Velocity RC Cars Magazine – VRC_025 Spring Break is over, and we’re just about out of school. Even adults look at life this way, but here we look at it’s officially outdoor season for RC. The cold ends of the earth ar...
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...
Short Course trucks are king of the hobby right now, with their popularity continuing to grow unabated. The large tarp-style body of an SC has a well-known problem of parachuting over larger jumps, with many people Swiss-cheesi...
Today was a good day. Not a need for an AK, but there was a need to grab some throttle and do some testing on Losi’s sick new 1/5-scale the 5IVE-T. I met up at Revelations Raceway where the track was setup like an Excite ...
I’ll admit that I’m terrible at cutting out bodies. Back in the day of touring cars I’d be better off throwing the body in a ninja sharp fan than me having to take scissors to it. While building my Tamiya Rall...
TIRES ARE THE MOST IMPORTANT PART OF YOUR CAR, but even a perfect set of tires will do you no good if they can’t stay firmly planted on the ground. That’s where your shocks come into play; they fulfill many roles, including...
RC is a mixed bag. It can be a solo sport, or a social sport. While testing the Duratrax Evader Brushless, I decided to take a run at night. I needed a stress relief and a mindless 20 minutes of ripping smile-inducing wheelies ...
Manufacturer! What were you thinking? Released at RCX, this new complete transmission replacement for the Traxxas Stampede and Slash brings us back to the days when you needed an MIP transmission for your RC10. The transmission...