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SavageXS Flux – a.k.a. mini savage
We first saw the SavageXS Flux at Nuremberg. Now here it is stateside. While it’s still in prototype form, the word from RCX is that it should be hitting mid-summer. It’ll come from the factory RTR, with a waterproof 2.4 GHz radio system, Flux brushless system, and a top speed on 3S of about 60 MPH. I’ll be posting more [...]
Ford F-150 Raptor SVT for Stampede & Stampede 4×4
NEO: Whoa. Déjà vu. TRINITY: What did you just say? NEO: Nothing. Just had a little déjà vu. TRINITY: What happened? What did you see? NEO: A F-150 Raptor SVT body went past us and then I saw another that looked just like it. TRINITY: How much like it? Was it the same F-150 Raptor SVT body? NEO: It might have been. I’m not sure. Pro-Line has [...]
Pro-Line Bulldog body for “THE Car”
So who had four months in the “How long before Pro-Line releases a BullDog cab-forward style body for JQ’s THE Car” pool? Personally, I had three days, so I lost by quite a bit. I think Brian gets the prize money. Anyway, you can expect to find all the usual kind of stuff that normally accompanies a new body, such [...]
ElectrixRC's next entry level entry in the entry level secto…
And now ElectrixRC brings us another really inexpensive, entry level vehicle. The Boost is a 1/10 scale, electric buggy all put together and ready to go out of the box. For an entry level vehicle it’s got some nice features like full ball bearings, oil filled shocks, an adjustable slipper clutch, and multiple shock mounting positions for extra tunability. For [...]
- 3/17/2011
- 7:27 pm
- Electrix RC
New Products - By: Jeff
Spektrum DXC3 entry level computer radio
Spektrum has another new radio for entry level enthusiasts. The DXC3 is a 3 channel, 2.4 GHz radio built on Spektrum’s DSM2 tech. Among the features of the DXC3 include 20 model memory, assignable switches, programmable channel mixing, four-way steering mixing, and all the various other things you should expect in a modern radio like trims, servo reversing, and exponentials. [...]
- 3/17/2011
- 2:20 pm
- New Products
- By: Jeff
Keep the crud out of your Stampede 4×4
Have a new Stampede 4×4? Tired of it getting loaded down with crap? Sure you are. JConcepts may have a solution with their new Stampede 4×4 over-tray. The over-tray is designed to have a tight fit around the entire chassis, helping to keep all the dirt and debris out. It’s formed out of clear polycarbonate, ready to be painted to [...]
Speed Power has a couple new batteries
Speed Power is bringing a couple new LiPos to the market, and they are packed full of capacity. Both batteries are 2S, hard cased, and said to have a 65C discharge rate. Where they differ is in their capacities, one is a 6200 mAh while the other is 6500. These things should provide plenty of runtime for any vehicle out [...]
Novak loves your Traxxas Slash 4×4
Novak wants you to dump the Velineon system from your Slash 4×4. Why would they want you to do that? Because they have a replacement for it. They’ve taken their sportsman class, inexpensive GTB 2 ESC, paired it with their Ballistic 550 motor and have called it GTB 2 / Ballistic 550 Traxxas 4WD BL Combo. Among all the usual [...]
DIY portable Charging Box for on the go Bashing
The latest issue of HobbyTown‘s Hobby Outlook digital magazine has just been published and we have, once again, contributed an article of awesome utility. We show you how to assemble an all in one portable charging box. Inside the easy to carry case you will find two chargers, a power distribution panel, and 12 volt battery to power [...]
RC Cheat Sheets app now on Android
So now Team Associated has come to their senses and released their RC Cheat Sheets smart phone app for Android based phones. It shares all the same features as the iPhone version, but now it works on phones that don’t require you to wear black turtleneck shirts and thick framed glasses. Some of those features include setup sheets for most [...]
R/C Around the Web - Forgot to finish the title, apparently.…
Photo of the Week:By Ariel Leshinsky Build Log: PontiacGT201’s SCX10 Project with recent changes. Build Log 2: Building a kit isn’t that hard, don’t be afraid. – A good step-by-step log of building a Tamiya CR-01. Not quite jetpacks and flying cars: Short Course Buggies – The Future? True basher vs. rest of the world: Not much to see here, but it’s funny that [...]
Losi’s next 1/10 buggy nothing like 22
Losi‘s latest is going off in a different direction. After more than a few releases aimed at the racing market, we now have a vehicle that appears to be giving Kyosho’s Ultima DB a bit of a run for it’s money. This buggy is kinda based on the XXX platform and outfitted with some great scale looking roll bar pieces [...]
- 3/10/2011
- 5:17 pm
- Losi
New Products - By: Jeff
Traxxas & TORC taking R/C to the ME
Those cool cats at Traxxas and TORC are preparing to step off on a new mission. They’re packing up a bunch of Slash 4x4s and the well traveled Traxxas Try-Me track and heading off to the desert. Together they will be bringing some hot R/C action to the men and women of our armed forces. The Traxxas TROOP vs [...]
AE picks up BK for fast lunch at reasonable price…
Since Cubby mentioned this, I figured you might as well hear about the follow-up. The Burger King is apparently racing for Team Associated now… wait… no… BK means Brian Kinwald, as in multi world champion, highly influential racer and designer Brian Kinwald. That makes more sense. As Cubby noted, he was “released” from X-Factory last week. But now he’s signed [...]
The future of manufacturing & offshoring?
Tech website Ars Technica has a great article about the offshoring of manufacturing. The article, titled Made in America: small businesses buck the offshoring trend, is specifically about tech companies, but can certainly apply to any company (e.g. pretty much every R/C company on the planet) that has sent their manufacturing to China and other nations over the last couple [...]
