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Oh yes, here we are, late October. The air is crisper, the leaves are falling, yet we are still outside driving rc cars like we just stole them. Bashing is a good thing, our staff hopes you had a good time over the weekend going huge while getting your bash on. Hey, it’s trade show week!!! It’s been a while since [...]
“Important Question Cubby, I was just wondering how long before a truck comes out do you know about it? Is it a couple days, weeks, or months? Trevor L.” Cubby- Well hey there Trevor, thanks so much for sending me an “important question”. Here is my not so important answer. It depends. We don’t really attempt to keep up with new race releases, but bash [...]
Redcat Racing shook the scale crawling world with their announcement of the Everest Gen7 Pro. The Gen7 Pro is loaded with scale details and the new platform promises serious trail/rock performance. With a low price point and tons of features, how does it stack up against some of the stiffest competition in the industry? Is it worth your hard earned [...]
Whoa, what a crazy time it was last week in the rc biz. There was some epic announcements no doubt, shall we dig right in? Yup, the Pro-Line PRO-MT 4×4 has gotta go at the top of the list for last week. If there ever was a truck solely designed for bashing, I think it has to be the PRO-MT 4×4. [...]
“Muddle-Brained fixing the rules Hi Cubby, I’ve been thinking ever since you posted your last angry letter about you complaining that RC racing is broken, Or something to that extent. So I thought I’d throw out a couple of ideas. This probably isn’t uncommon to you but it gets it out of my head so something is achieved. First fix, All the [...]
With the introduction of the DX5R, the folks at Spektrum and Horizon Hobby hoped to produce the ultimate basher radio. To be bashing oriented, it means to offer a whole lot of bang for the buck and the DX5R comes loaded with features for a very reasonable price point. We’ve been using the DX5R for a couple of months now [...]
Whoa, big week coming up rc fans, thanks for joining me for yet another Cub Report. This week’s Cub Report is brought to you by Dunder Mifflin, one of the top one hundred paper suppliers in the entire state of Pennsylvania. You want paper products? Then you gotta have some Dunder Mifflin. It is almost here. What might that be? That [...]
We don’t have to tell you just how hot scale products are right now, they are burning up the sales floor. The folks over at Losi have combined scale looks with a tough 4wd truck on their new Baja Rey Desert Truck. The Baja Rey features loads of scale detailing on the outside, with a brushless power system, AVC stability [...]
“Brushless Motors Cubby, Hi Cubby, I have been reading your columns forever, keep the good stuff coming. My question for you is this, will a lower kv motor have more torque than a higher kv motor? I have a pair of Dynamite 540 brushless motors. The two motors have a different kv, yet both feel like they have the same torque. Everybody online [...]
Well, hello there and welcome to THE Cub Report. THE Cub Report is simply a weekly column that usually involves something rc related. Some people dig it, most people hate it, but I would like to thank the people at Prestige Worldwide for making this week’s Cub Report possible. Remember, Prestige Worldwide is your global leader for entertainment, management, financial [...]
“Charger Problems OK Cubby, I am having a problem charging the battery that came with my truck. It is a 3000 NIMH and my charger doesn’t want to charge it. It tries, but after a couple minutes it says the charge is over, even though the pack is nowhere near full. Do I throw away the pack or do I need [...]
Always looking to improve, ARRMA made a bunch of updates to the 2018 edition of the Talion BLX Truggy. The ’18 gets a lower new body, a lower wing mount, lower towers, new wheels/tires, as well as some beefed up plastic parts. The previous edition of the Talion was well known for being an epic bash machine, is the 2018 [...]
So how about that weekend? Drama in the NFL, drama about nuclear Armageddon, and more drama upon drama. However, pulling some trigger on your fav rc car goes a long ways towards forgetting about whatever it is that might be eating away at you. Well, or at least it works wonders for me. A little hodgepodge anyone? First up, about that 1.9″ [...]
This week ASK Cubby is going to be different. Over on our Facebook Group, Dan posted a link to an article titled “A Critical Look: Traxxas’ Connector Crisis”, and it sounds I am supposed to respond to it. So it here goes… First off, the article is really long. And by long, I mean longer than a paragraph. That is too [...]
Here we are folks, yet another Monday, yet another Cub Report, thanks for reading. This time of year is a busy one within the industry. After coming off some slow summer months, everyone is now ramping up for the Christmas sales season. The holiday sales season is famous for being a make it, or break it, time of year in [...]