in RC, [...]
Want to beef up your Helion Dominus? Now you can with Front Upper & Lower Arms from RPM RC. Molded here in America from legendary RPM nylon, the RPM arms are beefed up in all the right places and have tighter tolerances than the stock units for less slop. Each package contains one upper and one lower arm and have [...]
With spring time just around the corner (YES!!!), it isn’t too early to start looking for a new rc boat. The latest boat from Thunder Tiger is the Olympian Deep-V. The Olympian is a rtr that comes stock with a 2000kV brushless motor and a one meter long (39.1″) high performance deep-v hull. Water cooling is used to keep the [...]
With the Invertix400, Blade 200QX, and Leap 3D inverted flight type quadcopters already on the market, the team over at AerialFreaks wanted me to try out their new Hyper400 3D just to see how theirs stacks up to the competition. Needless to say I got very excited when a few days after our conversation that a quadcopter was sitting on my front porch, sooner than anyone [...]
Tired of every new product being murdered out? Looking for that clean all-white 80’s look in your next buggy? If so, Tamiya has you dialed with the new White Version of the Dark Impact buggy. With virtually every molded part coming white, they don’t get much cleaner looking than the new Dark Impact. Some of the other notable features of [...]
Gmade is known for several things, one of which is their wheel and tire line-up. Their latest wheels are GT02 Beadlocks. These are designed to fit most popular 2.2″ tires and are a true internal beadlock design with no gluing required. The GT02s come in black and have a scale realistic design to look good out on the trail. The [...]
There are plenty of good reasons to buy an 18th scaler, but most people buy them because they are so affordable and typically hard to break. Dromida has sold boatloads (literally) of 18th scalers over the last couple of years and recently we got a chance to test out their new DB4.18 Desert Buggy. Is the DB4.18 a good noobie [...]
Flipping a boat in the middle of a lake can take hours to recover, which needless to say is not any fun. That’s why the lastest from Pro Boat, the Recoil 17″ Deep V, comes with a Self-righting feature. If you find yourself upside down with the Recoil, just hit the gas and it self-rights itself and you are instantly [...]
