Earlier this year, I built an 1/5 scale HPI Baja based gasoline powered asphalt burner that was featured on the pages of RC Driver magazine’s September 2013 issue. Within a few weeks of the magazine spread I received a phone …
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When it comes to Team Associated’s SC10GT, I guess you could say I have a bit of an obsession with this truck. Back in the 1/10-scale 2WD nitro stadium truck days, I absolutely loved racing my RC10GT and RC10GT2 every …
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Being a lifelong race car builder and enthusiast, as soon as the warm spring months roll around I automatically begin to crave the smell of race fuel, the crack of a brutal throttle, and the smell of tire smoke. I …
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Traxxas can, no doubt, be credited with kicking off the official short course truck craze that has swept the industry. Since then, manufacturers like Losi, Kyosho and Team Associated have gone beyond short course trucks and have each released their …
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The crawling market has really expanded and changed over the years and it is now heavily leaning toward the scale scene. Back when 2.2 crawlers were the craze I set out to build a killer Axial AX10 with a CKRC …
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It’s amazing what short course trucks have done to the racing scene. Not only is there a significant resurgence in racing, the short course craze has brought back many racers and elements of grass roots racing. Sure, at the track …
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Cool builds take time and Lonnie Sexton has built a rig that is beyond cool and has taken more than five years to complete. In late 2007, I was online on a forum and remember running across his idea to …
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My local hobby shop and track, RC Madness in Enfield Connecticut recently ran a special promotion selling the Losi XXX SCB for $199.99 with a $50 rebate in the form of a gift card. They sold so many that a …
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On a cold Saturday morning in the fall of 2012 I got a call from a polite sounding fellow interested in purchasing a custom built HPI Baja 5T. Right off the bat we hit it off as he was obviously …
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Taking it to the Next Level in Scale Detail Through the doors of the RC Driver office pass countless numbers of cool RC products, but they are not always very original. When innovative products do arrive, the editors stop everything …
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