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Some hobbyists charge a lot of batteries. If you have a lot of batteries to charge, but not many battery chargers, charging packs in parallel can be an option to get the job done. The folks over at Progressive RC have made a new video showcasing their Modular Parallel Charging Boards. The Progressive RC charge boards make it easy to [...]
Last night the big man over at Amazon, Jeff Bezos, was on 60 Minutes to reveal a new 30 minute delivery service that they’ve been experimenting with. The Amazon Prime Air super fast delivery service is said to use self-piloting quadcopter drones to deliver a 5 pound cargo up to 10 miles. The hobby community knows the vast array of [...]
Sometimes you just need serious power and the new Cellpro Dual PowerLab 8×2 from Revolectrix has 2688 watts of it. Huge raw power is one thing, but the Cellpro was also designed to be reliable, flexible, and to have intuitive operation. Some of its other features and specifications include- * Max charge rate- 40A per channel * Accurate four point internal resistance [...]
Last night Joliet hosted they’re annual Christmas Parade and as usual I did my best to promote the hobby by building a miniature parade float complete with riders and candy! I started with one of my many scaliers this one started out as a New bright F-150 and I fabricated a custom chassis and mounted a set of Axial Wraith axles under it but [...]
Looking for something unique for that rc garage of yours? Here ya go, take a look at the new YRS Roadster from Yokomo. The YRS Roadster is a 12th scale 2wd RTR designed with big fun in mind. A 540 brushed motor is used to direct drive the rear wheels and it comes with a 2.4GHz radio system, Lipo battery, [...]
Touring cars might not be all the rage like they used to be, but that hasn’t kept the manufactures from continuing to improve the breed. The latest uber touring from Yokomo is the BD7 2014. The BD7 2014 Edition is a belt driven 4wd, littered with carbon fiber goodness from nose to tail. The 2014 Edition comes with small upgrades [...]
I pull this move off all the time in the RC world, ask ‘Wrench’ or Tim or Cubby.. heck, it’s in several of our videos. Ok, maybe not on purpose, but it happens. Here’s we are doing it in 2008 with a HPI Baja 5B CLICK HERE! But when you see a full scale truck do it, surrounded by [...]
SkyRC has a new charger made just for Micro Lipo batteries. The Quattro Micro Battery Charger has the ability to charge four 1S Lipo micro batteries at once with an adjustable charge rate of .1 to 1 amp, and it comes with four different connectors on top- Losi micro, Walkera, MX, and mCPX. The part number is #SK-100079 and you can [...]
Yesterday we posted the new Graupner touch screen transmitter, today we are posting their new Polaron series touch screen battery chargers. There are four different chargers in the Polaron series and they are offered in several different colors. They stand up on your pit table, making them easy to see while taking up a minimal amount of space. The chargers in [...]
It seems that everything is going to touch screens, now they’ve even made their way to transmitters. The new Graupner X-8E not only has a 320 x 240 touch sensitive LCD screen, but has 4 channel output and telemetry. You can even use a micro-SD memory card to store the telemetry data. Some of its other features and specifications include- * [...]
KO Propo has a new low profile servo for those tight installs, the RSx one10 30105. The RSx one10 is a speedy servo, boasting a transit time of .07 at 7.4 volts, and has 124oz-in of torque. Some of its other features include- * Aluminum + 1 plastic gear * Dual bearings * Coreless Motor * Aluminum heat sink case * Hardened Gear Pins * Gold [...]
Every winter it seems we cut up a perfectly good pair of gloves to go driving in the cold weather. For those of you that can’t stand cutting up your own gloves, JR now has RC gloves to keep your hands warm while still allowing your fingers to properly grip your transmitter. The back hand side of the JR gloves [...]
Thanks to our skilled pilot 3DBill, we should be scaring plenty of candy out of kids hands! Muhahahaha!
The king of the heavyweight chargers, the iCharger 4010, now has a little brother, the 308 Duo. While the 308 might not put up the big numbers the 4010 does, it is no lightweight at 30 amps per channel or 50 amps mono. Some of its other features and specifications include- * Max cell count: 8S Lipo, 25 NiMH * Max charge [...]
The crew over at JQ Products has been teasing their new White Edition 8th scale buggy for a while, now they’ve released press photos and more information. * 16mm shocks * Ultra long gearbox screws * Equal length universal driveshafts * CNC machined C hubs, knuckles, and rear hubs * 47/13 center gearing Pricing for the White Edition buggy is $599 and it should be available [...]
