From snow to tarmac..

Figured I'd try longboarding since aggressive doesn't exactly transfer too well from snowboarding and of all of these sports, that's definitely my top one. So here we go:

Got a Kracked Skulls M1 40" board w/ Randall 180 trucks and pink Powerballs 72mm wheels. Skipped bearings since I have plenty from my blades. Ended up messing up a shield on 1 of my Royal 7s, so I used my generic ceramic-ball abec 7s instead. Rolls real smooth, nothing to complain about whatsoever.



After some Xacto magic, viola!

HPI RS32 Has Landed!

So at long last I got my hands on one of these and for a mere 90$ + shipping. Box is quite appealing as is the hard plastic, model-quality Calsonic R32 body.



Everything is packaged fairly well, nothing to complain about.





Now this is where RS car differs from the Kyosho Mini-Z- not only does it sport modular electronics seen in other scale R/Cs, but it also comes disassembled. Nothing is tricky in this car save being super-bite sized, but so are kyosho dNanos.





The car handles well, but could DEFINITELY use a little more speed and battery life. My guess is to use a Losi motor and/or lithium battery packs, perhaps from R/C helicopters.







Note that because these will go hand-in-hand with the new HPI slot car line, the details may surpass that of Mini-Zs, like rear view mirrors, for example.