Month: March 2012

 

TeamFastEddy Toe Blocks Now Available

 

An all new item from Team FastEddy. Leave it to TFE to come up with these, he has spent more time on the track than anyone I know. I am sure they will become a must have in any large scale racers tool box. Thanks for looking out for all the racers Edddy!

 

Press Release Below:

 

0° Toe 2° Anti Squat Rear Toe Block for Losi 5ive  

Part # : 1313-TFE

Retail Price: $17.99

Product Link: HERE

Description:
Team FastEddy Rear Toe Block 0° Toe 2° Anti Squat
Until now there has been no way to adjust the rear toe on the Losi 5ive. With several choices of rear toe in you can now better tune your Losi 5ive for any track or bash outing. Team FastEddy now offers 3 choices.  0° – 1° – 2° With 2° Anti Squat

More rear Toe results in less on-power steering and slightly more steering entering into a corner.
Less rear Toe results in more on-power steering and slightly less entering a corner.
Less rear Toe will also increase straightaway speed, due to less tire scrub.
To learn more about suspension tuning: http://www.competitionx.com/rc-racing/rc-tuning-guide/

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1° Toe 2° Anti Squat Rear Toe Block for Losi 5ive

Part # : 1314-TFE

Retail Price: $17.99

Product Link: HERE

Description:
Team FastEddy Rear Toe Block 1° Toe 2° Anti Squat
Until now there has been no way to adjust the rear toe on the Losi 5ive. With several choices of rear toe in you can now better tune your Losi 5ive for any track or bash outing. Team FastEddy now offers 3 choices.  0° – 1° – 2° With 2° Anti Squat

More rear Toe results in less on-power steering and slightly more steering entering into a corner. Less rear Toe results in more on-power steering and slightly less entering a corner. Less rear Toe will also increase straightaway speed, due to less tire scrub.
To learn more about suspension tuning http://www.competitionx.com/rc-racing/rc-tuning-guide/

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2° Toe 2° Anti Squat Rear Toe Block for Losi 5ive  

Part # : 1315-TFE

Retail Price: $17.99

Product Link: HERE

Description:
Team FastEddy Rear Toe Block 2° Toe 2° Anti Squat
Until now there has been no way to adjust the rear toe on the Losi 5ive. With several choices of rear toe in you can now better tune your Losi 5ive for any track or bash outing. Team FastEddy now offers 3 choices.  0° – 1° – 2° With 2° Anti Squat

More rear Toe results in less on-power steering and slightly more steering entering into a corner. Less rear Toe results in more on-power steering and slightly less entering a corner. Less rear Toe will also increase straightaway speed, due to less tire scrub.
To learn more about suspension tuning http://www.competitionx.com/rc-racing/rc-tuning-guide/

 

 

RCX 2012 Long Beach April 28th & 29th

This year is going to be a great year for RCX. New venue in a new city with new attractions. The vendor list is growing, TGN and its vendors are proud to be a Silver Sponsor for RCX 2012 Long Beach. Expect to see lots of cool new builds and products in the large TGN booth this year. We look forward to seeing you all there.

Cant decide if you should go? Check out TGN at RCX Chicago 2011, RCX 2011 Pomona Live & Wrap Up  And as always you can see thousands of images from all our trade shows HERE.

Check out their promotional partners HERE and the official site is HERE.

And dont forget your online coupon HERE.

 

RadioPost radios and servos now available at TGN

 

 

Find the RADIOPOST product on TGN HERE!

 

We first saw the RADIOPOST brand displayed at the RCX show in 2011 Pomona. We were impressed by the design and features of this radio. But we had decided to not just jump on the bandwagon with this new brand, we held off and requested we test the radio in the  rigorous conditions we knew our large scale fans would use it in. This meant it was going to be put through the ringer and RADIOPOST was up for the challenge and shipped us a radio to try out.

Our first trip with the radio was to what would ultimately be the biggest test of all. The hot and vast california desert that we use for Dunetoberfest. Thats right, we wanted to put this radio to the real test of running in the deep bowls of Buttercup recreation park.  I was not easy on this radio, I tossed it in the back of the Rhino each and ever trip out WITHOUT a case or box, just naked bouncing all over the place between our baja’s. I drove several large scale cars and trucks in and around the bowls even trying to get it out of range by dipping between bowls where the car would be out of sight. Nothing stopped the radio and car from being synced up and working properly. It passed the test.

The next stop for the RADIOPOST radio was the West Cost Baja Nationals. We brought the radio and our BZM 28.5cc racing baja and had our very own Kenny K drive in the novice class. We thought this would be a good test around all the other radios and signals etc. Again it passed with flying colors.

We have been using the radio for some time now, in our shop and in outside testing and bashing. We used it in our Losi Brushless 5IVE-T bashing video test and others with no issues what so ever.

The Scoop –

There were really only 3 issues we had with this radio. The first was the price but we are happy to announce that since our review the retail price has dropped by almost $100 to $289.99.

The second issue was the radio did not have any type of failsafe and if you run large scale R/C you know this is an important feature for you, a must have. Well good news, all new radios shipping from here on out have firmware updates with the failsafe feature built in.

And lastly we had issue with the screens contrast in bright light. Especially the bright surroundings of the California Desert. It was not a deal breaker for us because once we are out in the open running our cars and we do not get into the menu system that often or need to see the screen. And if we needed to we would just shield it with our hands and get what we needed adjusted and back to carving the dunes.

The bottom line is we enjoy this radio a lot. It looks insanely cool, it feel great in your hands and performs flawlessly with our large scale trucks. We are happy to give this our stamp of approval and have already stocked our shelves at TGN so we can offer this radio to the masses. Go ahead, order one up and be the first at the track to get your hands on the coolest radio out there.

 

TeamChase pops in their cool steering arm

 

Product Part Number: 2735

Product Link: HERE

 

So we have been waiting for this product for some time now. We talked about why all Losi 5IVE-T owners need one of these HERE but it’s now IN STOCK and shipping.

TeamChase has taken the time to show us how easy and quick this installation of their new billet steering arm installs on a Losi 5IVE-T. Check out the video below and get yours on order now, because you will love these things.

 

 

Turtle Racing V2 billet pull start almost ready

We had heard rumors for some time now that Turle Racing was working on a new and improved aftermarket billet pullstarter assembly. But this is not a simple billet housing or cover. No this is the real deal, ALL new parts starting from a ground up design over improving where needed over the stock system.

From this sneak peak video from TeamChase we can see several cool features including a beefy rope, 3 fingered pull handle and an indexed exit allowing the rope to come out at any angle you prefer for the HPI Baja, Losi 5IVE-T, FG, MCD etc.. The pawl and the receiving end mounted to the flywheel appear to be all new as well. Can you spot anything else? Comment below.

Check out the video below and come back to this post as we will update you when we know more.