We’re kicking off 2012 with a bang. This is our new Reader’s Rides contest. We want to see your R/C’s! There’s a catch though. We need to see your ride showing some love for Soup. Campbell’s Chunky, Generic Tomato, Cream of Mushroom, even Spaghettios, whatever! Snap a pic of your ride with some soup, and […]
Archive for 2011
Traxxas Slash 2wd LCG Chassis Shootout
December 30th, 2011 
Matt The 2wd Traxxas Slash. TQ and A Main winner. Nope, I’m not off my meds. It is a legitimate possibility. Over the past few months, we’ve noticed how popular our 2WD Short Course Shootout was. We’ve been contemplating on how to give Traxxas some redemption. The Slash is, after all, the one that started the […]
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Tags: Chuckworks RC, LCG, LCG Chassis, LCG Conversion, Slash, STRC, Traxxas, WMD 
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Trinity Speedgems Brushed Motors
December 23rd, 2011 Matt Years ago, the Trinity Speedgem motor made a name for itself by having plenty of performance, but at a less expensive price than hand wound motors. With brushless all the rage, Trinity has brought back the Speedgem line for those of you diehards that would rather stick with a brushed motor. The names are the […]
New Releases from Team Associated – Slick Mist and an iPhone app
December 23rd, 2011 Matt SC10 Slick Mist Body Team Associated has released a replica body of Robby Woods’ Lucas Oil Off Road Racing Series truck. This is a fully painted and detailed stock SC10 shell. You can grab this body for your SC10, SC10RS, or SC10 4×4 today. However, if you prefer to paint your own bodies, or you […]
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PROTOform celebrating 20 years of Race Body Development
December 22nd, 2011 Kevin PROTOform is celebrating 20 years of Race Body Development and we wanted to share the good news with you. Here is a write up from Master Mold Maker Dale Epp. It was early in 1991 that a casual phone conversation with (then stranger) Mike Ogle, the art director at RC Car Model magazine sent my […]
JConcepts releases the Pressure Points
December 22nd, 2011 Matt When Ryan Maifield won the 4wd SCT class at the Reedy Truck Race of Champions, he was using a prototype tire from JConcepts. When he ran at the Arizona State championships, again he used the same tire to take the win. More recently, he won Pro 2 Mod in the 2011 JConcepts Clash. Finally, JConcepts […]
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Cow RC Flat Mats Review
December 21st, 2011 Matt When we first started using the Cow RC Screw Catcher Work Mats, we couldn’t get enough. They are perfect for building a kit, or working on your RC. In the past, when you would drop a screw on the table, it would bounce onto the floor. Good luck finding it. With the Screw Catcher Mat […]
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ECX Smash 1/18 Monster Truck Review
December 20th, 2011 Kevin Alright boys and girls. This is the ECX Smash. It’s ECX’s (formerly known as Electrix) newest model. It’s a 1/18 mini monster truck. The Smash is completely ready to run, with everything included in the box (even AA’s) for the insanely low price of around $80. ECX is owned by Horizon Hobby (same with Team […]
Project Overkill: RJ Speed Digger
December 19th, 2011 Kevin Recently I acquired a gently used Castle Creations CM36 9,000KV motor. This is the fastest 1/10 motor Castle makes. I looked at their site regarding this motor (they have a specific page for it HERE). From there you will find your way to an advisory page where it states to NEVER use this in a […]
Another Deal on the Losi Mini Sprint at RC planet
December 17th, 2011 Matt Two days ago we told you about RC Planet’s deal on Losi Mini Sprint RTR’s on sale at a killer price. We started investigating, and the Mini Sprint is either sold out or back ordered pretty much everywhere we looked. This caused us to do some investigative journalism, with which we found out that Horizon […]
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