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Hobby King’s BAT1 Land Yacht: We Want to Try One [VIDEO]

Hobby King’s BAT1 Land Yacht: We Want to Try One [VIDEO]

Name any type of full-size vehicle, and you don’t have to look too hard to find a mainstream RC version you can buy. Unless you’re talking “land yachts”…you don’t see those every day. Hobby King has that niche covered with the BAT 1. It’s as simple as RC gets, with wind power providing the motivating […]
How to: Create an Awesome Rock Crawling Course

How to: Create an Awesome Rock Crawling Course

The task before you is to design an awesome rock crawling course. Seems simple, right? Well, I can assure you, based on my observations, this task isn’t so simple. I’ve been to tiny grassroots level local comps right on up to the Nationals. I’ve been to indoor comps and, of course, outdoor comps. I certainly […]

How To: Mount a Painted Body

How To: Mount a Painted Body

Ever get your body painted up and then mess it up trying to find the holes for the body posts? In this video, Editor Erich Reichert shows you how to properly mount a painted body to save you time and keep that sweet scheme looking mint!
How To: Break In A Nitro Motor [May Preview]

How To: Break In A Nitro Motor [May Preview]

How To Break In A Nitro Motor – Use The Track – Tested Bess Method By Lito Reyes If you’re a nitro-head like most of us at RC Car Action, there’s one thing you absolutely can’t avoid—breaking in your engine. A lot of mills have come through our offices and needless to say, we’ve heard […]

How To: Rebuild Your Car [June Preview]

How To: Rebuild Your Car [June Preview]

Fix it right every time Words Jay Kennedy Repairing and rebuilding your RC car or truck is something we all have to do at some point.  Erich is always telling me, “You’re not having fun until you break something.” In the event that you do end up breaking you car, you might find that it’s […]
How To: Slash 4×4 Low-CG Conversion

How To: Slash 4×4 Low-CG Conversion

Words by Devon Stewart Low center of gravity, high-performance handling Low center of gravity = tougher to top over.  That about sums it up, and that’s why a low center of gravity (CG for short) is essential to anything and anyone that doesn’t want to tip over.  That goes for linebackers, ocean liners, hockey players, […]

How To: Remove Anodizing From Aluminum Parts

How To: Remove Anodizing From Aluminum Parts

An easy way to change up the look of your vehicle Many RC cars these days are identifiable by their anodized aluminum parts. For instance, HPI almost always uses purple or orange; Traxxas vehicles use blue anodized parts and Axial went with green. Sometimes you may be into a vehicle, but not the color used […]
THIS is How You Hold Onto a Turnbuckle

THIS is How You Hold Onto a Turnbuckle

When you get involved in this great hobby of ours there’s no doubt that you need to have a good set of tools to not only do the job right  but to make wrenching on your vehicle much easier. Over the years I have been lucky enough to have some of the best tools in […]

Castle Creations Mamba Micro X Packs Big Power in Small Package

Castle Creations Mamba Micro X Packs Big Power in Small Package

Minis can be a blast especially when space for action is limited. Castle knows how much fun it can be and have brought power to those who won’t settle for mediocre. The Castle Mamba Micro X lays down a small footprint making ti perfectly suited for  1/18-scale size, and its “mighty-mite” 0808 brushless motors complete […]
Team Associated Monster GT featured in recent episode of Pawn Stars

Team Associated Monster GT featured in recent episode of Pawn Stars

In the epsiode called Never Surrender, http://www.history.com/shows/pawn-st…ever-surrender, a guy comes into the shop to pawn off his AE Monster GT. He claims it goes 80mph, but it doesn’t run right now since it only needs a new glow plug. I won’t ruin it for you and tell you how much he gets for it, but […]

Team Associated RC18B2 Brushless RTR Buggy

Team Associated RC18B2 Brushless RTR Buggy

New from Team Associated: Team Associated is proud to bring to you the RC18B2 Brushless-a 1:18 scale RTR (Ready-To-Run) electric 4WD off-road buggy! Picking up where the original RC18B2 left off, the RC18B2 Brushless comes loaded with awesome new features including the XP3-SS 3-channel 2.4GHz radio system and Reedy brushless system. The RC18B2 Brushless has […]
RC Car Action - RC Cars & Trucks | Team Associated RC18T2 Brushless RTR Truck

Team Associated RC18T2 Brushless RTR Truck

New from Team Associated: Team Associated is proud to bring to you the RC18T2 Brushless—a 1:18 scale RTR (Ready-To-Run) electric 4WD offroad truck! Picking up where the original RC18T2 left off, the RC18T2 Brushless comes loaded with awesome new features including the XP3-SS 3-channel 2.4GHz radio system and Reedy brushless system. The RC18T2 Brushless chassis […]
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