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Traxxas RC Funny Car

Today Traxxas announced their 1/8 scale RC Funny Car, a logical move after sponsoring the sport. The Funny Car  is their second 1/8 scale RC release and it looks like Traxxas is going to be keeping it on the asphalt for awhile with another car that you’re not going to be wanting to take off [...]

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Waterproof RC Cars

There’s now a long list of waterproof RC Cars on the market. Traxxas was the leader in waterproof electronics and their high sales must have convinced the rest of RC manufactueres that the move is well worth it. Here’s a list of Waterproof RC Cars Available: ARRMA Vortex Stadium Truck ARRMA Mojave Desert Truck ARRMA ADX-10 Race [...]

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Waterproofing RC?

This looks to be the best way I’ve seen of waterproofing RC Cars or Truck. It’s done using Outerwear kit 20-2644.

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Coolest Remote Control Car

It’s logical that the coolest remote control car would be one of the newest remote controlled cars. So it makes sense that my vote would go for the Traxxas XO-1, the first RC car out of the box to go over 100 MPH. It’s not just the speed and the looks that make this RC [...]

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Why is Hobby Grade RC the Best?

When you are looking to buy an RC car or Truck for you or as a gift it’s best to skip over the selection at your local Walmart, Target or Radio Shack and head onto your local hobby shop here’s why: The two trucks above are the same scale. One will cost you around $50 [...]

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iPad controlled Spy Tank

Today Brookstone released it’s Spy Tank that you can control with iOS devices. It’s a lot like the Parrot Drone only it can’t fly. On the upside you’ll probably have to replace less parts, and you won’t have to worry about the system glitching on a tank to the point where it flies away and [...]

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Traxxas Summit Pulling a Wagon

Last Year we hooked the emaxx up to our wagon We gave the summit a try at pulling the wagon and here’s a snippet of how it went.

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Pairing the Traxxas link

The 2.4 ghz Traxxas radio systems are easy to pair, you just need to have some directions. So here they are: Press and hold the transmitter’s SET button as you turn it on. Press and hold the receiver’s LINK button as you power up your model, then wait for the transmitter’s and receiver’s status LEDs [...]

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Watts Up Meter

I just got the watts up meter the other day and it’s a very helpful tool. For RC it an electric gas tank of sorts, keeping you aware of the lowest your battery voltage has gotten and how many amp and watt hours you’ve used. The watts up meter is fairly large so you probably [...]

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Green RC

It’s really not hard to go green with your rc cars and trucks and it’s not much more of an expense. Plus you know you can charge wherever you are at. Chances are that you have a 12 volt charger, rather than pouring $60 on a 12 volt power supply, think about buying a 12 [...]

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