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Unboxing the Thunder Tiger KT8 Brushless Racing Kart
Thunder Tiger sent along one of their new KT8 Racing Karts for us to review. We first saw this thing back at IHobby 2010, in the Great Planes booth, and now we have our hands on it for review. But it’s going to take a little time for that review to get written, so here’s some unboxing pics for [...]
- 5/10/2011
- 7:50 pm
- Thunder Tiger
Unboxing - By: Jeff
AJS Machine Battery Wrench
AJS Machine has a spiffy new accessory with a confusing name. The AJS Machine Battery Wrench isn’t a wrench at all, it’s a strap, for the SC10. The Battery Wrench Strap replaces the stock hinge and strap on the SC10, shaving nearly 10 grams from the weight of your chassis. It’s machined out of 1/16″ thick aluminum, so it’s sure [...]
- 5/9/2011
- 5:55 pm
- AJS Machine
New Products - By: Jeff
R/C Around the Web - With 100% more content than last week..…
Photo of the Week:by Roberto Pompeu Contest: RedCat is hosting a vehicle naming contest for a new line of 1/6 scale vehicles they have coming. If you come up with a name they like, and they use it, you’ll win one of the new vehicles. Know your history: Here’s an old video, from Team Associated, outlining the design process of their original [...]
Racers Edge Glitch Buster Capacitor
If you’re still stuck in the stone ages with non-2.4 GHz radio gear, and you’re constantly having problems with glitching, Racers Edge might have a cheap solution for you. Their new Glitch Buster Power Capacitor is intended to help smooth out those power dips that could cause glitching. The capacitor is prewired and plugs into any free channel on your [...]
Novak showing off Ballistic 8 motors for 1/8 scale electric
The boys in orange have started loosening the cap on info about their new 1/8 brushless system. Today Novak are showing off two of the motors designed specifically for the Kinetic 4S ESC. The Ballistic 8 and Ballistic 8L both feature 4 pole magnets, 12 slot hand-wound stators, a rebuildable sensored design, and mechanical timing adjustment. The main difference between [...]
Exclusive Look at Pro-Line’s new Desperado wheel
A friend at Pro-Line sent along this exclusive photo and a brief description of their next wheel in the pipeline. It goes by the name Desperado and is a 2.8″ wheel made for various Traxxas vehicles like the nitro and electric Stampedes, Jato, and the Rustlers. It uses the Traxxas style glue bead, so it’s compatible with Traxxas’ 2.8″ tires [...]
AE SC10RS RTR
Abbreviations abound in Team Associated‘s latest release, the SC10RS RTR. The RS stands for Race Spec, which means AE has taken all kinds of race winning parts and slapped them on the RTR version to make it more competitive out of the box. But that’s not all, the A Team is taking cues from other names in the industry and [...]
- 5/4/2011
- 7:03 pm
- New Products
Team Associated - By: Jeff
Acer Chick News
I think Acer sent an email with something about a ball bearing kit for the Tamiya F104/F104 Pro. And I think that email said something about them being Acer’s high-end ceramic bearings, which Acer says offers better performance than your typical steel bearings. But really, I don’t know, because I got distracted by the Acer Chicks (NSFW) section of their [...]
Bunch of hop-ups for Associated RC8B
Team Associated has a whole load of new Factory Team upgrades for their popular RC8B 1/8 scale buggy. The A Team says that all of these parts are based on ideas and designs used in various big-time races like Motorama and the IFMAR Worlds in Thailand. Some of the parts include a new, thicker chassis, light-weight outdrives, upgraded front [...]
R/C Around the Web – Lite Edition… edition
Photo of the Week:by Travis Batton Nerdgasm: Building a rock crawler demo platform for NASA. It’s a long, cool story with a build log of a 1/5 scale Killer Krawler from RC4WD. Not just for racing: Here’s some ideas for competitions and fun to have with your r/c vehicles and friends. Or just come to one of our bashes, we do [...]
GTB 2 put on weightloss program
Were you shopping for an ESC? Perhaps you were casting an eye towards Novak‘s GTB 2 Sportsman for it’s price and features, but then said to yourself “Nope, not that one, the heatsink is just too big…” Novak has agreed with you and now they are introducing the GTB 2 LP. As you might expect from the name, this new [...]
Hobby People Warehouse Sale
Since the subject of sales seems to have been a popular subject this week, I suppose it’s appropriate to fill you in on one that’s coming up. Traditional and Online retailer, Hobby People, is holding a “Warehouse Inventory Blowout” sale this Saturday, April 30th. If you are in or near Fountain Valley, CA, where their warehouse is located, this might [...]
Updated HPI Firestorm 10T
Last month, at RCX, we got a look at HPI‘s updated E-Firestorm Flux, and now they’ve decided to give the once over to the nitro version, the Firestorm 10T. It still shares the same name as the original, but now it’s been updated with HPI’s 2.4 GHz radio, a sealed radio box, two new graphical designs for the body, new [...]
- 4/27/2011
- 9:34 pm
- HPI Racing
New Products - By: Jeff
TQ Racing wants to smooth out your ride
Big bore shocks are all the rage these days, their extra size and capacity makes for a more consistent shock experience, especially over very bumpy terrain. TQ Racing is now on the market with their own big bore shocks for short course and stadium trucks. What separates these from all the rest is the two spring setup that allows you [...]
Ford SVT Raptor for Rustler from JConcepts
It’s been about a month so that means it’s time for the next installment of a Ford F-150 SVT Raptor body announcement. This edition is brought to you by JConcepts. The new version of their Raptor is made for all of the versions of Traxxas’ Rustler. Just like all the others, this one is officially licensed and includes all the [...]
- 4/26/2011
- 8:09 pm
- JConcepts
New Products - By: Jeff
