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Pro-Line caused a serious stir among the rc community earlier in the week when they teased a picture of their upcoming Rat Rod body for the Traxxas 1/16 E-Revo. It was cool to see Pro-Line take a small step from their normal stuff and put out such a cool scale looking body. Painting the tires to look like white walls [...]
Hey guys, welcome to THE Cub Report, your weekly dose of rc bench racing and shoot’n the rc bull. 25 days, 1 hour and 42 minutes until the cars roll off in Melbourne, “sigh”. It seems like it takes forever for the F1 season to get started. The “big” story from Dallas last night (Saturday) was why rookie Honda/Geico rider Zach Bell [...]
Hey guys I check your site quite often for great reviews on new RC vehicles etc. I am in the market wanting to buy an electric 1/8th scale basher and when I saw the new Thunder Tiger E-MTA I fell in love. This is what I want to get. Do you guys know where I might possibly be able [...]
Today Wrench (aka Bill) and I loaded up the families and headed to check out this years Monster Jam event in Rosemont Illinois. While everyone had a good time, it all seemed very scripted. Like we were watching WWE with trucks. Grave Digger won all 3 competitions. The race, the wheelie, and the freestyle. And while the truck put on [...]
The crew over at Ram Models Inc are primarily known for their LED lighting systems and they have a large display of them at the eFest 2013 fly-in. Ram is also showing their new Quad LED systems for the Blade MQX, Heli-Max 1SQ, and Traxxas QR-1. These are plug and play systems that weight around 2 grams and have a retail [...]
Two of Traxxas’s legendary monster trucks just got even better, they now come not only with the Traxxas TQi radio system and docking base, but they even have telemetry pre-installed. The addition of the on-board telemetry really helps you keep track of what is going on in your truck as you can see real-time data such as speed, engine RPM, [...]
The crew over at Traxxas now have a LCG Chassis Conversion Kit to turn your older Slash 4×4 into a lower center of gravity machine. The kit (part #7421) comes with all the parts and hardware needed to convert your Slash 4×4 over to the lower CG configuration. The conversion kit has a retail price of $75 and you can get [...]
The Traxxas crew was out in force at the 2013 Nuremberg Toy Fair showing off their extensive line-up of surface and air machines. Of note was their latest Robbie Gordon off-roaders and their QR-1 & DR-1 air machines. Check out the gallery below to get a feel for their booth. For more information on Traxxas hit up THIS link for their [...]
THE Pro-Line Pro-2 Performance Parts ReviewPro-Line Racing keeps introducing more upgrade parts for the immensely popular Traxxas Slash platform. Today we’ll be taking a look at some of their newest performance parts to determine if they live up to Pro-Line’s legendary reputation and if they are worth your time and money. Come on, lets take a closer look…
Welcome to another big week in rc, and thanks for tuning in to yet another CR. Last week was a busy week as many manufactures were intro’ing new product in advance of the Nuremberg show, with plenty more to be released when the doors open a couple days from now. We’ll be covering the Nuremberg Toy Fair for you guys, mark [...]
The good guys over at RPM RC Products have just released a list of their existing products that will bolt right up on the new Traxxas Nitro Slash 2wd. The list is long, filled with RPM products that can make a rather boring stock Nitro Slash into a much tougher customized rig. Here are the part numbers- 70322- Shock Spring Clips Black 70325- [...]
Pro-Line has just announced some new performance accessories for your Pro-2 Traxxas Slash. If you want the best performing Slash at the local bash spot, Pro-Line performance parts are the way to go. Part #6101 is a high performance PRO-2 Front Hub kit. This comes with all new Steering Knuckles and C-Hubs, it has extra camber adjustment holes, and is more [...]
Coming at ya 52 weeks a year- THE Cub Report, good morning everyone, lets set this incredibly sarcastic look at the week in the rc world in motion. K-dub retired from Supercross racing last night in Anaheim (I am writing this on Sunday). Kevin Windham turned pro back in 94′ and has been one of the most elite riders on the [...]
The good folks over at Pro-Line have just announced some new tuning options for their performance transmission. If you are looking to really dial in your PL tranny, these items will come in quite handy. Among these tuning options are 2 new spur gears and 3 different anti-squat blocks. Also now available are Pro-Line heavy duty washers & motor screws [...]
Pro-Line Racing has just introduced some new shoes for you hard-core bashers out there- pre-mounted Masher on Desperado Black Wheels for the Traxxas Stampede and Monster Replica trucks. The heavy duty chevron tread on the Masher makes it perfect for finding traction in loose dirt or muddy conditions, and being a pre-mount, they save you the time and hassle of [...]
