Are You Ready-to-RC?
A few days ago I talked about a time in the probably not-so-distant future when DSM rules and most RC enthusiasts have little or no memory of crystals and radio…
HPI Jumping Into the Desert Scene
Always adding milestones to their portfolio, HPI has created a sure winner with the HPI Racing Mini-Trophy 4WD Desert Truck RC. This RC is an assembled, 1/12 scale, electric, four…
Learn to Fly With a Buddy
You can go it alone and use trial and error to learn how to fly that new RC airplane or helicopter. Or, find an experienced pilot to fly with you…
Nitro Basics: Get Your Glow Tools
Glow plugs are tiny little spark plugs for the glow engine in your nitro RC. In addition to the plugs themselves, there are several specialty tools for when you’re using…
Midnight Pumpkin vs. RC Pumpkin
The lastest reader response to What Was Your First Hobby RC Car or Truck? talks about the Midnight Pumpkin by Tamiya. dash909 writes:
“My first rc car was my brothers broken…
Upgrade Your FM/AM Radio to 2.4GHz
HPI has now made it possible for your older FM/AM RCs to be transformed into the newest 2.4GHz DSM technology, or as they have it listed — DSSS (Direct-Sequence Spread…
The New HPI Switch RTR
HPI has gone outside the box with their newest RC RTR kit called the Switch. The Switch is based on HPI’s true tenth scale RCs, the Cup Racer series. I…
The Whole Spektrum of RC Radios…
There will come a time when some old-timer will be talking fondly about matching crystals and fighting the evils of crosstalk and some RC guy will think he’s getting all…
New New Bright Site
No, I didn’t repeat myself in the title (and the rhyming is purely coincidental too). New Bright is a major toy manufacturer but for years now they’ve had a really…
Go Ahead and Jump!
Check this out on YouTube: RC Huge Jump HPI Savage Flux Amazing Driving skills My first Control “Misty Front to Back” by SavageJunky is 7:38 minutes of jumping. The one described in the title occurs in the first few seconds of the video and is repeated in slow motion. Quite a few flips (and near flips) and great landings nearly every time on a wide hilly dirt track. Here’s the lastest Savage Flux 2350, a 1:8 scale electric 4WD off-road RC from HPI Racing (compare prices).
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