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Iznogood posted:I, for whatever reason, never knew Tamiya makes RCs. Or I noticed it but never really paid attention. But I love love their model kits. Pricey compared to your standard revel et co but fantastic quality. If you want to go down the rabbit hole, and watch sweet videos from an awesome fellow Canadian: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=user?djmedic2008 All kinds of everything. Warning: wallet emptying may happen
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Kibner posted:My dad introduced me to the hobby as a kid and I loved it, too. A Tamiya Super Hornet was my first car. It had a mechanical speed control (high, low, brake, reverse iirc) which is seriously lol compared to things out today.
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Mr. Apollo posted:My dad got me into the hobby too when he bought me a Tamiya Falcon and later a BigWig. Man, this talk is just bringing back good memories of building that Super Hornet as a 9 or 10 year old with him watching. He wouldn't say much or back-seat build or anything unless I was having trouble or asked him for help (because some things needed the strength that I wasn't capable of). Learned a lot building that thing and enjoyed that part almost as much as running it. I still remember wrapping the speed control in that black balloon gave me such trouble that I just had him do it. lol He would have loved to see the hobby where it is now since he had a helicopter and boat at one time, as well.
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Never really looked into rc until recently. When I went to a store to buy models I'd go in the models section and see Tamiya models. Did not really check out the rcs. But anyways I probably saw rcs in the catalog but since it was just a distant dream I never took notice. I had this memory of this rc with blue smoke and insane speed 30+ years ago. Dreamed of that car. Just discovered that they exist in electric now with crazy power. Did not know anything at all about this hobby really until like a month ago. Got my new RPM bumper today to replace the little stock one. Very happy. Had a ton of fun today and getting to know my truck better. I still need to fix the toe(?) of the front wheels since the right ione is a little in and the left one is straight. Seems a easy enough fix. Still waiting on the new body (clear with decals). I have plenty of paint so looking forward to this. edit: Ah! Found out the postman left a note. Just got my body after all! Looks very nice. https://www.amazon.ca/Traxxas-Rustler-ProGraphix-Decal-Sheet/dp/B001IZEQAG Iznogood fucked around with this message at 02:39 on Jul 15, 2016 |
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Iznogood posted:Never really looked into rc until recently. When I went to a store to buy models I'd go in the models section and see Tamiya models. Did not really check out the rcs. But anyways I probably saw rcs in the catalog but since it was just a distant dream I never took notice. I had this memory of this rc with blue smoke and insane speed 30+ years ago. Dreamed of that car. Just discovered that they exist in electric now with crazy power. Did not know anything at all about this hobby really until like a month ago. Use polycarbonate paint (i.e. lexan) or its not going to stick and will immediately flake off.
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ColonelJohnMatrix posted:Use polycarbonate paint (i.e. lexan) or its not going to stick and will immediately flake off. Ah! I was going to use my Tamiya spray cans! I'll check later if they are the right product (probably not if it's not the same as model kits (non rc). Thanks for the heads up I was about to make a big mistake! edit: Yeah Tamiya colors is polycarbonate paint. I should be ok? Iznogood fucked around with this message at 20:15 on Jul 15, 2016 |
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Tamiya have TS-## spray paints for hard plastic models, the PS-## ones are for polycarbonate/lexan.
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InitialDave posted:Tamiya have TS-## spray paints for hard plastic models, the PS-## ones are for polycarbonate/lexan. Actually checked my cans ans I think you're right. Oh well I'll just buy what I need then. Anyways with the predesign on my body I don't really need more the one or two colors. With silver or black depending how I go. Never reverse painted something too. Starting with a primer seems like quite a bad idea!
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It's dead easy. Even teenage me could get a nice finish. It's like painting with a clearcoat, except you have a guaranteed perfect clearcoat already there. For bright colours, backing them with a coat of white afterwards will make them more "solid". In fact, while a more experienced body painter may wish to weigh in, I'd do it regardless because it'll protect from wear.
