These days, AI (artificial intelligence) is taking over many pre-existing and new positions in the competitive world of radio controlled vehicle racing, many of which you may not be aware of. In this episode of the RC Deep Dive we combine AI along with our real human intelligence to expose these fascinating AI takeovers in R/C car, truck, and buggy racing in most of the biggest radio control races around the world.

The radio controlled vehicle racing hobby has a unique part of it called turn marshals it just marshals. Except on the highest levels, these are R/C car, truck, and buggy drivers taking this position to help their competitors. In this episode of the RC Deep Dive podcast we take our turn at explaining this unique phenomenon that reinforces fairness and empathy amongst the competition.

Why are low profile servos so highly recommended for the Tamiya HotShot Family (HotShot, SuperShot/Super HotShot, HotShot II/Hotshot 2 Blockhead Motors Edition, Boomerang, Bigwig, Super Sabre) of R/C buggies? We dig into the monocoque chassis of these iconic radio controlled buggies and explain why this suggestion is so important, especially in the vintage versions in this episode of the RC Deep Dive podcast.

We've covered how to restore, upgrade, and reserve nylon hop-up parts for your R/C model vehicle previously on an episode of the RC Deep Dive podcast, but how do you do this to ABS (Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene) radio-controlled car, truck, buggy, jeep, van, jeep, or tank's plastic chassis? We go over the dos and donts and 3 different options for restoring, upgrading, and preserving your vintage, classic, and modern ABS plastic chassis on your Tamiya radio control model vehicle.

This episode of the RC Deep Dive podcast details the history of the Tamiya RC Car Grand Prix, a weekly Japanese television show that ran for fifteen years from 1984 to 1999. The program was a pioneering piece of branded content that successfully blended real-world race coverage with charismatic hosts and expert technical advice, fueling a nationwide boom in the radio-controlled car hobby and establishing a loyal community that endures today.

With a name like RC10TALK, you'd expect the forums at this site to be solely enthusiasts talking about AE (Associated Electronics) radio controlled model vehicles, but it's not. In fact, it actually has a lot of discussion about vintage, rere (re-release), and modern Tamiya R/C cars, trucks, buggies, jeeps, vans, busses, and tanks. Some Tamiya radio control fans even consider the site to be more welcoming, but this might be because each site has a different focus for it's hobbyist community. We log in and register exactly why this is in this episode of the RC Deep Dive podcast.

For someone new to the radio control model vehicle hobby, it might be hard to pick the right R/C that matched their interest. To help resolve this, in this episode of the RC Deep Dive podcast we look at the best first Tamiya radio-controlled model vehicle kit for the beginner looking to build, race, bash, display, crawl, speed run, or drift with their completed model. You might be surprised at the kits we picked, as some are rarely mentioned in any of our previous daily episodes of the RC Deep Dive podcast.

The rere (re-release) Tamiya Frog has a reinforcing plate the strengthens the connection between the stock front bumper and the bumper mount. The reinforcement plate is strong, tight, and unbendable, but what is it made of? How does it work? Does this finally fix the major flaws that the vintage Frog front bumper and bumper mount were famous for? We reinforce your knowledge of these three parts in this episode of the RC Deep Dive podcast.