RC Car Action February 2017

FEATURES
43 | 10 Gas Cars That Rocked RC
The essential cars and trucks that made fuel power explode!
By the RC Car Action team

70 | 202mph: Inside the World’s Fastest RC Car
Nic Case reveals his record-setting tech
By Nic Case with Peter Vieira

84 | 40 Years of Tamiya
Looking back at the Japanese giant’s incredible
run of exciting models that shaped RC
By Peter Vieira

PERFORMANCE TESTS
32 | Team Associated RC8T3
The Team’s big-tire bruiser shreds straights and carves corners like no other truggy
By Kevin Hetmanski

52 | HoBao Hyper VS
HoBao’s bargain buggy brings high-end features and a big-cube engine to the nitro party
By Kevin Hetmanski

62 | TLR/Horizon Hobby TEN-SCTE 3.0
More refinements and increased versatility put TLR’s class-leading 4X4 farther out front
By Kevin Hetmanski

84 | Tamiya 40th Anniversary Porsche 934 TA-02SW
Tamiya revisits the Stuttgart stunner that started it all back in 1976
By Peter Vieira

Tech & How-To
38 | Tech-Know: Fast Facts about Nitro Fuel
Demystify the fluid that breathes fire
By Carl Hyndman

58 | How To Troubleshoot a Nitro Engine
Get revved up for trouble-free fuel power
By the RC Car Action team

TEST BENCH
102 | Team Orion Advantage Touch
Duo Dual-Output LiHV Charger

104 | ProTek R/C 170SBL
Black Label Brushless Servo

DEPARTMENTS
10 | Starting Line
12 | Feedback
14 | Readers’ Rides
20 | Pit Tips
25 | Tech Center
29 | New & Hot
93 | Race Watch
106 | Tailpipe