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InitialDave posted:It's dead easy. Even teenage me could get a nice finish. It's like painting with a clearcoat, except you have a guaranteed perfect clearcoat already there. Yeah I've checked a couple videos the thing that looks "difficult" is masking tape application because inside the shell (watched a guy put flames inside it sure looked like something). Having done it enough on top I should be ok. Just have to decide on the color(s). But if it's not hard it's not fun. Then I gently caress it up. On another note ajusting the toe on the front tires is loving hard by eye. I think i'll dismantle everything and make sure every pair is the same lenght. Now it's a mess and I keep loving it up. edit: So I took out everything, got everything about equal and reinstalled. Car is much more stable now but still off. I set it to toe-in on the front and it "seems" stable enough but I lack a really flat piece of concrete so it's very hard to tell. That being said I don't intend on doing speedruns ever so not a big deal. Checked my gears and I am 23/83 on a 5700 kv castle creation combo. From what I gatter it seems right but lets say I want to minimise overheat and don't care/need to go at 100 m/h should I go for even less pins on the small gear? The motor does not get very hot as it is even with the 3s in there. The esc does but gearing cannot help with that right? Found a speed calc online that says with my setup I have a theoretical top speed of 115 m/h. My poor guy would fly off and explode way way before that kind of speed. edit2: according to the gearing chart on castle creation's website I should be 12-16/90. SHould be visiting the local store/club today I'll try to pick up gears and play around with them. http://www.castlecreations.com/support/documents/10th_Scale_Gearing_Chart_095-0130-03.pdf Iznogood fucked around with this message at 14:24 on Jul 16, 2016 |
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Hello thread! Another update! Went to the local rc club to check it out. It is fantastic! They have 3 big courses. 15$ for the whole day. They are a non lucrative business. Very nice and I bought new rear chocks for my rustler and some silicone grease to get things rollin. Just got done installing the shocks it went very well. Just got the traxxas big ones in plastic nothing fancy. Same as I had but in perfect order. Filled them to the brim with the oil. So now my rustler is much more stable and actually has shocks in the rear (the others where dry dry dry). Big difference when driven. Still on my list is: See if front right shock is leaking (it seems to be). clean/change bearings get and install all new servo and direction get good tires And I think I'll have a decent enough rustler. I'll get it good looking then I guess. Or gently caress it up enough I have to redo everything.
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krushgroove posted:Does anyone watch or do 1/8th buggy racing? I was at the European Championships last weekend, doing the main camera work for RC Racing TV (we livestream all the major European Championships) and the main final was absolutely amazing. The real drama picks up about 10 minutes from the end (35 minutes into the video) as the defending champion was beaten at every pit stop. If you have time to watch check it out here I wonder how many of the big dogs that went with Highest servos that are not seriously nervous ahead of the worlds, apparently both guys overheated their throttle servos and thw worlds in las vegas likely is going to be even hotter. Im racing the national series in 1:8 scale buggy, and thats probably most the racing i will do this year, im back on the chemotrain again, so most large plans have been postponed
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fjelltorsk posted:I wonder how many of the big dogs that went with Highest servos that are not seriously nervous ahead of the worlds, apparently both guys overheated their throttle servos and thw worlds in las vegas likely is going to be even hotter. I can only imagine they're using those servos because their radio sponsor won't pay them to use their matching servos, but if i were them I'd definitely use the Futaba, Sanwa, KO or whatever major brand servos I could get. It was funny (to us anyway) that Ronnefalk had to put out a Facebook post saying explicitly it wasn't his CRF engine that flamed out, it was definitely the servo, no really it was the servo and not the engine.
