Kevin Hetmanski’s Blog
Project HPI Baja 5SC parts list.
In the May issue of Radio Control Car Action, we feature a project HPI Baja 5SC that I built for racing. It’s a pretty cool truck and you should check the issue out when it’s available. Here’s the parts list for that truck. Here you will find the parts used part numbers and prices for [...]
Join in the fun
If you are racing RC at the 2012 Motorama show in Harrisburg PA, you have a chance to join us for some extra fun. RC Car Action Magazine and Horizon Hobby have teamed up for a 10 lap shootout race that consists of 10 Losi XXX-SCT RTR trucks. The race will take place on Saturday [...]
Top 10 trucks of 2011
2011 has been a great year in RC. A lot of awesome vehicles and parts have been released and I am really looking forward to seeing what is going to happen next year. As we wrap up 2011 I thought I’d share what I think are the top 10 trucks of the year with you [...]
HPI Baja 5SC body makeover
I’m currently building a project Baja 5SC for an upcoming issue of Radio Control Car Action. The base for this project is my well used HPI Baja 5SC. Since a replacement body wasn’t available I decided to use the stock body and thanks to TGN Distributing I can give it a new look by adding [...]
100MPH Traxxas XO-1. WOW!
Can you believe that we are seeing a car that can easily reach 100MPH and uh…you can actually go to the local hobby shop and buy it. Unreal! This makes me think. I wonder if we are going to see another company release a similar product and more importantly what is Traxxas going to do [...]
We’re getting closer! Revised Ultimate Truck Champs rules inside.
Well, our first ever Ultimate Truck Championship is going to be here before you know it. We have been working closely with the guys from RC Excitement on various things and it’s looking like we are going to have a very fun event. I can’t wait to see how my project Toyota Tundra does during [...]
A Sneak Peek at My Tamiya Tundra Tough Truck (Ultimate Truck Champs Rules Inside)
I’ve been working on this truck for a few months now and it’s pretty much done. I may add one or two more things here and there in the future, but for now it’s ready for our upcoming comp. I built this truck so that it can do multiple things well instead of one thing [...]
Be a Digital Racer
I really enjoy racing off-road vehicles of all types and never really run on-road. I guess I’d run more on-road if there was a track closer to my house. A while back I was introduced to Virtual RC and at first I wasn’t that into it because it was an on-road sim. The second I [...]
Traxxas water proof receiver box……great for all vehicles.
If you’re a basher or into scale rock crawling, chances are that you have run through the mud and water from time to time. The receiver in a lot of vehicles is exposed and can be damaged by those conditions. Traxxas includes a waterproof receiver box with its Slash trucks and it’s held in place [...]
Painting tip
I have been painting a lot lately and have recently started to detail a Tamiya Blackfoot III body. While doing this I was reminded of a tip that you guys can use and one that I don’t always follow. Any time you get a new roll of tape be careful of where you place the [...]
What happened to monster trucks?
Monster trucks used to be very popular and we saw a lot of them from our readers and RC companies. They have since died down. Or have they? What happened to them? You can never go wrong with a big over powered monster truck that can go anywhere. Now that we have such powerful LiPo [...]
What do you like about racing?
I am more of a racer than a basher. For me I like going to the track and trying to run the perfect line and trying to make lap after lap as consistent as I can. I work on my cars so that they perform as good as possible but it’s not because I want [...]
Come join us!
We are working on putting a tough truck type competition together for sometime in Sept and it will be held at RC Excitement in Fitchburg, MA. Matt Higgins has two trucks already built for the event and I have decided to build one myself. I based my truck on a Tamiya Toyota Tundra. I wanted [...]
Why is dirt oval not that popular?
I must admit that in all the years that I have been involved in this great hobby of ours, I have never been interested in racing oval or even running a car on an oval track. Going straight and making left turn after left turn just seemed to be pretty boring. They were just one [...]
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