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1/18 scale studded tires

March 7, 2022 by justin 2 Comments

Rather than making a snow track in the back yard this year, I decided to venture out and try some ice racing on a lake. There’s a group called MN R/C rally, rallycross and ice racers on Facebook and they create and maintain an ice track on Pickerel Lake in St. Paul.

Before we would visit the lake I wanted to make some studded tires for my daughter’s 1/18 LaTrax Prerunner.

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Filed Under: Cars, Electric Off-Road Tagged With: kids, LaTrax, Slash, snow, 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

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

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