Your vote counts!

Radio Control Car Action, Apr 2004 by Vieira, Peter

Every year, the April issue of RC Car Action has a little something extra: the "Readers' Choice Awards" ballot. It's a big deal! Do you think that the many RC manufacturers take note when the readers of "the world's best-selling RC car magazine" make their picks for their favorite products of the year? You bet they do! So don't miss your chance to be heard. You'll find the official ballot on page 171, and there's a category for every type of radio-control vehicle and product: nitro and electric, on-road and off, motors, batteries, fuel, engines-they're all in there (some of last year's winners are pictured here). Voting is easy; send your ballot in by mail, or just click over to rccaraction.com to vote online. Just be sure to get your vote in by April 5! While you're voting, keep the following in mind:

* Vote for the stuff you like best, for whatever reasons are important to you. You might vote for something because it's a great value, or because it's expensive and exotic and you dream about winning the lottery to buy it. Or maybe you have another reason for your choice. The reason doesn't matter, it's your choice.

* Make sure that you include the manufacturer and name of each product. If your favorite electric truck is the Tamiya Twin Detonator, and you only write "Tamiya," we'll have no way of knowing which Tamiya truck you wanted to vote for, and that vote won't count.

* When choosing a vehicle for the "on-road/touring" categories, remember that you can vote for any "not off-road" car. You don't have to choose a touring car! If you're into 1/12a scale, oval, Mini-Zs, etc., this is your chance to vote 'em in as your favorite.

* One ballot per person. We toss out duplicate ballots, and the online voting system automatically kicks out duplicates, so don't bother trying to stuff the ballot box!

Here's the best part: you might win something! We'll pick one ballot at random as our prizewinner; if it's yours, you can claim any "Readers' Choice" winning vehicle as your prize!

IN THIS ISSUE

LOSI DROPS THE BIG ONE

You probably already flipped to this article while you were waiting in line at the register! That is indeed the as-yet-unnamed Team Losi monster truck on our cover, and it just might be the best nitro monster ever. It's certainly the most original machine of the post-T-Maxx period!

DUAL-DYNOTESTS"!

We have two big motor reviews this month: Team Orion's revolutionary V2 modified and Trinity's new D6 powerhouse. As usual, we've got all the specs and performance data you can handle!

HOLESHOT IN A BOX

The factory pro's will have one less trick to use against you after you've built your own bump box to blast your batteries. We show you how, step by step.

FAST FOUR

Electric racers, you're in luck: all of this month's "Track Test" machines are battery-carrying, competition thoroughbreds. With the Team Losi Kinwald Edition 2, Trinity Reflex 12, Yokomo MR-4BC Special 2 and Tamiya TA04-TRF in the mix, there's gotta be a ticket to the winners' circle in there!

Until next month,

Peter Vieira, Executive Editor