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Finally had my birthday and was showered with money. Turns out I could of bought a 1000$ rc. But I would of never known how much fun and satisfaction I would of had with a 300 beat up rustler. Now I get to buy "other dreams" stuff like a good airgun, compressor and other stuff. Went to the rc club/store and had a bad experience. The guy there was quite annoyed by me it would seem. But they're all nerds (of course) and I am quite used to them being sort of one myself (but with success socially). But they can be so abrasive. Like talking to a teenager where anything you ask is such a idiotic question omg. Yeah I asked about wheels for my rustler. Told him I had "those ones" pointing to orange rimmed tires. He literally got angry because these are slash tires and omg the rustler is a stadium so omg omg you need these ones. And those where the basic ones that comes with rustler. I ask if he has anything else since the internet is full of peoples who buy anacondas and other cool wheels. He literally ignored my question. Anyways I wanted a lot of stuff but in the end bought the absolute minimum. What a rear end. I still bought 90$ of stuff but could of bought so much more. I wanted to buy from them because it's a cool place and I don't mind paying a premium if it helps the local community. As for "hanging out" there I don't think I am enough of a rc geek yet. Or I might go and terrorise everyone by going up to them to introduce myself with a big smile. One thing tho is the rear end in a top hat was right (as nerds are) and the new tires are a little higher but much wider than my other ones and I am suddenly much much more stable. Anyways got home and ordered more stuff off of amazon. Including 4 anaconda wheels since I did buy the "normal" rear ones and they are pretty cool but not on asphalt. Between those two purchases I got: 2 rear tires 2 front 2 rear anaconda tires bunch of nuts and bolts to have spares. the bolt I was missing for the rear shock/shock tower new steering bell crank new chassis since the old one has grooves under the steering from years of turning. paint for my new body (silver) velcro strips for the new body silicone oil/grease for everything infrared temp gun because I needed one for all the cooking I do and a must for rc given my 5700kv setup So I'll rebuild all the steering when I get my chassis since I'll pretty much have to dismantle everything. I'll clean and lube everything then. But my rustler is already 100x times sturdier than he was. Set up a jump on my lawn(2 feet high?) and been launching off of it a lot. Everything holds great had zero breakage in I have no idea how many barrel rolls of all kinds. Very happy How durable he seems after the upgrades/fixes. The RPM front bumper was a great upgrade I have to say. I think in the end I am in for about 500 CAN$. Not too bad I would think for a rustler vxl with a sidewinder 3 combo and everything solid and working. Also a part of that cost is spare parts for when it breaks again. Thanks to you guys again for the help. Insane that I got the car 8 days ago. Seems like a year of use and upgrades. Still need a new servo and am tortured between the cheap traxxas one at 17$ or hitec at 55$. If anyone has a opinion on that I would not mind! 
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It is indeed a very simple task to paint a body. Especially if you do one simple color. Now I regret not getting some black and playing with it more but next time. I like doing things simple the first time to get a feel for the basics. Then I go crazy and gently caress it up. Looks great tho! 
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IOwnCalculus posted:RC definitely attracts some... less socially skilled people Sadly, that is true of a lot of niche hobbies. Like one of my favorites, tabletop RPGs.
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Kibner posted:Sadly, that is true of a lot of niche hobbies. Like one of my favorites, tabletop RPGs. Yeah I'm not new to this either. I played (still do) chess in college and some magic, d&d and am a programmer. I like to think of myself as a geek, I'm very very good at a lot of things including having friends. Nerds (to me)tend to ultra specialise in something and get insanely good at it. To a level (often genius) I could never attain because my attention keeps shifting to the next thing I know nothing about. In my world dorks are like nerds but not even brilliant or good. Just pathetic socially handicapped simpletons. Had a nerd friend who was a absolute genius at programming. But was so abrasive that I and pretty much everyone just won't talk to him anymore. So condescending you would punch the fucker. Worked with the guy, if I asked him a simple question (ie: hey what's that function that does whatever) I'd get a 5 minutes lecture on the subject told as loud as he could. To his credit he was as hard on himself as on others. Very fair and brutally honest guy as nerds often are. Well that's a derail! Waiting for a friend we'll go bash around cannot wait. edit: finally got around to my right front shock that's leaking. It's the rubber seal in the cap. Have some spare so another simple fix. Iznogood fucked around with this message at 19:18 on Jul 18, 2016 |
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Well finally got all my new parts. Got done this afternoon disasembling my rustler from a to z except I did not touch the engine. I have to fit a new chassis so everything had to go and what a better occasion to upgrade stuff to RPM and clean and lube everything. Had to check a video before I could undo the loving a-clips. Discovered my servo is HPI sb-5 which is not a bad servo it seems. I don't really wan't to dismantle it. to see if something's strip. The servo saver was enough of a messs I am confident changing everything but the servo (as is what I am doing) should do the trick. If not well monday I should get my new upper chassis and will take that time to check inside the servo. Pretty daunting looking at my real life exploded view of my rusler. But I expect it to look great and drive much better. Got a soldering kit for nothing but always wanted one of thosse so hey! Will post pics of the finished build. Oh yeah and I proposed to my girlfriend and she said yes! big wedding incoming!
