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Acer Racing Superworm Silicone Wire
Huhblugha… What? Press release? Yeah… something about wire… and a hot red head… Acer Racing… hot red head… uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh………… hot…. red… head… superworm…. wire… 12 gauge… hot chick… 14 gauge… nice legs… 16 gauge… flexible… I mean the wire (and hopefully the hot chick…) Just click this link to the Acer website… I’m… busy.
HPI LMP?
HPI Racing posted a couple photos of what may be a new car and chassis on their Facebook page earlier today. No info was provided other than the LMP designation and a question that asked “Electric or Nitro?” LMP, for those that don’t know, is a common abbreviation for Le Mans Prototype. It’s a class of cars that race in [...]
- 1/6/2012
- 11:02 pm
- HPI Racing
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Rumor Mill - By: Jeff
JConcepts Hazard +3mm wheel premounts
Apparently some people have spoken and JConcepts has heard these “people” loud and clear. Due to “numerous requests” they are now offering up a number of their popular tires premounted on the Hazard +3mm offset wheel. You’ll find the Goose Bumps, Subcultures, Double Dees, Bar Codes and Pressure Points, all in green compound, mounted on black Hazard +3mm wheels. These [...]
New member of the Reedy WolfPack
A new battery has joined the Reedy WolfPack. This new hard-cased lipo specs in at 5000 mAh, 7.4v, 25C constant with a 50C burst capability. It’s got low resistance 4mm bullet connectors and is ROAR approved for competition. I really don’t know what else to say. But I need at least 45 more words to make this post look complete. [...]
JConcepts 2012 Chevy Silverado 1500 SCT
JConcepts has a few new releases today. This one is for the fans of the ol’ bow-tie, it’s a short course version of the new 2012 Chevy Silverado 1500. The body is made to fit all of the following trucks: Slash, Slash 4×4, SC10, SC10 4×4, XXX-SCT and TEN-SCTE. It’s one of JConcepts’ Hi-Flow bodies, so it has a ton [...]
- 1/4/2012
- 7:40 pm
- JConcepts
New Products - By: Jeff
A Main Hobbies has a new line of LiPos
A Main Hobbies is expanding their collection of in-house products with their new EcoPower line of LiPo batteries. A Main says that this new series is aimed at the budget conscious hobbyists out there, filling a gap between their “signature” ProTek R/C brand and the cheap foreign alternatives. The first two products available under the EcoPower brand are a 30c, [...]
Futaba's R204GF-E is their latest attempt at a surface micro…
The new R204GF-E is Futaba‘s best attempt yet at creating a micro sized receiver. While still not the smallest receiver out there, this one is certainly a valiant attempt at shrinking the footprint on their rather large (comparatively) receivers. The R204GF-E is a 4 channel, 2.4 GHz receiver made to pair with Futaba’s sport line of radios that operate using [...]
Thunder Tiger Raptor 30 V2 Pro Receiver-Ready ARF bares it's…
Any time we hear the words Tiger and Raptor together, we immediatly think of a Griffin, that mythological beast of eagle and lion lineage. We could totally see a Tigerraptor and Griffin going at it in the skies above ancient Greece. It would be the most epic creature battle since Godzilla took on Charles Barkley. Alas, the press release we received [...]
Micro helis from Estes… the rocket company…
Being winter in the awesome half of the world (that would be the northern hemisphere), indoor micro helicopters might be a good distraction until the snow goes away. Estes, the rocketeers, are trying to assist in that distraction by offering up a couple new micro helis for our entertainment. Both the SF161 and R73-OPS Mini Attack heli (above) are coaxial [...]
Brushless Conversion for Losi 5ive-T
Apparently the gang over at RC Madness have been hard at work on a secret project. That would be a brushless conversion for the relatively new Losi 5ive-T. According to some info on Dean Berry’s blog over at RC Driver this thing will be a 12S (!) powered beast of a machine. Not much more info is available yet, but [...]
Panther Rattler tires now available
Panther are back with a new tire design for 1/8 scale buggies, called the Rattler. Panther suggests that these tires are ideal for hard packed surfaces and also mention that the tires were used to TQ and win round 2 of the Midwest Nitro Series. The Rattler is available in three compounds: soft, super soft, and clay. You also have [...]
Rogue Elements Components reopens the vault
Rogue Element Components is opening the vault and bringing back one of their classic releases. The insanely popular scale lug nuts are back, due to popular demand, for one more go around. These detailed wheel nuts for Tamiya and Axial scalers are finely machined and feature a very tight press fit nylok nut so you don’t have to threadlock these [...]
- 12/28/2011
- 9:33 pm
- New Products
- By: Jeff
R/C Around the Web – Long Thanksgiving Weekend… edition
Photo of the Week Special Edition:by Adam Hilliker Thanksgiving weekend usually means nothing happening in the r/c industry (or anywhere else for that matter), at least here in the States. So to fill the great void left by the darth of information from the r/c companies, here’s a special Long Thanksgiving Weekend edition of R/C Around the Web. Hopefully [...]
JConcepts scores another victory in the war against filth
Have a SC10 4×4? Have a messy chassis? JConcepts may have a solution to your problems. An answer to your prayers. Some meat for your potatoes. Or any other cliche you can think of. Their new over-tray for the afformentioned SC10 4×4 is made out of some crystal clear polycarbonate so its durable and ready [...]
LRP begins doing the Twist
Who says 2wd buggy is dead? Well, besides everybody… LRP apparently hasn’t gotten the memo though as they introduce their brand new S10 Twister. It’s a 1/10 scale buggy that comes ready to run with a 27 MHz radio, 540 brushed motor paired to a digital ESC, a battery and charger. Other nice features are full ball [...]
- 11/10/2011
- 7:54 pm
- LRP
New Products - By: Jeff
