Hi and welcome to the Radio Control Show. I'm Hope McCall.
This past weekend, the toughest competitors in off-road racing were at the Texas Motor Speedway. This was the series opener of the Traxxas Off-Road Championship Series, otherwise known as TORC. TORC is the short-course racing series and features the nations top tracks and RCs fastest drivers. Watch how Mike and Mark Jenkins from the Traxxas racing team and the competition tear their way through the course!
Broadcasts of the eight-round TORC series will be on national television beginning in June. To see if TORC is headed to a raceway near you and for more footage, head to rc car action dot com.
The Model Airplane News editors are really having fun with the new Piper PA-12, a 1/8-scale ARF from Pilot-1. Its constructed of laser-cut balsa and plywood and is covered in a really eye-catching Oracover finish. This is a perfect beginner plane and it comes out of the box about 90-perent ready to go. The Piper PA-12 can be a great summertime choice to put in your car fully assembled and head to the field!
For more video footage and photos, go to model airplane news dot com and dont forget to read the full-length review in our July issue, now on newsstands.
Diggers Dungeon, home of the famous Grave Digger monster truck, is taking place this weekend in Poplar Branch, North Carolina. RC Car Actions Kevin Hetmanski will be there to get exclusive on-site coverage. Not only is Kevin covering this event, but hes also there to compete in the No Limit RC World finals. Diggers Dungeon features side-by-side, bracket-style elimination racing, truck pulling, freestyle, long jump and large-scale racing. For more information on Diggers Dungeon, go to grave digger dot com. Stay tuned to rc car action dot com as Kevin will be positing photos and videos all weekend long.
If you love biplanes, then youve got to see the Ultimate AMR ARF from Precision Aerobatics. Its available in three different color schemes and you wont believe the 3D freestyle aerobatics the PA Ultimate can do! This model has lots of unique features, including an airframe that has Fiber Fusion reinforcement at all high-stress points and wings that are factory assembled before shipping. For more photos of this high-quality plane, go to model airplane news dot com.
A hot product the Car editors are excited about this week is the Havoc 3S Ballistic 8.5 Brushless System. Novak has created the ultimate high-speed system by pairing a high-caliber speed control with a mega-fast brushless motor. It can run on either two or three cell LiPos and is the perfect fit for 1/10 scale off- and on-road vehicles. The list of innovative features is way too long to talk about here, so be sure to read all about it on teamnovak.com
In a special Project Slayer versus Slayer feature, Matt Higgins and Brandon Wilcox duke it out over these short-course racers. Brandon believed that the Slayers 3.3 nitro engine should stay where it was Matt argued that electric was the way to go. To settle their differences over the same truck, they went head-to-head and made a project out of it. Look at this weeks special video pick and decide for yourself who came out on top.
For an in-depth look at Project Slayer versus Slayer, check out RC Car Actions special Desert & Off Road issue or head to the Members Only section at rc car action dot com slash m o. If you really want to get the total RC experience, you need to join Members Only. Youll enjoy exclusive how-to videos, reviews, 360 views, interactive articles, plus the worlds largest RC archives!
Model Airplane News was recently a proud team sponsor of the Texas A&M AeroDesign team for this years Society of Automotive Engineers Heavy-Lift Competition in Atlanta, Georgia. The challenge for this competition was to design an RC aircraft that can lift as much weight as possible and take off in 200 feet, land in 400 feet and have a combined wingspan, height and length that doesnt exceed 175 inches.
For more details on the Texas A&M AeroDesign team and photos from the competition, go to blogs dash model airplane news dot com.
Head on over to the brand new editors forums at radiocontrolzone.com and get personal with Radio Control Car Actions editors. This weeks big question is What other hobbies are you into? What are you waiting for? Go check it out and tell us if youre like Matt Higgins and love fishing we want to know!
Thanks for joining us this week on the Radio Control Show. Dont forget to head to your local newsstand for the July issues of Radio Control Car Action and Model Airplane News. Im Hope McCall and well see you next week.
Remember, you can get your hands on most of the cool products you see on rc car action dot com and model airplane news dot com the same way we do by visiting your local Hobbytown USA!
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O man i cant w8 to see some coverage out of Diggers Dungeon! So cool that Dennis Anderson is into RC and puts on an event like that.
RommZilla 2 years ago 6
Good coverage Hope. Now they need to let you demo some of these products you cover.
davidfx16gts 2 years ago 6