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The difference between rpm and traxxas when I bend a part is night and day. rpm is much sturdier.
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Iznogood posted:The difference between rpm and traxxas when I bend a part is night and day. rpm is much sturdier. For some parts, you may want bendy. It is usually better for something to bend and then go back to normal than for it to snap.
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Kibner posted:For some parts, you may want bendy. It is usually better for something to bend and then go back to normal than for it to snap. I hear the same argument about aluminum upgrades. Not doubting it one second but where would I find a list of what is best for each parts? Cause I have no idea what I should or should not upgrade. I thought everything RPM was good. And aluminium for some things like shock caps? But yeah a list of what is better for what would be immensely appreciated. Thanks!
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Iznogood posted:I hear the same argument about aluminum upgrades. Not doubting it one second but where would I find a list of what is best for each parts? Cause I have no idea what I should or should not upgrade. I thought everything RPM was good. And aluminium for some things like shock caps? Someone more experienced than me, please correct me if I'm wrong, but it would be a good idea to follow the example of the servo saver. It is better for a cheap part to snap, break, and force the car to stop working than for it to handle the abuse and exert more pressure on the more expensive parts behind it eventually causing them to break. I don't have enough knowledge myself to tell you what parts those should be. IIRC, the main chassis should be a little flexible just due to the forces acting on it will twist it and pull it in different directions at once.
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Kibner posted:Someone more experienced than me, please correct me if I'm wrong, but it would be a good idea to follow the example of the servo saver. It is better for a cheap part to snap, break, and force the car to stop working than for it to handle the abuse and exert more pressure on the more expensive parts behind it eventually causing them to break. Right that's pretty much what I had gattered. In other news I just took appart my infamous servo! What a surprise! It's a hitec SB-5 and looked inside everything is metal, greased, clean and shinny with no dents! So that's a relief!
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Holy loving poo poo. I had no idead!! No idea!!! Disasembling: 1 day (not even) Redo front replacing all the steering.: 2 days!!! Rebuid back: 1/2 day DONE! So many things went wrong it's insane. I kept ussing the wrong screw (10mm and 12mm are so similar). So I kept undoing stuff to get to a wrong screw. Having two small childrens and dad stuff to do did not help. But wow It's done and the beast turns right! Check inside the servo and it was all metal and clean and greased. CHanged the servo saver and the while steering arms. The other guy had mounted all of this upsside down I understood it because I was using the exploded views as guides. There is so much thta happened but I am too burned out to write it all. Have a pool to go clean and then a batch of bacon to start. Then it's rc time. hum. Had a fantastic run. The car is much straighter and turns left as much rear end right. Then I think I hit something going slow really not much. But now the steering is jammed to the right. If I steer left I get about center. The trim on my remote seems to do nothing. So my guess is I stripped the new servo saver. In 5 minutes of running. So obviously I did something wrong. I did notice that when the servo activates the servosaver wobbles a bit. I bet I have the wrong loving screw in there. Should meet with a guy later today. He's a rc maniac with his own little shop at home. He should get everything well again. I should learn a ton too. I hope. edit: god damnit gently caress the spring is out of the servo saver. God loving damnit piece of poo poo loving wrong screw 100% of the time I hope it can be fixed. My loving fault I know it. Iznogood fucked around with this message at 14:08 on Jul 24, 2016 |
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Was at the large scale touring car European Championship over the weekend, this is my favorite class to watch/video, pity the cars are so expensive so there's not as many racers as in buggy, but it makes the atmosphere a bit more relaxed - there was a full size above ground pool in the camping area! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Dl9Z7xqmXw There's actually some even better races in the semi finals, when it started raining partway through, and another race with a few cars trying hard to get past a really good driver with an ailing car, if anyone is interested I can post the time links for those (it was a livestream so not a separate video).
