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SC Rally Proof-of-Concept

March 25, 2019 by justin 1 Comment

Rally cars are amazing. If you boil it down, they’re basically suped up cars you would see on the road. And they can jump!

There’s a small but loyal group of rally R/C enthusiasts that have seen a number of RC rally cars come and go over the years. For me it began with the HPI RS4 Rally, originally released in 1998. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Cars, Electric Off-Road, Electric On-Road Tagged With: jump, Pro-Line, rally, SCT, short course truck, Slash, Slash 4x4, Traxxas

Off-Road RC Snow Track

February 25, 2019 by justin 1 Comment

Not everyone has the time, money, or permission to build an insane RC track in their backyard.

Mostly because of wives, home owners associations, neighbors, etc. 🙂 But up here in America’s snow boot, anyone can build a temporary off-road track out of snow instead of dirt.

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Filed Under: Cars, Electric Off-Road Tagged With: jump, kids, LaTrax, SCT, short course truck, Slash, snow, track, Traxxas

LaTrax Prerunner Drift

February 11, 2019 by justin 1 Comment

In the winter it can be hard to get out and play all of the time. We built some chained tires to tackle the snow. Unfortunately, January 2019 has been more ice than snow, and the polar vortex kept us inside for over a week. But we can still have fun driving RC inside. So how do we get these high speed vehicles from wrecking everything in the house? Training mode & drift tires!

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Filed Under: Cars, Electric Off-Road, Electric On-Road Tagged With: drift, kids, LaTrax, SCT, short course truck, training, Traxxas

Slash 2wd Rally / On-Road Bumper

January 14, 2019 by justin 19 Comments

Installing a Rustler bumper upside-down on a 2wd Slash is a popular option for creating an on-road or rally style bumper cheaply and easily. Many people that have customized their Slashes for drag racing, rallying, or top-speed runs are already doing this. I got the idea from the Traxxas Slash Modified group on facebook – one of the most helpful (and positive) resources out there. I wanted to document the steps and parts I used to do create mine for a rally car conversion.

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Filed Under: Cars, Electric Off-Road, Electric On-Road Tagged With: rally, SCT, short course truck, Slash, Traxxas

Snow Slash 2wd

December 17, 2018 by justin 3 Comments

Like RC Adventures (RC Sparks) I live in a cold weather area – the grey, blustery north that is Minnesnowta. This winter, rather than only driving at indoor tracks, I wanted to conquer the elements with a usable setup for bashing outside with our 2wd Slashes. My son Jules’ Slash is already set up with a set of 2.8″ Pro-Line Trencher tires ala AMain’s Monster Slash setup. To give us the ability to mix-and-match, I followed DJ Medic’s lead by purchasing some 2.8″ Pro-Line Masher tires:

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Filed Under: Cars, Electric Off-Road Tagged With: Pro-Line, SCT, short course truck, Slash, snow, Traxxas

White Lettering on RC Tires

November 19, 2018 by justin 1 Comment

Here’s a quick tip on lettering even the smallest tire sidewalls. I essentially used the technique in this video, but with some extra techniques to work on a 1/10 scale on-road tire:


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Filed Under: Cars, Electric Off-Road, Electric On-Road Tagged With: USVTA

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