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A huge crowd-pleaser at this year’s RCX was the Horizon Hydrogen Grand Prix, presented by Toyota Mirai. Filling up half of an entire hall at Fairplex, the exciting competition featured hydrogen-powered RC cars that were campaigned by high school student teams. The Horizon Hydrogen Grand Prix (H2GP) is a comprehensive science and engineering program that […]

Most of us RC drivers love them, but we rarely think about who creates them. We’re talking about RC racetracks. Pawel Ntkovca is a prolific RC track designer that hails from Łódź, Poland. Ntkovca is a graffiti and airbrush artist that has been perfecting his craft for over 20 years. We reached out to him […]

At the young age of about 9, my stepdad Jeff came home from work one day with a couple of milk crates filled with RC Car Action (RCCA) magazines from his friend “Tiny” at work. Tiny, much like my stepfather and I, was into RC, and even had an original Tamiya Hilux 3-speed truck. Tiny […]

Every so often a manufacturer will release a kit that comes straight out of left field. You know what we’re talking about; we’re sure you’ve seen them before. Whether its an RC blimp, a remote controlled forklift… or even a trash dumpster, these aren’t your regular RC racers and bashers. Tamiya is no exception to […]

The year was 1963. A 13-year-old boy named Dan McCumber saved his allowance to purchase his first radio control vehicle. It was a Sig Cadet trainer plane. He spent the entire winter slowly building it, eagerly waiting for springtime to get it airborne. The initial flight was short lived, just a few minutes. All those […]

I’ve wanted to enter the world of RC crawlers for a while now, but with so many options out there, it’s been hard to choose where to start. While the starting point alone was a hard decision, how the build would look in the end was equally as challenging for myself. It had to be […]