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Electric

Trinity Kill Shot 17.5 – Did they buy new calipers?

Is the lawsuit against ROAR over with? Is Trinity finally admitting that their last 17.5 had wire that was larger than ROAR allowed? Who knows what’s going on at the Trinity offices, but they’ve released a new 17.5 spec bru...
by Jeff Eveleigh
 
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News

Carpet Racers Documentary Airs On The Documentary Channel

A few years back a documentary called “Carpet Racers” made the circuit in the RC World. If you haven’t seen it yet, and get The Documentary Channel (Dish and Directv have it) you can set your DVR to record on ...
by Derek Buono
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Electric

The Snowbirds are Live

The 18th annual Snowbird Nationals have kicked off in sunny Orlando Florida. If carpets your thing…you’re probably already there. If not, now you know. You can get more details and watch it live at: www.snowbirdnati...
by Derek Buono
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Off-Road

Three Handed Slipper Setting

A common way of checking your off road slipper setting is to hold both rear tires while punching the throttle on your radio to see how far the nose of your car pops up. Unless you have a third arm, this can prove difficult. A b...
by Jeff Eveleigh
 
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Racing

West Coast Large Scale Nationals at Glen Helen!

Like’em real big and juicy? The 1/5 scale race scene has been growing every year and the 2012 West Coast Large Scale Nationals (We’ll ignore the oxymoron of being West Coast and National) is set to go down on Novemb...
by Derek Buono
 
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News

Why Fresh Oil?

Because fresh shock oil makes better shocks! Over time, contaminates can murky up your shock juice causing inconsistent damping which means poorer shock performance. Some hardcore racers change their oil after every run or two;...
by Jeff Eveleigh
 
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