The Build – Part 5 The manual has us assembling the chassis and installing the electronics in the same step but I chose to break it out into two for simplicity sake. Vaterra has given …
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The Build – Part 4 The chassis on the Ascender K5 is very similar in design to other scalers, however Vaterra has added a bit of a twist. Instead of 2 frame rails, they’ve included …
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The Build – Part 3 Part 3 of the Vaterra Ascender K5 build involves assembling the rear axle. This process is very similar to the front axle with just a lot less parts. You should …
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The Build – Part 2 In Part 2 of the Vaterra Ascender K5 build, we’ll be working on the front axle. This includes the axle, gears and steering system. The K5 uses a standardized front …
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The Build – Part 1 Part 1 of the Vaterra Ascender build revolves around the transmission. The Vaterra transmission is similar to other trail truck’s gearboxes so if you’ve built one before, this should be …
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Trail trucks are quickly becoming one of those must-have vehicles in everyone’s RC stable. With massive aftermarket support and uber-scale realism, there’s definitely a growing market for these vehicles. Vaterra is looking to put it’s …
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When Integy releases something, they want to make sure they do it in a big way. Check out the new V2 Trail Roller, a complete billet-machined behemoth that is loaded with as many features as …
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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 …
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RC4WD has just released this cool looking, high-performance SMD LED Light Bar for you 1/10 scale crawler/trail truck projects. It features reversible and adjustable “L” brackets to fit many applications and 20 individual LED bulbs …
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Tamiya has brought you the RC version of the very capable cross-country truck, the Toyota FJ Cruiser. Based on Tamiya’s CC-01 chassis, the FJ features 4WD, a longitudinal motor and a lockable rear differential unit. …
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