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Scratch-Built Replica of the 74-Foot 1937 Commuter Yacht Aphrodite

Scratch-Built Replica of the 74-Foot 1937 Commuter Yacht Aphrodite

We are constantly impressed with the ability of the boat modelers out there and James Delaney, the builder of the 1/12-scale Aphrodite shown here, is no exception. The full-size, 74-foot Aphrodite caught James’ eye when it [...]

MuchMore LiPo Cell Balancer

MuchMore LiPo Cell Balancer

As everyone knows (or SHOULD know), it is important to balance your LiPo packs while charging them. Failure to do this can ruin a LiPo pack or, even worse, have it go up in flames on [...]

The Ultimate On Road Baja

The Ultimate On Road Baja

Bradley Farmer of Bradley Fine Line Design has been painting some killer bodies for me for a long while now.  He contacted me all that long ago to tell me about a friend of his, Mark [...]

Ronshop Racing Losi 5IVE-T Dirt Oval Build

Ronshop Racing Losi 5IVE-T Dirt Oval Build

The Build I have been around large scale a relatively short time, but have been into RC quite a while. For me this is what I would call my first large build with all new parts. [...]

Basic Engine Tuning: Know Your Needles

Basic Engine Tuning: Know Your Needles

Have you ever seen “The Clapper”? You know, that thing they advertise on TV to turn your electrical appliance on by simply clapping your hands. Wouldn’t it be great if you could just clap your hands [...]

Stretching a Summit

Stretching a Summit

A while back I took a Traxxas 1/16 Rally and stretched it by about 1.4 inches to make it work with a Stampede body. It worked very well and handled great. From the moment I finished [...]

LiPo Battery Safety

LiPo Battery Safety

Learn from our mistakes before you make yours! I consider myself a pretty knowledgeable RC enthusiast/racer. I’ve raced at every level of competition, driven everything from 1/18-scale to 1/5-scale motorcycles and travelled all over just to [...]

RC Driver Budget Touring Car Build

RC Driver Budget Touring Car Build

How Much Do You Really Have to Spend to Go Fast? It’s no big secret that the touring car segment of RC isn’t doing so hot. Ask any number of people why and the answers will [...]

Project: XRay 808E

Project: XRay 808E

After having had the chance to use and let a few friends race my 1/8 scale XRay 808e electric off road buggy over the summer at R/C Madness in Enfield, CT it needed some freshening up. [...]

ProTek TruTorque RC Tools

ProTek TruTorque RC Tools

I’m fairly sure that my experiences as a ‘newbie’ to our hobby many years ago were not measurably different than someone starting out today – I bought a kit, opened it up, saw that there were [...]