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Electric power has been the dominant force in rc for years now, and we see it creep more and more into the full size scene. The guys over at Bigfoot 4×4 Inc have taken full scale electric to a whole new level with their new Bigfoot #20. Take a look at the video below to see their latest creation using [...]
Playing rc soccer is a popular way of bashing with your buddies here in the states, but from this video it looks like the Tamiya guys have taken it to a whole new level overseas. As seen in this video, goals with actual nets are used, and the field itself looks in pristine condition. Now if we can just get [...]
That’s right folks, our friends over at Pro-Line Racing are having a Halloween Sale, good today only. Just enter the coupon code: PLSpooky20 to get 20% off your entire order. Pro-Line makes the best wheels, tires, and bodies on the market, if you are in need of any of these things hit up the official Pro-Line Website to enter your [...]
Throwing their hat in the ring for heavy weight champ of battery chargers is the new iCharger 4010 Duo. The 4010 Duo steps up to the plate with 1400 watts per channel of charging power, that’s some serious juice. Some of the other features/specs are- * Maximum charge power capacity: 1400W per channel @ >23.5V (up to 2000W in synchronous mode) * [...]
For those of you who don’t catch our reviews when they get posted to the front page, our REVIEW SECTION has had a huge update! We have recently added the following reviews: Durango DESC210 RTR Short Course Truck, Atomik Metal Mulisha Brian Deegan 1/18 Short Course, Durango DEX210 RTR Buggy, TrakPower 2S 5400 Saddle Pack, Duratrax 835B 1/8 Nitro Buggy, a ton of ST Racing Concepts [...]
RIP to Stan (Stanford) Ovshinsky, a man who I think we can say has had some effect on EVERY person who has ever done RC on the planet. He is the man who invented the NiMH battery. So if you have run a RC car, boat, plane, odds are good at some point a NiMH batterym was involved, and [...]
After a hard day of bashing you are bound to bring home a broken truck. You could sit in your favorite easy chair and wrench with your truck in your lap (losing all your screws and getting dirt everywhere), or you could set up a proper table and do the job right. For those of you that use a pit [...]
If you’ve been in this hobby longer than a couple of days then you realize the importance of having a good hobby knife in your toolbox. The company we trust around the BigSquidRC offices is Excel, and they were at iHobby showing all their products. From small blades to large to anything in between, they have a product for all [...]
Have you just won the lotto and want to buy the world’s most expensive Traxxas E-Revo? While in my local Best Buy electronics store last night, Cubby and I had a salesperson look up “Traxxas” in their computer system just to see if we could buy one. It turns out that yes you can buy several different Traxxas vehicles directly from [...]
Last weekend I once again got the chance to hang out and run with the STL RC Drag Racers. For 2012 they’ve moved more towards 5th scales, there were HPI 5B’s everywhere. Top speeds among their 5th scale gas burning crowd was in the 70 mph range. The STL RC Drag Racers allow any scale and type of vehicle to run. [...]
Who is Precirotate? They are a manufacture out of Taiwan looking to expand their reach. Precirotate goes by “PR” for short, and they have just sent out a press release on their latest product, the Proken S1 10th scale buggy. Not a bad looking machine, here are some of its specs and features- * Wheelbase- 275mm * Width- 248mm * 3 gear transmission * [...]
The guys over at ECX have announced price reductions on their popular line-up of 10th scale off-road vehicles. Now you can bash and save some cash! Here is the new pricing- * Torment 2.4 GHz Short Course Truck- $149 * Ruckus 2.4 GHz Monster Truck- $129 * Circuit Stadium Truck- $99 * Boost Buggy- $99 Head on over to the ECX’s official website for more [...]
The guys over at Team C have released a Team Version of their popular TS4 4wd short course truck. Team C’s new TS4TE comes with larger 12mm big bore shocks, anti-roll bars, carbon center bulkhead, and aluminum arm mounts. Other features include adjustable turnbuckles, 12mm wheel hexes, and it is set-up to run normal stick packs. Expect pricing to be [...]
I couldn’t help but think “Why didn’t I think of that?” when I saw this extremely practical gadget from Hammacher Schlemmer. Although not huge by any means but what an awesome concept for the RC/Cold Beverage lover in all of us? Stats say the RC COOLER will hold a dozen cans or bottles plus ice, but I am thinking probably [...]
The crew over at FTW have introduced an all new short course truck body named the Diamondback. The Diamondback body has large cut outs behind the hood and cab to let air escape from underneath, as well as sleek lines to give it a nice look. The FTW Diamondback uses .040 polycarbonate and fits the Losi SCTE and XXX-SCT, Associated [...]
