RC cars? Gas/Nitro/Electric
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Anyone else here into RC cars? 1/10, 1/8th, 1/5, 1/16, 1/32 etc?
I've owned a plethora of 1/10th nitro's.
3 Traxxas nitro sports, upgraded all to OS .18 motors, other odds and ends
1 1/10 TEAM ASSOCIATED TC4 drift car. Was awesome!
1 1/8th scale GS Racing 4wd nitro buggy, thing was awesome!
1 unlimited class 1/10 crawler
1 1/36 Team Losi Micro-B w/ Lipo upgrade; this thing ripped, and was awesome for in the house fun!
These were all sold to fund other projects, mainly my watercooled gaming computer.
But last week I got back into RC's. And I always wanted a 1/10th scale short course truck, so I said screw it jumped in head first. Got a good setup from my local Hobby Town USA. And am excited to start my RC Racing career all over again
1/10 scale Traxxas Slash VXL 4x4. has a nice Brushless motor, and a decent NimH battery. Soon to be changed out for a 2s LiPo battery, for longer run times, and more power.
After the first real bash run I ended up breaking a front control arm, come to find out after a bit of searching around on the internet, that it's a very common thing to break early in the trucks life, their really brittle, especially in -15 degree weather =\
No worries, just means I get to buy RC car upgrades!
So I decided I'd just go get some RPM control arms, found out the front an rear control arms are the same! So I bought a set of 4 and haven't looked back since!
Future plans are;
new wheels/tires (for indoor short course)
shocks
2s lipo battery
motor mount
different body.
Keeping this one relatively stockish, just so I can run in my division for racing.
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never dabbled
i spent too much (all of my) money on motorcycles
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Back in 1997-2001 I was into them.
I had a Traxxas Sledgehammer
Nitro Stampede
some electric rustlers
an associated b2
and a duratrax evader st.
this is all before lipo and brushless crap for cars, i think brushless was an airplane only thing back then.
i nearly bought an e-revo a while back but that would take away from my time trolling wibimms
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Sledgehammer. Man.. That is old, aswell as the Nitro stampede!
A high school buddy an me found an old old (mid eighty's?) 2wd Electric buggy, with a servo that contacts eletrodes to control the electric motor, too old for a newer style Electronic Speed Controller, haha!
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Yeah the sledgehammer had the old XL1 which could only handle a 27 turn motor I believe.
The electric stampede I had came with a mechanical speed controller. It lost radio signal with the servo stuck at full throttle and I watched the thing go full speed into a curb. R.I.P.
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I've sadly, done ALOT to my truck since the last post.
What's new to it?
STRC limited edition Lower Center Gravity kit.
AKA Wishbone tires W/red inserts, on Jconcepts wheels
Proline Chevy 1500 body
SavoX 1258TG Servo
Center Diff
New diff fluid 10K front/50K center/7K rear
Proline Powerstroke shocks/springs "Coilovers"
anti-sway bar kit.
I also just scored a sweet ass 1/10 buggy for a hell of a steal.
Schumachaer Cat K1
]Tekin RSpro ESC
Tekin Gen2 6.5 turn sensored
Tekin Hotwire programmer
Spektrum S6040
Airtronics MT-4
Airtronics RX-461
Orion 5500MaH 90C LiPo saddle packs.
AKA Rebars w/ Red insertsd
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