So I went on a scouting trip in California to see if I could uncover any new products for the upcoming 2015 season. My first stop was HPI Racing and I wondered how easy it would be to get them …
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Arrma Raider XL BLX Reveal
Arrma’s new Raider XL Desert Buggy has made its way to the RC Driver Magazine reveal bench. We take a quick look on video at what this large 1/8-scale 2WD brushless buggy features. Make sure you check out RC Driver …
Read More »HPI Racing Discount Tire Nitro RS4 3 Drift
HPI offers an exciting line of drift machines and one of our favorites is the HPI Discount Tire/Falken Tire Nissan S13 Nitro RS4 3 Drift RTR. This nitro AWD drifter offers awesome sound from its powerful G3.0 nitro engine while …
Read More »Tekin Supercross Showdown this Weekend at RC Excitement
Our friends at RC Excitement sent word that the Tekin Supercross Showdown is this Weekend at RC Excitement; March 21-22. The track is built, the Pro’s are due in Thursday, and the Northeast’s best drivers are poised to do battle …
Read More »Yeah Racing Aluminum Heavy Duty Wraith Upgrade Combo Set
Off-road adventurers want pure, uninterrupted fun while on their outdoor excursions so there is no doubt that these drivers often look for the best upgrades to keep their machines solid and operational. Axial’s Wraith-based vehicles are a great way to …
Read More »Losi 8IGHT RTR 1/8 4WD Gas Buggy with AVC
Last week we tore into two major gasoline engine powered vehicle releases from Losi, the 8IGHT-T RTR 1/8 4WD Gas Truggy with AVC and the 5IVE MINI WRC. Now we have the Losi 8IGHT RTR Gas Buggy and we’ve unboxed …
Read More »Deluxe Materials PowerModel 2T-S Synthetic Two Stroke Oil
Deluxe Materials PowerModel 2T-S is a unique, full synthetic, 2 stroke oil specially designed to provide high temperature protection required for extreme conditions of sustained high power/rpm in restricted airflow conditions such as is commonly in model aircraft, cars & …
Read More »Losi 5IVE MINI WRC
If you demand all the attention when out having fun driving with your RC friends, then this is probably the next machine to make its way into your RC stable. The Losi 5IVE MINI WRC has landed, well, was heaved …
Read More »RC4WD Gelande II with Cruiser Body
A few weeks back we posted a Reveal: RC4WD Gelande II Truck Kit with Cruiser Body Set where we unboxed the kit to show you all of the awesome components RC4WD includes with this exciting new release. Well some time …
Read More »Classic Flame Graphics with Duratrax Paint
As we finished up our Project Jallopy build (you did follow it right?) it was time to lay down some paint on the Parma Fifty Five Baja Body we selected for the machine. The question in our minds was how …
Read More »RCD Interview: You Need to Know Brad Brucker
RC Driver’s man on the mic Joe Papa met up with Hobbico’s Brad Brucker, Surface Team Manager for Team Durango, Futaba, O.S. Engines, TrakPower, O’Donnell and Duratrax. Brad’s job is pretty impressive and it’s all focused on helping you the …
Read More »RC4WD Gelande II Truck Kit with Cruiser Body Set
Its amazing to think that a 19″x 20″x 10″ size box would initiate an knock-down drag-out brawl in the RC Driver office between Greg and Tony on who would build and review its contents, but RC4WD managed to make that …
Read More »Axial Racing 1/10 Scale Yeti Electric Rock Racer Kit
This year Axial has shaken up the off-road scene with the Yeti. The 1/10th scale Yeti RTR and the 1/8th scale Yeti XL RTR were released mid-year 2014. The capable rock racers feature a solid rear axle with independent front …
Read More »Hitec Lynx 4S 2.4 GHz Transmitter
It has been quite some time since Hitec has released a radio for the surface crowd. Sure they have made a huge name for themselves with some of the best servos you can buy for racing and bashing applications and …
Read More »Project RCD Jallopy Part 4 – The Drive
Part 4 of Project Jallopy and we’ve finished our build. It’s hard to imagine that just a few days ago, the car you see above was just a random pile of parts in a bin with no instruction manual for …
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