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You have been watching others guys at the race track for long a time now; you decided to hit the track for the first time. To make your first race experience a success, there are several things you should know before you go racing. Chances you will win are low but the chances that you’ll have fun are high and this is exactly what you should be looking for. You don’t need a 2000$ vehicle to have fun and success, follow those steps and have fun!

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How to make your life easier for only 12$!

Words & Photos: Sylvain Lafrance

Charging battery packs is a major part of our hobby. Electric guys have to charge high power battery packs while nitro guys must charge glow starters, receiver packs and starter box cell. We all use different kind of battery connectors. One day or another, we all have lost one of those precious leads.

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All my excuses to the French speaking people… Including me!

For those who ignore it, English is not my mother language. This explains why my English is not perfect . In fact, I live in the Province of Quebec in Canada. The only French speaking province of all Canada. For some, this might seem strange but there are 7-8 million of French speaking persons living up north! Okay, now this is enough for the geography course today.

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When a friend wants to join the hobby

Words: Sylvain Lafrance

We all have friends, some of them like R/C while others really don’t care about R/C. This is life and we all have different interests and different passions. There is a part of responsibility when a friend asks you help to get into the hobby. First, he is your friend; you want him to have a good vehicle to start but also good equipments so he can enjoy his new vehicle.

The idea for this article came after a friend of mine (and co-worker) crossed the door of my office and told me, “Sylvain, get me a truck, I want one!”. At first I was surprised because he never really manifested any special interest for my hobby. I replied “Are you sure? How much money you have to invest for a truck?”. The discussion started and after he asked me the traditional “How fast?” and “How much?” questions, I asked him many questions to identify his needs. Here is exactly what he was looking for:

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Few days ago, I was surfing on different websites looking for new rear tires for my 1/10 stadium truck. I noticed that on all websites visited, all tire makers have replaced many of their popular stadium truck and 2wd buggy tires with 1/8 buggy tires. The choices of “pins” style tires for my stadium truck was limited. In fact, I only had the choice between few different tread patterns and one or two different compounds. The choice was even more limited in the 2wd buggy tires department!

This makes me realize that many more companies now offer tires. Companies not know for being in the “tire business” before are now selling 1/8 buggy performance tires. Companies like Pro-Line Racing, AKA, Panther, Losi and JConcepts, Hot Bodies and Team Associated (LRP) are all selling “race” tires. There are so many companies, I’m sure I didn’t list them all.

All those companies are highly in competition with each others to win every big race. For example, Pro-Line Racing doubled their efforts with a last minute tire (the Revolver) to win the last Worlds championship. Now, all tires makers are not just innovating with new compound and tread patterns. They have pushed the tire industry further. They are working to redefine standards established for many years with new wheels, new widths, new molded foam inserts and directional tires. Winning for tires companies is now as much important as winning for the chassis manufacturers.

Who will win?

All customers and specially racers like you and I, will be the winners of this tire war. Companies spend thousands and thousands of dollars in R&D. They invest big money to win more races and to have their names associated to the biggest races and best racers.

This is hard to tell exactly what will happen in the next few months or years. Companies will continue to work hard to offer better race tires with new treads and softer compounds that will last longer. One thing is for sure. Inserts, wheels design, compound and tread patterns will be part of our race setups like they have never been before. The war has just begun.

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