R/C vehicles

skintoss · Post by **skintoss** » Mon May 12, 2008 8:51 pm

Just wondered if anyone else has an rc car, truck, boat or plane they want to show off?
Heres mine its a Traxxas Revo fitted with a Picco .26 engine, I've only just run this in and am starting to tune it properly. The ad for the engine says it will flip the car but i couldnt believe it as the car weighs a ton so I thought i'd give it a bit of welly from take off and over it went

Needless to say as a novice i have a crap shell to fit when i run it.
The first pic is after i stripped it cause it was well dirty and had a few bits to replace then got it looking as in the second pic.

Let me know what you've got!

will-220GSiTurbo · Post by **will-220GSiTurbo** » Mon May 12, 2008 9:06 pm

The revos are great, just be wary of it overheating, my boss scraped 2 engines in his and it was terrible to tune right.
FG stadium trucks FTW !!

skintoss · Post by **skintoss** » Mon May 12, 2008 9:13 pm

Yeh it did get hot to start with until i made a huge hole in the windscreen on the old shell. It's a bit of a stupid design really as the engine doesn't get any cooling air as std
As for tuning i'm not sure there's an easy engine to keep tuned! I always have to fiddle with the settings almost every run, weather its with the std engine, the picco or my old nitro sport.

Your'e right about the fun aspect though

and its handy that the revo's are almost indistructable, it took a massive tumble the other week and carried on going it was only when i properly looked at it i found the whole front bulkhead was smashed to bits

Post by **Din** » Mon May 12, 2008 9:21 pm

I have an old kyosho fwd nitro mantis

rubbish handling, rubbish brakes, still a good laugh

but i hardly ever use it now

Excuse the photo quality ( off my phone an all that ).

JAKEBARLZ · Post by **JAKEBARLZ** » Mon May 12, 2008 9:27 pm

my mate is an addict and has over 250 bloody rc cars ... u name it he got it... his house nd garage is litterd eith um... i never thought they would be that quick till i had a go with one of his... greeeeeeeat fun.. need to get one for those boring car meets..

mg-richard · Post by **mg-richard** » Mon May 12, 2008 9:29 pm

i have got a something or other stadium truck. first time i had it out crashed it at pull pelt into my rover.
luckily it just fit underneath, lots of sparks and noise and it came out the other side looking rather scratched

will-220GSiTurbo · Post by **will-220GSiTurbo** » Mon May 12, 2008 9:34 pm

/\/\ sounds like a hpi evo rush, little red thing?

mg-richard · Post by **mg-richard** » Mon May 12, 2008 9:35 pm

will-220GSiTurbo wrote:/\/\ sounds like a hpi evo rush, little red thing?

yes thats it,

daibill · Post by **daibill** » Tue May 13, 2008 9:20 am

This is me with my Weston Cougar 2000 3d ship..Had it 2 years now and just love it..

asp .37 on the nose and more fun than you can shake a stick at...

listie · Post by **listie** » Tue May 13, 2008 2:31 pm

I can't find any decent pics at the moment but currently have in my rc garage

Tamiya Bigwig fully restored
Tamiya Bigwig being restored
Tamiya Mad Bull XB
Tamiya Clod Buster
Tamiya Black foot

owen · Post by **owen** » Tue May 13, 2008 2:42 pm

I've got (well in a box due to the engine going boooom) an HPI Rush, shocking build quality but lots of rear wheel drive fun on the gravel.

My bro's got a couple of T-Maxx's, one has had virtualy every part up rated, not a bit of plastic on it, strong as hell but weighs loads!

Still want en revo

EDIT: Just had a look at the modelsport website (this thread got me thinking

) and god the prices have come down loads in the last few years!!

MY82OTURB0 · Post by **MY82OTURB0** » Tue May 13, 2008 2:59 pm

i have 2 x ts4n thuhder tigers one with a porshe shell and one with a lambo
and a kyusho astra coupe

all nitros

mental fun but very costly in tyres lol

skintoss · Post by **skintoss** » Tue May 13, 2008 5:41 pm

Quite a few people got them then, the next meet there is, it would be funny to bring them along, although not sure if they're more or less reliable than our big cars!!

Scott · Post by **Scott** » Tue May 13, 2008 5:57 pm

had a few electric tamiyas in my time, boomerang, mini (which was great!), monster beetle, mardave 205 for an indoor season, and a kyosho lazer 4wd belt driven, carbon fibre, was pretty neat...

will-220GSiTurbo · Post by **will-220GSiTurbo** » Tue May 13, 2008 6:40 pm

mg-richard wrote:
will-220GSiTurbo wrote:/\/\ sounds like a hpi evo rush, little red thing?
yes thats it,

im stalking you

i had one, i gave it to our apprentice @ work.
nick named the rat, pretty quick for what it is.

