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markswagen Samba Member
Joined: January 28, 2018 Posts: 954 Location: san diego
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Posted: Tue Mar 05, 2024 10:28 pm Post subject: lets talk about RC cars |
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l'm thinking it might be time to see if my soon to be 10 year old son is interested.
l don't want to break the bank, and l don't want something that'll fall apart at the first corner.
sand and rock use, for sure not something that'll do 100mph.
what do you guys have, what do you recommend.
what to stay away from. _________________ markswagen {mobile mechanic} san diego area all early VW's cared for.
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photogdave Samba Member
Joined: April 05, 2004 Posts: 3039 Location: Vancouver Island, B.C.
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Posted: Wed Mar 06, 2024 1:14 pm Post subject: Re: lets talk about RC cars |
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I have a 2010 Tamiya Sand Scorcher. It's a re-release of the classic late 70s model.
Pros: Looks awesome! Fun to drive! Real scale model down to the suspension! Interesting to build, while learning old-school model techniques!
Cons: Kind of fragile. Hard to find a good battery. Performance not as good as current RCs, and it's not as easy to drive.
Might be a bit much for a 10-year-old but you could get something like a Grasshopper or Hornet re-re and they are much simpler.
PS: I had this model at Syncro Solstice in 2012. You may have seen me driving it around the camp.
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markswagen Samba Member
Joined: January 28, 2018 Posts: 954 Location: san diego
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Posted: Wed Mar 06, 2024 3:21 pm Post subject: Re: lets talk about RC cars |
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nope, l remember you there, but l don't remember you driving that around.
you rode with Bill Langham, in his green syncro, l remember him breaking a front CV joint pulling that syncro westy out of the devils hole or what ever it was called, by the time we caught up, he had got the axle off, so he could drive back to camp.
since he did that, the 3 times l've been back, l've always made sure to have front outer and regular CV joints in lucy, just in case.
what's the voltage on the batteries.
l quit faceache, but when l was in milwaukee groups, l saw people using other different batteries in RC cars etc. _________________ markswagen {mobile mechanic} san diego area all early VW's cared for.
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oprn Samba Member
Joined: November 13, 2016 Posts: 12632 Location: Western Canada
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Posted: Wed Mar 06, 2024 3:23 pm Post subject: Re: lets talk about RC cars |
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Cool Bug!
I bought my son a couple department store RC cars. Don't do that! Junk! Go to a real RC store and get a good used mid range car. Parts are common and available. Often times guys upgrade to fancy stuff, put the older well sorted out one on consignment and they can have excellent starting point value.
That is what I should have done. The Boy lost interest in broken junk that there was no parts for. _________________ We had the stone age, the bronze age, the industrial age and now we are in the age of mass deception and mind control for corporate profit. (The mass media age) |
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photogdave Samba Member
Joined: April 05, 2004 Posts: 3039 Location: Vancouver Island, B.C.
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Posted: Wed Mar 06, 2024 7:11 pm Post subject: Re: lets talk about RC cars |
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markswagen wrote: |
nope, l remember you there, but l don't remember you driving that around.
you rode with Bill Langham, in his green syncro, l remember him breaking a front CV joint pulling that syncro westy out of the devils hole or what ever it was called, by the time we caught up, he had got the axle off, so he could drive back to camp.
since he did that, the 3 times l've been back, l've always made sure to have front outer and regular CV joints in lucy, just in case.
what's the voltage on the batteries.
l quit faceache, but when l was in milwaukee groups, l saw people using other different batteries in RC cars etc. |
Good times!
There's all kinds of batteries now...LiPo, Li-ion, NiMh etc. I had a classic 7.2V humback NiCad but the connections kept breaking to the cell on the hump. I tried a 7.2V flatpack but at only 1500 mah it doesn't last long. Still looking for a better flatpack that will fit!
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DesertSasquatchXploration Samba Member
Joined: April 16, 2021 Posts: 501
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obus Samba Member
Joined: March 08, 2001 Posts: 11040 Location: just off Garden State Parkway Exit 81
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YDBD Samba Member
Joined: February 25, 2017 Posts: 890 Location: Bavaria, Germany
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Posted: Sat Mar 16, 2024 11:18 pm Post subject: Re: lets talk about RC cars |
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The best bet is probably a Traxxis Slash, 2WD brushed system, fantastic truck, easy to fix, bash and race and the price is right.
A couple 4000 mah lipos would be sufficient for about 30 to 45 minutes of driving, I still have my Zippy lipos, but you can a variety of them from A-Main Hobbies.
Slash race at my home track:
Collection of RC's:
Cox buggy with a Tamiya Grasshopper chassis:
HPI Baja 5b:
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don't live in the past...but when I did:
'67 bug
'64 baja
'60 dune buggy
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