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Slow-Mo Rock Crawling [Video Of The Week]
How best to immortalize an afternoon of rock crawling with your buddies? Get it on video by filming it from as low as possible, slow it down, and set it to the background music of a rad dubstep remix...
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How To: Apply Decals Like A Pro [VIDEO]
Applying decals is a finishing-touch that has nothing to do with function, but is still extremely important. Unlike many RC tasks, decal work is a “one and done” process which cannot be reversed, so it...
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Tech Know-How: Motor Timing Explained
If you have a sensored brushless power system, you’ve probably noticed timing marks on the end of the motor’s can. They indicate a range of stator/sensor timing that adjusts how the motor’s RPM builds...
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Custom Works Outlaw 3 by Joseph Torrez [ Reader's Ride]
Joseph Torrez of Weatherford, Texas sent us these pics of his Custom Works Outlaw 3 Sprint car. It’s a serious 1/10 competition machine, built and tuned for loose dirt racing at his home track: Wild...
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Axial SCX10-based CJ Willys Crawler by Warren Fisher [Readers Ride]
Warren Fisher documents this impressive Jeep project on the Scale Builders Guide forum, giving us all a great look into what went into this amazing build. Starting with an Axial SCX10 1.9, he added a...
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Pro-File: IFMAR 1/8 Scale Off-Road World Champ Ty Tessmann
Canada’s Ty Tessmann is one of RC’s most consummate professionals, as well as one of its youngest. At just 21 years old, Ty has ten years of competition under his belt, experience that has made him the...
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Tamiya Clod Buster CAD Custom by Danielle Colen [Reader's Ride]
You’ve got to respect a woman who CAD-designs her own custom monster truck chassis! That’s just what Danielle Colen did with her custom Clod Buster. She loosely based the chassis design after Tom...
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Custom SWB Vaterra Twin Hammers by Ronald Martin [Reader's Ride]
Ronald Martin’s bug-bodied Twin Hammers is a perfect reminder of how modest beginnings can lead to great results. He tells us that this project all started with a donated spare parts chassis he...
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Axial SCX10 G6 by Kyle St. Peter [READER'S RIDE]
Kyle St. Peter started off by telling us that he had never submitted any of his projects to RC Car Action before. After seeing the pics of this Axial SCX10 G6—Kyle, what were you waiting for?!? Kyle...
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Tamiya Mitsubishi Pajero by Dave Hall [READER'S RIDE]
Australia has some gorgeous scenery—in any scale—as can be seen by the shots sent in by Dave Hall of his ultra-realistic Tamiya Mitsubishi Pajero. Running on the CC01 chassis, Dave’s Pajero sports an...
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Chevy 3500 Dually Toy Conversion by Karl Sandvik [Reader's Ride]
About the only thing that gives away the scale of Karl Sandvik’s Chevy 3500 Dually work truck is the size of the hex heads on the custom steel frame rails! We’re suckers for a truck that nearly suckers...
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Custom Axial Wraith Crawler by Ken Takemoto [READER'S RIDE]
Ken Takemoto from Dover Delaware sent us this serious looking Axial Wraith-based crawler with Jeep-inspired body panels hand-fabricated out of .025 aluminum sheet. The aluminum axles front and rear,...
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Axial SCX10 Salvage Truck by Micheal Matthews [READERS RIDE]
Micheal gets big points for originality with his Axial SCX10-based salvage truck. He only shared a few details — the outstanding photos do most of the talking for him. He chose an Axial 55T motor for...
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Axial SCX10 Custom Honcho by Adam Hoover [READERS RIDE]
Adam’s truck has a certain gritty, home-brewed scale look to it that really appeals to us. It looks like the kind of real truck we would build in our garage at home. He custom-welded the eco-cage and...
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Axial Snow Wraith by Aaron Bailey [READER'S RIDE]
Now that we’re well into the winter months and much of the country has just received its first major snow storm, Aaron Bailey’s Snow Wraith seems a particularly appropriate machine to feature this...
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Axial Racing Exo Terra Trophy Truck by Richard Derry [READER'S RIDE]
Richard Derry liked the nimble speed and scale character of the Axial Racing Exo Terra buggy, but he wanted something more unique so he converted his into a lookalike Trophy Truck inspired by the...
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Tamiya Jimny Crawler by Daniel Siegl [READER'S RIDE]
Daniel Siegl likes a challenge. When Daniel realized that his trip to the US from his native Austria would perfectly coincide with the 5th Annual Recon G6 Birthday Bash, held at Moon Rocks in Reno,...
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Custom Chevy S10 Crawler by Travis Johnson [READER'S RIDE]
Travis tells us his priorities were “low and stable” for his custom project, so he began with a set of Brazin Scale RC high/low chassis rails. He then hung a Brazin custom-fabricated tube truggy back...
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Kyosho Ultima Time-Capsule by Michael Neblett [READER’S RIDE]
When Michael Neblett wrote in with pics of his original Kyosho Ultima circa 1988, he said he was moved to submit it before Kyosho went and re-released it. He also stressed that while all-original, his...
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3D-printed Audi Le Mans racer [READER’S RIDE]
In honor of this past weekend’s 24 Hours of Le Mans race, we decided to make Brett Turnage’s 2014 Audi R18 “Black Beauty” this week’s Reader’s Ride. Brett 3D-printed both the chassis and the body using...
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