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RC Cars?
Anyone here into RC cars?
I used to have a pretty decent Tamiya (The Grasshopper, a revolution back then... http://tamiya.com/english/products/5...pper/index.htm ), and then had a nitro-powered piece of crap (don't remember what it was)...
I'd like to get a new one (electric, not nitro... I don't care for the "taking-care-of-the-thing"-part of the hobby)...
I've been reading up, and Traxxas sounds pretty good (they're located in, of all places, Plano, TX, which is a mile away from here...).
I've got my sights set on this thing: http://www.hobbytron.com/E-Maxx-RTR-Truck-W-Radio.html
Anyone have any recommendations/opinions/stuff?
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Neg.... I'd like to have one of these....
http://www.hobbytron.com/RCHydrofoamboat.html
Be sure to check out the video
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Yep,
I got a Assoc. 10T Truck and a 10L Pan Car. A few years back I raced all the time. Haven't been close enough to a track the last couple of years, but I still have everything. Might have to take some pics tomorrow and post em....lol
cheers
edit: electrics
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Allenb > LOL... I don't want to have to get a license to fly one of those things... that's pretty cool, though!
Relyt > I'd love to see some pics... did you buy yours Ready-to-Race, or was some unidentified something involved in their creation? :D
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Allenb > LOL... I don't want to have to get a license to fly one of those things... that's pretty cool, though!
What??? I didn't think you needed any kind of liceince to fly or operate any kind of RC vehical. Is that some thing new?
About 20 some years ago, I had an RC dune buggy. It was very fast and expense, especially to fix (since I kept breaking it). The worst part was waiting for the batteries to charge. I had 2 batteries and together they would allow perhaps 45 minutes of run time and then about 6 hours of recharging. I know that they hhave gotten better no days but it sure was the pits back then.
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Relyt > I'd love to see some pics... did you buy yours Ready-to-Race, or was some unidentified something involved in their creation? :D
Oh baby!! wait till you see what I did to the tub to keep the dirt out :) I had to add stiffners forward, aft, etc.
I purchased the RC10T and RC10L without motors, speed controllers, and radios. Bought them all separate. After years of doing it, I have quite the box of motors....
cheers
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>Neg,
And here we go. The Truck is a RC10T and the Pan Car a RC10L. I use both modified and stock motors. Tune my own modifieds and turn the arms on both. Also build my own batteries sets from match cells. Use Novak Speed Controllers and Futaba Radios. Can hardly wait until I get to race again.
cheers.
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And behind the firewall, so to speak....
You'll notice the two Modified Reedy's, a Stock Slot machine, and many with out labels. I built and tuned those modifieds myself. The motor with the faded black paint on the right, is the fastest stock motor I have ever seen. It's an older Stock Greyhound that I have turned the arm on so many times - I know it only has a few more race days left. So I'm saving it for the big race...lol
cheers
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Oh baby!! wait till you see what I did to the tub to keep the dirt out :) I had to add stiffners forward, aft, etc.
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Re: RC Cars?
Now that beast looks fun!
I guess the bottom line is how much time & money you want to spend on the sport/hobby and what do you want to do, meaning just for fun, or race, etc. The reason that's important is the money & dedication involved. If you want to just go play, that truck you're looking at will provide you with tons of fun! Get a couple extra battery packs so you don't spend all your time charging and less time driving. The 550 motors it comes with will last a very long time and are generally inexpensive to replace if one goes south.
On the other hand, racing costs big bucks and you have a ton to learn about. Tuning your car/truck, tuning your motors, breaking the modified motors down after every run and building them back up again. The list goes on... Matched cells, battery conditioners(not just a charger), motors are far more expensive - especially modifieds, the brushes wear out, the armatures must be turn frequently, so on and so on. However, it is a blast as well. So you'll have to decide. You can ease into though!
Gotta warn you though, the worst I was ever beat was by a female. After the main, I asked her how she was able to trash me so easily. In addition to telling me that she deliberatly only wears trace amounts of perfume to keep our noses busy, and tight fitting clothes for the sole purpose of keeping our minds busy; she said men are not as aggressive RC Car drivers when they are challenged by a woman. The next weekend, I spanked her little fanny all over the track. I made sure I had BO and looked like a slob!
cheers
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Relyt >
I just ordered a Traxxas Nitro Rustler :D
Nitro, 47MPH, and engineered a mile away from here!
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there's nitro powered RC cars?? wow i remeber the good old days of having "Big Foot" rc car and the bateries would last 20 mins
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A gallon of nitro fuel costs around $22 - a gallon is enough for 100 tanks or so, and each tank is good for around 10 minutes - that's better than having to wait for a battery pack to be charged ;)
On the other hand: nitro's are messy, need a lot of attention/care (takes me at least 10 minutes to take care of the thing after every hour of running it), are poisonous (I quit smoking half a year ago, but those nitro gasses are way worse than smoking), and the darn thing almost broke my foot...
