TEST DRIVES

32 KYOSHO FAZER
     Set fazers to stun!  Haha, faaayzer.  Not lazer; fay-zer.
40 HPI SAVAGE FLUX
     Ok! The Savage is savaging, the flux is…fluxing.
54 TEAM sparkles RC8T RS  
     Tough to believe it’s a RTR.
64 AXON HOVERCRAFT
     Kicks up more dust than a West Texas twister.

DEPARTMENTS

20 DRIVER STAND
     Ask the Zoltar and get a look into 2009.
22 WHERE’S WALDO
     Chalk it up to experience. 
26 READERS’ RIGS
     The place we show off your blingin’ submissions.
30 FEEDBACK
     Send us your love, your disagreements, your feedback.
104 BAJA NEWS
     Our new bi-monthly 1/5-scale column.
108 INSIDE ON ROAD
     Don’t like dirt?  This is your place.
110 EXTRA PICS
     Two pages of tomfoolery and ballyhoo. 
114 PIT LANE
     New stuff!  New stuff!!  New stuff!!!
116 VINTAGE RC
     Our monthly stroll down memory lane.
122 ETC
     This is the content graveyard.
128 LAST LAP
     Your free monthly poster.  Hang it up!

FEATURES

72 MY TOP 3: ADAM DRAKE
     What makes The Drake’s favorites list?
80 RACER INTERVIEW: KYLE JOHNSON
     Vegas’s talented young driver tells us about his career.
84 MUGEN MBX-6 TUNING GUIDE
     Kris Moore shows you how to get the most from your MBX-6.

HOW-TO’S

50 10 USES FOR DIGITAL CALIPERS
     We thought of several other uses we can’t print.
68 FIX LEXAN BODIES
     Don’t let a crack ruin your body!
76 INSTALL HIGH CURRENT CONNECTORS
     Go from “eh” to “Ahhh!” in 10 minutes.
90 CREATE A SLASH SPEC CLASS
     Waldo shows you how to take everyone’s lunch money.

PRODUCT TESTS

94 WING TOTE PIT BAG
     We’re totin’ car stuff, not wings!
96 AKA TRUGGY TIRES
     Next level, a.k.a. very good, a.k.a. AKA.
98 ENGINE TEST: OS V-SPEC 2 WORLDS EDITION
     Inside OS’s ’08 IFMAR Worlds winning engine.
102 ELECTRIFLY TRITON JR. CHARGER
     Ideal for junior-sized batteries.

ON THE COVER: The HPI Savage Flux flexes its outrageous power.  Shot by Jason “Easily Distracted” Yu.
IN THIS ISSUE: Our new Baja News column, a $530 engine review, Adam Drake wants to be an actor, and AKA’s revolutionary truggy tires…all combined with our twisted takes on RC.  Hurray!