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Chosen by you, faithful ARRMA fans, the next color that the Outcast will sport is Orange! The new orange Outcast is on display in the Hobbico booth at the 2017 NRHSA Show and it is turning some serious heads. The matte orange looks stylishly on point, perfect for bashing with your buddies. The press release for the Orange Outcast says, “Our [...]
Wow, some HUGE news out of the Hobbico booth out at the NRHSA Show today. Dromida has just announced a pair of new FPV Surface Vehicles! FPV is scolding hot in the quadcopter segment, Dromida is getting ready to help it take off in the surface world too. Dromida has announced a Monster Truck FPV Pack as well as a Rally [...]
The Dromida line-up of 1/18th scalers has helped to get lots of people into the hobby. The latest truck to be released by Dromida is the Brushless Monster Truck. With a 5300kV brushless system and cool looking monster truck styling, the Dromida is sure to be a hit with consumers. Before we started our standard testing protocol with the Brushless Monster [...]
Starting to ship in June is the Tower Hobbies Ryan STA. The Ryan STA comes as an ARF (almost ready to fly) and has a wingspan of 53″. This Golden Age airplane was designed to excel at aerobatic maneuvers like loops, rolls and stall turns. Here are some of its key features- * Hand-laid fiberglass cowl, wheel pants and fairings * Sturdy [...]
Being an avid BigSquidRC reader, you probably already know what we are talking about. If not, the good folks over at Hobbico have uploaded a new video to celebrate the ARRMA Nero Big Rock winning the BigSquidRC March Bash-Ness contest. As voted on by you, our faithful readers, the Big Rock took down all comers to be crowned our 2017 [...]
The folks over at Dromida have announced that their new 1/18 Brushless Monster Truck is now shipping. The Monster Truck comes loaded with a powerful 5300kV brushless system and is capable of over 30 mph speeds. It also comes with a rugged 4wd drivetrain and big bore shocks to soak up gnarly jumps. The Brushless Monster Truck is priced at [...]
Just announced by Hobbico is the winner of their HUGE House Racer Video Challenge contest. A Floridian named Juan Torres won the House Racer Challenge, taking home a whopping $5,000 for his effort. Juan’s winning video is shown above and you can watch it to see just how much fun the RISE House Racer system can be to fly around [...]
Recently posted by Futaba is a video showing you how to set conditions on the 4PX radio. The 4PX has 5 condition selection buttons that make it easy to change radio settings. In the video surface manager Brad Brucker walks you through the steps necessary to set your 4PX up for various conditions and shows you just how easy it [...]
The crew over at Duratrax are taking tires seriously now days and they have just announced a BUNCH of new tires for the 1/5th HPI Baja 5B and for 1/16th scale trucks. In all they announced 9 new sets of 5B tires and 5 new tires for 1/16th trucks. Here is the list- New Duratrax Baja 5B Tires & Foams DTXC5001 – [...]
Congratulations again to HOBBICO and ARRMA RC! The ARRMA NERO BIG ROCK was the 2017 March Bash-ness Champion, and as tradition would have it, with the help of our friends at HOBBICO we are giving one away!! That’s right, you have the chance to win a new truck! Get your entries for the raffle below! We will also be giving [...]
Another company making a huge showing at the 2017 Weak Signals show in Toledo was our good friends at Hobbico. The Hobbico crew had a giant booth sporting all of their latest air products. On the drone side of things they were showing off the very popular RISE Vusion House Racer, as well as the RISE RXS255 race machine. There [...]
That’s right house racers, you only have until tomorrow, April 4th, to get your entry into the RISE House Racer Challenge. The House Racer Challenge is a video contest with $5,000 up for grabs, so if you have not sent in your video yet, now is the time to do so. To get more details, and to see videos that have [...]
The folks over at Hobbico have announced an update for their popular RealFlight RF-X flight simulator. The latest update is FREE to current owners and gives you the exceptional realism that you are looking for. Six new aircraft come with the latest update along with improved graphics, brighter colors, and a faster refresh rate. You can read about all the upgrades [...]
The folks at Hobbico sent out a press release inviting you to drop by their booth at the 63rd Annual Weak Signals Show in Toledo, Ohio. For those of you looking for a trade show to hit this year, the Toledo show is the one of the biggest rc airplane, helicopter, and quadcopter shows in the entire world. Hobbico will be [...]
Coming up on July 27th to the 30th is the 11th Annual Futaba And O.S. Speed Nitro Challenge. This yearly event will once again be held at the legendary St. Louis Dirtbuners track and features 7 different nitro classes as well as an electric buggy class. The Futaba race brings in racers from all over the country and is bound [...]
