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Happy today folks! It’s happy days for us RC-hobbyists, the amount of kits and RTRs available is staggering. I wonder if anyone is able to keep track of them all nowadays? So many brands, so many different scales. It’s definitively beyond me. In my little corner of the RC-universe things are slowly progressing. I work on the one build build, I [...]
Having just finished building the chassis of my Vanquish VS4-10 Phoenix, but not yet done all the electronics, I am already looking forward to laying my hands on its successor. Naturally, it will be the VS4-11 Dragon, bringing a couple of improvements to an already great rig. Now mind that it hasn’t yet been released, development might actually not have [...]
G’day folks! Losing grip’s here again, starting to come to grips with the next build. The kit not yet having made it here and me being abstinent, I have done what little I could with the parts I had available. Great things have humble beginnings, right? Winch servo from Shift RC, winch line from Reefs RC and a scale Warn [...]
A couple of days ago I was found guilty of smuggling. It was a simple case for the prosecutor, who found and secured all the hard evidence needed for conviction. I had nothing for it, but to plead guilty. Sadly, it wasn’t the first time. I am a repeat offender. One more strike, and I’m out. The contraband was four JConcept [...]
When things in general are hard, it is often a good idea to revert back to simple things that are more easily sorted. Moving continents is a rather stress inducing experience, which is why my tools are finally organised. Finding a house, enrolling in schools, securing gas and electricity, buying school uniforms, starting a new job, buying a new car: [...]
If you’re in this hobby you probably have the same kind of bug I have, always itching in the back of your head: things could be improved. And when they finally cannot, up pops ideas for the next project, which could be either just slightly better than the last one, or something entirely different. My SCX10 is a case in point, [...]
Check it out! My trx-4 Simba has finally gotten a brother in my SCX10 Akela. Which do you prefer? Cat or canine? Hot or cold. Dusk or dawn? Red or blue? We all have a preference, don’t we? The Lion King or The Jungle Book? So that you don’t have to google it: Akela is the leader of the wolf [...]
Hobbywing AXE R2-FOC or Castle Creations Mamba X – you might wonder which one to spend your money on? So do I. Or, rather, so did I until I tried them both. Ever since I put a Castle Mamba X in my Axial Yeti in 2016, I have been fond of the system, to the point where I now own [...]
Everyone who has ever installed any upgrades on an RC car will know that one upgrade easily leads to another, sometimes as part of a plan, sometimes due to need. I am currently in a bit of a vortex of planned option parts pushing me into new option parts, pushing me into unplanned option parts. This for both my ten [...]
There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under the heavens. A time to tear down and a time to build, a time to wrench and a time to drive. For me, hobby time has mainly meant tearing down and building as of late, to the point where I’ve almost forgotten to drive. Good then to have a [...]
Things are moving in the world of RC drifting! By now you cannot have missed that Redcat has surprised us all by releasing a serious contender to the drift scene. While I have been taking a break from drifting for a while now, this is a release that has me excited. I should make a note that when I write “serious [...]
A really good thing with the SCX10III is that it comes with an interior, complete with a driver. It certainly adds a lot to the look. Especially so if the interior is nicely painted. True, it is seldom seen up close, but still I like to spend some time on it. I mean, why not? It’s a hobby after all, [...]
G’day mates! I hope you’ve all had a good Christmas and that you got some RC stuff from Santa. I did and did not. Christmas was great, but no RC stuff for me this year, somewhat surprisingly. My wife forgot about the Vanquish VS4-10 I had on the top of my list and gave me an Exit game instead. Or [...]
One of the easiest ways of improving your rigs crawling performance is to move its center of gravity closer to the ground by adding weight down low. The further down, the better. In other words: think around the axles. Portal covers, C-hubs, knuckles, differential covers and such. There’s numerous brass options available, and I have had the pleasure of trying [...]
G’day folks and welcome to another Losing Grip column. Except for Doug, he’s not welcome, he stole my planned subject for today! Dang. Anyway, late again, I am sorry to say, but such is the nature of hobbies. They require spare time, and when little or no spare time is acquired, hobbies are given no quarter. What I am happy to [...]
