Author: Tony Phalen

As an avid RC enthusiast, Tony has been building, bashing and racing RC Cars for over 30 years. He has participated in every kind of surface racing events - 1/18 scale trucks, 1/10 scale TC, Rock Racers, Rally - if it had wheels, he's raced it! He's also worked on both sides of the industry fence; collaborating with many major manufacturers (as well as being a sponsored driver) to working for a high-profile industry magazine. During this time he has learned many tricks, tips and techniques and is sharing that knowledge on CompetitionX - the most informative RC website on the internet!

Losi Ten-T Truggy Build and Upgrade Guide

Losi Ten-T Truggy Build and Upgrade Guide

Prep Your RTR TEN-T For Track Duty Most Ready-To-Run vehicles will never see a track. The main goal behind them is ease of use and ... Read More

Review: Tamiya TRF201 2WD Buggy

Review: Tamiya TRF201 2WD Buggy

Tamiya has been on the forefront of the RC world for many years. Over the years they have released a stable of FWD vehicles, Minis, ... Read More

Review HPI TSA Mini Trophy Truck

Review HPI TSA Mini Trophy Truck

HPI has been very involved in the scale RC racing that has been going on lately. With a HUGE selection of realistic bodies, spoked wheels ... Read More

Project Tamiya TT-01E: Custom RC Drift Build

Project Tamiya TT-01E: Custom RC Drift Build

Get Your Drift On – Tamiya Style For those of you that aren’t savvy with the whole drift thing, I suggest you give it a ... Read More

Review: Robitronics Scooby Horton Scalpel

Review: Robitronics Scooby Horton Scalpel

My first drive of a Robitronics Scalpel was back in late 2009 when I tested a bone stock 4-cell Pro kit. On carpet with foam ... Read More

Review: Axial SCX10-TR Trail Honcho

Review: Axial SCX10-TR Trail Honcho

Axial Racing has placed itself as one of the leading companies in rock crawling. Just recently they released the SCX10 Trail Truck kit, a crawler ... Read More

HPI Formula Ten Formula 1 Project Build

HPI Formula Ten Formula 1 Project Build

HPI's Formula Ten gets a F1 Makeover A couple months ago I did a full review on the HPI Formula Ten. I enjoyed the car ... Read More

Review: CEN Matrix 5-B

Review: CEN Matrix 5-B

Large-scale RC cars have been slowly growing in popularity over the past couple years. With events like Bajafest, Dunetoberfest, and 5th Scale Power Jam, there ... Read More

Review: ABC Hobby Genetic Mini

Review: ABC Hobby Genetic Mini

My first experience with ABC Hobby and the “Genetic” Mini was about 3 or 4 years ago. I had attended a 1:1 scale import car ... Read More

Team Associated SC10 Project Build: Short Course Street Cruiser

Team Associated SC10 Project Build: Short Course Street Cruiser

SC Stands for Short Course and Street Cruiser Short Course racing in RC has become hugely popular due to the scale realism and the platforms ... Read More

Review: Kyosho TF-5S Kit

Review: Kyosho TF-5S Kit

One of the most popular racing classes at my local track is the RCGT class. The beauty of this class is the scale realism and, ... Read More

Review: RJ Speed Digger

Review: RJ Speed Digger

When I started playing with RC cars back in, um, well, a long time ago, my buddy and I actually owned a pair of the ... Read More

Review: Tamiya M05 Pro

Review: Tamiya M05 Pro

Tamiya has recently released a race-spec version of the M-05 chassis, designated the M-05 Pro. The new M-Chassis includes quite a few of Tamiya’s aftermarket ... Read More

Traxxas Slash Race Build: STRC LCG Conversion Project

Traxxas Slash Race Build: STRC LCG Conversion Project

Giving Your Slash A Second Chance Anyone who has driven a Traxxas Slash knows that this truck is an extremely capable Short Course contender. It ... Read More

Review: Tamiya FF-03 Pro Touring Car

Review: Tamiya FF-03 Pro Touring Car

Over the years Tamiya has released a few strange chassis layouts that, fortunately, have gained huge followings. One of them was the FF-01, a FWD, ... Read More