Tamiya's Dirt Four-Wheel Drive R/C Model Vehicles: The DF-01, DF-02, and DF-03
What makes Tamiya's dirt four-wheel drive series so special in the hearts and minds of many R/C model vehicle enthusiast? What are the difference between the different generations of the DF-01, DF-02,...
1 Jun 6min
Tamiya's Dirt Two-Wheel Drive Series: The DT-01, DT-02, DT-03, and DT-04
What makes Tamiya's dirt two-wheel drive series so special in the hearts and minds of many R/C model vehicle enthusiast? What are the difference between the different generations of the DT-01, DT-02, ...
31 Mai 6min
What Hollywood, Mass Media, and Commercial Ads get Wrong About the R/C Hobby
Just like skateboarders and TTRPG (Tabletop Role-Playing Game) players, the media gets the R/C model vehicle hobbyist community wrong on so many levels. Why does this persist? In this episode of the R...
30 Mai 5min
HOW-TO: Install a Gyro into Your R/C Model Vehicle
If you have every considered installing a gyro in your R/C model vehicle you might have wondered how difficult it is. It's relatively straightforward, however you do need to have specific types of ser...
29 Mai 6min
Why Some R/C Model Vehicle Hobbyists Hate Gyros and AI
While in general, the R/C model vehicle enthusiast community has accepted new technologies like ball diffs. ESCs, 2.4GHZ radio equipment, NiMh, LiFe, or LiPo batteries, etc. there still seems to be a ...
28 Mai 4min
Trust But Verify: The Advantages and Disadvantages of R/C Forums vs. Podcasts
The R/C Forums are in many ways a lifeline of the radio-controlled model vehicle hobbyist community. However, with so the information they have and the good that they do, there are major disadvantages...
27 Mai 5min
The 1980's R/C Racer Uniforms of the Golden Era of Radio-Control
In the iconic 1980's Punky Brewster episode, "Girls Will be Boys", the backyard R/C racer boys, as well as Punky Brewster herself, wore racecar driver racing jumpsuits when racing their vintage Tamiya...
26 Mai 5min
Who First Gave the Tamiya R/C ORV Chassis it's Name?
In 1983 Tamiya created 3 very different radio-controlled model vehicles on the same chassis; the Lancia 037 Rally Car, the Subaru BRAT, and the original racing vehicle, the Frog; and would later conti...
25 Mai 5min
