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Aluminum Hop-Ups for Losi Micro 4wd cars
Lovers of Losi‘s lilliputian line of off-road racers rejoice! There’s now a whole load of delicious hop-ups available for the Micro SCT and Micro Rally. There’s plenty of new parts such as front and rear arms, spindle carriers, front and rear shock towers, shocks, and more are available in blue anodized aluminum. Prices vary from $14ish on [...]
Awesome new product from Pro Boat.
Those of us that drive boats have, at one time or another, been in a position where our boat was dead in the water. Either the batteries dumped quicker than we thought, or we cut a turn too hard and flipped the thing. Retrieving the boat has become as much an art form as driving it. Whether it’s specially made [...]
R/C Around the Web - Storm chasing isn't as easy as I though…
Photo of the Week:by Paul Tichonczuk’s friend, Christian So there was a huge thunderstorm taking place east of me last night. A lot of lightning and all that, it looked really cool. So I grabbed my camera, hopped in my truck, and started driving east. After about 25 miles I hadn’t gotten any closer to it. Turns out that thunderstorm was [...]
Team Associated RC10B44.1 Factory Team
Team Associated has once again taken the time to revise one of their off-road performers. The RC10B44.1 has been given an all new carbon-fiber chassis that has been designed with all the latest LiPo offerings in mind. The new chassis provides more ground clearance for the rough stuff. Also new is a revised front shock tower that’s now made with [...]
- 10/8/2010
- 6:18 pm
- Team Associated
- By: Jeff
Pro-Line Columbus Day Sale
Columbus Day isn’t just a day for bankers and government workers to have another three day weekend, it’s also a day to save some cash and get some extra merch from the gang at Pro-Line. Starting October 8th (holy crap, that’s today!) and going through the 11th you can get free shipping when you spend $100 or more at the [...]
Team Epic launching Monster Horsepower brushless motor line
Team Epic is renewing a name that has been long synonymous with the Trinity brand. The new Monster Horsepower line of brushless motors are made for all kinds of classes and situations. The Mini Monster line is meant for 1/16 and 1/18 scale racers like the Traxxas mini e-Revo or the Team Associated RC18 line. They’re built for 1 [...]
Outerwears shrouds for popular short course trucks
Outerwears, not to be confused with underwears, has some new products for the drivers of short course trucks. Available in many colors for the Slash, Slash 4×4, Blitz, and SC10, these new Short Course Truck Shrouds will help keep gunk and junk out of your chassis while still allowing necessary airflow for all your electronics. The shrouds are [...]
Losi XXX-SCT details
We showed you the early video of the XXX-SCT that Losi uploaded yesterday, and now today they have officially released the details. The XXX-SCT is going to be available as a RTR and Bind-n-Drive. It’s power will come from Losi’s LM32K 550 motor by way of the LiPo ready, water resistant ESC. The shocks are Losi’s old bottom loading style, [...]
Losi XXX-SCT
So it looks like Losi has finally heard the calls for a high performance short course truck based on the XXX-T chassis. There’s no further info about the XXX-SCT available yet, just the video posted to Losi’s YouTube channel, but this is sure to turn some heads. When we get more info, we’ll pass it on to you, [...]
OFNA Ultra GTP 2E
The fine folks at OFNA have another new vehicle for us to gawk at. The Ultra GTP 2e is a 1/8 scale, brushless, sedan. Like their previous release, this one is also an 80% complete roller, requiring all electronics and a paint job on the clear body to be complete. Some of the features of note include [...]
Exotek Racing EXO104 conversion kit
The Exotek crew is at it again with another one of their super high-end conversion kits. This time owners of the Tamiya F104 are the receivers of the goods. One of the biggest changes the EXO104 kit makes is converting the rear end to a 5-link floating pod style suspension. The kit also includes a new battery mounting system that [...]
Robitronic 3-Channel 2.4GHz radio
The Robitronic fellows have a new 3-channel, 2.4 GHz radio. But that’s not all, it’s sporting a LCD screen with easily navigable menu system for changing all kinds of settings. Some of those settings include steering and throttle exponential, end point, and dual rate; ABS braking, brake mixing, and a lot more. The radio also has a 16 model memory [...]
OFNA Racing Hyper 10TT
This one somehow slipped passed our radar last month. The team at OFNA has come up with an all new 1/10 scale, 4wd truggy for our truggy driving enjoyment. The Hyper 10TT is built for brushless and LiPo power. The drive train is all steel and has three oil filled differentials to get all that horsepower to the ground without [...]
R/C Around the Web - If you never hear from me again, know t…
Photo of the week:by Grant Cox It’s another quickie this week as I wait to catch my plane back home after three weeks of fun in the sun sweating my ***** off in California doing some Navy stuff and learning about sheet metal. Here’s what I made:Build log: Ultimate scrap build – Jumping into the wayback machine for this one, [...]
R/C Around the Web - Or how I learned to stop worrying and l…
Photo of the Week: RC Drift cars by Mia_spb It’s some Slim Pickens this week around the web. It doesn’t help that I’m out of town for a few weeks and don’t have as much time to browse the interwebs as I’d like to have. But oh well, if you don’t like it, ask for a refund. Laughing at other’s expense: [...]
