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Another set of team colors joins Losi‘s stable of Mini SCTs. The Stronghold Motorsports Team, (who, a few montsh ago, signed on Jeremy McGrath for driving duties next season) now has a minified version of their LOORS, Rob Naughton piloted, Pro-2 truck thanks to the gang at Losi. As with the other Mini SCTs, the Stronghold edition is RTR with [...]
Mark your calendars. December 16th, just in time for Christmas, the Traxxas Spartan brushless deep-v will be available, and for a reasonable $399.99. We got a good look at this appropriately candy cane colored monster at iHobby, so check out the gallery below then bust out your pencil and paper and start writing your wish list to Robot Santa Claus [...]
We showed you the spy shot from IHobby that broke the story, and now we can finally give you the official details on the Traxxas Ken Block Gymkhana Fiesta. A lot of people have been talking about it and waiting with bated breath for more info. Here’s what we can tell you from the official release. As with all Traxxas [...]
Following on yesterday’s announcement of a brushless version of the RC18T2 RTR, Associated has pulled back the sheet on the RC18B2 Brushless. Raise your hand if you were surprised by this, so I can come over and smack you. Anyhow, just as with the T2, this one will also feature the Reedy Micro Brushless ESC and a 5000kv motor. The [...]
The A Team‘s got a thing for brushless, adding it to almost their entire line of RTR vehicles. The RC18T2 is the next in line to receive the ridiculous power. This new edition comes out of the box with a Reedy micro brushless ESC and 5000kv motor. The ESC is LiPo ready, accepting 2 – 3S LiPos or 6 – [...]
Schumacher Racing has a new high-end touring car in the line-up, hot on the heals of their recent budget tourer the Mi1. The Mi4CX is being touted as a competition ready car, with all kinds of high-end features like an ultra-lightweight front spool with increased durability, ultra-lightweight aluminum transmission housings, dedicated front & rear high strength steel CVD driveshafts, and [...]
Redcat was showing off a couple new 1/5 scale products at IHobby this year. The major one is the one on the left above, it’s a brushless powered 1/5 scale buggy. It’s going to be a fully RTR setup with a 2.4 GHz radio. No price or date as of yet. The other is their Rampage MT Pro, which [...]
Speed Passion has this prototype short course truck on display at IHobby, it’s a really unique vehicle at this point, only two of them exist in the world right now. Other than the name, Ananta 2SC, there really wasn’t much info available at this time but you can see it’s a mid-motor layout similar to the X-Factory SCX-60 or Venom [...]
Horizon is bringing back the 1/14 scale line of Carisma cars. As of right now they are distributing the four pictured above, clockwise from top-left: BMW M3 GT2, Mercedes Benz SLR GT, VW Golf GTI, and the Nissan Skyline GT-R R35. There’s a possibility of more coming soon, including the off-road buggy. All of these are fully RTR [...]
Speed Passion’s other RTR is a old skool, 2wd stadium truck. Like their other RTR, the RS2 comes with a brushless system and 2.4 GHz Carrera 2 radio in the box. It also features some heavy duty telescoping drive shafts, full ball bearings, and a fully adjustable wheelie bar out back. Again they’re targetting a Christmas-time launch and a target [...]
Speed Passion is introducing a couple new RTRs here at IHobby. This one, the RS1 Touring Car, is a 1/10 scale 4wd sport compact that comes out of the box with a brushless system and the 2.4 GHz Carrera 2 phaser radio. It’s got some nice features, like metal diffs, oil filled shocks, and full ball bearings. They are expecting to [...]
Vampire Racing has a couple new LiPo packs for your combustion consumption today. These two new setups are targeted at 1/12 scale racers and 1/8 scale electric racers. Both batteries are 5700 mAh and “rated” at 50c, but one is a 4s brick and the other is a 1s pack. Both feature a hard case and fancy graphics. No price was [...]
When a lot of people hear the name Schumacher, they usually think of one thing, expensive cars. Well, apparently Schumacher is tired of listening to all your belly aching about cost. They’ve created a new 1/10 scale, electric sedan, called the Mi1, for the budget conscious drivers out there. It may be a low-cost ride but it has some nice, [...]
OFNA has, once again, let loose a new vehicle. Their Nexx 8 is a 1/8 scale, brushless buggy for those of you out there that love 1/8 scale, but hate nitro. It’s made with 2S LiPo packs in mind, one is mounted on either side of the chassis, so the Nexx 8 will be a good step up for those [...]
Those of us that drive boats have, at one time or another, been in a position where our boat was dead in the water. Either the batteries dumped quicker than we thought, or we cut a turn too hard and flipped the thing. Retrieving the boat has become as much an art form as driving it. Whether it’s specially made [...]
