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JULY 2015
AXIAL'S YETI XL KIT BORN IN CAPTIVITY, RELEASED INTO THE WILD!
DO THE WILD THING! GET ‘KEN GUSHI’ STYLE!
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FLUXING: ‘EURO STYLE’
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THE BEST IN-DEPTH REVIEWS & BUILD GUIDES IN R/C
HPI’S RTR SPRINT 2 FLUX GETS A BMW M3 GTS MAKEOVER WE GRIP & DRIFT THE AE APEX SCION RACING FR-S RTR
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REVIEWS
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GRIP OR DRIFT ‘KEN GUSHI STYLE’
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ONE HALF OF THE RS4 EQUATION
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BIG NITRO BANG FOR SMALL NITRO BUCKS…
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WANT THE HOP UP BARGAIN OF THE CENTURY
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LIMITLESS POTENTIAL PART 1: ‘THE BUILD’
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SUPER LONG STROKE MASTERPIECE
AE Apex Scion Racing ‘Rocket Bunny’ FR-S RTR 1/10th 4WD
HPI Micro 1/18th 4WD RS4 RTR WRX STI Bucky Lasek Edition
Nanda Racing NRB-5 RTR 4WD 1/8th Buggy
RRCi Revisited: We Hop Up The Review Losi XXXSCB RTR
Axial 1/8th 4WD Electric Yeti XL Kit
“THANK YOU CONCORDE…”
HPI Sprint 2 Flux 4WD 1/10th RTR BMW M3 GTS
RRCi Test Bench: RB CXR SLS 9 ‘Lelasi Tuned’ Nitro Race Engine 2015 Combo
FEATURES
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DAKAR BOUND… IN 1/10TH SCALE!
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ESC AND MOTORS EXPLAINED & EXPLORED
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IT’S AIRTIME!
July 2015 Issue 380
RRCi Insight: RC Dakar Expedition
THE LONG WALK, THE STEEP HILL
RRCi: Trailside Report: The MRCC 100+ Gate Challenge Hartshill Hayes, Warwickshire
RRCi Revisited: The Beginners Guide to Electric R/C Cars
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RRCi Insight: Stage 3 Southern Counties RC Rally Championship
F.H.S.S MAKING THE HOLLYWOOD ‘CONNECTION’
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REGULARS
RRCi Investigates: The Origins of F.H.S.S Technology
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‘REALLY’ BOOTING IT! PART 3
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STARTLINE
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SHOPPERS DIRECTORY
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IN GEAR
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CLASSIFIEDS
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NEWSFLASH
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COMING NEXT MONTH
Inside R/C: A Year In The Life of Kyosho Team Driver Elliot Boots
Where Do We (Or Should We Buy) Our R/C?
New kits now available
Xray reign supreme at the 2015 ROAR Nitro On-Road Nationals
Where is your local hobby store?
Buy and sell in confidence
What’s coming in our August 2015 issue
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Sprint 2 Flux 4WD 1/10th RTR BMW M3 GTS >>>> HPI –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Type: 1/10th 4WD Brushless TC UK RRP: £284.99 Manufacturer: HPI Racing UK Distributor: www.hpiracing.co.uk
“Thank You C Words and images: Scott ‘Aceofaxe’ Curlin & Joshua Rogers
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couple of years back, I bought the HPI Sprint 2 RTR. Me being a Chevy fan, I got the 2010 Camaro version. I took it out of the box and knew right away it would soon be a drifter. But not before taking it to Speedy’s wedding and being: “The guy
that brought an R/C car to a Wedding”. (And we definitely won’t mention the 3-channel helicopter I was flying around the hotel) But come on, half the attendees were R/C people! And all the tables were named after R/C companies, so it just had to be done!
As you do, we all ended up in the car park, in the dark, racing it around on the stock tyres. To say we weren’t in the right state of mind to think about scrutinizing it would be an understatement! To say I wasn’t in the right frame of mind to avoid the curb at full whack would be
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quick spec Wheelbase 254 mm Length 431 mm Height 127 mm Width 200 mm
Concorde…” yet another such understatement! So the ongoing plan for the now 3-wheeled Sprint 2 would be to become a drifter as soon as I got it home. The following Monday the transformation began. It started simply enough. Drift tyres on and run round
the car park. I quickly realized drifting was not as easy as I thought it would be. But I knew I had a good basis to begin with. I have since modified it quite heavily and really enjoy it as a fun drifter. Unfortunately, I had never given it a chance as a touring car, and to be
honest, I kind of regretted that. But little did I know, I would be getting a second chance!
Sprint 2 Flux Inbound Recently I got the usual cryptic message from the Ed. There was a parcel inbound.
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