Every Friday morning the office staff gets together for a company meeting. The RC Driver staff actually loves these meetings because there are often yummy treats involved. But over the last few weeks, we’ve noticed a trend that is …

Congratulations, you made it to part three of our Ugly Truck project build and we’re now building the business end of the truck, the transmission and suspension. Once again we’ll be bolting on a miss-mash of parts we found in …

Greg left his cell phone on his desk when he went into a meeting and when he came back, found that Tony had upgraded it with a stick-on foam bumper. There is now a short course truck in the office …

The Build – Part 6 Time to build the center shock. We’ll also be attaching the upper deck in this step as well. Build Notes: Since we’ll be building the center shock at this time, have a few clean rags …

One of the more satisfying RC tasks that we can tackle is painting the Lexan body that comes with a kit or a new body for your existing kit. There seem to be as many schools of thought on the …

The Build – Part 5 This step is a short one and involves assembling the rear suspension; basically the rear damper, side springs and center shock mount. Build Notes: The side springs are a little bit delicate, so take care …

APRIL FOOLS! It was a fun time for the editors as we sat in the office with our popcorn and sodas watching everyone’s reaction. Could something like this be released from Traxxas? Sure, but not now…as far as we know. …

Last week we announced the start of Project Ugly Truck (UT), the truck being built from a box of extra Traxxas components we’ve gathered over the years. We unearthed a lot of cool parts from the bin, but they don’t …

  RC Driver magazine has been around for over ten years and during those years we’ve built a ton of project vehicles. When projects are created, stock parts are pushed aside, but they are not thrown away or even forgotten. …

A few years ago (more like 7 or 8), a local club decided to have a Tamiya Wild Willy’s race. You could use any electronics as long as the motor was stock (pre-brushless days) and could change out the shocks …

We think this photo speaks for itself…

The Build – Part 4 If Part 4 of the LM-1 build, we assemble and attach the front end. It’s a simple, double a-arm setup that features a pillow-ball upper arm for quick and easy camber adjustments. Build Notes: Threadlock …

The Build – Part 8 Part 8 is a short step; we’re basically bolting on the miscellaneous chassis bits prior to final assembly. Pretty easy. Build Notes: None. Start off by sliding the body posts down into the front body …

The Build – Part 3 The LM-1 uses a unique dual-bellcrank steering system, a setup found mostly in offroad and touring cars. This setup makes the steering feel (and react) a bit differently than a direct-setup and I’m actually loving …

The Build – Part 2 The next step of our Speed Passion LM-1 LeMans build is the assembly of the rear axle. We’ll also be assembling the differential as well. Build Notes: While not the norm, we do have to …