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Winter brings on the indoor carpet racing season, and with that more people start driving their 18th scale on road cars. SpeedMerchant has a fresh new body for your 18th scale pan car called the OR-18. The OR-18 looks much like a shrunk down 12th scale body, featuring a dorsal fin to aid in straight line tracking, and more rear [...]
Today we’ve received the latest news from the good folks over at Brown Engineering. They have just announced their Rhino, a complete 18th scale pan car kit. This kit comes complete and does not require parts from another car to complete it, and being an 18th scale pan car, it’s bound to be insanely fast. Some of its features and [...]
Back in August VRC Pro announced they were getting into off-road by adding short course trucks to their menu. Now they’ve announced that SCT’s won’t be the only off-road action you can get on their virtual on-line racing system, 8th scale buggies are on the way too! If your weather looks anything like ours does today, getting in some on-line [...]
HobbyTech has announced a new on-road car that might interest some of you speed freaks out there. Their new STR8 GT is an 8th scale 4wd beast that should be capable of putting serious power to the ground. Some of the features and specs include- * Single pack layout for perfect weight balance * CNC aluminium motor mount in 2 pieces for [...]
You may not be too familiar with the Agama brand of rc, but they are quite successful in the nitro 8th scale racing scene. Today they announced their new A8T 8th scale nitro truggy. Based off their very quick A8 buggy, the Agama team have been fine tuning the A8T truggy to be dialed right out of the box. Check [...]
Yesterday we posted a picture of the new Open Hobby touch screen charger, today take a look at the Open Hobby TS-4 transmitter. The new TS-4 is rumored to have 4 channels, a touch screen, and be 2.4 GHz, but we’ve yet to hear when, or even if, they will be hitting the shores of America. Till then, keep an [...]
It seems everywhere you look now days is some type of uber new battery charger and the new Open Hobby Zenith is no exception. The Zenith has two channels of output and has a handy touch screen for your convenience. The Zenith also sports a small footprint to ensure there is plenty of room left on your pit table to [...]
Traxxas announced yesterday that its new QR-1 quadcopter is shipping and should start arriving at your local hobby shops later this week. That is great news to those of you who have been holding your breathe since Traxxas first released information on them, and they’ll be arriving just in time for the holiday season. Looking for more Traxxas news? We have [...]
Happy Thanksgiving from all of us at Big Squid RC! Every year this little tune pops up in my head. I miss that show, and all 30 straight hours!
Tekno RC has just released information on their long awaited short course truck called the SCT410. Tekno has made quite a splash in the rc market with their 8th scale buggy, hopefully their new 4wd SCT lives up to the hype. Tekno designed their new short course truck to be both light and strong, by doing so it looks to [...]
The guys over at West Mountain Radio have announced a new battery charger for their CBA battery discharge unit. The new CBA charger allows you to do long cycle life battery tests without having to remove the battery from the CBA system, thus saving time and effort. Maximum current during charging is 10 amps at 24 volts, and the unit [...]
Okay, as cool as this is, I can’t imagine it ending well. Have you ever handed your RC over to someone who has never driven one before, and NOT been hit in the ankle 20 seconds later? A Chinese battery/car company called BYD, has just announced the BYD Su Rui. It looks like a normal four door sedan, but it [...]
Yokomo rc cars had a huge presence here in the states years ago, and they are still makers of high end racing rc vehicles. We have just received word that A-Main Hobbies has picked up the Yokomo line and is now their exclusive retailer in North America. Hopefully now with A-Main behind them we’ll be seeing a lot more Yokomo [...]
Are you a new user of Lipo batteries, or maybe you have been using them for years and are looking learn more on how they actually work? The crew over at Venom Group have started a series of articles full of good information on Lipo batteries called Battery Boot Camp. Hit up THIS link to head over to the official [...]