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If you’re looking to add some more performance and maybe some lipos to your crawler or rock racer, Axial has you covered with their new AE-2 Forward/Reverse ESC with Drag Brake. This ESC was developed in partnership with Castle Creations, and is completely programmable with CastleLink. It also features a lipo cutoff set on from the factory, [...]
Axial just posted up a teaser of their new rock racer, the Wraith, which is still pending an official announcement. There’s not anything new in this video, but it sure does look cool. Check out the video after the break, then hit up Axial’s website to patiently await the official announcement, coming in a couple weeks.
I mentioned in the post about RCP Crawlers new Axial XR10 chassis prototype that they had a very cool booth at RC Expo 2011 with all kinds of scale crawlers. Here’s some pics of a few of them. All the Jeep crawlers are built with the G.I. Joe Jeep push toy, they are all great looking vehicles. And be sure [...]
Last week we received a few pictures from a reader of what looked like a possible rock racer coming from Axial. This week we received this picture. Maybe it’s a mud racer? That or this guy has never heard of a car wash! Rumor mill has it this thing may pop up in a very limited release around mid [...]
RCP Crawlers was putting on a big show at the RC Expo 2011, with a booth full of awesome scalers and a large crawling course with demos going all day long. The big news out of their booth though, was their new Progress chassis for Axial’s XR10 super crawler. While it’s still an early prototype at this point, when put [...]
Looking to add some strength, bling, and better heat transfer to your XR10 Crawler? Axial Racing’s new heavy duty gear plate has your covered. Precision machined from billet aluminum, the plate is 4mm thick at the motor mount, and designed to dissipate heat quickly and efficiently for better perfomance and all-day crawling. It even comes with three [...]
To paraphrase Lee Iacocca Charles Wilson, as goes full scale, so goes our hobby. Axial has a new set of large tires for rock crawlers, and in the announcement for the new Ripsaws Axial says Within the 1:1 crawl & off-road race segments, overall tire diameters have been on the rise, literally and directly influencing the R/C crawl segment… [...]
If you’re looking for more ways to add a touch of realism to your scale crawler RC4WD has a couple new officially licensed products from Ballistic Fabrication for you. If you’re not happy with those big, bulky plastic kit axles you’ve been using then you might want to have a gander at the Ballistic Fabrication axle. It features Ballistic’s unique [...]
Axial has partnered up with Castle Creations to develop a new ESC for the budget minded rock crawlers in the crowd. The AE-2 is a fairly simple and straight-forward ESC that comes from the factory programmed with drag brake and zero delay forward/reverse. In addition, it is also programmable with Castle’s CastleLink programmer, has a preprogrammed cutoff for 2s LiPos, [...]
Is there anything more important for a scale rig’s realistic looks than authentic full scale logos? RC4WD doesn’t think so, that’s why they’ve been licensing every full scale product they can. This latest product is the Viking Offroad Fairlead winch guide. RC4WD’s miniature version is machined out of aluminum and powder coated with the Viking name engraved on top to [...]
Rogue Element Components is on a tear lately, releasing limited product after limited product. Their latest piece is another small detail that every scale and rock crawling aficionado can appreciate. The fully functional 1/10 scale “ARB 9000” snatch blocks are machined out of aluminum, and assembled with brass and delrin components. To make things even smoother the pulley wheel rides [...]
From: Venom Direct Link: Venom Creeper Competition Crawler Review by Adam the Intern. So I got my hands on a new Venom Creeper Rock Crawling kit. Brian decided I might as well jump in with both feet, so here we go! Needed to complete: To complete this truck you’ll need a radio, receiver, speed controller, motor, and steering servo. I [...]
DarkSoul still has the Christmas spirit. Until January 1st, the Chino competition crawler chassis kit for the Losi Mini Rock Crawler is available directly for only $50. This kit includes an all new chassis with plenty of tuning options that is formed out of one piece of aluminum. You’ll also get a new set of titanium links, new rod ends, [...]
GH Racing has a set of awesome looking new beadlock wheels for 1.9″ class crawlers. The JigSaws have a very hefty HMMWV style. They’re 3 piece wheels that have been machined out of aluminum and black anodized for a durable finish. MSRP for the JigSaw wheels is going to be $49.99 for a pair. They’ll be available from the Golden Horizon [...]
RC4WD is stepping their game up and bringing more officially licensed awesomeness to the scale builder’s tool box. Not content with just offering Dick Cepek Tires, the group at RC4WD has decided to also grab one of the other big dogs in the field and now have Interco’s Super Swamper TSL/Bogger in their stable of tires. The details that they [...]
