The RC Deep Dive

Every R/C hobby enthusiast needs to have both needle nose pliers and shock pliers at their work bench. But which hobby-grade brands and models and the best to use on your radio controlled model vehicles? In this episode of the RC Deep Dive We grab the sources firmly and uncover the best options available for you and your radio control model cars, trucks, buggies, vans, busses, tanks, and keeps. 

There's a false economy that tells you that cheap screws, nuts, and washers are a good deal, but in fact, they are not good for your R/C model vehicle at all. From poor steel quality to bad design tolerances, these cheap screws, washers, and nuts could end up cost you a lot of trouble. So what do you need to do? From Yeah Racing to Team KNK Hardware we review the best options for all of your screwing needs in this episode of the RC Deep Dive podcast. Happy driving! 

In a previous episode of the RC Deep Dive podcast we mentioned that to make the King Yellow and Kong Head bulletproof, you needed a hardened steel pinion gear and a high torque 550 brushed motor. A listener asked us which brand and model of opinion gear and 550 brushed motor that we recommend for the G6-01 chassis model vehicles. So today we present the answer in a special extended length episode of the RC Deep Dive podcast. 

The GH2 (Grasshopper II) and Rising Fighter R/C buggies come with styrene hard plastic body shells. Besides the body shell of their discontinued chassis mate, the Super Hornet, what Lexan polycarbonate bodies are available for these three legendary radio controlled model vehicles. In this episode of the RC Deep Dive podcast we uncover the options and give you the best choices for your Grasshopper II, Super Hornet, and Riding Fighter radio control buggies. 

What can we as individual R/C Hobby enthusiast and as The wider radio control hobbyist community do to be better stewards of the environment? On this Earth Day, we explore the possibilities that what each one of us can do and what we can do together, even what the radio-controlled hobby shops and hobby manufacturers can do to help make this a better world for everyone in the current generations and the generations to come.

What are the proper ways to dispose of your clear Lexan polycarbonate soft plastic radio-controlled model vehicle body shells and the ABS (Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene) hard plastic chassis when they become broken and no longer of use to you the R/C hobbyist enthusiast? In this episode of the RC Deep Dive podcast We dig into the physical science and the environmental science to give you the correct answer to these burning questions. 

When your tires or your wheels on your radio-controlled model vehicles are no longer usable, how should you dispose of them properly? Is it possible to recycle these parts, or maybe upcycle or downcycle them? In this episode of the RC Deep Dive podcast we recover the options that you have for giving a new life to your RC car truck, jeep, van, or buggy's nylon wheels and rubber tires. 

How do you properly dispose of your used R/C shock damper oil when you are changing from one oil to another, such as changing from Tamiya yellow #400 to softer silicone damper oil like Tamiya's red #200? There's a lot of conflicting misinformation out there on many forums, so in this episode of the RC Deep Dive podcast we cut through the noise and get you the actual solid scientific evidence based facts about the proper disposal of this non-biodegradable HHW (Household Hazardous Waste) using the CID (Collect, Identify, Deliver) method. 

In this episode of the RC Deep Dive podcast, we go over exactly how you should properly dispose of your radio-controlled model vehicle battery when it's no longer of use. You use vintage NiCad, the classic NiMh, the super safe modern Tamiya standard LiFe, or the exceptionally powerful but potentially dangerous LiPo battery in your radio controlled car, buggy, or truck, we give you the real options that are best for your battery type. We even get into how to dispose of single use alkaline and lithium ion batteries that you use in your radio transmitter. 

Tamiya famously has often made their static models into radio-controlled model vehicles, such as the Porsche 934 Turbo RSR in 1976. But have they ever done the reverse and turned legendary R/C land vehicles (such an the Sand Scorcher, Frog, Grasshopper, Hornet, Hotshot, Lunchbox, Neo Fighter, etc.) into static models with glue together styrene hard plastic bodies? Why it why not? In this episode of the RC Deep Dive we dig into the business decision behind these models.