LANE Boys RC

Its always fun learning something new. Ever since we got a 2.4 GHz RC system a few years ago, I wanted to understand how these things actua...

In recent years LEDs are appearing on the market that contain a controller chip. Currently the WS2812B is highly popular. It is a RGB LED...

We are currently evaluating the popular shift-register programmable LEDs of type WS2812B and PL9823 for use in our DIY RC car light con...

Most servos and speed controllers come with a wire that is too long for the average RC car. The usual way to deal with this is to either ma...

One type of vehicle that was still missing from our RC fleet was a truck. Tamiya has very nice models; we liked the Globe Liner a lot, but...

A few weeks ago we bought a cheap second hand TT-01 because LANE Boys Snr. wanted to have a 10th scale touring car for relaxing in the loca...

Want to control you 1/10 scale winch from your 3-channel RC system? Below you can find instructions to build the necessary controller!

It has been a while since be blogged about our Light controller . In the meantime we have equipped more than ten cars with our custom elec...

Many Tamiya kits available on sale today still come with the TEU-104BK ESC. This ESC is perfectly fine for running brushed motors, but does...

It took a while as other projects were interrupting, but now our Tamiya M1025 Hummer is finished and ready for the trail.

With the body in good shape it was time to rebuild the chassis of our Tamiya M1025 Hummer. Like all Tamiya kits one begins with the differ...

With all parts stripped and cleaned, it is now time to build the vehicle up again. First we were dealing with the body.

Having finished our XR311 , it is now time to get its brother, the Tamiya M1025 Hummer , back on the trail.

Our Tamiya XR311 is getting close to being finished. One of the last remaining jobs is painting the driver figure that comes with the kit....

In part 5 we look at the electric power consumption of a 1/10 scale 4WD drift car. The test subject is our Tamiya TT01D. We obtained the...

The LANE Boys residence currently hosts a very special scale truck for light installation: a custom built full metal Land Rover Series 2 S...

In this blog post we look at the power consumption of the Tamiya CC01 Unimog.

The popular four-button-chargers support charging of different battery types. This article examines the different charging strategies appli...

When it comes to RC electronics there is not a lot of technical information available. Not many RC enthusiasts are experts in electronics ...

Notice something missing? Yes, the antenna has been cleanly ripped out of this poor receiver. Time to get out the soldering iron......