Tips and Tricks

Stay tuned for tips and tricks from the owners of Big Boys Toys & Hobbies, Jeremy & Melissa Truxillo.

Soldering Deans

11/29/2011 | 0 Comments | posted by Melissa & Jeremy Truxillo
In this video we will teach you how to properly solder Deans Plugs. 
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Saito Engines and Fuel

11/29/2011 | 0 Comments | posted by Melissa & Jeremy Truxillo

In this video we will discuss Saito 4 stroke engines and the fuel they require. 

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Reprogram a Traxxas ESC

11/29/2011 | 0 Comments | posted by Melissa & Jeremy Truxillo

In this video we will teach you how to reprogram your Traxxas electronic speed control (ESC).  Some times if your model starts to do strange things you can reprogram your ESC to fix the issue. 

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Soldering EC3 Plugs

11/29/2011 | 0 Comments | posted by Melissa & Jeremy Truxillo
In this video I will teach you how to solder EC3 Plugs.  The same techniques can be used for the larger EC5 plugs. 
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Get the most speed out of your RC boat

9/20/2011 | 0 Comments | posted by Melissa & Jeremy Truxillo

In this video we explain how to increase the speed of your RC boat.  We used the ProBoat Blackjack 26 brushless boat as an example but many of these tips can be used on any boat.

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Binding a Spektrum Radio to a UMX heli

9/20/2011 | 0 Comments | posted by Melissa & Jeremy Truxillo

In this video we show you how to bind your Spektrum or JR 2.4 radio system to a UMX (ultra micro) heli.  The same procedure can be used for Parkzone, Hobbyzone and E-Flite UMX planes as well.

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Solder Traxxas Plugs

9/20/2011 | 0 Comments | posted by Melissa & Jeremy Truxillo

In this video we will show you the proper way to solder Traxxas connectors. 

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VXL Profiles

8/09/2011 | 0 Comments | posted by Melissa & Jeremy Truxillo
In this video we go over how to change between the different modes on a Traxxas speed control.  The same procedure is used for both Traxxas XL5 and VXL ESC's.


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Evolution Engines and Fuel

8/09/2011 | 0 Comments | posted by Melissa & Jeremy Truxillo
Jeremy demonstrates the different glow/nitro fuels and glow plugs that Evolution R/C airplane engines use in this YouTube video.



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Binding a Spektrum Radio

8/09/2011 | 0 Comments | posted by Melissa & Jeremy Truxillo
In this video we will be showing you how to bind your Spektrum radio to an airplane.  For this video we choose a Parkzone Radian glider to bind to but the same procedure can be used to bind any Spektrum receiver.  Note that the procedure is slightly different for binding to ultra micro (UMX) planes and helicopters.

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