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Novak GTB 2 now available in C-C-C-COMBOs!
Novak’s popular sportsman class ESC, the GTB 2 Sportsman, is now available in combos with their Ballistic brushless motors. The GTB 2 has all kinds of great features, but it more notable for what it’s missing, namely timing adjustments and a pc data port, making it ideal for spec class racing. Some of the things it does include are drag [...]
RC4WD Hardened Steel gears for XR10
Plastic, nylon, delrin gears… who needs ’em huh? They’re always a weak link in any drive train and one of the first recommended upgrades when you’re stepping up to the mega power of brushless or high torque crawler systems is to change those gears for some metal equivilents. But even in some situations those metal parts might not be up [...]
AKA new R-Line … line of tires.
Those championship winning chaps at AKA just aren’t content to sit on their laurels and keep raking in the trophies. And you get to benefit from their endeavors. Their new R-Line series of unmounted and premounted tires feature their new, softer (and red) closed-cell foam inserts. AKA makes the claim that these new inserts are made to stand up to [...]
R/C Around the Web - Only two things are certain in life... …
Photo of the Week:by Alexandre Bricka So I finally did my taxes yesterday, and now that I know that I’m getting a refund, I have to decide how to spend it. I might finally get that Clod Buster I’ve been wanting. Although now that Spring is starting to show up around my parts it’s time to get my boat cleaned up [...]
Government regulations – coming soon to a hobby near you…
🙁 Despair, Inc. While the following news is more pertinent to flyboys rather than us drivers, it’s important to pay attention to government regulations being imposed on any part of the hobby. The FAA, over the past few years, has been coming up with rules and regulations related to small Unmanned Aircraft Systems (abbreviated sUAS). Those sUAS’ also happen to include [...]
Speed Passion passionate about speedy motors
Speed Passion is ready to tell you all about their new line of brushless motors. The Ultra Sportsman V3 series will feature sensored operation, a locked end-bell, and zero timing, making these a good option for stock/spec racing. The motors will be available in a number of winds from 10.5 up to 25.5 for multiple applications. There will also be [...]
Black & red is the new black, Venom Transporter Race Case
Venom has a new transport case, and it’s a hot one, with looks to match the function. The Transport Race Case features all kinds of pockets and drawers to help you carry everything you need and keep it neatly organized. The top portion of the bag features a built in tool organizer. The top drawer is large enough to hold [...]
- 3/2/2011
- 6:08 pm
- New Products
Venom Group - By: Jeff
Hobby People 25 Radio Giveaway
It’s not a patented Big Squid RC giveaway (another one coming soon, keep your eye on the front page), but it’s still an awesome giveaway. Traditional and online retailer Hobby People is giving away 25 radios over the next couple months. All you have to do is subscribe to their newsletter and, as along as you’re a resident of the [...]
Absolutely smashing short course truck from Robitronic
Robitronic is finally stepping onto the short course with their Smasher Short Course Truck. The Smasher is 2wd, with extra long a-arms, a new style of chassis that provides more ground clearance, oil filled shocks, full ball bearings, a strong gear diff, and plenty more. It’ll come from the factory as an RTR with a brushed 20-turn motor matched to [...]
- 3/2/2011
- 2:35 pm
- New Products
Robitronic - By: Jeff
New line of chargers from LRP
LRP has a couple new chargers for both types of people, beginners and non-beginners. The Element charger is useful for charging 4 – 8 cell NiMHs and NiCads at selectable rates of 1, 2, or 4 amps. It takes it’s power from good ol’ AC outlets. The Element Pro adds 1S – 3S LiPo/LiFe charging capability with a cell balancer [...]
- 3/2/2011
- 12:29 pm
- LRP
New Products - By: Jeff
TrakPower adding capacity to line of LiPos
TrakPower is adding some big capacity to their line of hard-cased LiPo batteries. Three new batteries are now available: a 2S/6200 mAh, 2S/5600 mAh, and a 4S/5600 mAh. TrakPower claims a continuous discharge rate of 60c for the 5600s and 50c for the 6200. All of them come with Deans Ultra connectors and balance plugs preinstalled. MSRPs are $120 for [...]
Axial Ripsaw tires make big impression
To paraphrase Lee Iacocca Charles Wilson, as goes full scale, so goes our hobby. Axial has a new set of large tires for rock crawlers, and in the announcement for the new Ripsaws Axial says Within the 1:1 crawl & off-road race segments, overall tire diameters have been on the rise, literally and directly influencing the R/C crawl segment… [...]
- 3/1/2011
- 11:12 am
- Axial
New Products - By: Jeff
New ball bearing sizes from ACER Racing.
Our editor/publisher/boss, Brian, is out of town for a while, so I have total control over the site (insert evil laugh here). With that, I’ve decided to let you all in on a little secret. The only reason we post news about ACER Racing introducing some new sizes of ball bearings is so we have a reason to post the [...]
Don’t lose Hobbico’s cute, tiny voltmeter
Why carry around a Fluke Multimeter when you can toss Hobbico‘s tiny Pro-Series Lithium Voltmeter into your tool bag and promptly loose it? Well, that might be a reason, but seriously folks, do you need a big multimeter just to check the voltage on your LiPos, LiFes, and Li-Ion batteries? I really don’t think so. The Pro LVM can give [...]
R/C Around the Web – Back from the dead… edition.
Photo of the Week:by Tim Green R/C Around the Web took a little break last week because there really wasn’t anything worth mentioning anywhere in the R/C web-o-sphere. It probably would have been funny, in a hipster d-bag ironical kind of way, to post a blank R/C ATW, but I’m not a hipster d-bag. There’s not many good projects out there [...]