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krushgroove posted:Was at the large scale touring car European Championship over the weekend, this is my favorite class to watch/video, pity the cars are so expensive so there's not as many racers as in buggy, but it makes the atmosphere a bit more relaxed - there was a full size above ground pool in the camping area! Racing looks so fun! Unfortunately for me around here the clubs are incredibly "classed based". Rustlers are not welcome anywhere but one place and the guy told me no one ever comes (to race stadium trucks). I'm used to the things being elitist but this is on another level of closeness. I can understand why the hobby is going down. There is a silver lining! I found a guy 15 minutes from my house who's a passionate (50+rcs) and has a small shop in his basement. He took 3 hours to help me fix my car (took almost everything apart). Actually making me do everything so I can learn. Sold me 8$ of stuff, gifted me a ton of tools, screws and bolts. Charged me 10$.... Gave him 20 because gently caress. he gave me 2h59m more advice then the others, was nice, and literally did not charge me his time. So now we know that the loving hitec servo I have is not compatible with traxxas servo savers. A couple more pins. So I heard of a adapter but I cannot find it. THink I'll just buy a traxxas 2075 and keep or sell the hitec. 
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Glad you found someone local that can and will help you out. Having someone to do that with you in person makes things so much easier.
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Well the most incredible thing happen to me last night. I can only guess at what happened. Was doing speed runs trying to get a hang of handling at high speed. Anyways. Go 30 m/h according to gps hit left wheel on sidewalk. left wheel rips off and hang by the steering shaft? So go home and sure enough the steering block broke off of the castor block. Dismantle everything to put a replacement. The steering block is impecable The castor block is impecable The pin in the castor block is firmly in place It's like a magic trick. All I can think of: A- Somehow the steering block was never attached to the castor block. Like I did not realise I was not screwing in the hole. But then how in the hell do I do 20 lapss at 30+ m/h including a dramatic barrel roll. B- Somehow the impact was so great that the pin bend back enough for the steering block to pop out and the reloged itself giving the impression it never moved? Seems unlikely if not impossible. C- Motherfucking ghosts (I don't believe in ghosts). So fixed it by just putting back everything as it should and it runs great no problems at all. I'm baffled. It MUST be option A but I ran it so much without it failing. ALmost want to try to replicate it to see how long it lasts. Anyone ever get anything like that?
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krushgroove posted:Was at the large scale touring car European Championship over the weekend, this is my favorite class to watch/video, pity the cars are so expensive so there's not as many racers as in buggy, but it makes the atmosphere a bit more relaxed - there was a full size above ground pool in the camping area! I saw that you guys were covering the race and will wait to watch so I can stream it through by big TV. The LSTC Euros is such a kick rear end series. I have a 4WD Sportsline FG that is a ton of fun but I lust for the new RS5 Carbon touring car. That thing is a work of art and their F1 is achingly beautiful. Iznogood posted:So now we know that the loving hitec servo I have is not compatible with traxxas servo savers. A couple more pins. So I heard of a adapter but I cannot find it. THink I'll just buy a traxxas 2075 and keep or sell the hitec. Hitec is a 24 tooth spline and Traxxas is a 25 tooth spline. When you buy the Traxxas servo savers they will have little inserts that can be popped out and changed for others to accommodate for 23T/24T/25T. The Hitec is the superior servo to the Traxxas which always seem to start off okay and then just get progressively worse. A better option for a servo saver instead of the stupid Traxxas one would be a heavy duty Kimbrough servo saver. If your local shop is worth anything they will have it. They are kind of a universal fitting item, you will need to probably drill a hole out a little more for the 3mm screw and possibly adjust your drag link a little but that is part of the hobby and easy to do. The Kimbrough #123 or #124 servo saver is the one to get: http://www3.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin/wti0001p?&I=LXS361&P=7 http://www3.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin/wti0001p?&I=LXS360 Truthfully you probably wouldn't have a great time trying to race your Rustler on the track against others. Going on a day with open practice would be a lot of fun to just drive around on the jumps and whatnot. You will quickly see the difference between a race bred platform and your truck though. I am not trying to discourage you but just trying to help you know what to expect going in. I raced for a number of years and very infrequently go since getting married and having young children. It is fun and all. Once you get entrenched in you will never lose the fire to go back for more. My RC addiction led me to cleaning up my workspace in my garage which has been a total heap of parts/chargers/tools/batteries everywhere. My Yeti XL is half torn down because what I thought was a blown out front diff turned out to be a bearing supporting the diff that exploded. Grabbing a set of FastEddy bearings today to get that buttoned back up. I installed some just released CNC upgrade parts for my VEKTA.5. The rear twin vertical plates that are a crazy 10mm thick billet (compared to the 5mm stock aluminum) and the lightweight hard anodized CNC chassis. It looks totally bitchin. I snapped a few installed photos and recorded a little video for my YouTube channel that I will supplement with more video. My next plan is to gut the electronics out of my SCX10 Honcho and sell it off as a roller so I can buy an SCX10 II kit.
