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Everybody's Scalin' For the Weekend - Cliff Cave Park Trail …
With beautiful weather on tap, last weekend my scaling club decided it would be a good time to explore a new trail. We hit up Cliff Cave Park, just south of St. Louis, MO (a popular spot with the Big Squid Bash Crew), and decided to run a very tight stretch of mountain bike trail to see what it held. [...]
- 5/9/2014
- 7:20 pm
- Events
RC Rock Crawling
scale rc - By: Doug
Kyosho Lazer ZX6 4wd Buggy Kit
The latest vehicle in the “6 series” line-up from Kyosho is their Lazer ZX6 4wd Buggy. Using a 7075 hard anodized aluminum chassis, the ZX6 has received multiple updates to make it the best 4wd from Kyosho to date. * High down force cab forward body * Heavy duty drive train * Diffs use Tungsten diff balls * Can use shorty or saddle packs * [...]
- 5/9/2014
- 5:31 pm
- Kyosho
New Products - By: Tim Mohr
RPM Rear A-arms for 2wd ECX Torment, Ruckus & Circuit
RPM has new rear a-arms for the ECX Ruckus/Circuit/Torment. Not only are the RPM arms much stronger than the stock units, but they are also higher performance. The RPM arms are built to tighter tolerances and are 21% lighter than the stock arms. Stronger, plus higher performance, plus lifetime warranty, equals winning! The part number for the rear arms is #70462, [...]
HPI Discount Tire Nitro RS4 3 Drift Nissan S13 RTR
For added realism HPI’s new Discount Tire Nitro RS4 Nissan S13 RTR uses a nitro power plant, giving you the sound and smell of a tire burning drift car. The Nissan sports a fully licensed body and Falken tires for a sharp scale look, and the Nitro Star 3.0 engine provides more than enough power for serious sideways action. Putting [...]
- 5/9/2014
- 3:06 pm
- HPI Racing
New Products - By: Tim Mohr
BigSquidRC Road Trip – RPM RC Products
It would be difficult to find a more iconic name for basher parts than RPM RC Products. For years the RPM crew has been making ultra tough plastic parts to give bashers more time driving, and less time wrenching. When you look around the BSRC offices nearly every one of our “personal vehicles” has RPM parts all over it. RPM is [...]
- 5/9/2014
- 12:33 pm
- Big Squid RC
RPM - By: Tim Mohr
AsiaTee’s Monthly Giveaway and Losi Night Crawler Hop Ups!
Our friends over at AsiaTees Hobbies have announced they are giving away the latest car in the 3Racing Sakura series, the Sakura FF! If you are a touring car guy, you know you would love to get your hands on this 2014 beast! For every $20 you spend at AsiaTees you get an entry. Click Right Here to get all [...]
- 5/9/2014
- 11:01 am
- miscellaneous
- By: Brian
BigSquidRC Road Trip – Pro-Line Racing
This week the BigSquidRC Bash Crew made a big Road Trip to Southern California. We’ve been wanting to road trip SoCal for a long time now, to get in some “face time” with the makers and shakers of rc, and to generally learn as much as possible about the rc scene on the West Coast. Both personally and professionally, we’ve been [...]
- 5/9/2014
- 10:38 am
- Big Squid RC
Featured Posts
Pro-Line - By: Tim Mohr
Duratrax R/C Intro to Painting Video
We recently posted the announcement about the new Duratrax Paints coming soon. They have just released a video discussing their new lineup as well as give some quick and simple tips for you folks looking to paint your first body.Click Here to head over on the official Duratrax website to check out all the available colors. Click Right Here [...]
ASK Cubby 05.07.2014, Version- More Well Thought Out Questio…
“Hey there…Just looking for some advice/ Opinions/ Guidence…. I’m looking to buy a new Electric Monster Truck…I have been looking at the HPI Savage XS and the Vaterra Halix….what are your thoughts on these two and what would you recommend? I’m a newbie and have a large grassy park across from my house with a skate park and a couple [...]
Raging Rotors SPECIAL: A Build More Fun than the Lego Movie,…
Part 1 of the Mega Multirotor build can be found Right Here. The frames are built, and now it is time to get the right motors and speed controllers for each of our three multirotor setups. Don’t be afraid, with every kit/frame there is available for purchase there are always suggested motor and speed controller combos that go well with that [...]
- 5/7/2014
- 12:58 pm
- Projects
rc helicopter - By: Big Squid Staff
JConcepts 2.8″ Choppers Monster Truck Tires
JConcepts has introduced a new 2.8″ Monster Truck Tire for your bashing enjoyment. Their new 2.8″ Choppers are aimed at the performance bashing market and are intended for trucks like the Traxxas Stampede. The Choppers are available in two different rubber compounds and they use tall, square lugs to dig deep into soft surfaces to find more traction. For just the [...]
RC4WD Mud Slinger 2 XL 2.2″ Scale Tires
RC4WD Mud Slingers are a very popular tire in the scale community, they look realistic and get good traction, what more could you ask for? Bigger. Bigger is always better, and now you can get the Mud Slinger 2.2s in XL size. The larger diameter of the XLs make it easier to get over tough rock sections and to throw [...]
Inverted Flight Quadcopter?! Genius!!
Recently released for pre-order via EncoreRC, helicopter pilot and designer Bobby Watts has created a new breed of quadcopter, one that does full inverted flight that is not collective pitch (where blade pitch determines throttle’s direction of thrust. This is not a new concept, but this is the first ever production unit of a quadcopter of this kind. The genius behind the Invertix 400 is that [...]
- 5/6/2014
- 10:33 pm
- New Products
rc helicopter - By: Big Squid Staff
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THE Cub Report, 05.05.2014, Version- Turning Races into War …
I just love it when a Cub Report writes itself, and I love it even more when someone actually agrees with one of my hard edged opinions. Last week Joseph Quagraine had this to say about the 11 day long IFMAR 8th scale buggy championships coming up later this year in Italy- “Hello, I am writing this as JQ the RC Driver, [...]
Tamiya TRF201XM 2wd Buggy Kit
There seems to be a never ending stream of high-end 2wd race buggies hitting the market, the latest is the Tamiya TRF201XM. The TRF201XM kit not only comes standard with a mid-motor conversion, but also comes with more goodies to make it extra trick. * Includes ball and gear diffs * Redesigned chassis, motor plate, and suspension mounts * New carbon fiber rear [...]
- 5/5/2014
- 9:46 am
- New Products
Tamiya - By: Tim Mohr
