Articles by Tim Gluth

The hobby of R/C cars: more than child's play.

Starting a hobby like r/c vehicles is fun, but the topic can lead to some questions and puzzled looks from people, depending on your age. A few folks that I've mentioned my new hobby had the idea that these radio-controlled cars are toys. After a month of involvement in the hobby, I can state with […]

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R/C Joyride

While I wait (impatiently) for my Traxxas Slash to get a new ESC, here's a short video (after the jump) that I put together a few weeks ago.  We had beautiful weather for a January day in Wisconsin, so I had to get the truck out and run around the yard.  A big "thank you" […]

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Enjoy some snow bashing.

With parts of my truck in the shop for repair (long story for another time), we thought it would be great to see what YouTube goodness we could find, showcasing some snow bashing. Here are a few of our favorites:

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Choices, choices, choices.

Once you've narrowed down the type of r/c car you want to start out with, things should be easy, right? One would think that, but if you're a notorious fence-sitter such as myself, you can change, undo, rewrite, and talk yourself into and out of a specific model quite a few times in an hour. […]

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Motorcycle vs. Car Drift Battle 2 (Featuring a Traxxas Slash as a "camera truck")

We first saw this video last weekend and enjoyed it so much, we wanted to share it here. Great camerawork, great effects, amazing action, and nice use of r/c vehicles as camera rigs!

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