HOW-TO: Install a Gyro into Your R/C Model Vehicle
If you have every considered installing a gyro in your R/C model vehicle you might have wondered how difficult it is. It's relatively straightforward, however you do need to have specific types of ser...
29 Mai 6min
Why Some R/C Model Vehicle Hobbyists Hate Gyros and AI
While in general, the R/C model vehicle enthusiast community has accepted new technologies like ball diffs. ESCs, 2.4GHZ radio equipment, NiMh, LiFe, or LiPo batteries, etc. there still seems to be a ...
28 Mai 4min
Trust But Verify: The Advantages and Disadvantages of R/C Forums vs. Podcasts
The R/C Forums are in many ways a lifeline of the radio-controlled model vehicle hobbyist community. However, with so the information they have and the good that they do, there are major disadvantages...
27 Mai 5min
The 1980's R/C Racer Uniforms of the Golden Era of Radio-Control
In the iconic 1980's Punky Brewster episode, "Girls Will be Boys", the backyard R/C racer boys, as well as Punky Brewster herself, wore racecar driver racing jumpsuits when racing their vintage Tamiya...
26 Mai 5min
Who First Gave the Tamiya R/C ORV Chassis it's Name?
In 1983 Tamiya created 3 very different radio-controlled model vehicles on the same chassis; the Lancia 037 Rally Car, the Subaru BRAT, and the original racing vehicle, the Frog; and would later conti...
25 Mai 5min
R/C Print Magazines Survival Models in Japan, Germany, and France
In a previous episode of the RC Deep Dive podcast we covered the last 2 surviving English language print radio-controlled model vehicle magazines. But in this episode of the RC Deep Dive podcast we co...
24 Mai 5min
Why Vertical Shocks Destroy the Mighty Frog R/C Buggy
Many 3rd party aftermarket manufacturers since the 1980s to the present have made vertical shocks for both the front and rear of the Mighty Frog. However, a large contingent of the vintage and rere (r...
23 Mai 4min
Why the R/C Hobbyist Community Decided the Frog Needed a White Bumper
Pro-Line and CRP (Custom Racing Products) made white dyable nylon bumpers for the ORV (Off-Road Vehicle) chassis R/C model vehicles, when it came to the Frog the radio control hobbyist community decid...
22 Mai 6min
