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To be unveiled at the Nuremburg toy fair in a matter of hours, Tamiya have got a whole host of new vehicles to keep with current trends on the market. Theres the usual pile of updated re-releases, a couple of limited edition kits and a heap of new hopups. Here are some noteworthy releases. 1/12 Nissan Titan a DT-02 2wd chassis is [...]
Kyosho’s next body set for the new MF-015 Mini-Z F1 chassis is the Ferrari F10 platform. Cars NO. 7 and No.8. So now the two McLarens and these two Ferrari’s and we’ve got 4 of the new F1 cars ready for some racing! Kyosho tends to do a lot with Red Bull licensing so I’m hoping the Red Bull [...]
If you’re into scale RC, then RC4WD probably sounds familiar to you. Their new Trail Finder 2 Kit offers some awesome features, such as a two-speed transmission, highly detailed bodywork and scale leaf spring suspension to name but a few. It comes with everything you need to get up and running, minus elecronics, including high-grip Mud Thrasher tires and a [...]
KO Propo announced the release of their new “Kustomize It Yourself” EX-1 transmitter earlier today. Apart from the cool folding screen, it looks like any other transmitter… until you see the stick steering. A 3-part modular construction means that the transmitter is portable and very lightweight, as well as being ectremely adaptable to the preferences of the user. Very little [...]
Xtreme Racing have got some new charger stands to help your charger keep it’s cool when charging. have one on your workbench and keep an eye on your battery with ease – no more squinting to read those tiny screens! They come in several sizes, colours and even materials, so they’ll suit anyones taste, and starting at $17.99, they’ll suit [...]
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 [...]
After the success of it’s buggy counterpart, Team Losi have made a ready-to-run Stadium Truck version: the 22T. This has got to be one of the most advanced RTR’s on the market at the moment. Inside, you get a Spektrum DX3E radio with a SR300 receiver, a 13.5t sensored brushless system, gull wing suspension arms and a newly designed bearing [...]
Phat Bodies RC of the UK have released a 1/16 scale conversion kit for the Team Associated B4 and B4.1. In the kit, you get all of the parts you need to fit a 380 motor, a shortened chassis, shock towers, and awesome body and wing, and a handful of hardware. This is NOT a complete kit, because some DIY [...]
HPI Racing posted a couple photos of what may be a new car and chassis on their Facebook page earlier today. No info was provided other than the LMP designation and a question that asked “Electric or Nitro?” LMP, for those that don’t know, is a common abbreviation for Le Mans Prototype. It’s a class of cars that race in [...]
Being winter in the awesome half of the world (that would be the northern hemisphere), indoor micro helicopters might be a good distraction until the snow goes away. Estes, the rocketeers, are trying to assist in that distraction by offering up a couple new micro helis for our entertainment. Both the SF161 and R73-OPS Mini Attack heli (above) are coaxial [...]
Apparently the gang over at RC Madness have been hard at work on a secret project. That would be a brushless conversion for the relatively new Losi 5ive-T. According to some info on Dean Berry’s blog over at RC Driver this thing will be a 12S (!) powered beast of a machine. Not much more info is available yet, but [...]
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 [...]
