RC Nightmare Community Blog

Hey everyone! Once again, I’m learning and hearing new and exciting things in the RC Nightmare Forum every time I dive in there. This time I found it in the post “Castle possibly going waterproof? that was started by andersonwal (Thanks!!). Here is what it said:

Castle possibly going waterproof?

If anyone has seen the updated version of the HPI firestorm flux, it comes with a waterproof esc and, as many know, the hpi brushless esc’s are just rebranded castle equipment. The new flux vapor esc looks exactly like a waterproof version of the sidewinder v2. Who else thinks that we may start seeing waterproof castle speed controls in the near future?

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This is a guy and a team that I always like to see win: Ryan Maifield and Team Associated/Reedy. Well, it happened again at the Silver State Nitro Challenge on what some would call a special day aka my birthday. For those of you – well most of you – who don’t know, that would be April 11th which was this Monday. The Silver State Nitro Challenge was held at Sin City RC track in Las Vegas, NV. I now remember discussing this race in an earlier post because I was hoping I would be in Vegas on my birthday and be able to go to this race. Well that dream did not come true.

So, this race is actually known as one of the most grueling RC races on the planet and it brought together some of the world’s best talent this year. There was crazy weather yet again this year, and it went from 50+ mph winds and near freezing temperatures, to hail, rain, and beautiful sunshine so that by Sunday, the main event was epic.  And it was Ryan Maifield who battled through the rough conditions to earn the Expert Buggy Silver State title!

Maifield’s JConcepts-equipped RC8B, powered by Reedy’s Sidewinder-fueled 121 VR engine, remained consistent and near the front of the pack. As Sunday’s 45-minute main event rolled around, a positive and never-get-flustered mentality helped propel the Associated star to the top of the podium. Teammate Ryan Cavalieri joined Maifield in the Expert Buggy AMain with his Pro-Line-equipped RC8B taking a solid 5th place.

Looks like the Team Associated guys stayed tough and I hope they got to party hard in Vegas after the race!

Coming at ya with another new RC I heard about with some info and a quick review.

The Wraith

Recently, the RC Nightmare guys acquired an Axial SCX10 Trail Honcho and the Axial XR10 Crawler which Jeremy showed you in his unboxing videos and Axial SCX10 running video.  Well Jeremy and RCNightmare gave these RC’s some pretty good reviews and were really excited to get out and crawl with these bad boys.

So keeping on the Axial wave if you will of RC’s, I got wind of another new truck from them called a Rock Racer. It is actually a first for them and they’ve done it with the Axial Wraith RTR 1/10th scale electric 4WD Rock Racer. That’s a mouthful. I know because sometimes I talk when I write. Anyways, first glance – this thing looks really cool – kind of like a dune buggy almost but a lot sweeter.

Sickness

This is the first and most realistic full tube-frame chassis design from Axial that is manufactured with high strength composite materials. I was confused at first to find the difference between this and our other two trucks. Now the key to this is it is different from a rock crawler. It’s a rock racer. This thing  is built to go fast – this is the biggest reason people like this better than a crawler. It can tackle terrain at higher speeds. They describe it as being a truck with 1:1 scale looks, high-speed monster truck “bashability,” and technical “crawl” capabilities.

The fact that its RTR is a plus for those of us who like to get it out of the box and play! Some of the other technical features are the 4-Link suspension, Optimized Steering Geometry, Protective Transmission Spur Gear Cover, Slipper Clutch, Waterproof Radio Box, High Performance Shocks, and there are plenty more that you can check out at http://axialracing.com/wraith. The only thing I think is funny is that they totally promote the seats on the inside which I admit do add some realism to the RC. I guess you can put a GI Joe or Barbie in there and go for a ride.

Anyways, sounds really interesting to me and I’m hoping to see it in action. If any of you have any experience, thoughts, comments, post them below!!

The Special Edition

Cody King is the young guy that was crowned the 2010 1/8 Off-Road Buggy World Champion in November. This is the most important title in RC racing and he has already achieved it in only his second World Championship race.  The Team Kyosho/Team Orion driver has been signed and re-signed and is not going anywhere soon. He should be at the top of RC for a long time. And how can you not like this kid!? If you do kind of keep up with racing or have seen him around the rc news world like I have, you’ll notice his dad is always by his side helping him out.

Well his dad Paul King wanted to commemorate his son Cody’s World Championship victory by doing something new and special with his Kyosho Inferno MP9 Buggy.

With his Dad and Kyosho drivers

Awwww! Sorry, I just think its cool that his dad supports him in his passion for RC to this level. So what did he do to the Inferno? Nothing was done to the actual inside of the car in terms of the engine and all that but he changed up the looks of it. Paul decided to anodize the aluminium parts red, which along with the yellow AKA rims and blue springs, match the racing colors of the World Champion perfectly. It looks pretty cool, at least I think so (you can just for yourself in the pictures). He will be hitting the track with it at this weekend’s Silverstate in Las Vegas. Check it out if you happen to be lucky and live in the Vegas Area.

I’ll keep you updated on how he does with it and the attention it gets at the track if I can so stay posted!

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