Jeff Hoy, American

…over at Big Squid RC.  Go check it out.

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Robitronic, the makers of the excessively cool 1/18 scale Scalpel pan car, have decided to branch out a litte bit.  They have announced a new 1/10 scale RTR stadium truck targeted at newbies called the EST- BL.  But just because it’s a beginner’s truck don’t expect it to skimp on performance or high tech goodies, [...]

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Tower Hobbies has the Team Associated SC18 in stock right now this very second. Remember that you’ll need to buy an appropriate battery and charger (don’t forget the charger adapter) to go with it if you don’t already have them. (See update 2) So what are you waiting for?  Get to buying fool. [Update:  I ordered mine, [...]

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I’ve been thinking about doing a scratch-built rc version of this car for a long time.  Tamiya beat me to it. This is the Tamiya Tyrrell P34 SIX WHEELER 1976 Japan GP.  A new chassis and body design based  on the full scale version from the 1976 F1 series.  All four front wheels are steered by [...]

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The Losi Highroller family is now complete.  Take your pick and get it in 1/10th scale, 1/36th micro scale, or in the new 1/18th mini scale. The Mini Highroller is a fully assembled RTR 2wd monster truck with a tubular styled, narrow chassis, very similar to it’s larger 1/10th scale brother.  It’s driven by a RS280 motor controlled by an electronic speed [...]

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Team Associated’s stable of 1/18th scale cars has just grown by one.  Hot on the heels of their awesome looking SC18, AE has dug deep and come up with the RC18 Late Model.  It’s an RTR with a 2.4 GHz radio, built on the new SC18 belt driven chassis.  Just like the SC18 it seems that batteries and a charger are NOT [...]

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It’s no secret that the advent of the short course style trucks, like the Slash, Strike, and SC10, has changed the face of off-road truck racing.  My first thought upon seeing these trucks was “when is somebody going to give 2wd buggies the same treatment?”  Well, it’s finally happened, and Kyosho is the first one out [...]

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Maybe, depends who you trust.  Team Associated’s official announcement says that it’ll be available in March.  Tower Hobbies’ product page is noting late February, which isn’t far off from the official word.  But A Main Hobbies is saying they’ll have it in stock on January 17.  About 2 weeks from now. Retailers are pretty well-known for getting release [...]

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Christmas has come and gone.  The presents have been unwrapped with joyous glee.  If you’re one of the lucky ones, then hopefully you unwrapped a nice, new radio controlled car or truck.  Here’s some of my older articles about how to upgrade and hop-up your new R/C car. Did you get a Losi Highroller for Christmas?  Then you might [...]

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On the heels of Associated’s other new cars and trucks comes the final, official announcement of something we’ve all known about since October.  Team Associated’s SC18, a 1/18th scale short course r/c truck.  What has been announced isn’t what was advertised though, there have been some changes. As I suspected they did change over to a [...]

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