This is a quick update from the road. I'm currently in my hotel room waiting for the race tomorrow. I didn't have much time after my move to get anything ready for this specific race, but I'm here to meet people, have fun, and do the best I can with the trucks I brought.
I know that many of you have been working customizing 1/24 scale crawlers and converting them into Micro Monster Trucks. This Southwest Monster Shop Tiny Titan is a step toward making it easier. One problem I've encountered and fielded many questions about is how to make them faster. There are ways, but it hasn't been easy to figure out what motor mounts, pinions, spur gears, etc to use. Hopefully this list will help clear it up. I don't take credit for it. I sourced it from Michael MacKenzie wh...
It was quite a week for new releases in the RC world. Let's talk about that and more.
I attended my first NR/CTPA World Championship earlier this month in Montpelier, Ohio and had a fantastic time. Because I had such a great time, I called up the RC Monster Truck race director, Eric Krush, to talk with him about the event. Hope you enjoy it and put it on the calendar for next year! Check out the NR/CTPA at their website http://nrctpa.org/
You know it's true Sean. You can't fight it forever. :) Lots of Upgrades for my SCX24 trucks and the SMT24 we all want, but have to build because it's not available. I talk about the upgrades I'm planning for my micro RCs. SCX24s and Accessories: https://bit.ly/AXIAL-SCX24s Furitek Lizard ESC and Brushless Motor Combo: https://bit.ly/3AazDwr Hot Racing SCX24 Emax Steering Mount: https://bit.ly/3orL7JM...
What a great weekend of RC I just had. I was coming off the high of Horizon RC Fest 2021 and landed on the Great Lakes Gauntlet to re-energize it and keep it going. What an event the Gauntlet was. It also let me see how big the RC hobby is here in the state, which is very encouraging. Beyond events like this, there are two hobby shops supporting the crawling scene in west Michigan: Reaction Hobbies and the Crawler Space–both in Grand Rapids. On top of that, the location of the gauntlet is at Wal...
Josh Rhodes and I talk about our time at Horizon RC Fest 2021. We both participated in the RC monster truck racing, but each have our own perspective of the weekend based on what we did.
Horizon RC Fest is this week! Looking forward to spending the weekend at Eli Field and racing RC Monster Trucks. Horizon RC Fest Page: https://www.horizonhobby.com/rc-fest.html Then I talk about rising RC prices...which is something I'm not an expert on. They are just what I think is happening.
This recent move to Michigan was brutal. I haven't really been able to detail it all out for everyone and didn't plan to do it on video, so I thought I'd share in Podcast form. After detailing all the problems we encountered with this move, I do talk about upcoming events I plan to attend. I know for sure I'll be at Horizon Hobby RC Fest. I have my hotel booked and am getting my RC monster trucks ready. After that I hope to go to the Great Lakes Gauntlet the following weekend....
The move is getting very real. The office is in boxes and the moving truck arrives tomorrow. I can finally reveal where we are moving and explain why. But before I do that, I talk about the new CCxRC website I'm working on. Let me know what topics you'd like discussed or people you'd like interviewed in future episodes.
Wow! It's been a crazy couple months here at CCxRC. New RC release videos, No Limit RC World Finals, work trips again, and now selling our house. The market was too good not to see what would happen and it went quickly! We now have to pack up all our stuff and move out. Luckily we have an RV we can stay in if we can't get into someplace soon. That said, I've quickly learned that one person can have too much RC stuff. Haha! Packing my office and garage has been a beast and I'm still not done. I'v...
Time for another upgrade for the Redcat Gen8 V2. I'm putting a Spektrum Firma Sensored Brushless ESC and 1400KV Motor in it to give it some extra smooth power. The install is easy and the ability to change ESC Setting from the remote is amazing. I've put some affiliate links below to the items used or discussed in this video. Spektrum Firma Sensored Brushless options: 🔥 ESC & 2100 KV Motor combo: https://bit.ly/36KVaPV 🔥 60A ESC by itself: https://bit.ly/3hMFrq0 🔥 1400kv motor: https://bi...
My buddy Jeremy visited today to hangout, fix a few RCs and sit down for a podcast. We've done the first two things a lot, but not the podcast part. Recording the Podcast with him was a lot of fun and I wish we'd done it a lot more before the upcoming move. Expect more of these via the phone in the future. Hope you like it.
I called Jeremy Griffith to chat with him about Axialfest 2021 to hear how it went and what he liked about it. This is that conversation. We go all over the place, but always land back on topic...eventually.
I have some explaining to do. I've been absent and I apologize. This podcast will be a bit of a brain dump as I go through things that happened since the last one.
It's been nearly a month since the last podcast. The decision to add a video podcast component may prove to slow the process down too much for the quick "while my batteries charge" aspect of recording the show. I'm weighing whether or not to continue the video podcast. I'll still do it for interviews, but not the updates. What are your thoughts on that? Here are some of the topics discussed Losi LMT Updates *New* Losi V100 On-road car *New* Arrma Vorteks Monster Truck Racing Feeling disconnected...
This episode is geared toward people who follow the CCxRC channel on YouTube. It has information about ongoing and upcoming RC projects and videos. You can see the channel at http://ccxrc.com or the Xtras channel at: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYuo9aHZOfIKRiYiPm96taA
In today's episode, Joe from Exocaged RC stops by to hang out and talk shop. I met Joe at USTE and we hit it off. He's very knowledgable about the technical side of the hobby and somebody we can all learn from–which is why his channel has taken off! We talk about his YouTube workflow, the Axial Ryft, Vitavon, the Losi LMT, X-maxx, USTE and a bunch of things between it all. I had so much I felt like we could talk about and was trying to jump around too much. I'll have him back and try to stay on ...
