The Traxxas TRX-4M comes with a proprietary connector for its battery that plugs directly into the receiver/ESC and the supplied USB charger. This means that you cannot simply use another charger that you might already have. While the USB charger is certainly usable (much more so than the 12B charger […]
The final steps in my Camel Trophy build are applying the decals, mounting new tires and wheels and the accessories. My decal sheet is from an eBay seller called screenprintdigital. Unfortunately the largest Camel Trophy logos, suitable for the doors, also had the Team Germany text below them. I careful […]
I used a spray can of Tamiya TS-34 “Camel Yellow” to paint the unpainted white Traxxas Defender body. I first cleaned the body with Isopropyl Alcohol (IPA). When using spray paint it’s important to use multiple thin coats, instead of trying to get good coverage in one go – this […]
Body Getting a suitable body is easy – Traxxas sell not only painted bodies, but also a white body, including all accessory parts. This includes the roof rack, mirrors, fender flares, and even the jerry cans and jack that are mounted to the rear. The part number is 9712. You […]
One of the most enjoyable parts of a new project is to me the associated research. There’s nothing wrong with slapping some Camel Yellow paint on a Defender body and adding some stickers, but I wanted to be a bit closer to the look of cars that were actually used […]
Ever since my return to radio-controlled cars with the Slash, I knew that I wanted to have a crawler at some point. The issue here was that most of my RC driving takes place on vacation, with luggage space always at a premium, so a 1/10 scale crawler didn’t seem […]
It’s been 30 years since I last owned a radio-controlled car, but now that the kids are old enough, I decided to buy one once again. While doing some research I quickly decided to buy a decent hobby-quality car (with good spare part availability) instead of a toy-grade car. My […]
[lang_nl]Gedurende mijn zoektocht naar een modelvliegtuig om mee te beginnen kwam ik steeds de Hobbyzone Champ tegen. De Champ is een Ultra-Micro vliegtuig en weegt dus nog geen 40 gram, bij een spanwijdte van ong. 50cm. Hij vliegt zeer stabiel, goed getrimd vliegt ‘ie stabiel rechtuit, als je de oriëntatie […]
]Before buying and flying your first RC plane, I strongly recommend practicing with a computer simulator. A simulator will teach you the basic flight controls and getting used to the left/right inversion when the plane is flying towards you. Judging distances and where the plane is with regard to the […]
[lang_nl]Toen in in de jaren 90 voor het interesse had in modelvliegen betekende dit grote vliegtuigen van balsahout, brandstofmotoren en dure elektronica. Daardoor was het niet makkelijk of goedkoop om met deze hobby te beginnen en heb ik het uiteindelijk ook niet gedaan. Sindsdien zijn een aantal dingen veranderd: LiPo […]
