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This week in RC – Derek Edition

This Week In RC We’re all lazy, so instead of you searching the internet about what’s hot in RC, I’m going to capture the week in RC. So less words is good. Let’s go. Industry Check Lawsuits are nothing ...

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;...

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...

VRC_012 Wants Your Eyes to Read it!

VRC_012 is over 150 pages of pure RC you’ll fall in love with! Relive younger memories with our Retro Cell article, catch up on the latest chassis’ with 30 pages of reviews, paint a sick body with chalk, learn suspe...

Photo Shoot Day – It’s work!

Today was one of our first official photo shoot days for the first issue of the VRC Magazine. I’ve been in this industry for over 13 years, and in the hobby for about 25. Shooting RC cars is one of the hardest things in t...

F1 is like Boobies?

I am a huge fan of Formula 1. Why the RC class has had trouble launching into superstar status is baffling really. They are scale, fast, and pretty cheap to run. Recently, Jeff asked me to take some shots for an article that re...

Tamiya Scissorhands

Tamiya bodies are beautiful! It seems that everything their mold maker touches turns into miniature art. Their bodies are far superior to anything within the industry when it comes to detail. But, sometimes this attention to de...

Jack Of All Trades…..

Master of…. some?? At least that’s what I was thinking when I started finishing walls off to make a mini video set out of my workshop. We’ve been working hard at VRC Mag preparing for the release of our first ...