Category Archive: r/c

May 08

TCS 2012 Round #3 Coming JUNE 10th to Ottawa!

After an amazing event in January for round one of the Tamiya Championship Series, the series returns to Ottawa for round 3! Hosted once again at the Sutton Aviation Raceway. This time the races move outside to a brand new freshly paved track. With Billy and Mihia at the controls expect another flawless event.   …

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Apr 10

2012 RCO Summer Race Schedule

Download your summer schedule HERE. Thanks to Dan Lanthier

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Apr 08

PRODUCT REVIEW: Schumacher Cougar SV2

Schumacher Cougar SV2 Build / Review The Schumacher Cougar SV2 is Schumacher’s brand new 1/10th 2WD off-road buggy. It is similar to the existing Schumacher Cougar SV with some important upgrades. This new buggy was released in late March of 2012. The build itself was very simple as the kit is packaged similar to all …

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Permanent link to this article: http://rcottawa.com/2012/04/product-review-schumacher-cougar-sv2/

Mar 28

PRODUCT REVIEW: Schumacher CAT SXIII

The Schumacher CAT SXIII is Schumacher’s top of the line 1/10th Competition 4WD electric off-road buggy. The build itself was very simple as the kit is packaged similar to all Schumacher products. This particular kit has 4 bags labeled A thru D and inside each of these there are packages for each step in the …

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Permanent link to this article: http://rcottawa.com/2012/03/product-review-schumacher-cat-sxiii/

Mar 16

Local You Tube channels..

Within the Ottawa R/C community we have a wide variety of R/C interests.There is the hard core racer to the casual basher. Somewhere in the middle, you will find the videographers and scale builders. These guys spend countless hours building, painting and customizing beyond what comes in the box. From custom bodies, light kits and sound systems, there are no limits. …

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Permanent link to this article: http://rcottawa.com/2012/03/local-you-tube-channels/

Feb 20

PRODUCT REVIEW: Serpent S411LE

Here is my little write up on the latest Serpent 1/10 electric touring kit “S411LE”.  The LE (limited edition) is a standard S411 with some of the optional parts come standard in the kit . Beside the platform minor improvements, the LE kit also come with a set of high quality tools consist of four …

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Permanent link to this article: http://rcottawa.com/2012/02/product-review-serpent-s411/

Feb 13

PRODUCT REVIEW: TRF 417X

Building a TRF product is always something I look forward to. The instructions are well done and everything labelled perfectly and the geometry settings from the manual are really very close, making it a drop your electronics in and race type of setup. So it was no different when I got to build the new …

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Feb 12

Product Review: Schumacher Mi4CXL

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Schumacher Mi4CXL Build / Review The Schumacher Mi4CXL is Schumachers new 1/10th Competition Tourer 4WD Sedan. The car was released in late January of 2012. The build itself was very simple as the kit is packaged similar to all Schumacher products. This particular kit has 5 bags labelled A thru E and inside each of …

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Feb 09

Product Review: FlySky FS-GT3B 2.4Ghz 3CH Transmitter

A few weeks ago my good friend Clint showed up at Dirt Trax with this neat looking radio that really caught my eye. Having had some frustrations with a few of my spectrum receivers lately I was willing to take the 40$ chance on one of these radios for my self. Its was hard to …

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Permanent link to this article: http://rcottawa.com/2012/02/product-review-flysky-fs-gt3b-2-4ghz-3ch-transmitter/

Jan 26

Series Review: Dirt Trax Off-Road Series #6 Carpet Edition

  Dirt Trax RC just finished it’s 6th Carpet Series. The series consisted of 8 races between November 23, 2011 and January 11, 2012. Dirt Trax is an indoor Off-Road Carpet RC racing facility. The series consists of 1/10 scale electric classes including 2wd buggy, 4wd buggy and 2wd Short Course. In the 1/10 electric …

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Permanent link to this article: http://rcottawa.com/2012/01/series-review-dirt-trax-off-road-series-6-carpet-edition/

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