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Redcat 1/6 scale Shredder line of cars.
Redcat has quite a bit of stuff worth looking at in their booth at IHobby. These are their still relatively new line of 1/6 scale brushless powered vehicles. All of them are called the Shredder, but are designated by XB for the 4wd buggy, XT for the Stadium Truck, and SC for the Short Course Truck. All [...]
- 10/22/2011
- 12:28 pm
- Uncategorized
- By: Jeff
First Give away Winner!
And we have our first demo give away winner! This lucky fan walked away with a brand new HPI Mini Trophy Truck of his very own. All he had to do was be here and yell louder than every one else. Congrats to Danny B. Our next give away will be during our 3:00 demo today. Drive fast [...]
Redcat Twister coming soon
One of the many new things being shown by Redcat at this year’s IHobby is the Twister Dune Runner buggy. It’s not your typical buggy design with a twin vertical plate chassis and bottom loading battery setup. This guy also features a 3900kv brushless system, paired to a 2.4 GHz radio system. It’s not available yet, the [...]
- 10/22/2011
- 10:45 am
- New Products
- By: Jeff
Random IHobby Pic
Our surface drone dropped by the Losi/Horizon booth to check out the 5IVE-T.
IHobby 2011 Consumer Days are here
And that means we’re GIVING AWAY STUFF! Be here for one of our demos, at 11:00am and then again at 3:00pm for a chance to win a HPI Mini Trophy Truck or the brand spankin’ new Savage Flux XS! Plus we have tons of t-shirts to give away and some other stuff too. Gotta be here to [...]
NR/CTPA Preview
The tractor pullers of the NR/CTPA (National Radio Control Truck Pulling Association to you noobs) is out here in full force with a huge collection of weed wacker and brushless powered pulling trucks. These things are a sight to see when they’re pulling their loaded down trailer along the dirt runway. They’ll have a full schedule of heats [...]
- 10/21/2011
- 4:58 pm
- Uncategorized
- By: Jeff
Warrior Minis
If you’ve been thinking about getting into mini and micro scale cars, be sure to check out the new Warrior line of cars. These little guys are fully RTR with a 2.4 GHz radio system, separate ESC with reverse, full time 4wd, a full set of ball bearings, and a ball differential. A LiFe battery and charger is [...]
- 10/21/2011
- 3:44 pm
- New Products
- By: Jeff
More rumors on that Traxxas release
File this one firmly under the Rumor Mill. A friend of Big Squid RC, who happens to be in the know, just dropped by the IHobby booth and gave us this tidbit about the next Traxxas release. It could hit in the next few weeks, Traxxas is already taking dealer orders for it, and dealers are being told [...]
New Savox Servos in the house
Savox has a bunch of new servos that are out now or are coming down the pipe soon, sometime around the first of the year. No matter what kind of servo you’re looking for, Savox probably has a new one for you. From budget minded to super high end brushless and high voltage. They even have a [...]
- 10/21/2011
- 2:13 pm
- New Products
Savox - By: Jeff
Traxxas Try Me track @ IHobby
The Traxxas Try Me track is back again this year. With a $1.00 donation to the St. Jude Children’s Research Center, you can get a few minutes of drive time with a Slash on the track.
iHobby 2011 Booth Tour – Tekin
As part of our coverage on iHobby 2011, we are going to try and bring the show to you, by posting up info on some of exhibitors here. If you can’t make it, you can at least see what you’re missing! Tekin’s got their previously announced Pro4 motor on display here at IHobby, plus you can check out their extensive [...]
Random IHobby Pic
Peter Vieira gets some “constructive criticism” from Cubby.
Thunder Power TP1430C Charger
Hitec isn’t the only company at IHobby that has a new ultra mega super charger. Thunder Power RC is introing their new TP1430C charger. It’s a 1000(!) watt charger that is capable of charging appropriate LiPos at up to 30 amps! It’s not just LiPos though, this thing is a multi chemistry charger, so you can charge [...]
HUGE TRAXXAS NEWS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Not really. The only news out of the Traxxas booth at this year’s IHobby is some new paint jobs for the Summit. That’s all. Seriously. … … … Ok. While they aren’t showing it at IHobby, one of their guys told us they are definitely working on something new that should be out by the Christmas shopping season. It’s [...]
Hitec X4 AC Plus
One of Hitec‘s new products at IHobby is the X4 AC Plus mega charger. This beast of a charger features four individual 50-watt charge circuits, a built in 22 amp power supply, four internal LiPo balancing circuits, and five programmable profile settings. And best of all it runs off convenient AC power or DC. It’s made to [...]
