Well thanks for the whirlwind of emotions Axial! Axial has this thing about them; they create RC vehicles that people can relate to on a number of levels. From offering off-road adventure machines, to scale rigs that people can customize …
Read More »Axial’s SCORE/ Tire Twitter Tease
We caught wind of a small Facebook posted dig on RC Driver being in the dark on a news tease and after a little investigative work found Axial is going toe to toe with the Kardashians on Twitter with a …
Read More »RC Car and Truck Racing Classes Explained
The world of RC is filled with choices. If you’re reading this, you’ve already made one choice—you want to drive a land-based RC vehicle. That was the easiest of your choices and it only gets harder from here. Let’s take …
Read More »Traxxas Rally vs. Traxxas Slash 4×4
Words: Dean Berry Photos: Walter Sidas Arguably, Traxxas started the short course truck craze when they released the Slash back in 2008. Since then, everyone has released a short course truck in one form or another.The question that has been …
Read More »Where has RC taken you
In the RC Driver offices, we’ve been busy running lots of RC stuff, shocker I know. But what we’re running is not necessarily what this magazine in your hands is geared towards. Being in our shoes, we’re exposed to pretty …
Read More »Reader-Submitted Crawler Competition Course
Last month, one of our Facebook followers, Eric Bresnahan, reached out to us to share pictures of the competition course he has set up in Southington, Connecticut for 1.9 and 2.2 crawlers. Eric is proud of the course, which is …
Read More »Run What You Can Handle
This is a great time of the year for you to be checking out all the different articles and products we review on rcdriver.com, we spend the time to craft articles dedicated to helping regular readers and perhaps others looking …
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 »Off-Road Racing – Dirt or Carpet?
I became involved in this great hobby in 1984 when I got a Tyco RC car for Christmas. I proceeded to get it wet a few days later which ended the car’s life but that was all it took to get …
Read More »2014 Holiday Hot List
‘Tis the season for lots of awesome RC gear and the gang is glad the holidays are here. Off-road, on-road, cars and truggies, monsters and crawlers and super-fast buggies. From new kits to become the track ruler to the hottest …
Read More »My RC Car Is Faster Than Yours!
Whether you want to admit it or not, most of us, racers, bashers, trail truck fans and everyone else involved in this great sport will talk some smack from time to time. My car is faster, my car handles better, …
Read More »What Does It Take To Win At The Worlds?
From September 18 – 27 the 1/8 off road nitro IFMAR World Championships took place over in beautiful Italy. One of the favorites going into the event, Ty Tessmann who wheels a HB D812, took home his first (probably of …
Read More »Can you get sued for RC racing?
A few weekends ago, during open practice on a Sunday race, everything came to an alarming halt. Engines shut down, cars stopped on the track, the pits fell silent and a crowd of shocked and concerned drivers made their way …
Read More »Be an RC Driver Magazine Duratrax Tire Reviewer!
We need your help to test all of these Duratrax 1/8 Off-Road Buggy Tires. Duratrax offers a wide range of tires and compounds great for all types of buggy use. Go over to duratrax.com and find your favorite style of …
Read More »Superior Servo Tape
It’s happened to all of us at least once in our RC careers; you pull your ESC (or servo, or transponder or whatever) from the chassis and BAM…the tape rips or shreds and leaves some ghastly remnants behind. Sure, there …
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