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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Project RCD Jallopy Part 3
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 …
Read More »Project Time! The Losi Desert Buggy DBXL
Mark Himes of Red Arrow is a master of all things large scale. He has built some of the most unique HPI Baja and Losi 5IVE vehicles I have ever seen. He emailed me the other day with another project …
Read More »Project RCD Jallopy Part 2
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 …
Read More »Project RCD Jallopy Part 1
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 …
Read More »Tamiya NEO Fighter
Tamiya is great for designing all sorts of interesting RC vehicles and keeping every format of our hobby fresh and interesting. The DT03 chassis is more geared for beginners in stock form, the cost is low and many design cues …
Read More »Xtreme Racing Front Shock Mount for the Vaterra Twin Hammers
I recently had the pleasure of building and reviewing a Vaterra Twin Hammers kit. When calibrating the radio and esc it took off, without the body attached, and landed hard upside down. I was expecting many broken parts but to my …
Read More »GM Racing HGM SLP Low Profile HV BL Servo
GM Racing is probably one of those brands you’ve come across at one point or another if you’ve been in the hobby for a while. This brand has primarily been distributed in Europe, but is now making its way into …
Read More »Pro-Line Racing Pro-MT
Pro-Line pretty much shocked the RC community when they released the Pro-2 Short Course truck. This RC accessory giant made the leap into offering car kits and the Pro-2 is a pretty impressive machine for those who want the …
Read More »Outerwears Outerlex RC Engine Bag
True story; about a year ago, while in the pits at a local club race, I watched a driver ask his buddy if he could borrow an engine. He was having problems with his mill, but what I saw next …
Read More »RC4WD Trail Finder 2 Kit
Ready For The Trails RC4WD started years ago simply making parts for the RC rock crawling community, fast forward to 2012 and they make some of the coolest parts on the planet! Not only do they make parts, but they …
Read More »RC4WD Trail Finder 2 RTR
RC4WD is again pushing the limits of scale, but this time they are making it a little easier with the build already taken care of. The Trail Finder 2 ready-to-run is just that…just plug in your battery and go! But underneath this beautiful body is a different drivetrain just making this rig even better than the previous version. The scale details are still unmatched by any other company in the world. With a full vehicle that is more focused on scale looks then a standard R/C vehicle, it’s no wonder RC4WD is at the top of the scale world.
Read More »RC4WD YJ Goes Topless
Building A Scale Rock Crawler In the rock crawling industry there are two types of people, Toyota people and Jeep people. It seems to be a never ending battle and in some cases, the battle lines have been drawn in …
Read More »Team Associated B44.3 Build – Wheels, Tires and Body
The Build – Part 11 The final chapter to our Team Associated B44.3 has us assembling the wheels and tires and mounting the body and wing. The first step in the final step is to glue up your tires. You …
Read More »Team Associated B44.3 Build – Electronics
The Build – Part 10 Time to install the electronics in our Team Associated B44.3 Buggy. Even though we’ll be using a single shorty LiPo instead of the optional saddle-pack setup, we need to attach the left side battery tray …
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