Anyone mess with remote control cars/trucks?
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From: Lynnwood WA
rc car action is where my love first started. the very first actual car i had was an old tamiya grasshopper from the 70s. crazy little thing but then i upgraded to a t-maxx 2.5 at the time. but after the old engine got worn out i upgraded to the 3.3. havent used it in a while though. its sitting above my tv on some speakers. the clutch bell housing has its teeth all stripped off after i put a steel spur gear in there.
My 3.3 Jato is intimidating tho lol when it gets to second gear doing 60 i start seeing dollar signs because it doesnt like to stop very fast with only rear brakes. havent broke anything yet tho. Now my xxx-t gets abused haha i've broke a few suspension arms and bent plenty of axles driving that, even cracked the whole frame piece after someone sent it off a jump without realizing the landing was flat
that was spendy
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car action magazine is where i got all my info from, its been almost a year sense i read one of those so i dont know what the latest and greatest is. but if you are good at fixing them i would get a kit car and put it all together yourself. not only are they cheaper but if something breaks you know exactly how it comes apart and goes back together. As far as a brand, anything from Traxxas is good, lol i like to think of them as the Chevy of R/C cars
rc car action is where my love first started. the very first actual car i had was an old tamiya grasshopper from the 70s. crazy little thing but then i upgraded to a t-maxx 2.5 at the time. but after the old engine got worn out i upgraded to the 3.3. havent used it in a while though. its sitting above my tv on some speakers. the clutch bell housing has its teeth all stripped off after i put a steel spur gear in there.
i also have a mini-t. and a night ranger helicopter that i cant fly worth ****. crash it every time and every time its at least 100 bucks to fix so it just sits up on my shelf.
oh and one last thing is my dads old rc boat. he built it himself but never got it to run. its nitro and everything and he built it when he was my age. crazy.
i also have a mini-t. and a night ranger helicopter that i cant fly worth ****. crash it every time and every time its at least 100 bucks to fix so it just sits up on my shelf.
oh and one last thing is my dads old rc boat. he built it himself but never got it to run. its nitro and everything and he built it when he was my age. crazy.
Do you ever think about trying to run that boat in the water and see how she does?
Perfect! thanks for pointing it out, I'm new here
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Joined: Jun 2011
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From: Marquette MI
I raced 2wd electric and gas stadium trucks in high school. Had a rustler with all the mods from ultimatetraxxas.com and ran a AE rc10gt. Recently got back into it with a redcat 1/10th scale crawler. But I am also starting a scale build with leaf springs and 3speed trans. Check out rccrawler.com there are some really sick scale truck builds. Some you wouldnt know the difference in looking at pics.
I raced 2wd electric and gas stadium trucks in high school. Had a rustler with all the mods from ultimatetraxxas.com and ran a AE rc10gt. Recently got back into it with a redcat 1/10th scale crawler. But I am also starting a scale build with leaf springs and 3speed trans. Check out rccrawler.com there are some really sick scale truck builds. Some you wouldnt know the difference in looking at pics.
I'll check out rccrawler.. when you raced did you find the electric to be easier to deal with?
I lost track of how much money and how many I have own and still own, the latest I bought is Axial SCX 10 Honcho. It is a lot of fun. But now with a baby and work don't get much time to play with them.
Jorge
Jorge
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Joined: Jun 2011
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From: Marquette MI
Yeah ill def post some pics of it. Still doing lots of research on parts and there is always new stuff coming out. As far as racing goes electric is way more easy to maintain. The initial cost is more expensive believe it or not. With good lipo batteries and a peak charger as well as a brushless setup depending on your local tracks rules. But you can def be competitive with a traxxas and race. You don't need to buy a expensive losi or AE.