The E10 drift is an absolute complete package, meaning everything you could possibly need to get going minus a parking lot is included in the kit. The assembled car has electronics installed with the body pre-painted and mounted.
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Review: Axial Wraith Spawn
The off-road scenario: there are challenging piles of rock, loose dirt, should it? Many bashers want a machine that will just pulverize anything in its path and that’s why Axial’s Wraith has become a popular choice for off-roaders who want to just flat out get aggressive with the throttle.
Read More »Review: Pro-Line Racing PRO-MT
Pro-Line pretty much shocked the RC community when they released the PRO-2 Short Course truck. This RC accessory giant made the leap into offering car kits and the PRO-2 is a pretty impressive machine for those who want the best of all worlds in a short course truck
Read More »RC Builds Long Term Friendships and Support
Back in the late 80’s when I started racing, I ran at a local track named B.O.R.R.A (Bethel Off-Road Racing Association) in Bethel CT. There I met a lot of racers who I would go on to develop great friendships with and consider some family.
Read More »ECX Amp MT 1/10 2WD RTR Action Video
RC Driver’s Contributing Editor Tony Phalen takes the ECX Amp 2wd electric 1/10 ready to run monster truck out for some fun in the dirt. Watch the box stock truck churn up the dirt. This truck is aimed to get …
Read More »Review: Team C TM2
In a class as storied and historic as 2WD buggy, it’s been both refreshing and amazing to see so many changes in chassis and transmission developments. Mid motor machines are increasingly popular and the current trend has brought us back to days gone by with most every manufacturer enlisting an alloy chassis as the backbone.
Read More »Review: Yeti XL Monster Buggy
OK AXIAL slow it down now, we’re still enjoying the unique fun and excitement of the Yeti and you go and drop a Yeti XL in our workbench. When are you going to invent more time Axial, so we can play with all the off-road goodness you have to offer?
Read More »Losi All Terrain Buggy Teaser
Losi has posted a note on their website to visit them at Motorama which is coming up this weekend. It appears in that post that they will be debuting a new product too. The two buggies in the photo appear …
Read More »Review: Hitec X1 Pro Charger & Epowerbox Combo
In the RC Driver office, if you bring in a tool, part, car, bag of chips, it’s all fair game to anyone else in the office. Because of this unwritten rule, time after time I head into Tony’s office to retrieve my calipers. But it’s OK, because I usually stick a battery on his Hitec X4 charger while I’m there.
Read More »Losi 8IGHT-E RTR
High tech RTR track racer! 1/8-SCALE ELECTRIC 4WD BUGGY Words: Greg Vogel Photos: Walter Sidas For those of you who follow the magazine, you may have seen the Team Losi Racing 8IGHT-E 3.0 review I wrote in the June 2014 issue. …
Read More »“That Track Sucks”
Off-road racing is a lot of fun and also poses a large variety of challenges for the driver. When you travel from track to track, you’ll encounter different track sizes, varying jumps and variations in surfaces.
Read More »Helion RC Intrusion XLR 1/10 2wd Electric RTR Monster Truck
The first segment of RC that comes to my mind when someone refers to a “backyard basher” is the 2WD electric monster truck class. This type of truck is perfect for the backyard. It has the right ground clearance, the …
Read More »Review: ARRMA KRATON
Truggies have slowly transformed into the go-to machine for enthusiasts to bash because of their performance handling and powerful nature. Monster trucks still hold a place for many drivers too, who prefer their massive size and aggressive nature.
Read More »Serpent Spyder SRX-2 RTR
2WD buggies are and always have been the vehicle of choice in RTR trim. While Serpent hasn’t always been synonymous with either the term 2WD buggy or RTR, they recently started offering up a selection of both. After designing the winning platform of 1/8-scale Cobra vehicles, Serpent designer Billy Easton turned his attention to their smaller 2WD counterparts.
Read More »Outerwears Electric Motor Pre-Filter
There are some people who expect their RC car to go anywhere and do anything and today’s RC cars put up with a lot of that style of abuse. But that abuse can take its toll on equipment and those …
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