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Grappler Pro body for Losi Mini Rock Crawler
Owners of the Losi Mini Rock Crawler, your body options have just been expanded by one. Losi has taken their 1/10 scale Grappler Pro rock crawler body and shrunk it down to 1/18 scale. It’s clear so you can sling your own paint on it and have a custom ride that sets you apart from the pack. [...]
Team Associated MS16
The crew from the Discovery Channel tv show Howe & Howe Tech are teaming up with Team Associated to put their revolutionary unmanned tank, the MS1 “Ripsaw” into the hands of us r/c hobbyists. Dubbed the Team Associated MS16 “Tabletop Saw”, this new r/c tank will feature AE’s new XP4-SS dual stick, 4 channel radio system, a pair of Reedy [...]
New Bow-Tie track caps from Pro-Line
Pro-Line is the first manufacturer off the block to show support for ROAR’s new racing class. The quick turnaround leads me to believe that this has been in the works in secret for a little while now. But anywho, let’s get on with this. Pro-Line announced that they have created a line of track caps molded in their new [...]
Awesome news from ROAR
This could quite possibly be one of the coolest announcements of the last decade. ROAR is creating a new provisional racing class for 1/16 scale electric powered TANKS. That’s right. Tanks. Check out these additions to the ROAR rule book. Under section 5.3 5.3.1.9 – Scale tracked vehicles (tanks) powered by electric motors are a permanent demonstration class. They may be run [...]
Free tix for Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach from Tamiya USA
Tamiya is giving away tickets for Friday’s festivities during the Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach, being held in Long Beach, CA on April 16 – 18. Tamiya is a sponsor and exhibitor at the Grand Prix along with some other big names in r/c. Their name will be all over the track and they will be showing off all their [...]
JConcepts Short Course vehicle stand / parts container
Need a place to set your short course truck? How about a place to put all your parts and tools? JConcepts got ya covered. Their new Short Course truck stand does all of that while looking smooth and staying compact. Of course it’s not just limited to holding up short course trucks, it’ll hold other kinds [...]
New products to maintain your car from Robitronic
Robitronic’s got a couple new products to help you keep your ride clean and looking good. First up they have something to keep your tuned pipe sparkling and sounding good. RC Tech Pipe Protect is a spray on protectant that prevents oil and rubber residue from sticking to your tuned pipe. Just clean the pipe and spray some Pipe Protect [...]
New universal charger from CORE RC
Schumacher and CORE RC have a new way for you to pump up the volume energy in your battery packs. The new UAC-40 Universal Digital charger/balancer/discharger/cycler is pretty universal in what kind of batteries it can charge, balance, discharge, and cycle digitally. You can power the UAC-40 from your AC outlets or a DC power source and it [...]
RC4WD Boyer 1/10 scale Truggy
Hey rock crawlers, here’s something new for you from RC4WD, check it out. They’re putting out a new 1.9″ class scaler kit, called the Boyer 1/10 Scale Truggy, that may be the most versatile and adjustable chassis ever made by an r/c manufacturer. I mean, look at it. Look at all those holes everywhere. The mind boggles at how many [...]
Team Associated SC18 Review
Our Team Associated SC18 Review is up now for your reading pleasure in the RC Reviews section! So head on over and see what we think about this mini 1:18 scale short course truck!
RC Around the Web – Turbo Turtle edition
Article: MyRCBox.com Review of the Axial SCX10TR – Conclusion: he liked it. Event: HPI Racing Drift@Forumla-D – About two weeks from now go check out r/c drifting action at the Formula-D season opener in Long Beach, CA. The r/c action commences on April 10th. Shopping around: $40 Wild Dagger – Goodwill score – Proof that some of the best finds can be [...]
Aquacraft updates Rio 51 to new Rio 51Z
Attention boaters! The venerable Aquacraft Rio 51 has been pushed aside in favor of a new flavor. Today Aquacraft has announced the Rio 51Z, which is almost the same thing, only better. Now it comes stock with a 26 cc Zenoah® G260PUM marine engine for all the power you might want. To keep that power under control Aquacraft has also [...]
More LiPo power from Duratrax
Duratrax has a new LiPo for those of you with Traxxas vehicles (or maybe even other vehicles with Traxxas connectors on your ESCs I guess… if you’d do something like that…). Yes, it comes stock with a Traxxas style battery connector. It also has a good bit of capacity at 4000 mAh, a discharge of 25c, and all of that at 7.4v. [...]
New Duratrax MX450 Tyr… Tires
Hey, remember those M5 Cross motorcycle tyres… er… tires… that Schumacher announced a day or two ago? Well Duratrax is bringing them Stateside for the MX450. So now you don’t have to do a £/$ conversion or pay for overseas shipping! There’s the “Chocolate” low profile square tread which is ideal for dirt oval tracks and there’s [...]
Pro-Line’s got a new tire for bashers
The Pro-Line blog is showing off an aggressive new tread for short course trucks. Going by the moniker Trencher SC, they have a very all-terrain style like you might see on your friend’s rock crawler. It’s going to be molded in their M2 compound, which should provide long life both on and off-road. Go check out the Pro-Line blog for [...]
