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New from Tekin is the RX4 Hard Box ESC. The new RX4 is made for all you hardcore off-roaders. The ESC has a waterproof design, while the thick walled “Hard Box” case can take the worst you can throw at it. Optimal for use with sensored brushless motors, the RX4 can also run brushed and sensorless brushless units. * Made for [...]
New for all you rock crawlers is the Hobbywing QuicRun WP ESC. The QuicRun was specially designed to give you better control and more programming options for your brushed crawling motor. Some of the highlights of the QuicRun include- * Programmable start force and drag brake rate * Advanced DEO/freewheeling technology * Water and dust proof design * Beefy 6 amp BEC, adjusts between [...]
We are big fans of RC4WD’s venerable Trail Finder 2. In the never ending crawler wars, it’s long been the king of super scale trucks. But hey, who’s happy with “right out of the box”? In an attempt to try and take it up a notch we recently got our hands on a Scale V8 Engine and R4 Ultimate Scale [...]
Pro-Line is the master of putting out super trick parts, their latest are Ultra Reservoir Shocks for rock crawlers. At 105mm in length (fully extended), the Pro-Line shocks were designed to fit a wide variety of crawlers and have real working shock reservoirs. * Perform and look like full scale units * X ring seals for superior performance * Precise CNC machined parts * [...]
I’ve been running hot around here the for the last month or so and just realized that I had never discussed the 1/12 ECX Barrage 1.9 RTR Crawler. The Barrage, scheduled to be released early November according to our friends at A-Main Hobbies, is interesting to me as it’s trying to appeal to the budget crawler crowd with a small platform, just [...]
This past week has been a great one as my wife and I flew to California, rented a sports car and drove up and down the coast. As luck would have it, one of her relatives lives in Paradise, CA, a stone’s throw from Chico. So while she was visiting her uncle I managed to sneak into A-Main Hobbies retail [...]
Whether I’m discussing a club I run with on here or some other corner of the Internet, there always seems to be a few people that chime in with “I wish there were people near me that did this.” I know the feeling, as I used to carry that thought around when I first tried to get into scale crawling. I started with scalers in [...]
Are you in the middle of a custom scaler build, but aren’t quite sure which shocks to use? For your consideration are the new Piggyback Dampers from Xtra Speed. The Xtra Speed shocks are available in lengths from 70 to 110mm and the hose to the reservoir can be cut to length for a perfect look. Both rebound and compression [...]
The good folks over at Pro-Line have released an informational video about their new Closed Cell Rock Crawling Foam Inserts. Their new inserts come in two different styles and in 1.9 and 2.2 sizes. Watch the short video above to find out the perfomance advantages to using Pro-Line closed cell inserts in your rock crawler and you can hit up [...]
Everybody knows that using the proper tires makes a huge difference in performance, but often overlooked is how important inserts are. Using the proper inserts can make the difference between making all the obstacles that your friends can’t, or being the guy that gets left behind. Pro-Line is all about performance and they recently announced two different styles of Closed Cell [...]
New and hot for all you scale crawlers are Pro-Line’s gnarly looking Hyrax 1.9″ tires. The Hyrax are an all new design made to give your scaler maximum traction in rough terrain. An aggressive and open tread design helps in loamy conditions, while multiple Sipes are used for grip on rocks. But that’s not all. Highly detailed connected tread on [...]
Getting ready to hit the extremely popular scale crawling scene is the ECX Barrage. The Barrage is a 1.9 sized crawler with a scale style chassis and body. The Barrage rides on fully licensed Falken AT3W all terrain tires and is powered by a 370 sized brushed motor. Some of its other details include- * Locked diffs * Multi-link suspension * Waterproof electronics * [...]
Happy Friday all ye faithful. This is, without a doubt, THE best time of the year to go scaling. The midwest temperatures are pleasant, the scenery is great, and trees haven’t started to shed leaves all over the trails just yet. While Spring earns high marks for alleviating cabin fever, Fall takes the cake as far as I’m concerned. While Fall is [...]
I recently had the chance to experience an ESS r/c sound system first hand. It was both extremely cool and super loud! Pegging the throttle and hearing the rumble of a big block v8 (that sounded very accurate!) is a lot more fun than I initially thought it would be. There is a by-product of this, however- the oddity of driving [...]
Coming up on October 7th and 8th is the 2nd Annual RPP RC Jamboree in Ukiah, California. The RC Jamboree is an event for the scale community to get together and have a good time. On Friday October 7th the RPP crew will put on demos, have a scale crawling course, hold a raffle, then top things off with a [...]
