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Mark your calendars and warm up those thumbs! Saturday, March 1st 2014 is official date of the Big Squid RC 2014 Quadcopter Champsionship!Every RC’er on the planet now owns at least one, so it was time to get something organized and have some fun. Don’t let the word Champsionship scare you. We are planning on a day of fun and [...]
Over the weekend I got a chance to check out an rc bash put on by the RC Freaks of the greater St Louis Missouri area. The RC Freaks put on a bash roughly once a month at a city park in Arnold Missouri. There are no organized events, their bashes are held for hobbyists to get together, do some [...]
On Sunday I made the trip about 30 minutes south of the St Louis metro area to Fults Illinois to watch the first scaler competition put on by Make it or Break it RC. The Make it or Break it RC crew had set up a cool rock crawling area, plus they had a hill climb, a mud pit for [...]
The BigSquidRC Bash crew had the pleasure of attending the 2013 RC Fest in Tolono Illinois over the weekend. RC Fest is a big charity bash held to raise money and awareness for blood donation. A young man named Adam Munds and his family work for months prepping for RC Fest and this year all their hard work really paid [...]
On Saturday, HobbyTown USA in Orland Park Illinois was the host for our 2013 BigSquidRC Bash and Swap Meet. In the big open parking lot on one side of the HobbyTown we put on bashing events and held an open bash session, while on the other side of the building people set up tables to sell old gear in an [...]
Are you Ready for the Big Squid RC Bash and Swap Meet this Saturday?? If not, make sure to check out the Bash FAQ if you have any questions! We are looking forward to seeing everyone there! Even if you don’t have a vehicle to run, stop out and say hi! There will be some great deals at the swap meet, [...]
So the Big Squid RC Bash and Swap Meet is TOMORROW!! We have been getting emails from people asking all sorts of questions, and we figure many more people probably have the same questions, so why not answer them all right here! Q: What sort of prizes are there going to be? A: All sorts! We have a new HPI Blitz, [...]
Hey it’s Monday, time for another Cub Report, thanks to everyone that tunes in each week to see what kind of trouble I can get myself into. 🙂 First off, nope, not moto, not F1, but rc! Specifically- this weekend is a big dealio for us as we are having our BigSquidRC Uber Bash and Swap Meet on Saturday. Consider yourself [...]
The scale scene is huge right now and there is no hotter event for scalers than the RECON G6 Series. Luckily the RECON G6 tour made a stop near us in Bloomsdale Missouri last weekend so we got a chance to drop by and check it out. The big sponsors of the RECON G6 Tour are Axial and Pitbull Tires. We [...]
The ground pounding action of the Traxxas TORC Series hit Route 66 Raceways in Joliet Illinois last weekend with a bang. The greater Chicago area looks forward to their arrival each year and Red Bull athlete Travis Pastrana was there alongside some of the best off road racers in the world. The track was described as hard packed, slick, and [...]
Last weekend the Traxxas TORC Series once again rolled through Joliet Illinois. To many people that ment some good racing was in town, but to us rc’ers we were more interested in seeing all the rc gear that Traxxas makes. Traxxas had multiple 18 wheelers, some dedicated to their full scale racing effort, others to the rc side of things. Their [...]
If you live in the Midwest you might be interested in attending the RC Fest bash in Tolono Illinois on August 10th. Tolono Illinois is centrally located about 3 hours north of St Louis, about two and a half hours south of Chicago, and roughly two and a half hours west of Indianapolis. RC Fest has no entry fee and any [...]
The ShowMe RC crew has been around a long time now, for over a decade, and last weekend I was lucky enough to get to spend some time with them at their Show-Me Showdown event. Some of you may remember ShowMeRC for being one of the first and biggest websites dedicated to bashing with chapters all over the country and [...]
Last weekend we hit the second round of the Chi-Town RC Drift Challenge. The event was put on by the Midwest Slidewayz RC Drift Club, and hosted at Orland Park Illinois Hobby Town. Mark and his crew did a great job at the event, and we look forward to checking out more of the rounds in the future. The [...]
That’s right, the official Big Squid RC Bash date has been announced, and this year we are going to entertain a Swap Meet as well! Have a bunch of RC stuff collecting dust in your garage or closet? Why not bring it with, set up a table and put a price tag on it! Maybe someone will trade that old [...]
