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Battery Charger Shootout Finally Done!

That’s right, it’s finally here! It was a long time coming, but I think it was worth the wait! If you have been looking to pick up a new charger, you are going to want to read this! While the shootout is not made up of complete reviews of each charger, we did our best to touch [...]

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Trackside Hobbies – Short Course Showdown

So we headed out to Trackside Hobbies to watch some racing during the Short Course Showdown this weekend. We snapped a bunch of pictures, talked to a ton of people, and had a great time. First I’d like to thank Scotty Ernst (seen here on the left with yours truly) for organizing [...]

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Just because we are not racers…

Just because we are not racers, does not mean that we are not competitive. I would say just about every time we get together and have transmitters in our hands, Bill and I are usually doing our best to 1up the other guy! Similar to a Travis Pastrana and Andy Bell from Nitro Circus. We just can’t let [...]

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Behind The Scenes

Just a heads up, we did some behind the scenes site maintenance this evening, so thanks for bearing with the small down time. If anyone notices any issues, feel free to drop me a line so I can make sure we get all the kinks worked out. If everything went according to plan, you shouldn’t see much difference.. [...]

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Your Going The Wrong WAY!

Up until recently, I would occasionally chime in with some random rc bashing story that usually involved the Big Squid RC crew up to something dumb while out and about. Usually along the lines of some sort of demolition derby, or being yelled at for going the wrong way at the track (on purpose), but those stories started to become [...]

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Whew! Glad that’s over!

Well, another April 1st has come and gone, and I think we made it out ok. I just wanted to say tanks for putting up with it all yesterday, and hope you enjoyed it as much as we did. (tanks.. get it!? )

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Dear new pen pal,

How are you? I am fine. Here is a old picture of me.I used to have long hair. It is really short now. I don’t like to shave. I don’t know how to grow a beard though. My dad says it is because I am not a real man yet. I like Chef Boy R Dee beef ravioli. Do you like [...]

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Welcome Jeff!

I’d like to take a moment to welcome on board one of our new writers, Jeff Hoy. Jeff will be helping out with a lot of the daily articles and reviews among some other behind the scenes work to help take Big Squid RC to the next level! We are really glad to have him on board, and look forward to [...]

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In Search of Writers for Big Squid RC!

Yep! It’s that time again, time to find us some fresh meat! So we are back on the hunt! We are looking for writers that LOVE RC, and want to talk about it! You need to be able to produce a minimum of 2 articles a week. They don’t have to be original reports all the time, [...]

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Another Awesome Bash Night!

I’d like to thank everyone who came out to the private bash night at the Leisure Hours Raceway last night! It was a great time! We got to meet a lot of new faces, break lots of parts, and help out lots of newbies! It was cool to see all the kids out there having a good time, without having [...]

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Big Squid RC Driver Tim Mohr Takes 3rd at Chitown Shootout!

A big congratulations goes out to our driver Tim Mohr who took third in the A-Main for Mod Short Course truck this weekend at the Chitown Shootout event at the Leisure Hours Raceway! There were about 290 entries this weekend, and a ton of classes with some great final races! Tim was racing the HPI Blitz and it [...]

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RSS Feed Available!

Over the last few weeks, we have been receiving a bunch of emails asking if there was a way for people to add our news to their RSS feeds. Well, there is! Just head over to BigSquidRC.com/feed and you should hopefully see everything you need to get our news delivered directly to you! Thanks everyone who wrote in asking for this [...]

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Firespink281 Does Charity Good!

Our very own Bill ‘Firesprink281’ Stevens, basher, moderator, all around good guy is shaving his head for charity! If you haven’t donated any money to a worthy cause yet this year, head over to THIS LINK HERE, donate a little cash, help some kids, and feel good about yourself! It’s all part of the St. Baldricks Foundation, and [...]

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Big Giant Squids Taking Over the World!

We all know Big Squid RC is taking over the RC world, according to Yahoo News Giant Squids are taking over the rest of the world as well. And you all laughed a few years ago when we started, who’s laughing now? Muhahahaha! Man I have been hanging out with Cubby too much!

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Ask Cub Reporter, 01.27.2010

Ask Cub Reporter, A Weekly Advice Column- 01.27.2010 ========== Hello Brian and the Big Squid Team, My name is Douglas and I have been a long time RC fan and Big Squid reader. I really love what you have done with this site and love seeing it gain in popularity. I remember seeing a while back that you were looking for writers [...]

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