Reviews

My first competition-level radio was the Futaba Magnum. I remember the first time I pulled it from the box and was ecstatic about how cool I was about to become at the local track. It …

Contrary to popular belief, on-road is quite different than off-road racing in regards to the driven line. Touring cars are all about speed and precision. The fastest line around the track is mere millimeters from …

Short Course trucks have been around awhile now and, as everyone has fine-tuned their versions, they all look pretty similar in design. Team C, however, is looking at things a little differently. Instead of designing …

Bring on the Rally Rally is not only one of the coolest forms of automotive racing, it’s also one of the toughest. Imagine this: You are strapped into a 300+hp production-based, 4WD rally car traveling …

Scale trucks (aka trail trucks) have risen in popularity in the past year. The idea was to combine your basic crawler with something that resembles a real, 1:1 vehicle. One of the leaders in scale …

So you’ve just finished building your car. You’ve spent plenty of time making sure the suspension is perfect, the shock’s lengths all match and the wiring is pristine. The next step is to mount your …

On a daily basis, UPS boxes arrive at the RC Driver offices filled with the latest and greatest race-bred machines from around the globe. On that same daily basis, it’s not uncommon for the editors …

As a car guy, one of the biggest fears I have when flying is crashing. In the past when I’ve flown, things typically go bad fast and I find myself sweeping the remnants of my …

The act of gear transportation has become quite an art form. It takes months, if not years, of slowly organizing your equipment to fit your most needed parts into your boxes, the boxes into the …

My first race-level vehicle was Team Associated’s RC10T back in 1991. I remember it well … hard ‘step-pin’ tires, hot 12×2 brushed motors and 7-cell NiCd battery packs. The trucks were a blast to drive …