PROJECT VAULT

Scale Trail Toy for the Axial West Coast Challenge 2011 Back in 2011, I was invited to attend Axial West Coast Challenge (AWCC) in Cisco Grove, California. I was there to both cover the event …

MTV = Multi-Terrain Vehicle We do lots of projects all the time, and some take quite a while to ‘put together’. Your initial idea ends up being nothing like you thought, requiring even more time …

Kraken-cool Baja conversion!

A couple years ago I did a $500 budget build with an entry-level touring car and received a lot of good feedback. I was told that this allowed quite a few people to enter the …

Whenever a new vehicle hits the shelves (especially a Ready-To-Run), I always have this thought in the back of my mind that asks whether this vehicle could be a potential racer. I’m quite competitive and …

The Traxxas Slash 4×4 brought the fun of short course racing and the ease and power delivery of 4WD together in one package. While the first 4×4’s came with semi-powerful brushed motors and ESCs, people …

When I first heard I was attending the Axial West Coast Crawling Championships, I was both excited and a little intimidated. Excited because this would be my first crawling event and I’ve always wanted to …

In RC Short Course Driver Volume Two, I had the opportunity to compare a stock Traxxas Slash against a fully-modified, race-prepped Slash. As you would expect, while the stock Slash put down some pretty good …

Short Course for the Road Course There are some definite advantages to living in Southern California; one of the biggies being the weather. Because it rarely ever changes from 70 degrees and sunny, there are …

Big Car, Big Power, BIG fun! A new and interesting class has popped up in my neck of the woods … 1:8th Scale Onroad GT (or GT8). This class is basically 1:8th scale offroad buggies …