The RC Deep Dive
Welcome to The RC Deep Dive podcast, your daily masterclass in the world of Tamiya radio-controlled model vehicles in under 30 minutes.
This is the ultimate anti-fluff resource for Tamiya RC builders, bashers, crawlers, collectors, drifters, racers, and speed runners. We publish a new, concise episode every day, focusing on the vintage, classic, and rere (re-release) models that have defined the radio control hobby.
We go beyond the RC hobby workbench. One day we're detailing HOW-TO guides for hop-ups, CVA dampers, or MIP super ball diffs, and the next, we explore the applied physics and chemistry of why they work. We also uncover the lost RC cultural history of the Golden Age—from the Tamiya-Futaba alliance to the transfer of CRP's business assets to a new entity, Team CRP, or Parma PSE (Parma Speed Experts) International being bought by Mid-America Products.
This is your daily dose of R/C knowledge. No fluff, just the deep dive. We are all about that RC life!
Got a Tamiya question you can't solve? Ask it in the reviews or comments. It might become a future 5-15 minute deep dive. Subscribe now so you don't miss tomorrow's deep dive. It's the perfect anti-fluff way to start your day at the RC hobby workbench.
A NOTE ON CLARITY: This podcast is 100% human-researched by lifelong hobbyists. To deliver a crystal-clear, professional-sounding, anti-fluff episode every single day, we use modern AI-assisted production tools for maximum listenability. Our focus is on the knowledge, not the noise.
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Episodes
Saturday Apr 12, 2025
Saturday Apr 12, 2025
The ORV chassis has a weakness, especially in the re-release models that use a shock plastic in the shock arms. This can lead to breakage or knocking the dog-bones out out the rear wheels. This simple piece of plastic can help prevent these two run-ending problems. We take a deep drive into why and how to install them on your Frog, Brat, or other ORV chassis RC vehicle.
Friday Apr 11, 2025
Friday Apr 11, 2025
What radio controlled vehicle is the best selling one of all time? Is it the Frog, the Hornet, the Blackfoot, the Lunchbox, the HotShot, or the Grasshopper? We will go over the ten most popular RC cars and what sold the most over the last 50+ years. The rankings may surprise you!
Thursday Apr 10, 2025
Thursday Apr 10, 2025
The Grasshopper II (GH2) likes to kick out grub or set screws from that required Lunchbox pinion gear when upgrading the stock silver can 380 motor to a speedy 380 sport tuned motor. But why? The original Grasshopper (GH1) doesn't have this have issue. We dig into why this happens and possible fixes beyond thread lock.
Wednesday Apr 09, 2025
Wednesday Apr 09, 2025
What are the Tamiya Super G RC Buggies and what made them so special? How can we use the modern re-release of the Grasshopper II and Tamiya's it third party aftermarket Hop-Up options to recreate this super-popular limited edition classic RC buggy? We'll find out today in the RC Deep Dive!
Tuesday Apr 08, 2025
Tuesday Apr 08, 2025
Tamiya was the king of RC, making kits that need to be built, until a new company from McKinney, Texas, USA came up with a whole new kind of RC car. These super-fast, aerodynamic, unrealistic, non-detailed, RTR (ready to run) took the RC world by storm, especially with children and became a huge brand. Traxxas was very much against 3rd party hop-ups for it's vehicles, which soured some RC enthusiasts on this now huge brand.
Monday Apr 07, 2025
Monday Apr 07, 2025
Horizon Hobbies had been accused by some of being a monopoly after owning at least 23 different hobby brands. But are they really? And how did they come to own so much of the RC hobby world? Likewise, with AMain buying Hobby Town, we compare and contrast each company's philosophies and strategies to take over the radio controlled hobby, looking looking at how this affects the hobbyists around the world.
Sunday Apr 06, 2025
Sunday Apr 06, 2025
Do you like the Special Black Edition Tamiya RC vehicles? Do you like the Candy Green Edition Grasshopper? Did you know that there was a Special Blue Edition Grasshopper II (and no, we're not talking about the Rising Fighter)? We uncover so the different colored special editions and what made them special, besides the different colors in the episode of the RC Deep Dive.
Saturday Apr 05, 2025
Saturday Apr 05, 2025
Recently it was revealed that a 380 Sport Tuned motor can outperform a silver can 540 motor in certain conditions. We deep dive into why this could happen and review different types of motors that you might want to put in your RC vehicles, comparing and contrasting many different features of each.
Friday Apr 04, 2025
Friday Apr 04, 2025
Tamiya's classic starter hobby grade RC car can be upgraded to its racing basher, the Hornet or a Super Dragon. Likewise, the Grasshopper 2 can likewise be upgraded to a Super Hornet or a Rising Fighter. We go over how to do these upgrades and what parts you need to get to make it happen on this episode of the RC Deep Dive.
Thursday Apr 03, 2025
Thursday Apr 03, 2025
Clicking Gearboxes, differential gears going bad, dog bones popping out. These are dinner if the issues that Tamiya's classic RC cars with the ORV (Off-Road Vehicle) chassis may have work more powerful motors and batteries. MIP cane up with a great solution, but we also talk about other options available for your favourite radio controlled cars and buggies!