Rain, rain, lets go out and play!   Kids love to play in mud, but mud can be an RC racer’s worst nightmare. Mud and water can mean instant death for electronics such as receivers, servos and batteries. Also, there’s …

There has been a noticeable resurgence in the vintage segment of our hobby and it is not showing any signs of slowing down. The bold distinct looks of these old school rides give them an unquestionable cool factor which is intriguing to hobbyists of all ages. This is especially true for those of use that are recapturing moments from our youth by once again owning the same vehicle that we started out with or even the dream vehicle we just could not afford at that time.

I've watched short course trucks evolve from an entry level, semi-scale, basher class to a full-on race class packed with serious competition. As the class evolved, we saw the bodies evolve from scale representations of full size models, to slick, aerodynamic bodies swiss cheesed with vent holes to prevent parachuting.

Tuning your car to track conditions can mean the difference between winning a race to even making the Top 10. It's an important aspect and there's a lot of information both in print and on the web on how to tune your car. Most of the information, however, pertains to offroad buggies, truck and touring cars. That's great, but what about the pan cars or, in the case of this article, F1 cars?

Hello tech fans! In the world of RC driving there are few things that are more important than the connection you and your RC vehicle have via your transmitter and receiver, properly called the radio system. The receiver is installed in the vehicle and you hold the transmitter. These devices working in unison are a radio system.

Kyosho 2015 Dodge Challenger Srt Hellcat Fazer Vei Hop Up: Our picks for performance, durability, and/or appearance upgrades. Here are our accessory and hop-up picks for today’s popular vehicles that can boost performance, durability and/or appearance and leave you with a sweet custom ride.

Tamiya Grand Hauler Hop Up: Our picks for performance, durability, and/or appearance upgrades. Here are our accessory and hop-up picks for today’s popular vehicles that can boost performance, durability and/or appearance and leave you with a sweet custom ride.

You like the water? This month, the tech talks will take us into one the most loved areas of RC, waterproof RC! These days, it's not at all uncommon to find videos on the internet of RC cars being driven completely into, over, across, and through water, mud and all sorts of muck.

Traxxas E-Revo Hop Up: Our picks for performance, durability, and/or appearance upgrades Here are our accessory and hop-up picks for today’s popular vehicles that can boost performance, durability and/or appearance and leave you with a sweet custom ride.

To be honest, when I first started this column I felt I had to show off a little. Get people excited about my paint jobs and painting. Over time I came to realize that my goal was to actually teach and I started to mix things up with paint jobs that I felt would be less discouraging to beginners.

Tamiya Heavy Dump Truck – Gf01 Hop Up: Our picks for performance, durability, and/or appearance upgrades Here are our accessory and hop-up picks for today’s popular vehicles that can boost performance, durability and/or appearance and leave you with a sweet custom ride.

At RC Driver we get to drive a lot of cool vehicles for testing, but there have been times recently where we’ve been jealous of the editors over in our sister magazine’s offices on what they are testing. Lately they’ve been raving over some FPV racing drones coming into the office. We see them testing out new goggles at their desks and flying the racing drones in our parking lot. That of course got our minds working on how we could use FPV in RC cars.

Our picks for performance, durability and/or appearance upgrades for the Vaterra Twin Hammers Dt 1.9 Here are our accessory and hop-up picks for today’s popular vehicles that can boost performance, durability and/or appearance and leave you with a sweet custom ride.

Our picks for performance, durability and/or appearance upgrades Here are our accessory and hop-up picks for today’s popular vehicles that can boost performance, durability and/or appearance and leave you with a sweet custom ride.

Custom projects are so much fun because you get to create something that no one else has. Whether you're working on a custom chassis, a one-off body or other fabricated job, you are truly the creator of your project. Since you're not working with an off-theshelf project, you're going to need the right tools to save you time and headaches down the road. These are some of the top tools we recommend for anyone who is going to be working on custom projects.