Post by **Cableguy** » Tue May 13, 2008 6:46 pm

I got a Savage X 4.1 with a 4.6 engine , a Lightning Stadium Pro 10 and a HPi rush evo.

skintoss · Post by **skintoss** » Tue May 13, 2008 6:48 pm

daibill
That plane looks the muts!, and from the pic i take it you've got loads of room to fly it in. I always wanted a apache helicopter but would never be able to fly one, dont think i have the co-ordination req'd. Would prob end up in a heap on the ground

mike50001 · Post by **mike50001** » Tue May 13, 2008 9:40 pm

used to have a kyosho megane fwd, great fun with 2 speed box on.

now got a kyosho super 10 mclaren, with 4 stroke conversion an 2 speed.
how just need a runway an some tyres with some grip

Post by **Din** » Tue May 13, 2008 9:47 pm

mike50001 wrote:used to have a kyosho megane fwd

Same mantis chassis as my coroolla

mmine was a volvo s40 origionally though, getting rare now .

marcd220 · Post by **marcd220** » Tue May 13, 2008 11:15 pm

ive got a 1/6th scale fg marder with a 23cc petrol engine and few hop ups

Vard66 · Post by **Vard66** » Wed May 14, 2008 12:16 am

ROFL! Only just noticed this. I've got (somewhere) an old Tami T105 (with the Evo VI Makkinen shell on it, somewhat cracked to shite) that has a knackered steering servo (thanks to my brother running it over with his Savage, when he brought it round to show me). Never got round to taking it apart and replacing it.

skintoss · Post by **skintoss** » Wed May 14, 2008 8:04 am

mike50001 wrote:now got a kyosho super 10 mclaren, with 4 stroke conversion an 2 speed.
how just need a runway an some tyres with some grip

That must be huge. You got any pics?

daibill · Post by **daibill** » Wed May 14, 2008 8:31 am

skintoss wrote:daibill
That plane looks the muts!, and from the pic i take it you've got loads of room to fly it in. I always wanted a apache helicopter but would never be able to fly one, dont think i have the co-ordination req'd. Would prob end up in a heap on the ground

Yeah the plane will do just about anything and it's especially good at prop hanging. I've just about perfected prop hanging a few feet off the ground so I can just pluck it out of the air...

Helicopters are a different monster all together, it's like balancing a marble on a sheet of glass, constant adjustment required.

skintoss · Post by **skintoss** » Wed May 14, 2008 8:37 am

daibill wrote: Yeah the plane will do just about anything and it's especially good at prop hanging. I've just about perfected prop hanging a few feet off the ground so I can just pluck it out of the air...

Lol no landing strip required then!

daibill · Post by **daibill** » Wed May 14, 2008 8:38 am

no not really, it's light as a feather anyway so it's up and down within 15ft. Plenty of room at the top of our valley anyway...

a19undertaker · Post by **a19undertaker** » Wed May 14, 2008 10:44 am

theres two guys with electric-motor planes round our way and they are the quickest things i've seen

the other day they had a vertical race and they just dissapeared, was talking to them one day and they reckon the charge only gives them 10mins flying time

skintoss · Post by **skintoss** » Wed May 14, 2008 11:11 am

Thats why i like nitro engines you can just keep filling them up cause radio gear batts last for ages so if you've got enough fuel you can just keep going.
I think electric engines can go faster though just not for as long, kinda tortoise and hare race (not that nitro are slow).

I spose if the electric planes run out mid air they could always glide? you've still got to wait for an hour at least to charge it back up again though, or carry loads of batts round with ya.

daibill · Post by **daibill** » Wed May 14, 2008 12:19 pm

They can glide but only to an extent and then landings can be interesting.

If you get a "deadstick" at the wrong moment then it can lead to a bag of matchsticks...

mike50001 · Post by **mike50001** » Wed May 14, 2008 11:39 pm

skintoss wrote:
mike50001 wrote:now got a kyosho super 10 mclaren, with 4 stroke conversion an 2 speed.
how just need a runway an some tyres with some grip
That must be huge. You got any pics?

heres the beast

mike50001 · Post by **mike50001** » Wed May 14, 2008 11:42 pm

Din wrote:
mike50001 wrote:used to have a kyosho megane fwd
Same mantis chassis as my coroolla mmine was a volvo s40 origionally though, getting rare now .

yeah , makes a fun car once tweaked abit, stick some good tyres on an you can use the fwd to pull it everywhere at full throttle

Post by **Din** » Thu May 15, 2008 9:55 am

mike50001 wrote:
Din wrote:
mike50001 wrote:used to have a kyosho megane fwd
Same mantis chassis as my coroolla mmine was a volvo s40 origionally though, getting rare now .
yeah , makes a fun car once tweaked abit, stick some good tyres on an you can use the fwd to pull it everywhere at full throttle

Yeah, i keep thinking of getting it out again but i keep crashing the bloody thing with slick tyres and almost 0 brakes lol.

skintoss · Post by **skintoss** » Thu May 15, 2008 5:59 pm

mike50001 wrote:
skintoss wrote:
mike50001 wrote:now got a kyosho super 10 mclaren, with 4 stroke conversion an 2 speed.
how just need a runway an some tyres with some grip
That must be huge. You got any pics?
heres the beast

That looks awsome, has the engine got valves and everything? and what sort of size is it? its hard to tell from the pics.

mike50001 · Post by **mike50001** » Thu May 15, 2008 10:37 pm

yeah its a 4 stroke, 2 ohv. 4.4cc 0.5bhp at 17000 rpm

its 1/10th scale, but slightly wider. should be good for 70ish mph maybe more