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Five of a kind.

Five of a Kind

At your typical big race it’s not all too often that you get one, let alone two IFMAR World Champions together at the same race. This past weekend at the KoPropo Off Road Championships at West Coast RC Raceway, there were five IFMAR World Champions in attendance! The big question is… What were they all […]
OFNA X3 Sabre 1/8 4WD Nitro Buggy

OFNA X3 Sabre 1/8 4WD Nitro Buggy

OFNA’s new Pro buggy is packed with features like a countersunk chassis, V2 shocks with 3.5mm shock shafts and hardcoated shock bodies, and it even includes a 2080 EFRA pipe. Read the press release below for more info: Hong Nor’s X3 Sabre is well laid out with the battery compartment moved forward for better steering […]

ROAR 2012 Electric Off-Road “Supernationals”

ROAR 2012 Electric Off-Road “Supernationals”

ROAR announced this week that they will be combining this year’s 1/10 and 1/8 Electric Off-Road Nationals into one event called the “Supernationals”.  This event will run for 9 days at West Coast RC Raceway in La Mirada, CA August 11-19.  This will truely be a unique event with classes ranging from Stock 2WD buggy, to […]
XRAY XB9 1/8 4WD Nitro Off-Road Buggy

XRAY XB9 1/8 4WD Nitro Off-Road Buggy

XRAY has officially announced their new 1/8 nitro buggy that is packed with a ton of new parts and features. Check out the press release below for all the details: Juraj Hudy and the XRAY Engineering and Racing Teams have conceptualized and built the all-new XB9 platform based on long-term experience and achievements. The XB9 […]

New AKA “Vektor” 1/10 Rear Buggy Tire

New AKA “Vektor” 1/10 Rear Buggy Tire

AKA has been expanding their 1/10 tire lineup. The previously released “Rebar” tires were joined by the announcement of the new “Impact” (4wd buggy front and rear) and “Vektor” (2wd and 4wd buggy front) tires. Here are some spy shots I took out at AKA headquarters in California. Their latest release, the “Vektor” buggy rear […]
The Radio Control Show 137

The Radio Control Show 137

Pro-Line driver Ty Tessman bashes with his sick Traxxas Stampede 4×4, Radio Control Car Action makes a cameo in the movie “Smoke”, and we check out a clip fom Autoweek TV featuring an HPI drift car. See a new episode every week here on rccaraction.com. Click the player below to watch now. 

Weekly Debate

Weekly Debate

Here Is This Week’s Debate Question: This Week’s Debate Question: The Outdoor Racing Season Has Come To An End. Do You Plan On Racing Indoors Or Just Chilling Out? Click Here To Join Discussion.
The Radio Control Show 136

The Radio Control Show 136

This week’s episode of The Radio Control Show Features an exclusive look at the EXO Terra Buggy, a R/C Bulldozer, more info on Facebook prizes and giveaways and more.

Ditch that rattle can

Ditch that rattle can

I am not an artist. I have practically no artistic ability, and I can’t paint to save my life.  If you asked me to draw a scenic landscape, it would probably end up being a bunch of little stick men with rifles blowing each other up…  similar to what I might have produced in the […]
Project “Rozzer”

Project “Rozzer”

I’ve wanted to put together a police car body for my TC4 drifter for a while now, but until recently I didn’t have a clear idea of what I wanted it to look like.  A Dodge Charger in classic black-and-white would be great, but there were a couple problems with that.  First off, I had […]

Workbench essentials: Utility shears

Workbench essentials: Utility shears

RC cars require a lot of maintenance – well, mine do anyway.  In my own humble opinion: If you don’t break it, you aren’t driving it hard enough.  This of course means I spend a good amount of time at the workbench, and that’s just fine with me. Not everybody enjoys bench time as much […]
The deal with droop

The deal with droop

Suspension tuning is not a simple thing.  A typical RC car has more adjustments than you can shake a hex driver at, and choosing the right thing to adjust in the right way in the right situation takes years to learn. One of the more subtle tuning attributes on a car is droop.  A lot […]
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