Up until now, most of my r/c adventures have been either solo, with my kids, or with a friend that lives nearby. How many of you are part of or know of groups in your local area that race, bash, or just get together to talk about the hobby? I've seen how community-driven this hobby […]
I was checking the Traxxas forums this morning and was excited to see a thread about an updated Platinum 4x4 model that was recently announced. Aside from standard upgrades and performance hop-ups, the biggest changes are new shocks and the use of a new low center of gravity chassis, similar to what's on the new […]
The R/C hobby is one of the most amazing hobbies in the world. It combines the geekiness and technological savvy of electronics and engineering with a gear-head's lust for speed, performance, and design (with many more aspects in-between). The question is, what draws you to the hobby and where do you want to get started? […]
Since I've been on a video kick as of late, I wanted to share a drifting video I stumbled across last week. I'll admit it, I admire folks that can drift in full-size cars and that admiration extends to folks that can rock the sideways-insanity that is r/c drifting.
As the one-year anniversary of my foray into the r/c car hobby approaches, I'm amazed at how many subsets and off-shoots exist for this pastime. At first, you may want to get into radio-controlled cars for fun, an easy way to blow off steam and tinker with some scale machines. That's where the hobby gets […]
