Live Coverage! 2015 Ultra 4 / King of the Hammers

Understanding and Maximizing the AE-5 ESC

Wouldn’t it be great if ease of use didn’t mean a sacrifice in sophistication and performance? When it comes to electronics, there is often an unfortunate connection there. Axial purposely made the AE-5 ESC an exception. It is waterproof–a huge … more

Axial – The Official R/C vehicles of Ultra4 Racing – King of the Hammers 2015

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: (Mission Viejo, CA) January 14, 2015. Axial R/C Inc., A subsidiary of Hobbico Inc., is proud to announce Axial as the Official R/C Vehicles of Ultra4 / King of the Hammers for 2015. Ultra4 Racing is the … more

AXIAL: Official Radio Control Vehicles of ULTRA4 & King of the Hammers

Axial R/C Inc., A subsidiary of Hobbico Inc., is proud to announce Axial as the Official R/C Vehicles of Ultra4 / King of the Hammers for 2015. Axial’s roots are directly tied to motorsports, especially competitive rock crawling. As full … more

RECON G6 Challenge Birthday Bash 2014

2014 RECON G6 Challenge Birthday Bash December 6, 2014 Moonrocks, Reno, Nevada Words and Photos by Matt “Skeeno” Soileau Can you believe that the RECON G6 Challenge is four years old?  I can’t. It seems like just yesterday a few … more

Jump Properly

If you got started in RC with one of Axial’s rock crawlers, you may not know how to properly jump. What is there to it? There’s more to it than pointing your vehicle at a jump and launching it. The … more

Trim a Lexan Body

There are two ways to properly trim a body. One is the obvious method of using scissors to slowly trim the Lexan material away. The second method involves the far less obvious trick of scoring and snapping off the unwanted … more

Baja 1000 2014 Live Coverage

Waterproof Your Receiver

There are a lot of opinions being shared on how to waterproof electronics items, such receivers. The downside on most of the techniques is that they void the warranties of the products they are supposed to protect. Even worse, they often don’t … more

Axial Yeti XL Pre-run Checklist – Read Before You Run

So you just picked up your Yeti XL and are ready to go bashing! Take a few moments to check out some recommendations to make sure you have the best experience possible. Pre-run checklist: Check the screw tightness, especially around … more