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After much hype, we’re finally getting our first look at the Team Associated SC10 4×4. So will it live up to it? The SC10 4×4 features a very unique belt drive system with dual gearboxes. The belt rides in a sealed system, well above the chassis, with the batteries and electronics tucked underneath in a very different configuration for not [...]
Back during IHobby TQ Racing showed off a prototype of the SX8 e Evo buggy. Well that prototype is finally ready for full on production mode. But it’s not just the SX8e that’s ready for prime time, they also have a nitro version to go along with it. Both cars feature big bore shocks, aluminum shock towers, a durable drive [...]
Here’s one thing (among many) we missed at IHobby. TQ Racing unveiled their prototype of a new 1/8 scale brushless buggy, called the SX8 Evo E. It’s based on ideas from TQ’s SX10 line, but also features many new ideas that work with 1/8 scale. It’s designed with saddle packs in mind for better weight distribution and more options on [...]
Schumacher Racing has a new high-end touring car in the line-up, hot on the heals of their recent budget tourer the Mi1. The Mi4CX is being touted as a competition ready car, with all kinds of high-end features like an ultra-lightweight front spool with increased durability, ultra-lightweight aluminum transmission housings, dedicated front & rear high strength steel CVD driveshafts, and [...]
Hot Bodies has decided that Atsushi Hara is deserving of his own kit. The D8 Atsushi Hara Edition features many upgrades over the stock D8, including a thicker, 3mm chassis, lightweight drive train components, aluminum spindles and hubs, and upgraded shock towers and new longer shocks. It also comes out of the box with all you need to replicate the [...]
When a lot of people hear the name Schumacher, they usually think of one thing, expensive cars. Well, apparently Schumacher is tired of listening to all your belly aching about cost. They’ve created a new 1/10 scale, electric sedan, called the Mi1, for the budget conscious drivers out there. It may be a low-cost ride but it has some nice, [...]
Team Associated has once again taken the time to revise one of their off-road performers. The RC10B44.1 has been given an all new carbon-fiber chassis that has been designed with all the latest LiPo offerings in mind. The new chassis provides more ground clearance for the rough stuff. Also new is a revised front shock tower that’s now made with [...]
Team Associated has a brand new ride. The RC10TC6 Factory Team edition is an all new design that has been prepared for brushless power and LiPo batteries right out of the box. The whole thing has been given a makeover but a few of the significant changes include moving the motor 13mm in toward the centerline of the chassis, lowering [...]
Dan Fischer from Kershaw Designs dropped by the RC Driver Live show today to show off a bunch of new products and custom rigs. The biggest news from the show is Kershaw’s new Baja 5B/5T dedicated brushless chassis. The new chassis is going to be distributed through TGN Distributing. According to Dan it’s going to be a [...]
The Tamiya TRF801XT is, by all accounts, a fine model automobile. Apparently Tamiya wasn’t happy enough with it though. So they went back to the drawing board and then to the track, then back to the drawing board, then the track again, and so on and so forth until they had a truck that performed better than their previous attempt. [...]
Holy cow! Cubby does some work! The RC Reviews section was just updated with the HPI Racing Blitz ESE Review by our own Cub Reporter! You don’t want to miss this one! Click the images or here for the review!
A few months ago we showed you Team Durango‘s new 1/10 scale, 4wd, electric buggy, the DEX410R. Durango sent word today that their mid-level racer is now shipping. The DEX410R is based on the championship winning DEX410, with a few changed specs to make it less expensive. It is parts compatible with the higher-end spec so you can upgrade as [...]
In the ‘better late than never’ category, we finally got our hands on the HPI Blitz ESE! Many of us in the office are huge fans of the original HPI Blitz, so we have been looking forward to this for a while. Whenever I see the UPS guy walking in the door [...]
So let’s say you bought a HPI MT2 a while back, you thought you were the cool kid on the block. But then all your friends decided to up and buy Slashes, Blitzes, and SC10s. Now you’re left looking kind of like a tool. So what could you do to save face? How about buying yourself a CKRC MT2SC Conversion [...]
Well, today must be a day that ends in Y because Kyosho has announced another Mini-Z. Their new MA-010 AWD SP Limited kit is another limited edition (only 2000 will be made before the molds are thrown into a violently erupting volcano and lost forever!) Mini-Z. This one is in kit form and requires the separate purchase of the receiver/esc [...]
