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For all you nitro drivers out there here is a shot of the Byron Fuels booth from the 2012 HobbyTown USA convention. The Byron crew is a huge supporter of the hobby industry and make some of the best fuel out there. Click HERE to visit their website. Click HERE for more nitro news here on BigSquid.
One of the booths at the HobbyTown USA 2012 Convention was from RC Driver magazine. The ever affable Greg Vogel was manning the booth answering questions, handing out magazines, and talking shop with Brian. Hit up THIS link to see what’s new over at Driver.
There is only one brand of CA glue we use here at BigSquid, Bob Smith Industries. Not only is it some of the best glue on the market, it is also some of the most affordable, a total win-win combination. It was nice seeing the Bob Smith crew at the HobbyTown USA show, their booth is always full of smiling [...]
Looks like the valet FINALLY brought my ride back… I swear it had about 500 miles less when I dropped it off! It’s time to hit the road. Watch for a big write up on the convention later in the week and more posts from the Hobby Town Convention 2012 later today.
Over the weekend, our own Adam the Intern was working the Traxxas booth at the NHRA Full Throttle Event in Joliet. He sent over a bunch of pics, looks like it was a pretty big turn out, and Adam was handing out autographs to the ladies. #gallery-3 { margin: auto; } #gallery-3 .gallery-item { float: left; margin-top: 10px; text-align: center; width: 33%; } #gallery-3 img { border: 2px solid #cfcfcf; } #gallery-3 [...]
The biggest buzz going around the BigSquid offices this morning is about the forthcoming 10th scale Ken Block Rally Car from HPI. After watching Block score a silver medal at X-Games over the weekend we are all stoked to get in some rally-cross action in the parking lot. Until more information is released here are a few more pictures to wet [...]
Maybe this is what it looked like when the pyramids were being built? Or maybe this is what it will look like when the aliens come back? From the looks of this video, they may be already here, and just a little smaller than we thought. The video starts off a little slow, but there are some really cool [...]
8th scale nitro buggies are a favorite among the bashing crowd because they rarely break. Hobby-Pro USA and Thunder Innovations has a new Pro One 4 shoe clutch that fits most 8th scale buggies (except Kyosho). Their new clutch is said to smooth out power delivery without losing any low end power. The Thunder Innovations clutch system comes with a [...]
I recently stopped in to our Hobby Town in Orland Park, and Steve (the owner) was testing out some new video recording sunglasses from a company called Pivothead. There are a lot of people in RC that are often trying to record themselves doing stuff, but it you haven’t tried, it’s very difficult to film AND drive or fly at [...]
Our good friends from HobbyMedia.it posted an interesting story about some new timing system software from Kawada. The software is called ARSA – Advantage Race System, and the idea behind it is that it allows for a handicap of your time and laps similar to the way a handicap works in bowling or golf. Essentially letting the total newbies get [...]
No doubt the huge tires on the Losi 5T can present a formidable challenge to any servo. Dark Soul Racing looked at the problem and came up with a nifty dual servo mount. Double your pleasure, double your fun as they say, but in this case two servos can come in mighty handy for swinging those big tires around. Their [...]
Wanted to mention this years Father’s Day Doodle over on Google’s home page has a kid ‘e’ using a RC robot to bring his dad a cup of coffee. That link should be usable after the holiday if you don’t happen to catch in on the actual day. Thanks Google for the RC support! 🙂
Honestly I have no clue if Ton Jones is reading Big Squid RC, but seeing how he has teamed up with Gens Ace as his battery supplier, Maybe he saw them when they walked away with top honors in our last Lipo Shootout 4! All I have to say is the more the merrier and thanks for more celebs giving [...]
Let your magical eyes feast upon these beauties by GMADE. They bring together an awesome culmination of Aluminum, Great design and some fancy  Shock Tech. These shocks are customizable in a plethora of ways. You want a 62mm Aeration shock… Got it… You want a 93mm Diaphragm Shock…. DONE! How about a fully functional adjustable 103mm Piggy-back shock… Been there [...]
Just ran into another loco RC type looking for your help. This sounds like every underdog story we all dream about, hoping that the little guy wins. Andy Bailey has started a KICKSTARTER for some awesome Scale Steelie style wheels. He has set up many donation levels with options to get a lot of these wheels at a great price if [...]
