While we don’t pretend to know it all, your faithful RC Car Action editors have, on average, been in RC many decades. We tend to know a bit more about RC than the average guy because, well, we are old and with age comes wisdom. And yet, we are regularly surprised and impressed each month [...]
Tire Sets: I have boxes full of tires and it can be difficult to keep track of them. I make sure to zip-tie the sets together before storage so it is easy to retrieve the set at a later date. Mark Nelson – Titusville, FL For more Pit Tips, check out page 2o in this [...]
Duratrax Ultima Pro XL: This ride from Scott Chapman takes vintage RC to a whole new level. He started out with a Duratrax Ultima Pro XL that he shortened, customized and painted on the chassis. He bolted up a custom painted Tamiya SRB front suspension and fitted the buggy with Kyosho Triumph and the battery [...]
Radio ID: Many racers use the same brand of transmitter at my track. Therefore I wrap a colored hair tie around my transmitter so I can find it easily in a crowd. Julian Dayal – College Park, MD For more Pit Tips, check out page 24 in this month’s issue of RC Car Action.
Get the holeshot! No one was thinking about radio control short-course trucks until Traxxas launched the Slash. No one was considering a 100mph RTR until Traxxas dropped the XO-1 on us. And while it wouldn’t be fair to say no one has been thinking of RC drag cars until now (the RC drag niche has [...]
Silver Back: I like to use pearl and candy colors for my paint schemes. I’ve found that using silver and gold paint as a backing color makes the colors brighter and richer. Mike Starkey – Zanesville, OH For more Pit Tips, check out page 26 in this month’s issue of RC Car Action.
Kyosho Turbo Scorpion: HOLY ACTION! James Knight of Sherman Oaks, CA, was so excited about this shot that he totally forgot to tell us anything about his car. Our guess would be that James likes to rip up and down the beaches of sunny California with his vintage Turbo Scorpion and from the looks of [...]
Traxxas Stampede: Now this is one trick Traxxas Stampede. Marc loves playing on the ice and he’s modified his truck so it gets better grip on the slippery stuff. The front steering blocks and skies are handmade so don’t bother looking for them at your local hobby shop. Metal spikes in the rear tires tear [...]
Even Wear: Tires on a 4WD car or truck will wear unevenly if left on the same corner of the car for too long. If you run the same compound tread for all four tires, rotate your tires to get more life from them. Matt Weinstein – Black Forrest, CO For more Pit Tips, check [...]
When it comes to bashing, having the fastest truck, the one that jumps the highest, hits the hardest and runs through anything is sure to make you the top dog in the neighborhood. The Duratrax Evader, with its track-worthy handling to its performance-minded configurations, is one of the oldest and most respected names in bashing. [...]
Tamiya CC-01: Seth tells us that this truck started out as a Tamiya CC-01 Jeep Wrangler and the body was modified using styrene and various metals like copper and brass. It even has a detailed interior that was taken from a New Bright toy. It features a roll cage and a Tamiya Bruiser Driver completes it. [...]
Let’s go racing! I’ve been fond of the HPI Baja series of vehicles since the release of the Baja 5B and have since built a few Baja 5Bs and a Baja 5T. I recently reviewed the Baja 5SC and after finding out about a big race at a local track, I decided to take my [...]
Axial SCX10: Kyle said it would be awesome if we featured his truck in Readers’ Rides, so here you go. We think it’s awesome that he shared this trick truck with us. Kyle made his own steel chassis for his Axial SCX10 and it’s designed to lower the truck’s center of gravity. It also features [...]
Keep It Cool: The cooling head on a nitro motor will work better if it is clean, so I use a pipe cleaner to clean the dirt out of the fins as part of my weekly maintenance. Paul Hun – Columbia, SC For more Pit Tips, check out page 28 in this month’s issue of [...]