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Somewhat Heroic posted:I saw that you guys were covering the race and will wait to watch so I can stream it through by big TV. The LSTC Euros is such a kick rear end series. I have a 4WD Sportsline FG that is a ton of fun but I lust for the new RS5 Carbon touring car. That thing is a work of art and their F1 is achingly beautiful. Hey thanks for the advice I'll look into that servo saver. About racing: I don't want to race at all. I thought I could go to a club and have fun with others who share a passion. Turns out you have to have the "right" rc for whatever club.
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Dude, I think you're reading a lot into class based racing. I'm sure there are lovely people anywhere but the racing classes aren't about being excluding "lesser" cars, they're about having similar vehicles racing against eachother. Stadium trucks haven't been popular for quite a while now and the tracks/clubs probably can't get together enough people to actually have races. People still get together for parking lot bashes and more informal racing, but because of that informality it's gonna be a lot less regular.
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powderific posted:Dude, I think you're reading a lot into class based racing. I'm sure there are lovely people anywhere but the racing classes aren't about being excluding "lesser" cars, they're about having similar vehicles racing against eachother. Stadium trucks haven't been popular for quite a while now and the tracks/clubs probably can't get together enough people to actually have races. People still get together for parking lot bashes and more informal racing, but because of that informality it's gonna be a lot less regular. Right. I'm sure it's the case. Just need to make friends. I am finding more and more peoples who enjoy the hobby. But about the classes. As far as official clubs go around me: Club 1: has a stadium racetrack just to have fun too and places to bash around but according to the guy zero peoples. Everyone runs on ciment. Club 2: They are just opening, very cool bunch of enthousiast that rented part of a real cars racetrack to do rc. Talkked with them they said no stadium ever best bet is club 1. Club 3: See club 2. Cool guy who bashes with friends: nope where crawlers you could never follow us. It's ok really, anyone that's invested in the hobby is passed stadiums. I get it. I'll get there. I'm over it.
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had a ton of fun at one of my father in law's factory. A ton of empty space. Asphalt, concrete, dirt, everything. Took a small video of me having fun in gravel. Also found a local friend of a friend with a rustler who cannot believe he can bash there with me. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8YaCmp7LDmo
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I am going to regret this so much. I keep saying I'm not into sspeed runs. But everytime I check how fast I am I try to get faster... So future rustler in pieces for sure. In the mean time: On a 3s 4000mah. Not the fastest when I get ludicrus I paranoy and slow down. So it's probably close tho. Need to find a better road this one has hasards on it. Cracks and pebbles.
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Hello thread! Well well there are fantastic deals to be had with this hobby! Had a Samsung Galaxy notes 10.1 2014 ed 16 gigs that I never use. Decided to put it up for exchange on a facebook group local to me. Took a while but got one offer. A in perfect condition Traxxas Nitro 4-tec 3.3!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! He did ask for 50$ cash too and I was more then happy to oblige. HA HA HA! I would be happy to get 150 CAN$ for the tablet and this car!! This car!! The guy tuned it with me showed me the ropes. Gave me a full jug of nitro, oil, the manual, starter and battery. You guy's tell me was that a good deal?   Since I had pretty much forgot I had the tablet I pretty much payd 50 CAN$ for that rc.
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