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I've honestly gone lockdown RC mad... 6 Race spec 2WD buggies (and a 12th pan car) are now on the shelf with a Hornet gathering dust, which you've now inspired me to get a new shell for and get up and running!
And I may have pre-ordered a WLToys 104001 for some 4WD action...
May need to sneak one into the boot of the car each day and go for a cheeky drive on the way home from work... I am guessing this is what you do when you reach middle age!?
And I may have pre-ordered a WLToys 104001 for some 4WD action...
May need to sneak one into the boot of the car each day and go for a cheeky drive on the way home from work... I am guessing this is what you do when you reach middle age!?
dom9 said:
I've honestly gone lockdown RC mad... 6 Race spec 2WD buggies (and a 12th pan car) are now on the shelf with a Hornet gathering dust, which you've now inspired me to get a new shell for and get up and running!
And I may have pre-ordered a WLToys 104001 for some 4WD action...
May need to sneak one into the boot of the car each day and go for a cheeky drive on the way home from work... I am guessing this is what you do when you reach middle age!?
I'm glad it's not just me! I'm refusing to work out what I've spent on RC this year, I've run out of space and now I'm making excuses for a race buggy as the motor I just installed in to my new Blitzer Beetle is way too powerfulAnd I may have pre-ordered a WLToys 104001 for some 4WD action...
May need to sneak one into the boot of the car each day and go for a cheeky drive on the way home from work... I am guessing this is what you do when you reach middle age!?
ThisInJapanese said:
I'm glad it's not just me! I'm refusing to work out what I've spent on RC this year, I've run out of space and now I'm making excuses for a race buggy as the motor I just installed in to my new Blitzer Beetle is way too powerful
3 x sensored brushless motors arrived at the office today... I'm not sending them to the house these days 
I now have 2 x 7.5T, 1 x 8.5T and 3 x 9.5T motors on the shelf and am waiting on a 10.5T... Also 2 x 4500kV unsensored... So that's all the buggies sorted, if I go back to a brushed silver can 540 on the Hornet (used to run 4000kV brushless, which was mental), and pull the silver can brushed 550 from the 104001, assuming I get bored of that quickly.
Just realised the VBC already has it's brushless system so that means a 9.5T spare - whoop! Still waiting on 3 x ESCs from HK!
I seem to have worked my way into a mismatched number of chassis and electronics.
I have a couple of cars that need an ESC (ideally LiPo compatible, doesn't have to be brushless) and servos. What's the best value range out there? I'm not going to be racing, and would just be messing about in the park/street with the kids, however, I'd like what I buy to be half-decent, I just don't want to break the bank as I'm going to have to buy multiple of them. Also, given that I'm going to be swapping between different chassis/drive types, I'd want something that is a decent all-rounder, rather than being specialised.
There will be no crawlers in the collection (he says...)
I have a couple of cars that need an ESC (ideally LiPo compatible, doesn't have to be brushless) and servos. What's the best value range out there? I'm not going to be racing, and would just be messing about in the park/street with the kids, however, I'd like what I buy to be half-decent, I just don't want to break the bank as I'm going to have to buy multiple of them. Also, given that I'm going to be swapping between different chassis/drive types, I'd want something that is a decent all-rounder, rather than being specialised.
There will be no crawlers in the collection (he says...)
ThisInJapanese said:
I seem to have worked my way into a mismatched number of chassis and electronics.
I have a couple of cars that need an ESC (ideally LiPo compatible, doesn't have to be brushless) and servos. What's the best value range out there? I'm not going to be racing, and would just be messing about in the park/street with the kids, however, I'd like what I buy to be half-decent, I just don't want to break the bank as I'm going to have to buy multiple of them. Also, given that I'm going to be swapping between different chassis/drive types, I'd want something that is a decent all-rounder, rather than being specialised.
There will be no crawlers in the collection (he says...)
I use the hobbywing quickrun series of brushed ESCs in 40 & 80amp guise in conjunction with the programming box for the purposes you describe...I have a couple of cars that need an ESC (ideally LiPo compatible, doesn't have to be brushless) and servos. What's the best value range out there? I'm not going to be racing, and would just be messing about in the park/street with the kids, however, I'd like what I buy to be half-decent, I just don't want to break the bank as I'm going to have to buy multiple of them. Also, given that I'm going to be swapping between different chassis/drive types, I'd want something that is a decent all-rounder, rather than being specialised.
