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. [...]
When I recently visited Team Associated to get the first look at their latest flagship vehicle, the SC10 4×4, the anticipation was killing me. I sat down at Team Associated’s conference table with engineer Kurt Wenger, and he smiled and said, “This truck is designed to make you win.” In a few minutes, AE’s president [...]
April 2011 Issue of RC Car Action: FEATURES 54 First Drive: Team Associated SC10 4×4 Read it now All new from the ground up By Stephen Bess 72 RC Exposed We open it so you don’t have to By Kevin Hetmanski 116 RCX Don’t miss the world’s ultimate RC expo! TEST DRIVE 64 Losi Mini [...]
What’s Inside the latest issue Of RC Car Action Read the article from the March issue: World Exclusive Traxxas Stampede 4×4 VXL FEATURES 54 Project Traxxas Summit LT If you want it, sometimes you just got to build it ›› by Matt Higgins 70 Project SC10 GT The truck we want Team Associated to build [...]
Written By Kevin Hetmanski“Readers’ Rides” is one of our favorite sections of RC Car Action, and we look forward to mail and emails from our readers showing off their cool and, uh, also not so cool rides. We gather up our picks for each issue and choose a Ride of the Month while [...]
Team Orion is proud to announce that Cody King was crowned 2010 IFMAR 1/8 Off-Road World Champion with a Team Orion CRF engine some hours ago! Cody won the 1-hour final in front of Atsushi Hara and Team Orion’s Jared Tebo who took TQ position at this great event in Pattaya, Thailand. [...]
By Kevin Hetmanski While out in Las Vegas covering the SEMA show I made my way over to the Las Vegas Motor Speedway to check out the Lucas Oil short course trucks in action. I had full access on and off the track and shot a lot of photos for you guys to see. Check [...]
Santa gets a new ride from JKRC! By Kevin Jowett I’ve had this idea in my head since I watched the Blizzards on the slopes a few winters back. So this holiday season keep the kids in after dark….Santa’s running a new whip! For this build I used several of my favourite Xmas decorations from [...]
From the December issue of RC Car Action RCCA: Where do you see rock crawling a few years from now? SH: Good question. Rock crawling has been around for seven-plus years, but it really started with the Axial AX10. That’s when rock crawling as a true segment started. Where do we go from here? The [...]
RC4WD has been at the forefront of the rock crawling and scale segments of the rc hobby for years, offering high-quality after-market parts such as aluminum crawler axles and wheels. One of RC4WD’s first kit trucks, the Subzero, was inspired by the full-size Scorpion 4×4, which was developed for military use. Boasting scale wheels, tires [...]
(continued from RC Car Action June 2010) Shocks The Team Losi Team Drivers provided us with a little setup help. The guys have been running heavier oil in the front. Most of this is due to the shocks in the rear being moved outboard. They say that in most conditions, they’ll run 50WT in the [...]
In the proverbial grand scheme of things, the Slash 4×4 hasn’t been out very long, but veteran Traxxas racer Steve Slayden has already put more miles on his Slash 4×4 than most of us will all year. So who better to get the straight scoop from than this guru of all things Traxxas? RC Car [...]
