Jeff Hoy, American
A blog about my hobbies, plus a bunch of other crap too.

Jeff Hoy, American

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New truck: Losi 1/18th scale Mini Highroller

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 control.  Also [...]


Did you get a new R/C car or truck for Christmas?

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 want [...]


Micro Awesomeness.

Well, I love me them Losi Micros and I love me them Losi Highrollers.  Now two of my loves have become one.  The new Micro-Highroller is a teeny, tiny, dead wringer for it’s bigger brother.

It has officially been added to my r/c must buy list.


Schumacher is win…

This is one cool looking truck.  I want.

 RCeasy has the goods.


Just a heads up…

If you’ve been thinking about buying a Losi Highroller, Stormer Hobbies has it on sale right now for $159.99.  That’s $20 off the regular price, and actually below the minimum advertised price so you have to add it to the cart to see the cost.


Highroller changes…

I burned up the speed control on my Highroller and I swapped it out with a new LRP AI Automatic Bullet Reverse that I had been saving for my Thundertech Pro-2.  I did run into a small problem with the swap.  The receiver lead on the LRP ESC is shorter than on the stock ESC.  [...]


Losi Highroller Review

Big wheeled, great looking, ground clearance to die for, fun.  Those are all phrases you could use to describe Losi’s newest electric truck, the Highroller.  It’s a purpose built basher that flies right and looks good to boot.
Features
The Highroller has a three gear transmission, a 12-turn closed endbell modified motor, and high performance speed control [...]


Two significant events today…

First, I got my HighRoller, and it’s a blast but may be a little more delicate than I had assumed.  On the first full battery pack I managed to bend one of the axles.  That’s not surprising though considering the abuse I was handing out to it.  The bent axle hasn’t really affect much yet [...]


First Impression: The Losi HighRoller rocks.

My new HighRoller just arrived via UPS and I wasted no time ripping it out of the packaging, swapping out the receiver for a unit compatible with my Futaba 4PK transmitter, and stuffing in a fully charged LiPo.
The first impression on getting the truck out of the box was “holy $#!7, this thing is awesome [...]



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