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The Castle Creations booth with a lineup of their products including the Castle powered Funnycar from Traxxas. Oh, and wouldn’t it be great if the motor in front of the Mini E-Revo was a new upgrade option? Or perhaps we need a new project truck!
How’s it going? I’m in need to send my Schuamcher Fusion to shop to have it looked over. I would like to know if you could advise any to me? Located in North FL thanks T.C. Cubby– Hey what’s up TC, and thanks for the email. So you want to send your Schumacher car into a shop to get it looked over. I guess you [...]
This cool little device from Castle Creations called the “CapPack” is designed for use in high powered electric vehicles, where batteries may suffer from voltage drop under severe load – this capacitor bank will give you that bit of extra go under accelleration. At $24.95, it costs a whole lot less than a new battery pack!Head over to the Castle Website for full details.
Hey everyone, just saw that Castle Creations is recalling some of their larger scale ESC’s. The Phoenix Ice HV, The Mamba XL and the Hydra Ice HV. They are asking that customers cease operation of these controllers, and send them back to Castle for modifications. I know several people using the Mamba XL, so I thought we should help [...]
Olathe Kansas powerhouse Castle Creations is now offering repair/rebuild kits for two of their popular short course motors- the 1410 3800 kv which comes in their Sidewinder Short Course systems, and the 1415 2400 kv which comes with their Mamba Max Pro SC system. The rebuild kit consists of a new rotor, new front endbell, two bearings, endbell screws and [...]
We don’t have an official press release yet, but these new Hitec servos is making us drool! These are the HSB-9380 for Ultra Torque, HSB-9370 for multi purpose use, and the HSB-9360 for high speed! What’s got us drooling is the fact that they have Neu-Castle brushless motors on the inside! Now look who’s drooling! We will post more info when [...]
Just a heads up on the fact that the Castle Creations new Sidewinder V2 is now shipping! For all those looking for a cheap brushless system, you can now find it on the Tower Hobbies Website for $99! This ESC/Motor combination is very similar to their Sidewinder SCT combo that we recently did a review of, so make [...]
We just posted over in the RC Reviews section our review of the Castle Creations Sidewinder SCT Combo! A lot of people have been waiting on this latest ESC/Motor Combo, and it’s time to put it to the test! Click the pic or head over and check it out here!
Great Black Friday Savings going on today at Castle Creations Make sure to also check out their Garage Sale section for some true “door buster” prices on great gear. Find all the deals when you click here: Castle Creations Website.
Just wanted to let everyone know that Castle Creations has a $30 rebate on their Castle Sidewinder products! That includes the ESC and ESC with motor combo’s. Check out the Castle Creations rebate page for all the details!
Today we got our hands on the new Castle Creations, Great Planes exclusive Sidewinder SCT Short Course Truck Edition Motor and ESC Combo! We will be installing it soon for some testing, but wanted to give you a few unboxing photo’s before we get started. We are really looking forward to the tests because the price point of [...]
Here’s some BIG news from Castle Creations. Pictured above is their new massive (about 3 pounds!) Mamba XL motor (bottom, obviously). Along with the motor is a whole new beefy Mamba XL ESC that’s built to handle 8S LiPos and all the amp draw that’s going to pass through it. Not only that, Castle is releasing a complete conversion kit [...]
Welcome to day four of DuraTrax Evader DT week here at the Squid. Today I’m taking out the stock electronics and dropping in some mad power and control. The stock Sprint 2 ESC, a fine system for beginners, gets the boot in favor of a Castle Creations Sidewinder ESC. The Photon 2 brushed motor is taken out and put aside [...]
Recently we talked about the Castle Creations Mamba Max Pro shipping, well here’s a quick picture of what you get. If you had one on order, sorry to ruin the surprise… uhmm Surprise! Check the official Castle Creations page for more details.
News on several new “minis” has broken as of late, is there really any interest left in the small scale trucks? Horizon has released info on two very interesting models, first the 1/24th scale Micro Rock Crawler, and secondly, the 1/18th Mini Desert Buggy. The Micro Crawler may just be a bit too micro, I mean, just how many core [...]
