Features
143
BUYERS GUIDE
Monster Trucks - 55 to Drive!
PROJECT
36
Racer Revo &
Electro-Revo
—by Greg Vogel & David Baker
PREVIEW
44
OFNA Dirt Oval &
Hyper 7 Black
Updated OFNA offerings
—by Greg Vogel
48
Voice Your Choice
Awards
The votes have been counted - your top 2008 picks
56
U.S. Vintage Trans
Am Nationals
Clsasic muscle, classic fun
—by Bob Hastings
PIT PASS
108
5th Annual 1/18 Indoor
Offroad Nationals
U.S. open-wheel championship
—by Dean Berry, Mary Berry & Larry Berry
PRODUCT SPOTLIGHT
128
TrakPower LiPo
Battery & V-Balance
LiPos to go!
—by Erich Reichert
REPLAY
138
OFNA/HoBao Hyper
8.5 RTR
—by Greg Vogel
REPLAY
140
Schumacher Mi-3
—by Matthew Ciechowski
Reviews
70
Tamiya CR-01
Scale looks & much more
—by Jason Carter
92
Losi Raminator &
Rammunition
Pint-sized crushers
—by Erich Reichert
100
Team Associated
RC12R5
7 generations of champions built right in!
—by Dean Berry
122
Thunder Tiger
Tomahawk BX
Scaled down but not scaled back
—by Chris Kovachevich
132
Team XRay T2 008
Ready for brushless & LiPo
—by Carissa Figelski
marine
154
Pro Boat PT-109
EP RTR
Re-creating Naval history
—by Bob Hastings
columns
18
Editorial
Pitch in
—Greg Vogel
22
Mail
The IN [box] crowd!
26
News
I'll show ya hot!
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
—by David Baker
88
Showoffs
114
Understanding
Electrics
Replacing servo gears
—by Erich Reichert
116
Racer
New race gear
—by Dan Gomez
116
Racer
2008 Silver State Nitro Challenge
—by Patrick Kiven
168
Stuff
—by Chris Kovachevich
178
Off Track
ON THE COVER: The all-new Tamiya CR-01 turns in a "rock solid" performance. Jason Carter tells about teh 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.
