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I'll never admit to being lazy, so my reasoning for steering clear of most ARF models is due to taste. One look at the B-25J Mitchell ARF from Top Flite, however, makes me into a stressed riddled perfectionist. There are certain things in life that when you have them, you become the center of attention, the big shot. Like getting a 60 inch HD T.V. with over 3,000 worldwide channels.

HPI have finally got the drop on their main drift rivals Yokomo, and come out with a ‘revolutionary’ drifting car – the HPI Pro-D. With a carbon main chassis, carbon upper deck and orange anodised aluminium bulkheads, it's a very slick design.  Only one question remains...

The 40th annual WRAM Show took place in White Plains, New York this weekend. Organized by the Westchester Radio Aero Modelers, the show draws a crowd from all over the Northeast U.S. This year a major snow storm hit Friday morning, the first day of the show. While this led to several vendors not showing up, most of the big names were there, and audience traffic on Saturday was dense.

Forget about squeezing a little more power from your engine, filing the ports or any of that nonsense. There have been some quite extreme RC machines before now and none more so than Tony Lovering’s 3 engine monster.

He managed to squeeze 3 engines onto an 1/8th scale on-road Kyosho Evolva – (I think 2 chassis and a hacksaw were involved) and flew from the UK to last year to compete in the world fastest RC competition at the California Speedway in Fontana on the 28th of July. He picked up the trophy for the fastest nitro RC car with a speed of 88 MPH, but has since gone as fast as 103 MPH in speed trials in the UK.

I always hear alot of talk on all the popular forums that the HPI Savage is a difficult vehicle to work on and clean, so I am making this to possibly help out a little bit. Since I went mud bashing the other day, I thought it would be wise to tear the truck down and give it a good clean. Here are pictures, and a detailed explaination of everything that I had done.

Note from Zero: Eclipse Customz design and create custom paint jobs for your RC body. Ryan has put together some great tips if you're looking to do your own custom designed paint job.

Everyone always has wanted a nice lid on their R/C car. Now it is possible with these great tips by Eclipse Customz.

When you think about Nitro RC racing, here are a few names that might come into your mind. Adam Drake, Matt Francis, Jammin Jay, and a few other great people. We here at Zero RC received the blessing of being able to interview one of those three men, Adam Drake! Adam is well known for his racing capabilites, and one of his main sponsors is Team Losi. I spoke to him for a few days, getting things ready for him to get the questions and let us know whats up! Here are the 7 Questions and Answers with Pro RC Driver Adam Drake!

We all know that propellers are dangerous, but it may be less obvious that propellers on electric-powered aircraft carry some additional risks. Here are two important risk factors to be aware of, and how to deal with them.

I recently got in touch with Just Plane Chris, one of the hosts of the All Things That Fly podcast, and he graciously agreed to an interview by email. Chris is an accomplished helicopter and fixed wing pilot and an active member on RCGroups, so I was curious to pick his brain a bit. Here are his responses:

No matter who you ask, you'll get the same advice: spend time practicing on a simulator. It's amazing how good and useful these tools have become. It's also easy to treat them like a video game and not improve your flying skills. With that in mind, here are some ideas that will make you a better pilot by getting the most out of your simulator: