Three feet and 35 pounds of Kick Ass! It’s a good thing I’m an adult now with a full-time job and income. If the Losi FIVE-T had been released 20 years ago, back when I started in RC, I would have spent every waking moment working any odd job on the planet to save up [...]
If you’ve ever strolled in to your local track with a new buggy, you already know the drill. Before you’ve run the car a single time, friends attack you with a verbal assault of questions ranging from, “How did it build?” to “So, how is it; is it better than the last version?” Ninety-nine times [...]
Scale vehicles are back and they’re all the rage, with short course trucks and buggies taking center stage on the RC playground. But let’s face it, we’re all performance junkies at heart, whether you’re a basher or a racer. A durable, fun, high-performance chassis is appreciated in the backyard as much as it is on [...]
Ever since Traxxas boldly put “50mph” on the Nitro 4-Tec’s box back in 2004, the company has proven time and again that “The Fastest Name In Radio Control” is not a tagline so much as a mission statement. Since that 50mph milestone, Traxxas has steadily advanced the speedometer needle with ever-faster vehicles, peaking with the [...]
Mean Machine Words & photos John Cary There’s no denying that the HPI Savage has been a major contender in the RC monster truck market for quite a few years now. Yet, throughout its life span, the Savage has stayed fairly true to size with the exception of getting slightly larger. Back in 2009, HPI [...]
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Goodbye noise, hello power! Fads come and go in RC, but monster trucks will always be popular. There is something special about the monster truck, maybe it’s the fact that it can be driven just about anywhere, dirt, pavement, rocks, racetracks, through grass or in the mud. Perhaps it’s the incredible airtime you can get [...]
The Team Associated B4.1, piloted by pro-driver Ryan Cavalieri, took top honors at the 2011 IFMAR 1/10-scale Electric Off-road World Championships that are taking place right now in Vaasa, Finland. This is hardly the first time this platform has won big. Check one of its many victories in the June 1992 issue of RC Car [...]
While reviewing the Kyle Busch race replica truck I was able to meet up with Kyle Busch at Dover Downs International Raceway. I was psyched because he took time out of his busy schedule to sit down for a quick interview with me. Here’s just some of what he had to say: How long have [...]
Check out the new Losi XXX SCB featured in the August 2011 issue of RC Car Action.
Just when you thought short course racing had reached its zenith, 2011 begins with several new entries in the 4WD short course racing class. When the rumors began to spread that Team Durango, a company known for its outside-the-box thinking, quality design and pure racing focus, was developing a 4WD short course racer—anticipation grew. Durango [...]
It’s a fact: motorheads, young and old, love monster trucks. What’s not to love? Monster trucks have gobs of horsepower. We’re talking well over 1,000hp. And, these trucks are no ordinary pickups; they crush cars. And while mashing metal might be their hallmark move, today’s monsters can literally fly over the cars without touching them. [...]
