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HPI TF-20U budget 2.4 GHz radio
Budget radios are everywhere these days and HPI is not one to be left out of the fun. Their TF-20U radio, which has been the 2.4 GHz pack-in radio for many of their RTRs, is now available separately. Being a budget radio it’s not big on features, having only 2 channels, a steering dual rate switch, throttle and steering trims, [...]
Robitronic bringing the power to Glow Plugs
Robitronic is ready to juice up your glow plugs with more power than you’ll likely know what to do with. Their new LiPo Glowstarter is said to provide a full days worth of glow igniting goodness from the 3.7v, 1200 mAh LiPo battery. The ignitor has a built in voltage regulator that brings that 3.7v down to a more appropriate [...]
Traxxas sponsored Kyle Busch charity auction for autographed…
If you’re interested in collecting racing paraphernalia then this might interest you. Traxxas sponsored TORC series and NASCAR driver, Kyle Busch, is holding a little auction to raise money for his charitable organization, The Kyle Busch Foundation. You’ll be bidding on an autographed, race worn helmet from his debut TORC race at the Chicago Route 66 raceway this past season. [...]
Exotek big bore shocks for 1/16 E-Revo
Traxxas’ tiny truck is getting a big upgrade in the shock department thanks to the Exotek crew. Their new Big Bore Shocks for the 1/16 E-Revo (and pretty much all the other 1/16 scale Traxxas vehicles, with minor parts swaps) are beautifully machined hunks of alloy with threaded shock bodies and a gun metal finish for hot looks. You’ll also [...]
HPI brings Boss home for dinner… wife is not happy…
How often have you been sitting around saying to yourself “boy, if only my sedan had a Boss 302 body, my life would be complete…” I’m guessing not often, most of you probably rank other things as more important to having a fulfilled life. Not me though, I’m a straight up, unrepentant consumer. If it’s shiny or new, I must [...]
- 2/24/2011
- 2:20 pm
- HPI Racing
New Products - By: Jeff
RC4WD applies shrink ray to Ballistic Fabrication products
If you’re looking for more ways to add a touch of realism to your scale crawler RC4WD has a couple new officially licensed products from Ballistic Fabrication for you. If you’re not happy with those big, bulky plastic kit axles you’ve been using then you might want to have a gander at the Ballistic Fabrication axle. It features Ballistic’s unique [...]
- 2/23/2011
- 1:19 pm
- New Products
RC4WD - By: Jeff
New entry level radio from Futaba
The Futaba mothership is showing off a new entry level radio. Now I don’t read Japanese, but from various other sources I was able to cobble together that the new 3PRKA will be a 3 channel, 2.4 GHz radio with some minor features such as trims and servo reversing, possibly more. It’s going to be targeted at RTR owners that [...]
Kershaw Designs E-Revo 5T conversion (!!??)
Those fellas at Kershaw Designs are a bit sick in the head. In a totally good way of course. You’d have to be a little messed up to come up with the idea to take a Traxxas E-Revo and stretch it out to the same wheel base as a HPI Baja 5T. That’s exactly what this new chassis conversion kit [...]
Speed Passion becomes passionate about speedy bodies…
Speed Passion and East Coast Bodies Tune (wait… wha? who?) have decided to get together. And the body pictured above is the result of their coupling. That crazy awesome space alien looking thing is a 190mm sedan body modeled after full-scale automaker Mazda’s Furai concept supercar. The big Furai made it’s debut a few years ago at the 2008 North [...]
- 2/21/2011
- 2:44 pm
- New Products
Speed Passion - By: Jeff
Kit builders rejoice, HPI Baja 5SC SS kit
RTR Sucks. I said it, and I don’t feel bad for saying it. So any time I hear of a kit version of any vehicle being released I jump for joy. HPI has long been cool about releasing their Baja 5 line as a kit version, so their new Baja 5SC SS comes as no surprise. Just like all the [...]
- 2/21/2011
- 2:14 pm
- Baja 5SC
HPI Racing
New Products - By: Jeff
Pro-Line Trenching the Stampede
Here’s something that’s a bit overdue. The Trencher tread is now available for the Stampede, Stampede 4×4, and other 2.8″ wheeled trucks from Pro-Line. This is a basher friendly, very aggressive tread that should provide you with plenty of hook-up in all kinds of conditions, from hard dirt and pavement to tall grass and deep mud. All of which together [...]
Reedy 526-S… the S is for Simple… I think…
Is your charger too complicated? Does it have too many buttons and 70+ menu options? Are you saying to yourself “why can’t this be simple?” I’m not… I like complicated stuff, it makes unexpected results from not knowing what you’re doing more exciting. But if you are a simpleton person that likes to keep things simple, Reedy might have a [...]
Novak says hello Moto… err… Android…
Novak has finally come to their senses and put their NovaGear App on the Android platform. It’s the same thing as the iPhone/iPod/iPad version, so you can expect all the same features but now on a phone that is actually capable of NOT dropping calls (HA! TAKE THAT IPHONE FANBOYS & BRIAN!). For the unaware in the group, the NovaGear app [...]
PROTOform Vintage Trans-Am J71 body fresh off the track (fro…
Racing body specialists, PROTOform, have a new, tough looking body for the very popular Vintage Trans-Am class. The J71 is based on the same styling of the 1971 Trans-Am Championship winning AMC Javelin, though it’s not officially licensed since, you know, AMC doesn’t exist any more. But don’t let that get you down, it still looks remarkably like the original [...]
- 2/16/2011
- 5:47 pm
- New Products
PROTOform - By: Jeff
Pro-Line adjustable battery strap for Slash 2wd/4×4
Pro-Line has a new adjustable battery strap for the Slash and Slash 4×4, let me tell you about it. Well first of all, it’s a battery strap, it’s also adjustable, and it’s made for both the Slash and Slash 4×4. Also, it’s blackish in color and … did I mention adjustable? I guess the main point of this whole deal [...]
