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Horizon giving away $500
Are you a dad? Are you a dad that has kids that don’t listen to you? It’s because you don’t hit them enough. Then you probably didn’t get what you wanted for Father’s Day. Well Horizon Hobby is to the rescue with their “What You Didn’t Get For Father’s Day” giveaway. They are giving three lucky dads the chance to [...]
STRC GT-8/Rally conversion for Slash 4×4
ST Racing sent us a sneak peek of this new kit last month, and now they are offering up more details about it. The Slash 4×4 based GT-8 conversion includes almost everything you need to turn your short course truck into a asphalt peeling speed demon. Some of the parts included are aluminum lower hinge pin blocks (front/rear), front bumper/gearbox [...]
- 6/20/2011
- 8:05 pm
- New Products
ST Racing Concepts - By: Jeff
Kershaw Showing off Stalwart V3 1/5 scale monster truck
Sometimes big, 1/8 scale monster trucks like the Savage, just aren’t big enough. For those times, Kershaw Designs has their Stalwart V3, brushless powered, 1/5 scale monster truck. So you’re probably thinking, how could they make a 1/5 scale monster truck brushless powered? Easy, this big boy actually weighs less than a HPI Baja 5B. When you order this truck [...]
- 6/20/2011
- 7:39 pm
- Kershaw Designs
New Products - By: Jeff
R/C Around the Web - Today is/was our Back to our Roots bash…
Photo of the Week:by Gaelen Norman If Brian remembers to put this up in the morning, hopefully you’re packing up your stuff and heading out the door to our Back to our Roots bash. If he forgets and doesn’t post this until after he gets home, then I hope you had a great time at our Back to our Roots bash. Build [...]
HPI Updates RS4
HPI decided another update to their popular RS4 was necessary, so here we have the new RS4 3 Evo+. The new 3 Ev0+ is a fully RTR nitro sedan with a gunmetal anodized aluminum chassis, orange anodized aluminum parts, a waterproof SF-10W steering servo, and a TF-40 2.4 GHz radio. Other new additions to make the RTR even more RTR [...]
- 6/17/2011
- 9:49 pm
- HPI Racing
New Products - By: Jeff
XTM Rail now Nitrofied
The unique XTM Rail 1/8 scale buggy has made the jump from clean, quiet, pleasant brushless power to noisy, smelly, obnoxious nitro power. The new XTM Nitro Rail is a factory assembled RTR ride with a .28 size engine. Other features include full ball-bearings, dual vented disc brakes, sealed differentials, heavy duty drive train with front CVDs, and more. To [...]
- 6/17/2011
- 6:45 pm
- New Products
- By: Jeff
A Trio of Pro-Line bodies for Traxxas vehicles
Pro-Line has a few new bodies for a few of Traxxas’ most popular vehicles. Shown above is the new, officially licensed Chevy Silverado 2500 HD body for the Stampede and Stampede 4×4. Also available is a body based on the over-compensating GMC TopKick medium duty road truck for the various T-Maxx and Revo platforms, including the Summit and E-Revo, and [...]
- 6/17/2011
- 5:46 pm
- New Products
Pro-Line - By: Jeff
Pro-Line shop Father’s Day sale
Sunday is Father’s Day, and to celebrate Pro-Line is having a Father’s Day sale this weekend. Orders placed starting today and going through Sunday are eligible for an extra 20% off when you use the coupon code #1PLDAD20 on checkout. While you’re busy ordering stuff for yourself your dad, don’t forget to give him a call and wish him a [...]
JConcepts dressing up the DNX408
From JConcepts we have another Punisher body… Wait… That doesn’t look right… Could it be? Has JConcepts released a body that ISN”T a Punisher cab forward body?! They have! They have released a body that isn’t a Punisher body! Well, I do believe it’s time for a celebration. Maybe that’s overstating it a bit. But anywho, this new body from [...]
- 6/16/2011
- 6:09 pm
- JConcepts
New Products - By: Jeff
Thunder Power expanding motor line
Thunder Power is expanding their, still relatively new, line of brushless motors. The new Z3R-8 brushless motor line is made for 1/8 scale electric buggies and features all kinds of nice features. A machined aluminum can with cooling fins, 0-25° adjustable timing, fast-switching high-temp sensors, and a balanced high strength 4-pole rotor are just some of the high performance features [...]
Squid Showcase
If you want your car or truck featured on the Squid Showcase email a good, clear photo with a description (types of electronics, hop-ups, any custom mods) to pics[at]bigsquidrc.com or post it to our Facebook Wall. Scott S. – Summit KillerScott wanted to share a few of his crazy contraptions based on the Traxxas E-Maxx. The one pictured above is [...]
- 6/15/2011
- 4:43 pm
- Squid Showcase
- By: Jeff
DE Racing wants to brighten up your day
DE Racing is expanding their line of Trinidad SC wheels with a new color, fluorescent yellow. Other than the incredibly bright color, the wheels are the same as the others in the line, with the faux beadlock style and realistic molded in details. The Trinidad wheels come in a number of offsets specific to a lot of the different SC [...]
Team Associated is the official R/C Car of 2011 Monster Ener…
For you motocross fans, if you get a chance to attend or watch the upcoming Monster Energy Mammoth Motocross event, be on the lookout for Team Associated. They have been named the official R/C Car of the event for 2011. For the uninitiated, the Mammoth Motorcross race is an event that dates back to the late ’60s and is the [...]
Pro-Line Blockade official info
Last week Pro-Line snuckily sneaked a sneak peak of their new ROAR 1/8 Buggy national championship winning tire, the Blockade. Well today they’ve provided the official info. Pro-Line says of this new tire that the large lug design offers great tread life while the balanced tread spacing gives excellent forward bite. The tire will be available in the M2, M3, [...]
Viper going big
Viper is still a relatively new player in the R/C biz, but they’re moving fast to catch up to the offerings of other companies. Now they are putting out a new line of brushless motors appropriate for 1/8 scale electrics. The Viper VSE-B and VSE-T are sensored motors ready for buggies and truggies respectively. Both versions feature a machined 6061 [...]
