October 2011
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By GCRad1 on October 24, 2011
Story: Rodney Wills
Photos: Scott Roberts & Rodney Wills
I personally have been a fan of Rory’s art for a long time. My first Racers Only shirt was a Robby Gordon design when he was racing a Ford. It had a cool stars and stripes flag waving through it and that iconic warp-speed comic look that Rory [...]
Posted in Adventures, News
| Tagged Dodge Pre-Runner, Mickey Thompson, Mickey Thompson vintage buggy, Racers Only, RacersOnly.com, Rory Ward, The Challenger IV, Walker Evans
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By GCRad1 on October 24, 2011
Axial’s marketing crew went out for a location scouting session recently.
October is the “official” start of what is called “desert season” as the day time tempratures are nice and cool. Since our planned trip to visit Rory of Racers Only [look for a blog report soon] would have us driving right through the desert, we [...]
Posted in Adventures
| Tagged Desert Location, Desert Location Scouting Trip
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By GCRad1 on October 19, 2011
The Off-Road EXPO is held each year at the Pomona Fairplex located in sunny Southern California and has been the def-facto event for the off-road community for twelve years now. The “desert season” as we call it is upon us and everyone is getting restless and ready to enjoy the wide open desert! The Expo [...]
Posted in Events, News, Trade Show
| Tagged 2011, AOE: American Overland Expedition, Area-BFE, Chris Collard, Cody Waggoner, Del Albright, fender lizards, ICON Vehicle Dynamics, Laser Cutting IPE, motorsports, Off Road Expo, Overland Journal, Raceline wheels, Roof Top Tents, RTT's, Walker Evans Racing, Wilwood
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By GCRad1 on October 18, 2011
R.E.C.O.N. G6 Challenge
Haunted Rock Park
Rock Park - Reno, Nevada
October 15, 2011
words & photos: Matthew Soileau
Why was Rock Park chosen for the Halloween edition of the R.E.C.O.N. G6 Challenge?
Tiss the month, it’s a great place to tell a camp fire stories, especially scary ones….
Horror legend has it that in 1910 the Southern Pacific Railroad was [...]
Posted in Adventures, Events
| Tagged 2011, Haunted Rock Park, Matthew Soileau, October 15, RECON G6 Challenge
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By GCRad1 on October 12, 2011
Event: The Official SBG Axial Wraith Build Off
Location: The Scale Builder’s Guild
Date: June 17th - September 3rd
The Official SBG Axial Wraith Build Off
This July the Scale Builder’s Guild members eagerly anticipated the release of our new Wraith. Not just to tear into the box and get out on the trails but because they [...]
Posted in Adventures
| Tagged Axial, Build, Contest, Modifications, scale, scale builders guild, Wraith
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By Bender on October 12, 2011
For the final installment of our Wraith kit build series we will turn this beast into a roller. We will finish the chassis assembly, marry the chassis to the transmission and axles, install the body panels, mount the tires to the wheels and bolt them up to the axles. Start on page 34 of the [...]
Posted in Adventures, Events, FAQ, International, New To R/C?, News, Product Release, Promotional, Tech, Wraith
| Tagged 1:1, AX90018, AX90020, Axial, Bender, Build, Building, Comp, competition, event, Events, fun, King of the Hammers, KOH, Modifications, Offroading, Raceline wheels, RC, ripsaw tires, rock crawler, scaler, SCX10 TR, step by step build, Tech, Tech tips, Trail Honcho, upgrades, Wraith, wraith kit
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By ectosports on October 12, 2011
Congratulations to Andrew Clark of Cogan Station, PA for getting out and finding the Axial Geocache #5.
Andrew found the Axial Geocache #5 on October 23rd, 2011 at 12:30PM EST.
Here is what Andrew had to say about his adventure.
“It was a little tricky with all of the leaves on the ground. It was fairly easy once [...]
Posted in Adventures, Geocache
| Tagged 1:1, Axial GeoCache, Randall Davis
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By Bender on October 11, 2011
Next step in our Wraith kit build is the assembly of the chassis. Flip to page 26 in the Wraith kit manual, start with step 25.
Find bag E and the corresponding parts required from the various parts trees.
We will start with the light buckets, grab everything you will need to complete this step.
Grab the first [...]
Posted in Adventures, Events, FAQ, International, New To R/C?, News, Product Release, Promotional, Tech, Wraith
| Tagged AX90018, AX90020, Axial, Bender, Build, Building, Comp, competition, custom paint, event, Events, fun, King of the Hammers, KOH, Modifications, Offroading, RC, ripsaw tires, rock crawler, scale interior, scaler, step by step build, Tech, Tech tips, Wraith, wraith kit
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By Bender on October 11, 2011
For Part IV of our Wraith kit build I will cover assembly of the transmission. The transmission for the Wraith is still based off our proven AX10 and SCX10 transmissions. Assembly is still very similar as well, with just a few minor changes. So, let’s get started!
Go to page 22 in the kit manual, start [...]
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| Tagged AX90018, AX90020, Axial, Bender, Build, Building, Comp, competition, event, Events, fun, King of the Hammers, KOH, Modifications, Offroading, RC, ripsaw tires, rock crawler, scaler, step by step build, Tech, Tech tips, Wraith, wraith kit
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By Bender on October 7, 2011
For part 3 of the Wraith kit build we will cover building the links. I am also going to use a few upgrade parts in this step as well. Go to page 18 in the instruction manual, start with step 11.
All the parts required to build the lower links. Notice I am using the metal [...]
Posted in Adventures, Events, FAQ, International, New To R/C?, News, Product Release, Promotional, Tech, Wraith
| Tagged AX90018, AX90020, Axial, Bender, Build, Building, event, Events, fun, King of the Hammers, Modifications, RC, ripsaw tires, rock crawler, scaler, step by step build, Tech, Tech tips, Wraith, wraith kit
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