Episodios

  • HOW-TO: Build a First Aid Kit for the R/C Workbench, Bashing, and Crawling
    Apr 6 2026

    You usually don't think of what is in your first aid kit until you need it. But what you need in your R/C hobby workshop, out bashing or crawling is different for each place. In this episode of the RC Deep Dive podcast We go over at the horrible injuries some people have suffered and what first aid kit items could have helped to them at the time of their injuries. With this knowledge, we hope to help you prepare a proper first aid kit for the workbench, bashing, and crawling.

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    6 m
  • How Many Calories Burned and Steps Taken Running R/C Model Vehicles?
    Apr 5 2026

    How many calories do you burn building, bashing, and crawling your radio-controlled model vehicle? How many steps per hour does a typical basher and crawler get from running their R/C car, truck, buggy, van, or jeep get? We measure the distance, clock the speed, do the physical science, and get you these answers and bite in this episode of the RC Deep Dive podcast.

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    6 m
  • Functional R/C Enthusiast Gear for Building, Bashing, Racing, Crawling, and Drifting
    Apr 4 2026

    It's not only fashion but function that matters when you are building, bashing, racing, crawling, drifting, or just running your radio-controlled model vehicle. So what type of clothing marks of both boxes for each genre of the R/C hobby? In this episode of the RC Deep Dive podcast we dug deep into modern fashion and fabrics and pick out the items you need in your closet for both only style, but also comfort and functionality.

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    6 m
  • The Many R/C and Skateboarding Collabs and Connections
    Apr 3 2026

    Interestingly, the radio control hobbyist community and the skateboarding community have found many connections and R/C companies have launched collabs with skateboard companies. How many of them do you know? In this episode of the RC Deep Dive podcast we go over them and an interesting usage of skate wheels on radio-controlled model vehicles!

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    6 m
  • Why Do Older RCers Call the Lancia 037 Rally Car Just the Lancia Rally?
    Apr 2 2026

    In the 1980s, the vintage Lancia 037 rally car on the ORV (Off-Road Vehicle) Chassis was simply called the "Lancia Rally" by the R/C hobbyist community. Those that were active in the radio control enthusiast communities at that time still call it that today, even though Lancia has made many different rally cars over the last 50 years. In this episode of the RC Deep Dive podcast, we answer the question about why this abbreviated nomenclature stuck and why did the 1983 Audi Quattro Rally Car not get a similar shortened name like the "Audi Rally"?

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    5 m
  • The RC Hobby is Very Disability Friendly
    Apr 1 2026

    Many of the pioneers of the golden age of R/C are getting old and some are developing disabilities. Many new devices have been created in recent years too help radio control enthusiasts with disabilities to still be able to build, race, bash, crawl, and drift their beloved radio controlled model vehicles. In today's episode of the RC Deep Dive podcast we go into all the details about how those that are differently abled are able to prosper in our beloved hobby thanks to the dedication of nanny in the R/C hobbyist community.

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    5 m
  • What Body Shells Can You Put on the Frog or any ORV Chassis R/C Car?
    Mar 31 2026

    You may already know that on your Tamiya Frog R/C buggy you could put the Subaru BRAT or the Lancia 037 Rally car body on it with included parts that come with your Frog. But Tamiya has other bodies that you can put on your orv chassis as well! Not only that, but a number of third party aftermarket hop-up makers have made similar and wildly different Lexan polycarbonate bodies for the Frog. In this episode of the RC Deep Dive podcast, we go over each of these options explaining how easy or difficult each are to purchase and use.

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    7 m
  • How Many Jeep-Like R/C Model Vehicles has Tamiya Made?
    Mar 30 2026

    Everybody knows the 1982 Willy's Wheeler and the 1984 Mitsubishi Pajero R/C short utility vehicle wheelie machines And how tamia had the Mitsubishi Pajero and Montero take a more serious scale look after that. But in this episode of the RC Deep Dive podcast, we look at all of the short utility vehicles that Tamiya has made since those original two classics in the 1980s during the golden age of radio-control.

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    7 m