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As some of you may know I love rc rock crawling and scale crawlers, a few weeks ago I got a chance to go for a ride in a real crawler with one of my friends Eric. I went out to The Cliffs Extreme Off Road Park. We did some very serious 4 wheeling. I had a blast! Eric’s truck [...]
Looking to take your Axial Wraith to a new level scale-wise? Add a winch! But, where to put it? Rogue Element has you covered with their new winch mount for the Axial Wraith. The mount sits right behind the front bumper to give you both function and an awesome scale appearance. These are a totally [...]
If you’re looking to add some more performance and maybe some lipos to your crawler or rock racer, Axial has you covered with their new AE-2 Forward/Reverse ESC with Drag Brake. This ESC was developed in partnership with Castle Creations, and is completely programmable with CastleLink. It also features a lipo cutoff set on from the factory, [...]
It looks like Axial Racing has finally got their website updated with some real information, pictures, and even a video of their until now secret Axial Wraith. No lie, watching the video gave me chills! I’m not sure what it is that has me so pumped up about this truck. Maybe the fact that it looks [...]
Looking to add some strength, bling, and better heat transfer to your XR10 Crawler? Axial Racing’s new heavy duty gear plate has your covered. Precision machined from billet aluminum, the plate is 4mm thick at the motor mount, and designed to dissipate heat quickly and efficiently for better perfomance and all-day crawling. It even comes with three [...]
So another one of my christmas gifts was a Gmade R1 Rock Buggy chassis. It came all the way from South Korea and took about 25 days to get here! The chassis kit included a ton of extra nuts and bolts that were perfect if you were going to use it to build a custom truck. I went ahead and took [...]
Looks like Futaba is got some cause to celebrate. Austin “Gatekeeper” Dunn won the overall points when all 3 classes were combined to choose a winner. Austin won the 2.2 class, and was the only person to finish both courses and several bonus gates after that! He was running his new Gatekeeper M.O.A. prototype with Futaba [...]
Those lovely gents at Pro-Line have some more paraphernalia for you Jeep addicts. The Jeep Comanche light truck is finally getting it’s just deserts and has been faithfully reproduced in crystal clear polycarbonate. Two versions are available, one specifically for the Axial SCX10 Trail Honcho and one for every other 12.3″ wheelbase rock crawler. Both versions of the body are [...]
The Losi Micro Crawler is apparently popular enough to attract the attention of one of the bigger players in the rock crawling sector. RC4WD has made some of their popular tires and wheels fit the Micro Crawler. So now all you Micro Crawler owners can find a tire for every condition you may run into. Some of [...]
The fine folks at RC4WD sent word today that as of right now this very second many of their popular wheels and tires are now available individually instead of in pairs. A few of the tires they’re offering as singles are the Dirt Grabber series, Mud Slingers, Mud Thrashers, and the very popular Rok Lox. Right now there’s 15 tire [...]
So I recently mentioned we were heading out to join the NIRC and XIRTIC guys that were doing a little local RC Rock Crawling here in Illinois. It was a great time, with some sweet courses. The turn out was good for their first get together, and I think the key was everyone had fun. There was some great advice [...]
1:1 scale off-road tire manufacturer Pit Bull Tires is jumping into the r/c arena. Their first mold is the Rock Beast XOR 2.2″ crawler tire, which is modeled after their full scale Rocker LT tires. The Rock Beast features a multi-varied tread pattern that they say increases forward, reverse, and lateral traction. Pit Bull is using their proprietary Komp Kompound™ [...]
Hey rock crawlers, here’s something new for you from RC4WD, check it out. They’re putting out a new 1.9″ class scaler kit, called the Boyer 1/10 Scale Truggy, that may be the most versatile and adjustable chassis ever made by an r/c manufacturer. I mean, look at it. Look at all those holes everywhere. The mind boggles at how many [...]
The orange team is putting out the goods today. Novak has a new ESC and motor combo that should satisfy your torque needs and please your wallet. The Novak Rooster Crawler has been paired with the budget 55T Terra Claw brushed motor for the low, low MSRP of less than $100.00 ($99.99 anyone? huh? amirite?). This is [...]
New from the folks at RC4WD comes the T-Runner Lexan Scale Body. It comes with molded front and rear bumpers, mirrors, and wiper blades! Also window masks and decals. As an upgrade to your T-Runner body from the stock black parts, they have a chromed set that includes Front Bumper with grill, rear bumper, mirrors, wipers, and brush guard! Visit [...]