Today we are joined on the podcast by Todd from The RC Element. If you consume RC media, you’ve more than likely come across and subscribed to Todd’s channels. He’s really down to earth and has an impressive collection of RC cars, trucks, planes, boast, heli….well just about everything RC. We chat about how he got into the hobby, his first plane, his favorite RCs and more. Enjoy! If you somehow have been living under a rock and aren’t yet subscribed to The RC Element, here are some links to remo...
In this 7th episode of season 2 on the While My Batteries Charge podcast I’ll be talking about my RC Monster Truck Backflip Ramps Video, the new CCxRC Xtras Channel and the Redcat Gen8 V2 Scout ii build I’ve been working on. Should be a good time. Here are the links I said I’d provide: CCxRC Xtras Channel: https://bit.ly/CCxRC_Xtras Backflip Ramp Video: https://youtu.be/wjxauU67cq0 Backflip Ramp Plans: https://bit.ly/CCxRC-RCMT-Ramps Redcat Gen8 V2: https://bit.ly/Gen8V2 Beadlock Rims used in t...
In today's episode, Jeremy Griffith, who writes Big Squid's Everybody's Scalin' column, joins us to talk about USTE. He's been multiple times and gets me even more amped about the trip down. We talk trucks, Deloreans, semi trucks, and more during this RC chat. I tend to get us off-topic a lot, probably because we don't get to talk to each other enough. Hope you Enjoy it. Thanks to Jeremy for taking time out of his night to sit down and chat....
On today's episode I unpack my latest video that may have been a little bit of clickbait in the titling...but it was also the reality of the video. I started the video showing a really cinematic and peaceful run with my Axial SCX24, then show what the reality of the filming was like....demolition derby. While the video was meant to only be the slow motion peaceful look, I decided it was too funny not to show the reality of it. This funny video does bring up an important thing to think about thou...
I made a last minute decision to attend USTE 2021 and am behind the 8-ball as none of my crawlers are ready to go. I just fixed up my Axial SCX10iii after having a bunch of issues with the electronics. It's performing well now.
In my attempt to make the LMT a bulletproof freestyle truck, I've bought the Treal 7075 Billet Aluminum axle housings. Yes it adds a little weight, but it's not as significant as you might think. It's about 6-7oz heavier, but tons stronger. I've already bashed with it and know that it will transfer the break point, but that break point is much higher now. I'm ok with that trade off. NOTE: I mentioned the front axle installation problem...it's not 5 degree toe in on the front axle...it 5 degrees ...
Packing a lot into this podcast, including an off-topic ending...not sure how I ended up there. I just bought a new John Deere 1025r tractor with front-end loader and backhoe so I can continually change my backyard RC playground. I'm trying to go big for 2021, but this will also mean some changes to the format of the CCxRC channel. I won't have the money to constantly buy every new RC to review. Instead, I'll be working on some custom RCs that I already have most of the parts for. Hopefully I ca...
The first year of podcasting is in the books! Here's to 2021! My CCxRC brand has now been making what I call "RC Entertainment For The Masses" for 7 years. Boy did that go quick and I can't believe how much I have learned during those 7 years. I get to talking about that after a pretty lengthy detour about why I didn't do more podcasts at the end of December, which morphed into videos I still need to do (which goes into Venom and Spektrum talk), then I tangent to the LMT coming soon, the LMT and...
I had the opportunity to interview ARRMA's founder Jason Dearden and he dropped a few little bombshells about what we can expect from the company in 2021! I was curious if the Mojave was still his favorite ARRMA since there had been a few new releases and refreshes in 2020 and his answer caught me by surprise. Apparently, his favorite ARRMA vehicle isn't release yet. That sets the bar pretty high for some awesome releases from them in 2021. We touch on a lot in this podcast from COVIDs impact on...
Boy oh boy is this an overpacked podcast. In this episode I try to talk about too many things to come up with a good title. I jump from talking about the Redcat Kaiju and Gen8 V2, to winning monster truck races, then racing 2wd buggy at Coastal RC, the end of RC Conspiracies as we know it, the RC Amigos Sleigh Smash, and new products from JConcepts. Here are links I said I'd give in the episode. Visit Bitgo Hobby: https://bit.ly/bitgohobby Redcat Gen8 V2: https://bit.ly/Gen8V2 Redcat Kaiju: http...
Man, this is a ramble fest of things going on. From thoughts on my Clod Buster, to the LMT, the APEP chassis, and more. You all know I love my RC monster trucks, but I also just started running a TLR 22 5.0 AC and am having a blast with it. You'll have to listen for all the details.
Losi has gone and created a Monster! The Losi LMT 1/10 scale solid axle 4x4 monster truck. Not only is it a Monster Truck, but it's also created monster hysteria and started a Facebook selloff of older solid axle trucks. Just calm down everyone. I mean, is it the best solid axle ever offered as an RTR? Yes. Is it priced really well for what it offers as a solid axle RTR? Yes to that to. Will it be a competitive race truck right out of the box? Yes. Is it crazy durable out of the box? YES!....ok....
