Month: January 2015

Axial Racing – Yeti XL 1/8th scale electric 4wd kit

Axial Racing – Yeti XL 1/8th scale electric 4wd kit

Posted by | 14, Jan 2015 | |

Axial have just announced that they’re releasing a kit version of their popular-yet-troubled buggy, the Yeti XL. The main complaint about the RTR version of the Yeti XL is the way it kicks the front wheels off the ground due to the insane amount of torque twist. The kit (unsurprisingly) addresses this with the inclusion of a rear sway bar. In addition, like other Axial kits, there are a few other upgrades – new wheels and tyres, 3mm lower link plates, upgraded wheel hubs, new dual-rate shocks, and a new wheel carrier (plus wheel) for the rear deck. You also...

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Installing the RPP Trail Torch and Six Shooter LED light bars onto an Axial Yeti

Installing the RPP Trail Torch and Six Shooter LED light bars onto an Axial Yeti

Posted by | 8, Jan 2015 | , |

One of the easiest updates you can make to any RC vehicle is to stick lights on it. Sure, you can go all scale and have fully working brakes, sidelights, headlights and indicators; or you can keep things simple and just add front (and/or rear) lights that are always turned on. It’s a very quick way to make a stock RTR vehicle look a bit different to all the others, plus it helps you know which way the vehicle is pointing once it’s on the other side of the field… I’m going to keep things simple and go the easy route...

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Axial Yeti – Update

Axial Yeti – Update

Posted by | 4, Jan 2015 | |

I had a few spare minutes this morning, so I thought I’d put some of my upgrades on the Yeti. Nothing major – a new black roof panel, blue aluminium lockouts on the rear axle, and I added the aluminium shock caps to the front shocks. A few tips: The rear lockouts are a very simple update; just remove the rear wheels (make sure you don’t lose the axle pin), remove the two screws on the top and bottom of the plastic lockout, and pop on the new lockout. Replace the screws and wheel, and you’re done. The roof...

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What’s inside the Big RC4WD Mystery Box

What’s inside the Big RC4WD Mystery Box

Posted by | 1, Jan 2015 | , |

RC4WD.com is an excellent site if you’re looking for R/C crawler parts (or even whole kits). Not only that, but every now and then they run a “Mystery Box” promotion – a box filled with a selection of products sold on the site, worth more than you pay for the box. The only catch is that you don’t know what you’re going to get until the box arrives! Since I’m fairly new at scale building, I figured it’d be a good way to get a selection of parts to get me going, so I took the plunge and ordered up the...

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