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
 

 
 

Build a Kit – Tamiya TA06

Very few people build kits anymore, which is a shame because it is so fun! And, you get the opportunity to learn the ins-and-outs of your specific chassis. Tamiya shot over a TA-06 kit rocking a Mercedes-Benz GT3 body and we...
by Jeff Eveleigh
 

 
 

Hand Full of AKA EVO Truggy Tires

Truck rule! And they will rule more once you ditch the old school rims and tires for a set of lighter AKA EVO Truggy tires. These race tires feature a bead more like 1/8-scale so the rim and tire are lighter! This is just bette...
by Derek Buono
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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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Hitec X4 AC Plus 4 Port AC/DC Multi-Charger

What could be better than the ultimate LiPo charger? How about four ultimate LiPo chargers. Well, that’s what just showed up at the office in the form of an X4 AC Plus from Hitec. Expect a full review in issue #1 of VRC M...
by Derek Buono
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Duratrax Evader Brushless

You can try to “evade” this new awesome brushless wonder all you want, but it’ll be tearing up the dirt in our premier Velocity RC Magazine issue by the end of February! It’s in the office now so there i...
by Derek Buono
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