RC Batteries Swell (And When to Worry) I noticed the first bump on the side of my Traxxas pack about a week after my daughter and I ran it through three straight afternoons of backyard bashing. It wasn’t dramatic, just a slight curve where the case used to be flat, but it was enough to…
Rival MT10 Review – Worth It? As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. Backyard bashing content has been all over RC forums this year, and half of it circles back to the same question: which budget brushless monster truck actually survives a kid, a dog, and a driveway full of gravel. I kept…
RC Car Steering Problems Fast Three things caught me off guard the day my RC truck started pulling hard to the left every time I hit the throttle. First, how simple the actual fix turned out to be. Second, how many different parts could be the real culprit. Third, how close I came to writing…
Best RC Truck for Bashing As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. My six-year-old thinks “bashing” just means driving fast over anything in our yard. I used to think the same thing, right up until I cracked my second chassis in a month. Turns out picking the right truck for bashing matters way…
Best Battery for Traxxas Slash As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. My six year old daughter has a rule now. If the Traxxas Slash battery dies before she’s ready to stop, the weekend is basically ruined. I learned that the hard way after buying two batteries that looked great on the box…
Extend RC Car Lifespan – 7 Habits That Actually Work My daughter is six, and every single weekend she asks the same question before we even get our shoes on: “Are we driving the truck today?” So we drive the truck. A lot. And for the first year I owned this hobby, I was quietly…
Best Foldable Drone That’s Actually Worth Packing As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. I never planned on becoming a foldable drone guy. It just sort of happened after I got tired of leaving my full-size drone at home because it never fit anywhere useful. Once I switched to a folding model, road…
Blackjack vs Sonicwake – Which RC Boat Actually Wins on the Water As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. My six-year-old daughter has a very simple rule for RC boats: if it does not throw up a huge wake, she is not interested. So when I picked up a Blackjack 24 and a…
Arrma Typhon Review – Is It Really Worth It? As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. My six year old daughter named this thing “the blue rocket” before I even had it fully charged. That should tell you something about how this review is going to go. I bought the Arrma Typhon expecting…
Buggy vs Truggy RC Car: Which One Actually Wins Backyard Battles? As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. My six year old daughter picked our first RC buggy off the shelf because she liked the color, and honestly that turned out to be a pretty rough way to shop for RC cars. A…
