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kuffs posted:I really wish that the rally class had taken off. Don't forget the TC3 Rally kit. I bought it because it made the track width 200mm, and all the cool bodies are 200mm. Will post some pictures later.
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  I worked at a hobby store while in highschool. One of the most fun lax jobs I've ever had. I started when the T-Maxx was really dominating the market, it was huge for us and kept me employed for quite a while. I was offered an AR-15 for that E-maxx, and a block of weed for that TA04, I've owned pretty much every touring car from that era, XXX-S, Nitro TC3, TC3, TC4, RS4-pro, RS4-Sport 2...huge wastes of money. One of my co-workers once got offered a blowjob from some dude for an HPI Savage. The Hobby store has been a great learning experience and I'm thankfull every day I worked there.
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kuffs posted:Another kickass vintage HPI car. *derail* Brings back memories of wanting to buy that Schumacher Big 6 car. I don't know if anyone remembers that but it was a RWD 1/6th scale car. I had childhood dreams of putting what was a then new brushless system (brushless for anything but air was just hitting the market) for an E-Maxx in there. It was a single E-maxx size motor that ran off dual packs and had some massive power. Pair that up with some 3300 matched packs and I was sure to break 100mph. Or just do endless doughnuts in the hobbystore parking lot. Sorry for that. Just reliving my young adult geek dreams.
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kuffs posted:Haha, the thread is about RC cars. Not a derail. The Big 6 actually came with a beautiful Lotus Sport Elise shell.
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Been lurking this thread for a long time and you guys made me break out my old box of RC stuff I had. The last time I even messed around with anything RC was probably pre-9-11, when I worked at a hobby store. In the box was a trashed Tamiya TLT-1, a AE Mini-T and a enough baggies of random parts to build a TC3 with the rally conversion. Several hours later:  I have an old JR XR2 for a radio, I just don't have any batteries. Would anyone like to trade a Mini-T roller for some old Ni-MH packs? It's got the metal shocks, aluminum center brace, and upgraded motor.Not sure if I want to jump to Li-Po packs just yet...just want to bash again.   If this is against the rules I'll modify, just felt like it was a little too specific for the sale forum. Also, those Axial kits look amazing and I want them all.
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Is A-main hobbies usually pretty slow to ship things? I got a Axial Exo and a battery pack with their black Friday %10 off thing and haven't received a shipping update yet.
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Somewhat Heroic posted:If they had any kind of response like we did with our Black Friday sale it's going to take a couple of days. We will be caught up tomorrow from all the orders we got Wow, good info thank you! Ya, I haven't had an RC car since I worked at a hobby shop in high school. I was looking for something for just bashing and the EXO looks stout and cool. I went with this http://www.funshobby.com/index.php/...E+SHIPPING.html motor/esc combo and scavenged some old RC cars for an old JR radio and a high torque servo. Going to be upgrading as I get paid...learn more about LiPo and what kinds of new RX's people are into. Good thinking on the pinion bore, I'll have to get that and some lexan paint. Luckily I have plenty of time before that motor/esc gets here. I purchased the 4.5Y version under the impression it would be simmilar to a 4.5 turn, or maybe some dude in China just made a mistake with his Y's and T's. Does that sound right? My buddy hooked me up with a couple 3300 NiMH packs until I decide on the LiPo setup I want, not ideal, but hopefully ok for just dicking around.
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it has been quite the week for us. You're going to love your EXO. I had a blast building mine. I would suggest painting your body panels first before building. The cage is an integral part of finishing the car and having to stop the build half way through to paint sucked balls and ended with me having the most half assed paint job I've done in a looong time. Did you do any upgrades? I did the axial hard ano f/r towers and steering rack. Also know it only comes with a 12T pinion with the 3mm bore. If you're using a 1/8 motor (I'm using a novak 4.5T ballistic 550) you'll need to get a 5mm bore pinion. I'm using 2S and using a 12T pinion for what it's worth.
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ColonelJohnMatrix posted:My Wraith is finished and ready for the rocks this weekend. The build was great (minus Axial not including steering knuckles in the kit and a buddy giving me an extra set) and everything is extremely high quality with a great finish. Installing the interior was a bitch but it came out great! Holy poo poo, I thought that was a ghost buster logo on the hood and I was going to give you a high five. That truck looks amazing, drat RC cars have gone nuts.
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Holy poo poo the EXO is fun, tons of turn in with the stock setup yet stable at speed. I've never had a 4WD off road car though, so maybe its just normal. A standard 7.2 NiMH pack isn't anywhere near enough juice for the motor/ESC I got. It bogs down feels slow so I ordered these things from hobby king today: Charger Power Supply 3S pack 2S pack Hopefully I can find a happy medium.
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Dec 7, 2012 23:38
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Fastest way to break the poo poo out of your Exo while having as much fun as possible has to be playing with it at a concrete skate park in the rain. Forgot how much of an absolute money pit RC is, already have more than the cost of the kit in upgrades/replacement parts. The plus side is I'm not a poor kid anymore and it's sooooo worth it.
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That's so cool.
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Selling my complete Exo setup to all who are interested. http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3553140
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Grumbletron 4000 posted:Who needs LEDs! I don't know what model OFNA this is, but it is a snapshot of my time working at a hobby store in 2005/6...if that helps?
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