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Holy Axial Wraith Batman!
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 [...]
- 4/5/2011
- 10:08 am
- Axial
New Products
rock crawling - By: Evan
Team Checkpoint TC-950 / Trakpower TK-950 Soldering Station …
The Team Checkpoint TC-950 / Trakpower TK-950 Soldering Station Review From: Trakpower Direct Link @ Tower Hobbies: Trakpower TK-950 Soldering Station Review By: Evan Photograph By: EvanAnyone who has been in the hobby for very long at all recognizes the value of a good soldering iron. It only takes one cold solder joint, one melted wire, or one burnt finger to see that having [...]
New GH Racing Parts and Sales Event
It appears that the team over at GH Racing has a new alloy upright set to trick out your HPI Trophy Truck. Avaliable in either blue, red, orange, or silver; (pictured here) they replace the stock upright part #HPI104851. They can be yours for around $24. What’s even better is that GH Racing is offering 10% off their [...]
DuraTrax Performance Tires in New Compound and Color
DuraTrax has some new tires and a new wheel color for your 1/8 scale buggy. The new C3 “Soft” compound tire was developed for exceptional grip and is available in four different tread styles (Lineup, Posse, Shotgun, and X-Con). You can choose either mounted or unmounted options. To top it all off, the entire line of [...]
- 3/31/2011
- 6:02 pm
- Duratrax
New Products - By: Evan
DuraTrax DXR 500 1/5 Scale RTR Motorcycle
Aching to burn up a little pavement 2-wheel style? DuraTrax has the cure with their new DXR 500 1/5 Scale RTR Brushless EP Motorcycle. The flywheel gyro makes it easy for anyone to run at any speed while stile maintaining control. The bike comes with front air fork shocks, an oil-filled rear shock, and a brushless [...]
Grim Racer Speed Packs from Aquacraft
Want to step up the performance of your RC wave racer? Aquacraft gives you some new GrimRacer Speed lipos tested and approved by world champion Mike “Grimracer” Zaborowski to do just that. Featuring 10-gauge wire and Deans Ultra Plugs, these batteries are equipped to handle super-high current rates. They are available in 2S and 4S packs [...]
New TrakPower Lipos
Looking for some new high performance juice packs for your ride? TrakPower has you covered with their new Performance Lipo batteries! The 50C lipo is available in a 2S 6200mAh configuration for around $100. The 60C lipos are available in a 2S or 4S 5600mAh setup at around $100 and $180 respectively. These bad boys should be available by [...]
New TrakPower Tools
TrakPower has all sorts of new stuff today! Their new power supply, TK-950 soldering station, 2-in-1 temp gauge & stop watch, and Speed Wash nitro cleaner will all be available in late May. They also list some new tire glue, KryTech lubricant, 500cc fuel bottle, and Speed Equipment T-Shirts as being available at that time as well. Head [...]
- 3/31/2011
- 3:53 pm
- New Products
- By: Evan
Aquacraft Motley Crew Brushless FE Catamaran
Kickstart My Heart! Aquacraft has just announced their new Motley Crew Brushless FE Catamaran. This thing is sure to attract all the Girls Girls Girls with its fiberglass hull, water-cooled 6-pole 1800kv brushess motor, 60A brushless ESC, and Tactic 2.4GHz radio system. This boat has Looks That Kill with the official graphics from Ron & Scott [...]
- 3/31/2011
- 12:29 pm
- AquaCraft
brushless
New Products - By: Evan
MaxAmps 100C Super Sport 2S Lipo Released
It looks like the guys over at MaxAmps have released yet another ridiculously awesome battery for all you 10th scale bashers out there. The new 100C Super Sport 5250mah 7.4v Bullet lipo pack features a 3-year 300 cycle guarantee, a true 100C rating, and is capable of charging at 5C. The hard case pack should give you [...]
Traxxas Pays It Forward…
No, it’s not a new Traxxas vehicle. It may be something even better. Traxxas has signed on to support St. Jude Children’s Hospital in their quest to cure and prevent catastrophic diseases that strike children. Traxxas has joined with Amsoil, SPX, and Ford to race the St. Jude Children’s Hospital Mustang FE500S in the SCCA World Challenge [...]
Dynamite Passport Ultra Power DC Charger now avaliable
It looks like Dynamite RC is continuing their line of affordable, feature-rich chargers with the new Passport Ultra Power DC Charger. This 150W charge power, 25W discharge power DC charger comes with Tamiya, Traxxas, Deans Ultra, EC3 and EC5 battery adaptors. It can charge up to 26 NiCD/NiMH cells, 9 cell Li-ION/LiFe batteries, and Pb batteries between [...]
HPI Racing Drops Some New Truck Lids
HPI Racing didn’t want the truck driving crew to feel left out, and have a couple 1979 Ford F-150 bodies to go along with their car body releases we mentioned earlier.The standard Ford F-150 body is made for all you Savage X and Maxx owners, comes with premium photo realistic decals, and is made of 0.040″ clear polycarbonate to hold [...]
- 3/25/2011
- 12:00 pm
- HPI Racing
New Products - By: Evan
New Car Bodies from HPI Racing
Everyone loves a hot body… HPI has just launched three new shells for your road racing rides. The BMW M3 GT2, SCION XB, and the 1970 Dodge Challenger all come clear, for you to paint up any way you want. They come with photo realistic die-cut premium vinyl decals, over spray film, and pre-cut window masks. The BMW and Dodge [...]
- 3/25/2011
- 11:41 am
- HPI Racing
New Products - By: Evan
New Hot Bodies 21XZ-B Hara Edition Racing Engine
It looks like Hot Bodies is making a special Hara Edition of their 21XZ-B .21 race engine. This engine is supposedly the exact same spec as the engine Atsushi Hara used to take his second 1/8th buggy Worlds podium in Thailand in 2010. First his own buggy, now the engine to go with it! This hopped up monster features [...]
