RC Car Action April 2014

Features

42 | Project: 5IVE-T Skull Crusher
Big and burly with a TGN boost!
By Erich Reichert

58 | Reader’s Project: Knight Customs Beach Buggy
3D printed parts create this bodacious buggy
By Aaron Waldron

74 | Full Option: Ultimate
Traxxas F-150 SVT Raptor
One Raptor please, fully loaded
By Erich Reichert

104 | Battery Basics
Get your charge on!
By Peter Vieira

Performance Tests

50 | Kyosho MP9 Readyset
A world champion fresh out of the box
By Aaron Waldron

66 | Team Associated SC10RS
AE’s newest RTR puts the Race in Race Spec
By Aaron Waldron

78 | Gmade Sawback
Jeep style and scaler detailing unite in this rugged trail machine
By Joel Navarro

How-to

86 | Tuning and Modifying
the HPI Blitz Flux
Rebuilt and ready for action
By Peter Vieira

Departments

14 | Starting Line

18 | Feedback

22 | Readers’ Rides

28 | Pit Tips

32 | Tech Center

35 | New & Hot

114 | Test Bench

Columns
95 | Fast Laps
8 Must-See Races in 2014!
By Aaron Waldron
110 | Crash Course
Motor Tech for Dummies
By Michael Wortel

129 | Tailpipe
Extinct By Erich Reichert

Resources
122 | AirAgeStore.com