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RWD Drift Chassis Round Up – kits under $250
So you want to drift, but maybe not sure if you want to to drop $600+ on a aluminum carbon fiber drift battle ship… That’s OK! Entry drift chassis are a great way to get your feet wet and can perform quite well out of the box – we’ve seen a few plastic fantastic chassis take podium at local comps. [...]
- 2/6/2018
- 11:07 am
- New Products
- By: multi-bash
DIY: Transmitter Warming Hut from Old Political Signs
With the weather turning to nuclear winter blast furnace, us RC folk are struggling to keep the trigger finger warm enough to lay down the power. While you could source a ready made transmitter warming hut thing, it’s going to cost you. Instead, reclaim some political sign garbage from a street corner near you and get to work! This guide will [...]
- 11/21/2017
- 2:27 pm
- miscellaneous
tips - By: multi-bash
APlastics H.C.W.B 5.0 and EXCLUSIVE R/C Body Kit Review
APlastics RC and EXLUSIVE R/C teamed up to create an insane bodykit for the H.C.W.B 5.0, colloquially known as the Fox Mustang. Plan a few extra days to build this if you go with the full kit – there’s alot of things here!The Body: APlastics H.C.W.B 5.0 brings the same quality you’ve come to expect. Thick lexan, gorgeous curves and [...]
- 6/29/2017
- 10:29 pm
- Accessory Reviews
RC Car Bodies
scale rc - By: multi-bash
Review Teaser: APlastics and EXCLUSIVE R/C
APlastics and EXCLUSIVE R/C sent the H.C.W.B 5.0 rc body and a trick set of 3d printed accessories for review. Can you say window louvers? The detail is looking nice on these – even your choice of air freshener (dibs on vanilla-roma!) We’ll have a full review, and a few body building tips, coming later – we just need a [...]
- 5/16/2017
- 11:50 pm
- New Products
RC Car Bodies
RC Drifting - By: multi-bash
MST RMX2.0 S Released
The new MST RMX2.0 S has arrived stateside. This chassis takes some inspiration from the Yokomo yd-2 with a sealed gearbox and “backwards” mounted motor orientation (the spur is mounted on the left hand side of the chassis). Like MST’s FXX, the RMX2.0 S uses a ladder frame chassis for rigidity. Super-G in sunny California has already built and given [...]
- 5/2/2017
- 10:08 pm
- New Products
RC Drifting - By: multi-bash
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RC drift on TV!
Top Gear UK is wrapping up their current season, sans Cpt. Slow, Hamster and that guy who hates catering.. But they are going out with a RC BANG! Check out the action on youtube where they drift through a car shaped cutout. Hard to say what they’re running, but I’d wager its a 50:50 Tamiya on tdrifts.What do you [...]
- 4/24/2017
- 4:51 pm
- On TV
- By: multi-bash
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MST RMX S – new RWD Drift Chassis
It’s been a long time, by MST standards, since we’ve had a new drift chassis by the Taiwanese maker. The MST RMX S appears to be a highly tunable RWD RC drift chassis, with multiple settings for steering wiper, motor and servo placement. No hard release date yet, but rumors are pointing to a spring. Can a VIP hopped up [...]
- 3/2/2017
- 7:53 pm
- New Products
News
RC Drifting - By: multi-bash
FireBrand RC ONE Tool Review
FireBrand RC is filling some interesting niches in the RC market with their ONE Tool 11-1 tool kit. Hailing from the fine state of Texas this US company has been working overtime since 2011, no doubt they’ve forgotten a few tools along the way! This aluminum handle holds 11 tools – is it the only hammer you need and how [...]
- 2/14/2017
- 2:56 pm
- Accessory Reviews
Other Reviews
Reviews - By: multi-bash
Firebrand RC SHOWOFF RC Body Display Stand Review
Ask a RC Drifter, any RC Drifter, it’s doesn’t matter if you win by an inch or a mile if you don’t have style. So enter the Firebrand RC SHOWOFF rc body display stand, which allows you to display a static RC car body with a 260-255mm wheel base (though creative types can stretch or chop this a few more [...]
- 12/20/2016
- 6:43 pm
- Accessory Reviews
RC Car Bodies
RC Drifting
scale rc - By: multi-bash
FireBrand RC Showoff body display stand, MACHSPEED-GTR and…
FireBrand RC sent in a sweet collection of their RC Drift focused parts for review. Right off the bat one has to notice the thoughtful packaging and that ALL the parts are included with the 6mm wheel hex spacers. Too often shiny parts require additional parts to actually install onto the vehicle, so including the cross pin is a great [...]
- 12/6/2016
- 10:46 am
- Accessory Reviews
Other Reviews
RC Drifting - By: multi-bash
Continental Drift: steering geometry tech talk
Brian has been bugging me about writing more drift tech stuff, not just he product reviews. So after racking my brain for literally 3 minutes I came up with the first topic for Continental Drift. The name is meant to capture the topic and the huge following that drift is building globally. While many trends still start in Japan, I [...]
- 11/23/2016
- 10:37 am
- Columns
RC Drifting
tips - By: multi-bash
Aplastics USA body competition and fox body 5.0 renders
Aplastics USA is running a body competition to showcase their lineup of scale RC car bodies. Check out the rules list below – it’s awesome to see the closing date so far out on November 30th. “Aplastics USA, and www.honocircuit.com is proud to announce our first body competition. 1. It must be a Aplastics body 2. It can be modified how ever [...]
- 10/19/2016
- 5:15 pm
- New Products
News
RC Drifting
scale rc
Uncategorized - By: multi-bash
sanwa mt-44 transmitter
Sanwa announced their new MT-44 transmitter, which appears to replace the popular MT-4s. Breaking tradition this Sanwa features a collapsible handle which I’m sure many will appreciate (though I love the big ass handle on my Sanwa M12). The MT-44 uses 3 AA batteries and supports USB charging. We’ll have to wait till November to try and get our [...]
Out in the wild: Yeah Racing Sprint2 RWD Drift Conversion Ki…
Yeah Racing hasn’t given up on the Sprint2 and their new RWD conversion kit has started landing in the US. My buddy Tommy of two tone dynasty/rare arts USA received one of the first kits in the USA and sent a few snaps and video of his initial tune – props for the share! #unitedwedrift With RWD cars, we [...]
- 10/13/2016
- 11:19 am
- New Products
News
RC Drifting
scale rc - By: multi-bash
Get out of my dreams and into my Fox body mustang
Aplastics USA announced a special limited edition run of the Ford “fox body” Mustang. These are limited to 50 total, with each specially numbered. This body will be based off the widebody racecar shown below. Details are still coming in, but we expect quality work based on their previous efforts. Color us stoked! Get your pre-order through APlastics USA and [...]
- 10/6/2016
- 10:34 am
- New Products
RC Drifting
scale rc - By: multi-bash
