Tag Archives: offroad

If you’ve ever owned an HPI Baja 5B/T/SC, you’ll know that doing any maintenance work on the rear of the car can be a bear. Something as simple as replacing the clutch shoes can take …

Back in 1982 Tamiya released the Super Champ; a super cool 2WD buggy that was almost completely made from fiberglass and aluminum. My dad had one and after building it, took it outside for it’s …

Short Course trucks have been around awhile now and, as everyone has fine-tuned their versions, they all look pretty similar in design. Team C, however, is looking at things a little differently. Instead of designing …

Scale trucks (aka trail trucks) have risen in popularity in the past year. The idea was to combine your basic crawler with something that resembles a real, 1:1 vehicle. One of the leaders in scale …

On a daily basis, UPS boxes arrive at the RC Driver offices filled with the latest and greatest race-bred machines from around the globe. On that same daily basis, it’s not uncommon for the editors …

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 …

Question: Hi Doc- I have a question on Monster Trucks. I am trying to decide between the Team Associated Rival and the Thunder Tiger MT4-G3. I like speed and don’t crash a lot as I …

My first race-level vehicle was Team Associated’s RC10T back in 1991. I remember it well … hard ‘step-pin’ tires, hot 12×2 brushed motors and 7-cell NiCd battery packs. The trucks were a blast to drive …

Racers Edge has been ramping up production with their 2WD RTR vehicles for the past year and they have now stepped into the 4WD ring with their Enduro RTR. Holding no punches, the Enduro is …

It was only a matter of time before HPI updated their WR8 Flux with the new and improved Ken Block Rallycross livery. Covered in the now famous blue-and-black Global Rallycross colors, the WR8 Flux is …