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Yet another week in rc has gone by the wayside, so what were the scoops this week? Well, this was a trade show week, and most of the industry was sitting in sunny SoCal working the RCX show, yet still no “big” news emerged. The internet age has eliminated most of the “big” surprises from popping up at trade shows, [...]
First up this week are a couple reminders. Looks like BigSquid’s next Li-po battery shootout starts testing next weekend. Venom vs Checkpoint vs Common Sense vs JBG vs Zippy vs $9 Ebay pack vs Hong Kong mystery pack equals one hell of a battery shootout. Second reminder is that the annual April fools edition of THE Cub Report is coming up [...]
Hello BigSquid fans, and welcome to yet another edition of THE Cub Report. No, I can’t believe they let me keep doing this either. 🙂 Really, it was a boring week in rc, so I won’t be a bellicose fool again this week. But I do want to touch on a couple things real quickly (famous last words, LOL). First off, the [...]
Just 11 days, 53 minutes, and 11 seconds till the cars roll off for first practice at the Formula 1 Grand Prix of Bahrain. Several new teams this year, and 2010 will mark the return of the most incredible racer of all time, Michael Schumacher. One of the best days of my life was spent watching Michael win the USGP [...]
We have been reporting on the news of Schumacher USA Closing it’s doors, and I decided to sit down and talk with Shawn Palmer (formerly of Shumacher USA) and ask him a few questions about what he’s up to and what went down. —————– 1. So I find it a bit quixotic that Schumacher decides to [...]
Hello BigSquid fans, and welcome to yet another luxurious edition of the much maligned and frequently litigated Cub Report. Did you know a couple of wars are going on in our hobby? The first war involves speed controllers, and it’s really heating up- a war to see who can pump the most timing into a 17.5 turn brushless motor. We’ve got [...]
Are there still any truly “important” rc races left? Well if there is one it’s the IFMAR 8th scale off road world championship, and the “warm-up” or “pre-worlds” race was held in Thailand last week. Hot Bodies came out swinging, dominating qualifying first, second and third with their world championship D8 nitro buggy. The top D8’s were piloted by current [...]
Why do I have a feeling this week’s email will be more colorful than normal? Thanks Cubby, I owe you.
See the new Schumacher Cougar SV 2wd buggy? If you are a basher, you could probably care less, but for the racer types it’s a significant piece. Now days 2wd buggy isn’t “the” class to be in, but the new Schu looks like a potential tour de force. Industry types have speculated whether or not Associated and Losi will ever [...]
I have a few things I NEED to get off my chest this week. Marshalling is bad for our sport. Yes, it is. Everyone hates to marshal. I didn’t pay my entry fee to run my ass off and still get yelled at by some F’n moron on the drivers stand, I paid to RACE. If I crash in a race, [...]
For those of you that might not know, our Editor In Chief around this joint is Brian. Well, Brian is having a sort of “bromance” now days with Travis Pastrana and the Nitro Circus crew. Sorry to inform you Brian, but Travis broke his collarbone today while riding in Florida. Normally a broken collarbone is not a “huge” deal, but [...]
Ask Cubby, Your Weekly RC Advice Column. ================== Cubby, What are the best tires for my Slash? Love Reading Your Stufff Ronny From Pittsburgh Yo what’s up Ronny from Pittsburgh? The stock Slash tires have their upsides, and their downsides. Upsides are they look realistic, and wear a long time. Downsides are they explode on high cell counts, and don’t offer that good of [...]
First off, here’s the LINK of the week. CLICK HERE No, I’m not going to Rick Roll ya with a blind link. The link takes you to the Toys “R” Us website. Did you know that Traxxas is not only sold at Pep Boys, but also now at Toys “R” Us? Did you know that some models of HPI [...]
Just a quick note here, starting next week, and all through 2010, you’ll be able to find the “Ask Cubby” column each Thursday, and “THE Cub Report” posted every Monday morning. Enjoy! ========== First off this week is a question from one of our most frequent emailers, Cory. “HEY ALSO ON THE INFERNO VE DO I HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT ANY OTHER [...]
We get letters, tons of letters each month to BigSquidRC. For me to get that big fat increase in salary I’ve been asking for, I’ve been told I have to bust out more material. I have chosen to “answer” some of letters submitted to BigSquid, so here we go. 🙂 ===== “also i got a dumb question im getn the inferno ve [...]
