RC Cars

[jwren00]

Anybody here race RC? I've had an associated rc10gt for about 5 years, but I only started racing in the last year and it is sooo sweet. I race every other sunday at our club's dirt track. It's a pretty nice track with 1 big 20 foot double and one huge 30 foot triple. There are usually about 5 1/10th scale trucks that I race with, but there are about 20 1/8th scale buggies every weekend and those things are awesome!

I want a new buggie so bad, but I dont have the $1200 or so that it will cost me to get the kit, engine, and radio. I might have to sell all my paintball stuff...we'll see. Does anybody here have an 1/8th scale buggy?

Are there any RC forums out there? Anybody know?

I will be getting my digital camera probably tomorrow, so I can post some pics, and maybe even a video, of our next race.

[GrassNinja]

Hey man, Im at work right now but when I get homw I'll get you some RC forum links. If you send me a PM it will help remind me.

I havnt really got into racing yet. I live in Japan. I have had 2 RC10T3's and two HPI micro RS4's. Im going to be racing the micros soon, just not yet. I also have a plane, but I dont fly so well.

I think most of my forum links will be for micro stuff, but thats a good place to start.

GrassNinja

[the_next_guy_]

I have a a Team Associated RC10 B3. Its pretty nice. I don't race or anything, I just cruise around my street, but it handles well in the road, and goes over anything I want it too.

[jwren00]

i didnt race for like the first 5 years I had my car, but then I started and now I'm hooked. It's so much fun! I can't believe I haven't been doing it for years. You need to start racing. Although I warn you it will become an obsession, just like paintball did to me a few years ago.

[Muzikman]

There was just a thread on R/C Cars.... http://www.automags.org/forums/showt...ighlight=R%2FC

Here is my post from that thread

I raced at the national level back in the late 80's early 90's in the 1/12 scale class. I raced in just about every division you can on just about every surface you can for electric cars. I still have them all and they most still run. I quit racing in about '92. Below are a list of my cars, in about the order that I got them.

* Hotshot - Tamiya - 4wd off-road (this was my first REAL R/C car and never actually competed with it.)

* Boomerang - Tamiya - 4wd off-road

* Bigwig - Tamiya - 4wd off-road (almost identical to the Boomerang, except it had a tub chassis)

* R/C-10 - Associated - 2wd off-road (converted to a fiberglass framed carpet oval car)

* Avante - Tamiya - 4wd off-road

* Dominator - Custom Works - 4wd oval (carpet or dirt)

* RC-12L - Associated - 1/12 scale carpet road

* JRX-2 - Losi - 2wd offroad (dirt and carpet)

* RC-12L - Associated - bought this after I destroyed the first one at Lake Whipperwill in Florida (yes, these little things break when they hit something do 45mph)

* JRX-2 (converted to a truck) - Losi - 2wd offroad (dirt and carpet)

* 1/10 Scale Predator - Pancar (For the life of me I can not think of who made this car) - Carpet and asphalt road and oval.

* 1/12 Scale Predator - For the life of me I can not think of who made this car) - 1/12 scale carper road

* 1/12 Scale Corally - Corally - 1/12 Scale carpet road

* RC-10L - Associated - Pancar - (I bought this just before I quit so I never got to race it)

For the most part I used all Futaba radios, Novak electronics (mostly Futaba servo's though), Sanyo batteries, and Competition Electronic chargers. (I did have some Tekin speed controls and a Novak charger also).

I started racing on a carpet road course in the basement of a firehall. I have raced on dirt off-raod, dirt oval, carpet off-road, carpet oval, carpet road, asphalt road and asphalt oval. I enjoyed 4wd oval the best and 1/12 scale carpet road second. Everything else I raced cause I could

Ok, I think that is more information than you were looking for and all of my stuff is atleast 11 years old

[NGp8ball]

i have an emaxx and rc10 b3. i wish i had the 1200 too to go and buy a kyosho mp 7.5

[jwren00]

my rc10gt last week

<img src="http://www.savepic.com/freepicturehosting/is.php?i=79449&img=carpic-800x600.jpg" border="0">

[mxracer33x]

I have 2 Factory Team B3's and a Factory Team GT. We have tracks in the back yards of some of our houses and have races a few times a month in the spring/summer. ive been looking at gettin a new B4 buggy. It looks like a very nice handler. The GT is just to much fun though, we have streat and offroad setups for them, and just went with .12 cvr motors. Ill get pics once I can find them.

[jwren00]

with the body and the starter box

<img src="http://www.savepic.com/freepicturehosting/is.php?i=79462&img=carpic-with_body.jpg" border="0">

[jwren00]

Local Track pics

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[jwren00]

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[jwren00]

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[NGp8ball]

i wish i had a local track. ive got a team edition rc10b3 and an e-maxx. i used to post at the traxxas forums and at rcmt.net... i havnt used my cars in a while tho cuz fo the snow. i think i'll take out my maxx tomorrow and hit my ski jump

lol, i didn't realize this was the thread i posted in a while ago... heres a pic of my b3