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In what is surely just a coincidence, JConcepts has also decided today to announce their own take on the ribbed front tire for short course trucks. The Short Course Carver features angular, directional ribs that provide more predictable handling on all kinds of surfaces from loamy to hard packed blue groove. These tires will come with JConcepts closed-cell inserts and [...]
Pro-Line, always at the forefront of forming polycarbonate, has a new way for you to add some awesome detail to your short course truck. Their new Pro-Driver SC Interior adds a good looking cockpit and driver to most any short course truck on the market, you might need to trim a little here and there to get a good fit [...]
Pro-Line has added a couple new tires to their vast collection. The Slicer SC reaches back to those heady days of stadium trucks and their ribbed front tires. Featuring six ribs across the width of the tire, Pro-Line claims that the Slicer SC offers the best steering performance on all types of track conditions. Each pack comes with reusable, closed-cell [...]
We just posted over in the RC Reviews section our review of the Castle Creations Sidewinder SCT Combo! A lot of people have been waiting on this latest ESC/Motor Combo, and it’s time to put it to the test! Click the pic or head over and check it out here!
Did you buy a Losi Ten-T and then think to yourself “Gee, I wish I’d gotten a brushless short course truck instead.” Or maybe you bought a Losi 810 and thought “Wait… is this 1/8 scale, or 1/10 scale? And why isn’t it BRUSHLESS?! I just don’t know!” Well Elite RC has a solution for you! Their new [...]
Another set of team colors joins Losi‘s stable of Mini SCTs. The Stronghold Motorsports Team, (who, a few montsh ago, signed on Jeremy McGrath for driving duties next season) now has a minified version of their LOORS, Rob Naughton piloted, Pro-2 truck thanks to the gang at Losi. As with the other Mini SCTs, the Stronghold edition is RTR with [...]
Have you ever wanted to be a beta tester? It’s not as fun as you may think, trust me, I know. But here’s an opportunity from Pro-Line with their new Pro-Core tire tech. According to Pro-Line this technology is so new that it is still under development by our R&D department. They are releasing a new version of their recently [...]
Here’s something cool from Pro-Line. A Volkswagen Bug body that actually has fenders on it. How novel. It actually casts a much different attitude than all the fenderless beetle bodies that populate the alternative-style short course landscape. This new vision of an old body is officially licensed by Volkswagen, so you can expect all the decals necessary to replicate the [...]
IHobby may be over, but we still have quite a bit of news and photos to share from the show. Pro-Line had a ton of new products this year and we got to most of them, here’s one we didn’t. This new wheels, called the Renegade, is going to be releasing some time soon. It’ll be available in an offset [...]
Speed Passion has this prototype short course truck on display at IHobby, it’s a really unique vehicle at this point, only two of them exist in the world right now. Other than the name, Ananta 2SC, there really wasn’t much info available at this time but you can see it’s a mid-motor layout similar to the X-Factory SCX-60 or Venom [...]
Here’s something that’s been a long time coming. Pro-Line‘s showing off the new Street Fighter SC tires for short course trucks at IHobby. These are a directional street tread for all the bashers and parking lot racers out there. This tire is going to be available in the M2 compound for now, so it should have a good, long life [...]
Team Epic is renewing a name that has been long synonymous with the Trinity brand. The new Monster Horsepower line of brushless motors are made for all kinds of classes and situations. The Mini Monster line is meant for 1/16 and 1/18 scale racers like the Traxxas mini e-Revo or the Team Associated RC18 line. They’re built for 1 [...]
Outerwears, not to be confused with underwears, has some new products for the drivers of short course trucks. Available in many colors for the Slash, Slash 4×4, Blitz, and SC10, these new Short Course Truck Shrouds will help keep gunk and junk out of your chassis while still allowing necessary airflow for all your electronics. The shrouds are [...]
We showed you the early video of the XXX-SCT that Losi uploaded yesterday, and now today they have officially released the details. The XXX-SCT is going to be available as a RTR and Bind-n-Drive. It’s power will come from Losi’s LM32K 550 motor by way of the LiPo ready, water resistant ESC. The shocks are Losi’s old bottom loading style, [...]
So it looks like Losi has finally heard the calls for a high performance short course truck based on the XXX-T chassis. There’s no further info about the XXX-SCT available yet, just the video posted to Losi’s YouTube channel, but this is sure to turn some heads. When we get more info, we’ll pass it on to you, [...]
