TSP Posted January 28, 2009 Posted January 28, 2009 I am opening myself right up for some abuse here but I was wondering if anyone on here was into R/C cars?I don't really like driving them much but I love taking them to bits and sometimes putting them back together.I've just finished JDM styling up my Impreza WRC.Tom (aged 24 and a half) Quote
addz Posted January 28, 2009 Posted January 28, 2009 Yes mate.Had R/C cars from an early age.Currently got:FG Marder 1/6th scale 23cc unleaded.HPI RS4 2, nitro.Good laugh buts its a sessional thing for me, a mate of mine has 25 odd including old school Tamiyas worth hundreds if not thousands! Quote
starlybruiser Posted January 28, 2009 Posted January 28, 2009 They ruled my life at one point lol, i love them all from old tamiyas to the latest buggys and trucks, ive currently got about 9 but i will probly be selling them in the future, i never have the time for them anymore , good fun tho, and like you said great fun building them and repairing them Quote
Glanza Al Posted January 28, 2009 Posted January 28, 2009 Yeah I was into this about 5 years ago, still got all the gear. I was into the electric 1/10 scale stuff, 3 time champion, using X-Ray T1 chassis and Novak Brushless motor and speedo. 60mph electric car, yesplz. Al. Quote
TSP Posted January 28, 2009 Author Posted January 28, 2009 Jesus! Some serious interest on here.I wouldn't be able to drive mine now if I wanted too. It's so low and er it has no aerial any more!!! Quote
addz Posted January 28, 2009 Posted January 28, 2009 Dont bother with cleaning them - only when they break lol.Found a few pics:FG Marder 23cc UnleadedSchumacher xtr21:HPI RS4 2: Quote
AaronW Posted January 28, 2009 Posted January 28, 2009 ive got a shumacher nitro fusion,love it but havent used it in a while.4wd,74mph,3 gears 0-42 in 2.3 seconds or somthin stupid like that.will put up a pic if i can find one.vid of one from youtube,http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=int213x5yiQ Quote
addz Posted January 28, 2009 Posted January 28, 2009 shumacher made serious R/C cars.My xtr21 would wheelie like a cunt.I made a homemade wheelie wheel... broke on first run (shit concept), 21 had too much power regardless! lol. Back in 2004.. Quote
AaronW Posted January 28, 2009 Posted January 28, 2009 its the first petrol car ive had (r/c) and i cant find any bloody pics of it and its in my garage,so will have to wait,lol Quote
southwales_tuner Posted January 28, 2009 Posted January 28, 2009 Yeah i was big into them as well.....Had a CEN MT a Kyosho a Traxxas rustler........erm a few Tamyia's..etcF-ing mental flying my old monster truck acoss an old school yard up a grass bank clearing about a 10-12 foot gap and 5ft up onto a wall and ledge.......beast! Quote
Pav Posted January 28, 2009 Posted January 28, 2009 Tbh Im not suprised that a good few of us are or have been into R/C. I started out with a Tamiya Nitro entry level 1/10th back in the day. That was a laugh and really got me into it. Unfortunately it was quite cheap and kept going wrong and costing a fortune. Then I moved onto the first HPI Sprint they made which was immense fun, spent hundreds and hundreds on it. Made it very quick indeed. HPI are the daddy of r/c imo, such quality parts and fairly affordable.Then a few years ago I was silly bought the Schumacher XT21 80mph truck pictured above. I owned it for 1 week, was too fast so I took it back! It was absolutely insane, you'd need an entire airfield to run it properly. It would literally take off and become airborne at the slightest hint of a bump or dip in a carpark.The Xray T1 is a work of art though and brushless motors are sweet too I had one in the sprint. I just loved the sprint in the way you could adjust the camber, toe in, ride height, spring preload etc, you could even change the type and weight of oil in the shocks. it was like having your own minuture race car, tuned to perfection. Ahhh, I miss those days Quote
SR17 Posted January 28, 2009 Posted January 28, 2009 was well into it when i was about 14/15 had a kyosho stadium truck which was pretty cool for off roading, and a tamiya for on-roadOnly proplem was the reliability though , they ALWAYS seemed to break and id be spending more time fixing them then using it! lol Quote
Pav Posted January 28, 2009 Posted January 28, 2009 was well into it when i was about 14/15 had a kyosho stadium truck which was pretty cool for off roading, and a tamiya for on-roadOnly proplem was the reliability though , they ALWAYS seemed to break and id be spending more time fixing them then using it! lolI had this exact same experience with all of mine. Always always had some little problem to attend to, thats just the way they are which regretably puts me off buying one again. Too much distraction with the real car now anyway Quote
SR17 Posted January 28, 2009 Posted January 28, 2009 I had this exact same experience with all of mine. Always always had some little problem to attend to, thats just the way they are which regretably puts me off buying one again. Too much distraction with the real car now anyway too right , must have spent a bomb on spare parts for it. Ah well got the real thing now to mess with Quote
Dean @RW-Developments Posted January 28, 2009 Posted January 28, 2009 i still have mine i had the schumacker xtr3e the one pictured above with the 3 speed gearbox, insane car uncontrolable on wet tarmac lol but kills ever1 elses rc cars by far lol, i might fix it and start using it again Quote
GlanzaDan Posted January 28, 2009 Posted January 28, 2009 why where on rc cars guys i got a haboe hyper8 buggy for sale i only want 280 ono for it , its brand new still used 2 times and run in proply comes with everything needed to run accept fuel so theres like 500 quid of bits lol only reason for sale is i dont use it bought it to do pro racing with bro and he stoped so under the bed it went pm me if any ones intrested in it Quote
Tintin_SR Posted January 29, 2009 Posted January 29, 2009 yer i used to love playing with them i had a hip mt2 was the muts nuts but i sold it, was wanting to get a savage but i never did Quote
RicoW Posted January 29, 2009 Posted January 29, 2009 Hm, I have a nitro buggy somewhere in my shed...maybe I'll go and fix it (broken exhaust) only drove it about 5 times lol Quote
Sparky Posted January 30, 2009 Posted January 30, 2009 I am too flighty and break the easy Still got my Tamiya Focus WRC 2002 upstairs in bits lol Quote
Glanza Al Posted January 30, 2009 Posted January 30, 2009 Some pics of some of mine, dug them out of the outbuilding ^^My last ever sponsored race shell My last ever race chassis, its an Xray T1-FKOnly ever used this on carpet as you can tell by the condiion of it.Al. Quote
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