A brief podcast about the RC hobby and things happening at the CCxRC YouTube Channel. We talk about new products from Horizon Hobby, Traxxas, RC4WD, Team Associated, ARRMA, LOSI, Carisma, Kyosho, Tamiya, Spektrum, Axial, Freestyle RC and many other big and small brands in the hobby. On top of brands, the podcast also has interviews RC drivers to get their take on the hobby and its direction.
Episodes
Monday Mar 16, 2020
Monday Mar 16, 2020
It was a bit of an Axial weekend. My family and I went camping with my mom locally for her birthday. I knew the campground was going to be busy, but has a small beach that my boys like to build sandcastles on. We decided to bring our Axial Yeti Jr. Can-Am Maverick 1/18 scale UTV to race on the beach.
I also had an RC Monster Truck Race on Saturday afternoon that I planned to attend to race the retro class and new I could stop in at our Virginia Beach HobbyTown to get another Axial Yeti Jr. Can-am so we could drag race them on the beach...which I did.
The retro race was fun and pretty much a straight up drag race with obstacles. I TQ'd one truck, but blew it in both of my races.
I came back to the campground and we bashed and raced the Yeti Jrs on the beach. Made a fun video of it ifor YouTube.
When the beach was completely empty, I did pull out my ARRMA Kraton 4s and ripped it up and down the beach. I don't normally have that much room to really get up speed like that. It is wicked.
When we got home, my youngest son and I ran the Losi Mini-T 2.0 for a little bit in the front yard. I turned the Hobbywing ESCs punch up and it's really snappy and fun now.
Thanks for tuning in!
Thursday Mar 12, 2020
Thursday Mar 12, 2020
This podcast goes wherever my brain wanted to and is brought to you by the sounds Uh and Um.
I start out talking about the new Axial SCX24 Chevrolet C10 trucks and questioning the colors they say they are.
Then talk about what I do for work.
Then go back to the SCX24 lineup. Haha. What can I say, I like to tangent.
Eventually I talk about the potential impact of the coronavirus on the hobby.
At some point I do talk about my new Micro Crawler Course.
Should I get a Kyosho Mini-Z 4runner? Change my mind. Why AAA batteries?
Abrupt finish.
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Saturday Mar 07, 2020
Saturday Mar 07, 2020
Today on While My Batteries Charge, I have Jeremy Griffith–you may know him from his Everybody's Scalin' column on Big Squid RC. He's on to talk about his RC History, how to convince your wife to let you build a backyard track, how he got hooked up with Big Squid and more. I really enjoyed hearing his backstory. He'll definitely be back to talk more about current events and where he sees the hobby going this year.
Wednesday Mar 04, 2020
Wednesday Mar 04, 2020
Today's podcast meanders all over the RC spektrum from rumors about Traxxas and Redcat to talk about RC Drag Racing. None of these are topics I'm super-versed in, but I take a stab at it anyway because it interests me right now. You want in-the-know Drag info, check out Tim Smith's "TSR Speed Shop Podcast" or watch RC Drag Talk.
But I am building a 2WD Slash/Bandit based Street Eliminator and have a Team Associated DR10 on pre-order.
I've heard rumblings that Traxxas has a new product announcement to make soon. I can't fully verify it yet, but it's still fun to speculate about what it might be. Will it utilize the new 4s system they put in the Maxx? Will it be a 1/5th scale Slash or E-revo? Maybe a 1/24th scale TRX4?
The same speculations are happening about Redcat on the heels of their latest announcement of the Windego. Will those axles be used for an updated SMT? Let's talk about that.
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Monday Mar 02, 2020
Monday Mar 02, 2020
So Redcat released a new RC after I recorded this podcast this morning. There were only sneak peak images when I recorded this, but now it has been released and I guessed right. It looks like an Axial Wraith 1.9 as a 2.2.
I actually think that this is smart because they've now got axles they can use to upgrade their 13 year old Ground Pounder.
But really...I'm hear to rant about people complaining about YouTubers making videos on all the new RCs. You asked for it...or at least some of you who constantly bring this up. :)
Wednesday Feb 26, 2020
Wednesday Feb 26, 2020
These little Axial SCX24 RCs have got me hooked on the small scale trail trucks. I bring them with me and find places to run them, but I really want a little playground for them in my office that I can run them on when I need mental breaks. I've been using a lot of random items and Plaster Cloth in order to make the forms on 16" x 48" pieces of plywood. Can't wait to be done with it and start running it!
Sunday Feb 23, 2020
Sunday Feb 23, 2020
Today on While My Batteries Charge, I have a phone interview with Jason and Ethan Saunders who I first met in 2018 and have been following and talking with ever since. We met at Digger's Dungeon during the No Limit RC World Finals monster truck races. They ended up pitting next to me for the weekend and we had a great time.
Here's a list of some of the things we talk about:
How we met
The Hacksaw retro chassis Jason Made
Showtime Showdown 2019 (how Ethan beat me in retro)
If you're going to lose, lose in the first two feet 😊
How Ethan started racing at 5 years old
The move to off-road RC racing
Ethan's Fast Maxx is a Freestyle RC Pro-C
His Buzzkill is a sFreestyle RC Rapid X
Runs Hobbywing electronics
Winning - setup vs mental toughness (battling your nerves)
Monster Jam World Finals
Jason gives some setup tips
JConcepts Sponsorship
Novice class? Old man class? 😂
Friday Feb 21, 2020
Friday Feb 21, 2020
Today we have JayTee from the JayTee RC YouTube channel on with us to discuss what got him into the hobby.
JayTee RC's YouTube Channel: http://bit.ly/JayTeeRC
We touch on these topics:
Martial Arts
RC History
Nikko
Kaybee Toy Store - KB Toys
Lobo II
NiCD Batteries
Tamiya Monster Beetle
Goldpan RC10
Tamiya pronuciation
Kyosho Raider
Kyosho Ultima
Traxxas Cat
Nikko Turbo Hopper
Traxxas Radicator 2
Losi JRXT
Team Associated
Schumacher
Mechanical Speed Controllers
YouTube
Jang - Ultimate RC - URC
RC Sparks
HPI
ARRMA
Team Corally
Team Associated MT10 and DR10
Redcat Kaiju
Traxxas Maxx
Plastics
ARRM Infraction
YouTube Tips
Kevin Talbot
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