Viper Alarm – Please Stand Back

Remember when Viper made car alarms that talked? Yeah, when people maybe thought that your car talking was scary and wouldn’t steal your Alpine. The Viper RC speed control doesn’t talk to you, but it will power any ...
by Derek Buono
 

 
 

Powered By Traxxas

We’re waiting for a giant box from Traxxas that will allow us to go 100mph to arrive on our doorstep. We got tricked by a small box that did show up, but inside we found a few Traxxas LIPO packs a charger and a balancer. ...
by Derek Buono
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Going Crawling, leave off the “K” with Tekin ROC 412

If you spell rock…ROC 412 you’re a crawler nerd. That is a good thing, because Tekin just released a new motor for those who want to keep it below 3mph, but climb walls. This new 12 pole motor is perfect to power yo...
by Derek Buono
 

 

 

Tamiya Avante Black – 1988 was awesome!

In 1988 many of you weren’t born. If you were, and you were racing RC cars when Tamiya released the Avante you were excited. Back then Yokomo and Schumacher 4WD kits dominated the race tracks, but Tamiya’s crazy new...
by Derek Buono
 

 
 

Hitec Servos

So I’m at the track the other day and my car is pushing really bad into the sweeper – then all of a sudden I realize that I don’t have a steering servo mounted in my car! Good thing Hitec just sent us a box of...
by Derek Buono
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Solder Me Up – LRP Soldering Station

Since LIPOs came to be the battery soldering hasn’t been such a big deal. No longer do you see 111 soldering irons heating up the local track and wasting electricity. But soldering is still a big part of electric racing a...
by Derek Buono