By Bender on March 1, 2012
A little update on this Rat Rod FOFF build that was featured in the 100th issue of RC Driver. Now that the 100th issue has been out for a few weeks I figured it was a good time to show some detailed chassis shots. Like my last FOFF build it began life as an SCX10 [...]
Posted in Adventures, News, Promotional, SCX10, Tech
| Tagged Axial, Bender, Build, Building, FOFF, formula offroad, fun, hill climb, hill climbing, Jeep, Jeeping, Modifications, rat rod, sand, sand dunes, sand rail, scaler, SCX10, SCX10 TR, Tech, Tech tips
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By Bender on February 8, 2012
RC Driver magazine has hit a milestone…………….their 100th issue is about to hit newstands. Axial would like to congratulate them on this historic feat, way to go guys!! One vehicle that is featured in this special 100th edition magazine is a custom formula offroad SCX10 that I built a few months back. I sent a [...]
Posted in Adventures, News, Promotional, SCX10, Tech
| Tagged 100th issue, Axial, Bender, Build, Building, Dingo, formula offroad, fun, Jeeping, Modifications, Offroading, Rat Rod Body, rat rod foff, rc driver, RC Driver Magazine, scaler, SCX10, SCX10 TR, Trail Honcho
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By Bender on January 31, 2012
Orange County Radio Controlled Rock Crawlers (OCRCRC) held their first event of the 2012 calender year this past weekend. Winners of this series will get an invite to the SoCal Regionals later in the 2012 year. Winners of the SoCal Regionals event will get invites to the 2012 USRCCA Nationals. So, it is the beginning [...]
Posted in Adventures, Events, News, Promotional, Sponsored Drivers, XR10
| Tagged Axial, Bender, Brandon, Build, Building, Comp, competition, event, Events, fun, OCRCRC, orange county California, RC, rock crawler, XR10
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By Bender on January 30, 2012
Axial Wraith™ Sway Bar Sets
Front - AX30781
Rear - AX30782
Is your Wraith™ set-up for high speed rock racing, or G6 style events? Then this is the option part you have been waiting for: the Axial Wraith Sway Bar Kits. Designed for high speed this system will let you soften up your suspension for jumps, while [...]
Posted in Adventures, News, Product Release, Promotional, Tech, Wraith
| Tagged Axial, Build, Building, Jeep, Jeeping, King of the Hammers, KOH, Modifications, ripsaw tires, sway bar, Wraith
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By Bender on January 24, 2012
I stumbled across an old school R/C video recently on YouTube that covers the early beginnings of remote control cars. Little did I know that when I clicked that link I was going to be given a lesson in R/C history. I think most people will be surprised to learn that the R/C movement started [...]
Posted in New To R/C?, News, Promotional, Tech
| Tagged Axial, Build, Building, Comp, competition, event, Events, fun, R.O.A.R., scaler, Tech, Tech tips, vintage r/c
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By Bender on January 5, 2012
Over the holidays I found some time to start adding scale details to the step by step Wraith kit build. I still have a little more work to do, but I wanted to update the blog with what I have done so far. Most of my time was spent detailing the rear “cargo” area of [...]
Posted in Adventures, New To R/C?, News, Promotional, Tech, Wraith
| Tagged Axial, Bender, Build, Building, fun, King of the Hammers, KOH, Modifications, RC, ripsaw tires, rock crawler, scale accessories, scale details, scaler, Tech, Tech tips, Wraith, wraith kit
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By Bender on December 22, 2011
Not sure how many of you, if any, have heard of this race/rally. I recently stumbled across some video on YouTube from the 2010 Magam Trophy event. I must admit I was impressed to say the least, these guys are pretty hardcore. I could see this event being shrunk down to meet our scale R/C [...]
Posted in Adventures, Events, International, News, Promotional
| Tagged Axial, Bender, Comp, competition, event, Events, fun, magam trophy, Modifications
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By Bender on December 6, 2011
One modification that I wanted to make to the Wraith kit build I did here on the blog is 4 wheel steering. Driving a rig with four wheel steering is extremely fun, especially on a scaler that will see a lot of technical terrain. So, I recently gathered all the parts I would need to [...]
Posted in Adventures, FAQ, New To R/C?, News, Promotional, Tech, Wraith
| Tagged 4 wheel steer, 4ws, Axial, Bender, Build, Building, King of the Hammers, KOH, Modifications, RC, rock crawler, scaler, step by step build, Tech, Tech tips, Wraith, wraith kit
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