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 …
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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 & …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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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We’re into Part 3 of Project RCD Jallopy and we’re going to wrap up the build portion of our custom creation and we’ll talk performance in Part 4. Things just seemed to fall together nicely at the end of the …
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It’s Part 2 time of the Project RCD Jallopy build and we’re going to find and build the rear end of the machine from our pile of extra parts. Transmission case, gears, bearings… everything seems to be here, lets get …
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Well this is something different. The crew behind Helion is looking to fill a missing void between small 1/18 machines that are great for indoor use, but can be a handful to drive and 1/10 vehicles that can be a …
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We’re back at it, gathering up spare parts left behind from various Traxxas Slash builds and projects we’ve created over the years and now we’re going to free-style a build and see what we come up with. There are plenty …
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The Traxxas Slash 4×4 and Stampede 4×4 are popular off-road machines to customize. Many opt to installed more powerful brushless systems with big power LiPo batteries to extend the fun factor, but this can also play havoc to drive-lines. To …
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