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Turnigy has released a new 2WD Desert Racing Buggy. This brushless buggy is pre-built, but requires a radio and battery to be fully ready to run. You get plenty of power from a 35A esc with a fan and a 3300kv 540 motor, undoubtedly a bulletproof EZ-Run based system. You’ll also find steel driveshafts, adjustable camber and toe, as well [...]
Racing The Horizon ECX Torment Short Course Truck By: Tim Mohr During the 2011 iHobby Expo the BigSquid guys got in a rather heated debate, we knew the ECX Torment was a good basher, but could it actually win a race? Cubby was rather vehement that it was impossible, even at the local level, while I was sure that indeed it could. Once [...]
In the spirit of reaching across the aisle, here’s a little bit of racing news from the guys at AKA. They recently had a very successful run at the 2010 Sidewinder Nitro Explosion event held at Thunder Alley Raceway. Sean Gaffney took the win in the Sportsman Buggy A main running AKA Gridirons in the soft compound. Colin Herzig rolled [...]
Editor’s Note — Here are the facts: Adam Drake was top qualifier in the buggy class. Jared Tebo TQ’d the truggy class. Tebo then went on to win both the buggy and truggy classes. Jeff was sent there to take pictures and provide coverage of the event. What we got back from him was this “story.” [...]
This could quite possibly be one of the coolest announcements of the last decade. ROAR is creating a new provisional racing class for 1/16 scale electric powered TANKS. That’s right. Tanks. Check out these additions to the ROAR rule book. Under section 5.3 5.3.1.9 – Scale tracked vehicles (tanks) powered by electric motors are a permanent demonstration class. They may be run [...]
