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3 Must-See Pro-Line Traxxas Slash Builds That Anyone Can Do!

SPONSORED ARTICLE We love taking the time to upgrade our RC rides. There is a thrill in taking a stock vehicle and then improving it to either make it perform better, last longer or just to change its appearance. Having …

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The Tamiya Tools you didn’t know you needed

SPONSORED ARTICLE Having the right tool for the job makes all the difference and it is even the case in the RC world. Yes, you can haphazardly create some makeshift tool or use another tool that is not designed for …

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Pro-Line puts the race into the Traxxas Bandit

SPONSORED ARTICLE Traxxas is well known for making exceptional ready-to-run (RTR) vehicles that are built to be incredibly robust and have proven to be very reliable, especially the ones intended for off-road duty. The Traxxas Bandit is just one of …

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Top 5 hop-ups for Tamiya RTRs

SPONSORED ARTICLE Tamiya has a large selection of ready-to-run (RTR) vehicles that cover the gamut of RC types. There are on-road vehicles like Formula 1 cars, touring cars, drift cars and production cars and for off-road there are 2WD/4WD buggies, …

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Personalize Your Crawler With Pro-Line

  Not all that long ago there was a time when there weren’t any rock crawling kits or RTRs (ready-to-runs) available to purchase. Hobbyist would take an RC vehicle, highly modify it by trying different parts and setups so that …

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Transforming the Traxxas X-Maxx with Pro-Line

SPONSORED ARTICLE It is the aftermarket parts companies like Pro-Line that continually feed cool and innovative products into our hobby which allows us to transform our stock ready-to-run vehicles into awesome, one-of-a-kind custom rides. Modifying and upgrading an RC vehicle …

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Tamiya Rally Cars – Tarmac, dirt and gravel racing…all with one car

SPONSORED ARTICLE Rally racing is quite the spectacle to watch as drivers with co-drivers navigate all types of roads through timed stages at insane speeds with specially modified production or purpose built cars. The type of cars that we all …

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Instant Gratification – Tamiya’s Numerous Ready-To-Run Options

SPONSORED ARTICLE When buying an RC car or truck, you have two basic options. Either getting a kit where you need to do the assembly or get a ready-to-run (RTR) where the car comes out of the box fully assembled. …

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Traxxas Slash 4X4 Ultimate Gets Tweaked

The Traxxas Slash 4X4 Ultimate is one of the most recognised short course trucks among RC enthusiasts. This performance build machine comes with a low-CG chassis and upgraded high-performance aluminum parts as standard. The new Ultimate features a high-speed metal …

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Force RC Hammerjaw Rock Bouncer

Force RC Hammerjaw

New from the team at Horizon Hobby, the Force RC® 1/10-Scale Hammerjaw™ Rock Bouncer is a Ready-to-Run buggy equipped to claw over anything and detailed to look like the real thing. The body, wheels, and tires are host to a …

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3 Upgrade Ideas Thursday – HPI Vorza Flux HP

The HPI Vorza holds a special place for me in the RC world. It was the first time I really “got it” and experienced the raw power and joy of 1/8th scale electric vehicles. What is even more impressive is …

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Traxxas Slash VXL with OBA and TSM

Traxxas Slash VXL

In 2007 I was the lucky guy who got the review the first release of the Traxxas Slash. Way back then it came standard with a 27 MHz radio, brushed 550 sized motor and a battery pack was not included. Boy, have times changed! The newest version of the Slash that was just released comes loaded with goodies that put it several steps ahead of any of its predecessors.

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Unboxing – ARRMA Granite Voltage Ready To Run MT

As I walked through a few big box stores over the weekend, I saw a number of toy RC cars that looked pretty interesting. Some were near 1/10 in size, some powered with a respectable battery rather than snapping in …

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Get Into 3D Printing For RC – Vaterra Scale Build Part 1

3D Printing For RC

For many years I have been reading about the wonders of 3D printing and have been salivating at the thought of what this new hobby can do when paired with RC. The printers themselves and supporting material used to have …

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3 Upgrade Ideas Thursday – ECX Circuit Brushed 2WD Stadium Truck

ECX Circuit

ECX is a company that keeps pushing out quality products generally geared for the more beginner hobbyists. The ECX Circuit is no exception, its a tough as nails product that is a blast and comes with everything needed to run …

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