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For the holiday season, Hitec Japan has announced Three New Small Scale Off-Road RTRs. Coming at 1/12th and 1/14th scale, the new RTRs are small enough to be driven nearly anywhere. Here are the highlights- * 550 sized brushed motor * Speeds up to 60 km/h * Oil filled shocks on double wishbone suspension * Heavy duty aluminum chassis * 12mm wheel hexes * Full time [...]
Welcome to Episode number 20 of the Big Squid RC Podcast. We have another great show for you, as we had a chance to sit down with Mike Mayberry from Hitec. There is a little bit of everything in this one, lots of good Hitec information on the company as well as upcoming products.https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/www.bigsquidrc.com/podcasts/BSRC-2021-05-05-Hitec-Mike-Mayberry.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | [...]
While Hitec is best known for their high-end servos, they are also one of the leading manufacturers of battery chargers in the rc industry. One of their latest battery chargers is the RDX2 Pro, which promises big power, fast charges, while being super easy to use. Our crack pot test crew has spent the last couple of weeks using the [...]
Over at Hitec they are letting everyone know about their MD485HW no prep drag racing servo. No prep drag racing is hotter than it has ever been, and there are a lot of people out there looking for an affordable, yet high performance servo. The Hitec MD485HW has the performance you are looking for in a drag race servo, plus [...]
Hello everyone and happy Friday, the Tamiya King Hauler that Remote Control Hobbies of Orlando Florida sponsored for this years USTE was a ton of fun to build. The Squid Rig as I have been calling it was a first for me in the 1:14 world, but not the last. After seeing the wicked rigs of USTE I learned a [...]
New and hot from Hitec is their upcoming RDX2 Pro Dual Port AC/DC Battery Charger. Hitec has long been known for making some of the best battery chargers in rc, their new RDX2 Pro makes it easy to keep a bunch of packs charged and ready to bash. Here are the highlights- * High power design – 260 watts of total [...]
What is going on everybody? Over the weekend Team Scalin’ Squids made the final push for The Ultimate Scale Truck Expo. Its has been a fun year filled with lots of build nights, sleep deprivation, hours, and hours of conversations, and designing and receiving parts for all the builds this year. To finish it off we made a little video [...]
Over at Hitec Japan they are now teasing the tiny X1 NANO Plus Battery Charger. Designed to be both affordable and extremely compact, the X1 NANO Plus looks to be a great option for those of you looking to save space. Here are the highlights- * High-precision CPU for an accurate and perfect charge * Easy to read LED display shows amount [...]
Hello all you out there in Internet land. Jeremy here, and I have some updates on a few of the servos Hitec sent us to get some of our projects turning, literally because that is what servos do lol. All jokes aside I couldn’t be happier with the performance of the HSB-9381TH Brushless that we put in our Gmade Buffalo. [...]
Our road to the Ultimate Scale truck Expo has grown every year since we have been attending. USTE 2021 will be our 3rd year at the event and we plan on making it our best one yet! Just like everyone else we have a serious case of Event fever and can not wait to get out and play. The first [...]
Happy Friday everyone, the crew in the scale shop are in Servo heaven after receiving a shipment from Hitec. And just in time if I may add, with a few current projects getting close to finishing we have been needing some servos. First up is the Hitec HS-646WP, there is a reason we got four of them. A few weeks ago [...]
Once you really get into the hobby, a good battery charger becomes a necessity. Over the last 5 years, Hitec has put out a bunch of different battery chargers, and out of the ones that we’ve tested, we have been very impressed. In fact, we consider Hitec one of the very front runners for rc hobby battery chargers. Their very [...]
Hitec has announced that they are bringing back the HS-7950TH and the HS-7955TG. Both servos are well known in the bashing world for durability and performance. Back by popular demand, both of these high-end servos come with a new lower price. Here are the details- HS-7950TH New Price- $102 Part Number- #37950S Speed (Second @ 60°)- 0.17 ~ 0.14 Maximum Torque Range (oz. / in.)- [...]
New from Hitec is the RDX2 Mini AC Balance Charger. The twin channel RDX2 Mini has a combined 100 watts of power and can charge packs up to 4S LiPo. Here are the highlights- * Max Charge Rate – 5 amps per channel * Dimensions – 3.5 x 3.9 x 5.0″ * 10 battery memory profiles * AGM & cold charge modes * Built in [...]
For our lucky readers over in Japan, Hitec has dropped the X4 Square Battery Charger. The X4 Square is an incredibly simple four channel charger that has 50 watts of power on tap for each channel. Not currently available here in the states, the X4 Square handles 2 to 4S LiPo packs and has a maximum charge rate of 5 [...]
