Mohonky
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Surely I can't be the only one?
When I was younger, around 10, I had a Tamiya Buggy. I loved it, but never really looked into getting anything as I got older. I always wanted a good RC car to mess around with, or maybe a helicopter (was always scared I would smash it though) but for what ever reason never thought of getting myself one. Then there was a short craze where you could get tiny helicopters pretty cheap so I picked one up for a laugh. I then spend a bit of time looking around the net to see what the modern RC cars were like, given my last foray into RC cars was well over a decade ago. Then one day this year decided stuff it, I'm going to go out and get myself a good RC car to play around with as I needed a new hobby after many years locking myself in doors with video games and home theatre.
So a few months ago I went looking for a Nitro RC car. I was actually expecting to pick up something like the Revo 3.3, but after some discussion at the local hobby store, decided I would go with electric, more specifically, Brushless and so, came home with a shiny new Traxxas Emaxx Brushless Edition.
Since then, things have kind of gotten out of hand. First thing I realised....electrics have come a long way. I always thought Nitro was ruling the roast for power, but wow, the first time I whacked 6S worth of lipo's in my BL Emaxx I understood why the guy told me to go to a football pitch and not a small park to try it out. Unfortunately I am also finding out that like any hobby, there's the on going costs, mostly in parts. So what I was going to leave mostly standard is turning into a money pit of upgrades and hours of tinkering.
I've rather quickly become addicted to the damn things too. In the past 3 months;
Traxxas Emaxx Brushless Edition (a few mods I'll post up later)
Traxxas 1/16 Slash VXL (fun, in a stupid way)
Xray T3 2011 Euro Rubber Edition 1/10 Touring Car (rolling chasis atm, electrics coming soon)
Losi SCTE (coming in the next fortnight)
So I went from one to 4 in a few short months and I love every second of it. Plan on racing the Xray in a 17.5 turn class when I get it up and running. The short course truck I want to race also but I am investigating local tracks (of which in my area there is unfortunately very few).
So GAF, are there any other RC nerds out there? Cars, planes, helicopters, boats? Anyone?
When I was younger, around 10, I had a Tamiya Buggy. I loved it, but never really looked into getting anything as I got older. I always wanted a good RC car to mess around with, or maybe a helicopter (was always scared I would smash it though) but for what ever reason never thought of getting myself one. Then there was a short craze where you could get tiny helicopters pretty cheap so I picked one up for a laugh. I then spend a bit of time looking around the net to see what the modern RC cars were like, given my last foray into RC cars was well over a decade ago. Then one day this year decided stuff it, I'm going to go out and get myself a good RC car to play around with as I needed a new hobby after many years locking myself in doors with video games and home theatre.
So a few months ago I went looking for a Nitro RC car. I was actually expecting to pick up something like the Revo 3.3, but after some discussion at the local hobby store, decided I would go with electric, more specifically, Brushless and so, came home with a shiny new Traxxas Emaxx Brushless Edition.
Since then, things have kind of gotten out of hand. First thing I realised....electrics have come a long way. I always thought Nitro was ruling the roast for power, but wow, the first time I whacked 6S worth of lipo's in my BL Emaxx I understood why the guy told me to go to a football pitch and not a small park to try it out. Unfortunately I am also finding out that like any hobby, there's the on going costs, mostly in parts. So what I was going to leave mostly standard is turning into a money pit of upgrades and hours of tinkering.
I've rather quickly become addicted to the damn things too. In the past 3 months;
Traxxas Emaxx Brushless Edition (a few mods I'll post up later)
Traxxas 1/16 Slash VXL (fun, in a stupid way)
Xray T3 2011 Euro Rubber Edition 1/10 Touring Car (rolling chasis atm, electrics coming soon)
Losi SCTE (coming in the next fortnight)
So I went from one to 4 in a few short months and I love every second of it. Plan on racing the Xray in a 17.5 turn class when I get it up and running. The short course truck I want to race also but I am investigating local tracks (of which in my area there is unfortunately very few).
So GAF, are there any other RC nerds out there? Cars, planes, helicopters, boats? Anyone?
