With the weather warming up, there are many great opportunities to get out and enjoy this great hobby of ours. It's also the start to event and festival season and there is one amazing event that's caught my eye over the past few years. RC Fest, an annual event (in it's 4th year), is hosted […]
I've been fortunate to have met many truly amazing people through this hobby, from all corners of the globe. These folks range from general hobbyists to hardcore fanatics. Ok, there's no such thing as a "general hobbyist", so we'll just stick with varying degrees of hardcore. On the extreme end of that scale is Tim […]
Nothing starts my morning off on a happy note quite like news of new goodies to read about. First off, thank you to fellow hobbyist, Andrew Jurcich, for giving me a heads-up on this new release from Axial. Taking their "tried and true" SCX10 platform and throwing some new paint and upgraded accessories at it, […]
What started out as an idea floated by Tim Smith on a recent RC Newb Podcast episode has quickly escalated into a real thing. On Saturday, March 15, 2014, Tim is going to see how much juice he can wring out of a MaxAmps 8000 mah 2-cell battery pack. I'm interested in seeing how this […]
Toy Fair time is bringing some great announcements for hobbyists! Vaterra has announced new RTR models for on and off-road fun: a 1967 Ford Mustang V100-S and a Ford Raptor Pre Runner. Both of these are 1/10-scale, with the Raptor being 4-wheel drive. The Mustang, naturally, is rear-wheel drive. The two models both feature brushless […]
