Just wanted to say a quick Thank You to all who entered our Facebook Fan Giveaway, sponsored by Cow RC. We had some pretty good growth on our Facebook page, and that’s exactly what we were shooting for. Thanks for your support. The winners were announced on our Facebook page, and you can check there […]
Tamiya CR-01 Land Cruiser Build Up
July 12th, 2011 
Kevin WIN THIS TRUCK IN OUR CHARITY RAFFLE! Let me start this with a HUGE Thank You to Tamiya USA. They were gracious enough to send us this truck for a build and review. It is a tremendous honor for us to have such a great company’s support in what we are doing with RC Soup. […]
Bash Report – B4 at the Skate Park
July 10th, 2011 Kevin Yesterday I met with friend, and photographer Todd Fowlston. I thought I’d share some of the sweet pics he took of me piloting the Associated RC10B4 at the local skate park. It’s a community park, and there isn’t much there, a 1/2 pipe, box type ramp, and a 1/4 pipe. It was still plenty to […]
Like us on Facebook, Win a Cow Care Package!
June 30th, 2011 Kevin Dear Loyal Soup Readers, We have partnered with Cow R/C to bring you this fun little giveaway. All you have to do is “Like” our Facebook page to be entered to win. Just click the link in the sidebar to find us. Joining our Facebook page will allow you to keep up with all of […]
How to: Remove Glued Tires – Baking
June 29th, 2011 Kevin Ever break a wheel or strip a hex and wish you could get that tire off to reuse it? Well here’s your answer. This trick will allow you to remove your tire from the rim. The rim should still be usable unless like in my case, the wheel is damaged and the reasoning behind debonding. […]
AJS Machine SC10 Battery Wrench Strap Review
June 26th, 2011 Kevin This product is made by AJS Machine. They are a local machine shop that’s been making sweet aluminum r/c goodies since 2002. Their primary focus is Aluminum Workstands, but they’ve recently expanded their market and are making some aftermarket parts for certain vehicles. This Battery Wrench Strap allows you to run top-port 2s Lipo packs […]
Novak Ballistic motor- changing the stator
June 25th, 2011 Matt One of the really nice features about the Novak Ballistic 540 series of motors is the ability to change the wind of the motor, simply by changing the stator, You can go all the way from 21.5t to 3.5t with the same 540 motor. You’ll see the process below, as I change a 17.5t into […]
Trick charger stands – review
June 23rd, 2011 Matt I saw these charger stands online. They are homemade, and only available by contacting the person who manufactures them directly. They looked pretty cool, so I decided to give them a try. Of the chargers I run while at the races, only two lie flat. My Onyx 230, and the Thunder AC6. thought was that […]
Race Report – June 18, 2011
June 20th, 2011 Matt CRC Raceway: Rome, NY Driver: Matt Peterson Saturday was interesting to say the least. After driving Jim’s SC10 in the 2wd shootout, I realized my 2wd SC10 setup was out to lunch. I changed which springs I was using in the front and rear, and also changed shock mounting positions. It improved some, but I […]
2WD Short Course Truck Shootout
June 17th, 2011 Matt Welcome to the 2011 RC Soup 2wd Short Course Shootout!! We here at RC Soup decided we wanted to pit these trucks against one another at our test track, and rate their performances. The contenders: the Team Associated SC10 RTR, the Kyosho Ultima SC Readyset, the HPI Blitz RTR, the Losi XXX-SCT RTR, and the […]
