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From now until next Friday, the 23rd, AKA Racing is having a 30% off sale on their entire line of EVO Truggy wheels and tires. There’s a ton of options and I need to get my word count up, so I’ll list most of them for you. On the tire side you can get yourself some of AKA’s I-Beam, Cityblock, [...]
The Square Fuzzie is back. Pro-Line‘s iconic tire that changed everything is once again available, new and improved. The improvements include promised longer tread life and availability in the M3 soft compound and the M4 super soft compound. This initial set is made for the 2.2″ rear buggy wheel. These aren’t the only new tires that Pro-Line has on offer. [...]
A couple of Redcat Racing‘s vehicles have appeared in the review section here on Big Squid over the last few months. And they’ve gotten positive numbers and comments from those that have tested them. It was because of those reviews that I decided to purchase a Redcat Monsoon XTE, which is a 1/8 scale brushless truggy. I first saw this [...]
Panther are back with a new tire design for 1/8 scale buggies, called the Rattler. Panther suggests that these tires are ideal for hard packed surfaces and also mention that the tires were used to TQ and win round 2 of the Midwest Nitro Series. The Rattler is available in three compounds: soft, super soft, and clay. You also have [...]
Just because I live in England doesn’t mean that all I do is sit around in a tweed jacket, drinking tea and writing BigSquid articles. RC is big on this side of the pond! The forum I hang out on regularly holds bashes/meetups, and various bits of the country have their own bash groups and bash spots. My local group, “NHB” (North [...]
Thunder Tiger has decided to jump on the 1/8 nitro Short Course bandwagon with the RTA4. If you own a MTA4 ( Associated MGT) you’ll probably be seeing double, as minus the A-arms, driveshafts, wheels/tires and bodywork, the RTA4 is identical underneath. It is powered by Thunder Tiger’s ever reliable and powerful .28 pullstart engine with a large 150cc fuel tank, and has [...]
If your ride needs freshening up, then a great place to start is a new shell. Pro-Line have got two new BullDog shells, for buggy and truggy, to point you in the right direction. Ty Tessmann has developed them, adding fins and changing the angle of the windshield for better cooling and even better performance, combined with an awesome forward cab [...]
Team Durango have at last unveiled the DEX408, after having teased us for many weeks. It’s packed with features, most of which are to be found on the nitro version too, such as easy-access diffs and a slimline design. The plastics are all light weight composites, and all the shiny bits are CNC machined aluminum, further aiding the already excellent weight [...]
The folks from DuraTrax continue their tire line with this latest offering. The Duratrax Persuader and Equalizer 1/8 scale buggy tires are that latest offering. The Equalizers are for high grip on looser tracks while the Persuader is meant for indoor or smooth, hard packed tracks. They are available in soft C2 or super-soft C3 compounds, and you can get [...]
Keep Mom’s kitchen table your workbench tidy with the Pit Towel 2 from LRP. Made from quality machine-washable materials, it will be easy to clean off those inevitable spills! They also released a nice big A4 sized sheet of decals today if you fancy jazzing up your shells! Visit the LRP website for details.
Schumacher gave word of two new Anderson High Voltage Brushless servos today. The AN530400HV – Metal gears, brushless, and a lightning fast speed of just 0.06 seconds @ 7.4v for 60 degrees of rotation and 194oz or torque means that this servo is ideal for 1/10 sized cars whereas the AN530400HV is more suited to larger applications. You get a massive 305oz of torque at [...]
Looks like HPI have been busy! Keep your work area tidy with a cool little parts tray with a nice moulded HPI Racing logo, available as this small size (15cmx10cm) for parts, and a large size (75cmx50cm) for working on your cars. Put that parts tray to good use and get rid of those E-clips on your Savage XS with these new e-clip [...]
Hobby Pro USA are set to keep the nitro guys happy with their new 500CC fuel bottles. They’re just the right softness to be practical in all situations, and at a penny under $6 you can’t complain about value for money! Head over to the Hobby Pro website to get your hands on one.
Kyosho have revised their DBX VE 1/8 Buggy to keep up with current styles. In the DBX VE 2.0 you will find an Orion Vortex 10 motor and an all new 3s Li-Po capable RV10 EVO ESC, a slick new FHSS 2.4GHZ radio, and durable bash-proof parts such as big bore shocks and an aluminum motor mount. To top it all off, you get [...]
We recently posted the news and pictures about the HPI Apache Flux 1/8 scale buggy, but now we see there is also a short course version! As if HPI didn’t have the attention of the world before, the announcement of a 4×4 short course truck pretty much put them over the top! Here’s the video! More information coming soon, but [...]
