This week in RC Every week, or what Derek thinks is a week, we collect a few of the highlights from around the industry. New kits, new people, and even people getting laid off (we feel you, our entire staff was laid off from ou...
We touch/feel RC cars all day, but yet we still want more! Here’s our list for Santa. What do you want for Christmas? Your first kit? How about an RTR? We even think if you want to dabble in drone racing it’s okay. ...
Hobby Fragmentation The other day I was talking to a manufacturer who I hadn’t spoken with in a long time. It was a quick “Hey, what’s up?” call to reintroduce him to what we call “a magazine.” His reply to my askin...
RCX changed the way we look at “trade shows” and now the premiere event in RC is heading to Long Beach, CA on April 28-29, 2012. Velocity RC Magazine will be there to cover all the new products, show off our new mag...
We placed all of our LiPo batteries onto a high-wire and they kept falling off! Man, they really could use some balance! Get it? No? Too soon? Ok, well, Duratrax hasn’t only solved our balancing issue with their newest On...
One of the more baffling trends is something that never took off. With 1/8-scale electric, and nitro, topping the “cool and trendy” bits of the hobby and Short Course being hugely popular the obvious mixed-breed of ...
No it’s not just a tank, it’s an RC8T fuel tank, and it’s not going near an RC8T. We got our new SC10GT ready for review in Issue #3 and this tank is made to drop in. Who needs a stingy 75CC fuel tank and shor...
There are two main distributors in the USA that keep your hobby shop stocked, and generally control the industry as most of the products sold in the US go through either one. Over the years they’ve changed a bit. They went fr...