There will be no crawlers in the collection (he says...)
I have never had any issues with them and the programming box allows you to program the ESC parameters very quickly which I find handy to turn down the hotter cars for kids and introduce a bit of drag brake for beginners..... Or crawlers
And they auto detect battery type and require no jumpers or bleep counting which is worth something!
ThisInJapanese said:
I love the look of crawlers, but I struggle to work out how I would enjoy them as I don't have the areas around me where I think they will be fun (please don't explain to me that they are great in the garden as I don't need another excuse...)
Gardens are no fun crawling unless you have a small 24th scale job. I travel all over the North of England, the Peak district is 3/4 of an hour away and I have a disused quarry and woodland within 15 mins of my house. I couldn't think of anything more boring than doing it on your own, fortunately I have met a fair few like minded peeps and get out fairly regularly. A couple of years ago we had a meet of 30 trucks at Otley. Epic day.
My local RC shop is getting out of RTR stuff and following on from a discussion about him getting rid of RTR stock and some quite frankly astounding man maths on my part in the intervening week saw me come home with an arrma infraction this weekend!
Bought at cost price (4**) It looks like an absolute weapon! And I am waiting for some inner fenders and a chassis skin to arrive before I stuff it into something at 70mph - by the looks of it I could be spending on tyres fairly frequently!
It has AVC and a handbrake for high speed hooliganism....
Sat next to a vintage brushless bling bling RC18T that has been in a box in the loft for 15+ years that sports a similar stars and stripes bodyshell....... Soon going on eBay
Bought at cost price (4**) It looks like an absolute weapon! And I am waiting for some inner fenders and a chassis skin to arrive before I stuff it into something at 70mph - by the looks of it I could be spending on tyres fairly frequently!
It has AVC and a handbrake for high speed hooliganism....
Sat next to a vintage brushless bling bling RC18T that has been in a box in the loft for 15+ years that sports a similar stars and stripes bodyshell....... Soon going on eBay
shedweller said:
My local RC shop is getting out of RTR stuff and following on from a discussion about him getting rid of RTR stock and some quite frankly astounding man maths on my part in the intervening week saw me come home with an arrma infraction this weekend!
Love this truck. I can't justify it though, I don't have anywhere around here that would be good for a speed run truck like thisWhat is the name of the RC Shop? Asking for a friend, of course...
ThisInJapanese said:
Love this truck. I can't justify it though, I don't have anywhere around here that would be good for a speed run truck like this
What is the name of the RC Shop? Asking for a friend, of course...
I doubt I will be putting the big (85mph) pinion in for this reason - In the week I had to justify the purchase I scoped out some locations (industrial estates) and researched wether It can be lifted enough to run off road which is my primary intention.What is the name of the RC Shop? Asking for a friend, of course...
With the shocks outboard on the towers and with some more preload it raises up fairly well and there is some extended body posts included in the bits n bobs to raise the bodyshell up inline with the chassis as it is the body that is closer to the ground than the chassis in pictures.
My local village cricket club keep their grass very short so plan on running it there with some belted badlands buggy tyres I have..... It says on the box multi surface so will give it a go...... Like I said, man maths!
I can't mention the shop as he is only selling his remaining arrma stock at cost to customers he knows are into the hobby.
It's the 2 year warranty and newbies buying the big stuff advertised as being waterproof etc, And then returning after the bearings fail in the outdrive taking inputs gears and diffs with them expecting it to be a warranty job!
It makes him look bad when wholesalers won't help etc so he is sticking to the racing and tamiya kits from now on.
He had a Mojave for £550 which was tempting but I REALLY don't need any more RC right now!
shedweller said:
I doubt I will be putting the big (85mph) pinion in for this reason - In the week I had to justify the purchase I scoped out some locations (industrial estates) and researched wether It can be lifted enough to run off road which is my primary intention.
With the shocks outboard on the towers and with some more preload it raises up fairly well and there is some extended body posts included in the bits n bobs to raise the bodyshell up inline with the chassis as it is the body that is closer to the ground than the chassis in pictures.
My local village cricket club keep their grass very short so plan on running it there with some belted badlands buggy tyres I have..... It says on the box multi surface so will give it a go...... Like I said, man maths!
I can't mention the shop as he is only selling his remaining arrma stock at cost to customers he knows are into the hobby.
