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Losing grip – a winning smile
I’ll be blunt with you. My main purpose of writing today’s column is simple: to raise money. It works like this: I write columns, I get paid, I can then use said money to buy stuff. Stuff that I can then take to a nearby patch of asphalt and play with. Essentially, nothing has changed since I was about nine [...]
Losing grip – drifters: like babies
A week ago MST released official pictures of their latest premium offering, the MST FXX 2.0 KMW. It is very, very premium indeed. Apart from the rod ends, it’s pretty much nothing but anodized aluminum and carbon fibre. It just doesn’t get any more shiny than this, it is a true feast for the eyes. Not to mention that the [...]
Losing grip – my drift hero
Once upon a time, I was in the army. I was stationed in the north, in a country far, far away, where winters were long and fierce. It so happened that quite often I would arrive to my regiment by plane, together with a couple of my platoon mates, and we would then get picked up at the airport by [...]
- 10/24/2019
- 2:15 pm
- Loosing Grip
RC Drifting - By: Martin
Losing grip – on kits and Batmobiles
Lo and behold! Shipping was quicker than expected and the mailman arrived a couple of days ago with a decent sized box. Inside the box were more boxes, and inside those boxes were toys. I am now the happy owner of a Yokomo YD-2S. Some soldering needs to be done, and then it should be good to go. As I told [...]
- 10/16/2019
- 1:29 pm
- Loosing Grip
RC Drifting
Uncategorized - By: Martin
Losing grip – color choice
G’day fellow drifters, as well as all you bashers out there that really should give drifting a go. By all means, do a couple of speed runs and burn some rubber with your Arrma Infraction. Then, when your 6S batteries are out of juice, grab your drifter for some relaxing, beautiful and smooth drifting. All in the same parking lot. [...]
- 10/9/2019
- 11:44 am
- Loosing Grip
RC Drifting - By: Martin
Losing grip – the servo future is here
In late June, Yokomo released a new steering servo, the SP-03D, and it might be the most interesting release in RC drift for a quite some time. For a starter, it looks trick and Hayato Yoshinami used it when he won the 2019 World Drift Championships. If you spend most of your time crawling or bashing, the specs won’t look [...]
- 10/2/2019
- 10:49 am
- Loosing Grip
RC Drifting - By: Martin
Losing Grip – MST FXX 2.0 KMW
A couple of days ago MST released a few more details of their upcoming FXX 2.0 KMW, and I am really rather curious about it. Front motor, shaft driven and inboard front suspension, all mounted on a 3.5 mm carbon fibre chassis. The battery and electronics are concentrated towards the rear, which coupled with the front engine should give a pretty [...]
- 9/26/2019
- 10:59 am
- Loosing Grip
RC Drifting - By: Martin
Losing grip – getting stuck
Drifting is certainly not about getting stuck, if anything, the opposite. When I first got into it, I naively thought that the walks of shame would be a thing of the past. No more walking to turn an upside down crawler or basher back on its wheels. Alas, that was not to be the case. Actually, the walks of shame [...]
- 9/19/2019
- 12:31 pm
- Loosing Grip
RC Drifting - By: Martin
Losing grip – where to put my money?
With great power and untold riches, comes responsibility. Responsibilty in proportion to the might one weilds. An inherent demand for altruism, considerate actions and careful judgement. It therefore follows that, as a writer for BigSquidRC, I carry a heavy burden on my shoulders. Burdens of power also require humility, a virtue sadly often hard to find, where it is most [...]
- 9/10/2019
- 4:44 pm
- Loosing Grip
RC Drifting - By: Martin
Losing grip – details, or not?
I recently completed a self evaluation at work, and after having been in my present position for more than a year I am certainly doing better than when I started. Pin pointing what exactly I am doing better wasn’t very easy, but one thing I realised was that I have become a fair bit better at judging which details matter, [...]
- 9/4/2019
- 1:59 pm
- Loosing Grip
RC Drifting - By: Martin
Losing grip – turn that buckle!
It is highly likely that one of today’s readers, is a first time visitor to BigSquidRC. Or, at least, a first time reader of one of my columns. Welcome! RC is a great hobby with lots to explore, and RC drifting is a most fascinating niche in which to lose oneself. Easy to get into, easy to find good places [...]
- 8/28/2019
- 12:50 pm
- Loosing Grip
RC Drifting - By: Martin
Losing grip – a body you can’t ignore
What do the Big Car Manufacturers do when they want to put out a new car, but lack the funding to start from scratch? Easy, they use an existing chassis and rework the design. Since this is a column about drifting, Toyota 86 and Subaru BRZ is a fitting example, but there are of course lots more out there. Not being [...]
- 8/21/2019
- 8:26 pm
- Killer Body RC
Loosing Grip
RC Drifting - By: Martin
Losing grip – getting up to speed
Anyone who has ever driven an RC car, is probably familiar with the most common question from casual observers: “How fast is it?” I suspect this is one of the main reasons why high speed runs have gotten so popular recently – it must be pretty cool to be able to answer that “Well, today I’ve only hit 106 mph, [...]
- 8/15/2019
- 3:43 pm
- Loosing Grip
RC Drifting - By: Martin
Losing grip – in the mortal realms
Last week this column had the pleasure of grazing the pastures of drift heaven, being amazed by the divine skills of Vivian Grobler as manifested in his beautiful BMW M3. This week, we are back in the realms of mortal men, with me standing as prime example of one of their kind. Not that you will see any pictures of [...]
- 8/7/2019
- 1:10 pm
- Loosing Grip
RC Drifting - By: Martin
Loosing Grip – Pure Awesomeness!
Today I have a treat for you. A couple of weeks back, I wrote about what might be a good starting point to get into this niche of the hobby. Today I will take you to the other end of the spectrum. Today I will show you (drumroll…): the winner of Best Body at the D1-10 Drift World Championship 2019! This [...]
- 7/30/2019
- 2:37 pm
- Loosing Grip
RC Drifting - By: Martin
