July 2008 ISSUE 55
Features

143
BUYERS GUIDE
  Monster Trucks- 55 to Drive!
 
PROJECT
36
Racer Revo &
        Electro-Revo
—Greg Vogel & David Baker
 
PREVIEW
44
OFNA Dirt Oval & Hyper
        7 Black
Updated OFNA offerings
—Greg Vogel
 
48
Voice Your Choice
         Awards
The votes have been counted— your top 2008 picks
 
56
U.S. Vintage Trans Am
        Nationals
Classic muscle, classic fun
—Bob Hastings
 
PIT PASS
108
5th Annual 1/18 Indoor
         Off-Road Nationals
U.S. open-wheel championship
—Dean Berry, Mary Berry & Larry Berry
 
PRODUCT SPOTLIGHT
128
TrakPower LiPo Battery
        & V-Balance
LiPos to go!
—Erich Reichert
 
138
Replay
OFNA/HoBao Hyper
        8.5 RTR
—Greg Vogel
Schumacher Mi-3
—Matthew Ciechowski
 
Reviews
70
Tamiya CR-01
Scale looks & much more
—Jason Carter
 
92
Losi Raminator &
        Rammunition
Pint-size crushers
—Erich Reichert
 
100
Team Associated
         RC12R5
7 generations of champions built right in!
—Dean Berry
 
122
Thunder Tiger
         Tomahawk BX
Scaled down but not scaled back
—Chris Kovachevich
 
132
Team Xray T2 008
Ready for brushless & LiPo
—Carissa Figelski
 
marine
154
Pro Boat PT-109
         EP RTR
Re-creating Naval history
—Bob Hastings
 
columns
18
Editorial
Pitch in
—Greg Vogel
 
22
Mail
The IN [box] crowd!
 
26
News
I’ll show ya hot
—David Baker
 
34
A shore thing
—by David Baker
 
64
Getting Started
Preprinted & Personalized Make it unique in less than two hours
—by David Baker
 
80
Trucks
Bad out of the box, but brushless makes it better
—David Baker
 
88
Showoffs
 
114
Understanding Electrics
Replacing servo gears
—Erich Reichert
 
116
Racer
New race gear
—Dan Gomez
2008 Silver State Nitro Challenge
—Patrick Kiven
 
168
Stuff
—Chris Kovachevich
 
178
Off Track
 
 
ON THE COVER: The all-new Tamiya CR-01 turns in a “rock solid” performance. Jason Carter tells about the awesome debut of this scale beauty starting on page 70.
Photo by Walter “Cut the blue wire” Sidas.

NOT ON THE COVER: How’s it going Grimace? We’ve never seen such undeniable copy-kat shenanigans.
 
 
 
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