It's the 2 year warranty and newbies buying the big stuff advertised as being waterproof etc, And then returning after the bearings fail in the outdrive taking inputs gears and diffs with them expecting it to be a warranty job!
It makes him look bad when wholesalers won't help etc so he is sticking to the racing and tamiya kits from now on.
He had a Mojave for £550 which was tempting but I REALLY don't need any more RC right now!
Yeah, that's fair enough. I don't think I *need* any more RCs at the moment anyway. I have an Associated buggy that I should build before I do anything else, plus a couple I should sell...With the shocks outboard on the towers and with some more preload it raises up fairly well and there is some extended body posts included in the bits n bobs to raise the bodyshell up inline with the chassis as it is the body that is closer to the ground than the chassis in pictures.
My local village cricket club keep their grass very short so plan on running it there with some belted badlands buggy tyres I have..... It says on the box multi surface so will give it a go...... Like I said, man maths!
I can't mention the shop as he is only selling his remaining arrma stock at cost to customers he knows are into the hobby.
It's the 2 year warranty and newbies buying the big stuff advertised as being waterproof etc, And then returning after the bearings fail in the outdrive taking inputs gears and diffs with them expecting it to be a warranty job!
It makes him look bad when wholesalers won't help etc so he is sticking to the racing and tamiya kits from now on.
He had a Mojave for £550 which was tempting but I REALLY don't need any more RC right now!
ThisInJapanese said:
Yeah, that's fair enough. I don't think I *need* any more RCs at the moment anyway. I have an Associated buggy that I should build before I do anything else, plus a couple I should sell...
My man maths calculations said I would offset any RC expenditure on new stuff by selling off some old stuff that I don't use anymore as I must have ££££ worthBut what happens is I dig out some aircraft and then fly them to check it works etc and then it never gets sold....
Bit like the RC18T above - I haven't seen or run it in 15+ years so should get rid but it won't happen.........
Although my Mrs hasn't seen the infraction yet so that may be a driver to offloading some stuff...... To finance a drag car..... I like the idea of racing RC drag cars for money like they do in the states.......... Justification!!!
Update on the infraction......... This thing is balls to the wall bonkers!!
It is the fastest surface rc I have driven....And when going full chat it is some spectacle because of the size of the thing and when I gets traction it just pings off into the distance
You do need a LOT of space and perhaps having plenty could be a bad thing... as the spot we went to today is a huuge brand new tarmac area for a new covid vaccination center covered in dusty deposits from plant machinery that allowed for top speed for a couple of seconds and then enough room to go into full lock drifting at 65mph...... Bonkers.... Much more fun than I thought
Tyres could be an issue....... This is after 5 runs on 6s...... I reckon they're done...
It is the fastest surface rc I have driven....And when going full chat it is some spectacle because of the size of the thing and when I gets traction it just pings off into the distance
You do need a LOT of space and perhaps having plenty could be a bad thing... as the spot we went to today is a huuge brand new tarmac area for a new covid vaccination center covered in dusty deposits from plant machinery that allowed for top speed for a couple of seconds and then enough room to go into full lock drifting at 65mph...... Bonkers.... Much more fun than I thought
Tyres could be an issue....... This is after 5 runs on 6s...... I reckon they're done...
shedweller said:
Update on the infraction......... This thing is balls to the wall bonkers!!
It is the fastest surface rc I have driven....And when going full chat it is some spectacle because of the size of the thing and when I gets traction it just pings off into the distance
You do need a LOT of space and perhaps having plenty could be a bad thing... as the spot we went to today is a huuge brand new tarmac area for a new covid vaccination center covered in dusty deposits from plant machinery that allowed for top speed for a couple of seconds and then enough room to go into full lock drifting at 65mph...... Bonkers.... Much more fun than I thought
That's the thing that puts me off this sort of car, the fact that it needs so much space to fully stretch it's legs. I can't think of any where around me that will allow me to do that.It is the fastest surface rc I have driven....And when going full chat it is some spectacle because of the size of the thing and when I gets traction it just pings off into the distance
You do need a LOT of space and perhaps having plenty could be a bad thing... as the spot we went to today is a huuge brand new tarmac area for a new covid vaccination center covered in dusty deposits from plant machinery that allowed for top speed for a couple of seconds and then enough room to go into full lock drifting at 65mph...... Bonkers.... Much more fun than I thought
Doesn't mean I don't ponder getting one every now and again!
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