RC Car Action October 2022

Aside from the cool rides, what other factors do you enjoy about the radio control hobby? For me, it’s the fun, creativity, excitement, education and camaraderie between fellow enthusiasts that I like the most. Whether we’re bashing at the park, taking technical lines through tough crawler trails or competing at the racetrack, it’s all about having a great time. In this issue of RCCA, we take a look at not only a large selection of RC models, but we also examine one of the largest 1/10-scale RTRs that we’ve ever encountered before. Traxxas’ TRX-6 Ultimate RC Hauler is an over three-foot-long flatbed truck that’s capable of towing your 1/10-scale car and crawling the trails. You don’t want to miss it. We also get behind the controls and under the bodies of several…

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1. Tekin Element Proof ROC412 3100kV Tekin’s Element Proof ROC412 offers protection from the elements, giving you the power to take on the trails or track without fear of water, mud or snow. Designed for heavier trail or rock racing rigs, the ROC412 delivers more torque and more power on demand. Using a 4-pole, 12-slot motor design, the ROC412 harnesses the benefits of brushless efficiency and extreme amounts of torque to stay on the trail longer with more power. MSRP: $139.99 teamtekin.com 2. Traxxas Premium Speed Bit Handle The Traxxas medium-sized speed bit handle holds driver bits securely and has an overmolded rubber grip that provides excellent comfort and wrenching torque. P/N:8722 MSRP: $9.99 traxxas.com 3. Monster Parts RC Baby Frankenstein 1/24 wheels for MoFoRC tires 3D-printed in gray resin with 7mm hex hubs, these wheels feature the same offset…

TRAXXAS 2 CAR HAULER 6×6 W/HYDRAULICS JOSEPH KOVACH « HAMILTON, NJ Joseph tells us that as soon as he and his team received the Traxxas TRX-6 Ultimate RC Hauler, they got to work on it. First they lowered it by adding smaller shocks, then they added a subframe for sliding the bed back as well as a top-mounted roof deck. Now, the really trick thing they did next was to add a 300mm track actuator for the roll back, along with a Lesu hydraulic system. Joseph goes on to say, “The truck also has all kinds of lights for the bed, back-up, flashers, reverse and brake. We added a winch from Traxxas and a power source for each bed. The radio is a 10-channel from Radiolink and it uses every channel too.”…

AT A GLANCE TYPE Flatbed Truck SCALE 1/10 DRIVETRAIN 6WD POWER Electric BUILD RTR PRICE $669.99 Traxxas is no stranger to coming up with unique, out-of-the-box ideas that are as ground-breaking as they are innovative. The company’s latest release is all of the above and a whole lot more. Taking the form of a giant flatbed truck, the aptly named Ultimate RC Hauler is just that: ultimate. It’s ultimate in terms of its size and its scale details, not to mention its impressive driving capabilities. Let’s take a deeper look at this behemoth of an RC rig and learn why it’s the RC rig that we never knew we needed. Created to haul 1/10-scale Traxxas 4-Tec based vehicles, the massive auto transporter is based on the wholly capable TRX-6 chassis, which means its drivetrain sends power to all six of its wheels. What we…

In part 2 of our In-Depth Drives: The Rally Build, we’re going over the equipment and option parts that we’ve installed on the new Tamiya XV-02 rally chassis. We’ve put together some great parts and running gear to help this already-excellent car perform at its best. Let’s dive in and take a closer look at what we’ve done with the build so far. IT’S GRAVEL TIME RC rally racing has been a niche of the hobby for quite some time. Tamiya specifically has offered replicas of real-life WRC rally cars as far back as the 1980’s. Some years later, a few RC manufacturers offered conversion kits for their own model touring cars. With these kits and conversions available rally builds started popping up and becoming popular amongst groups of RC enthusiasts. Fast-forward…