Anyone have R/C toys?

[BigRocsFirebird]

Just wanting to see how many people have any R/C toys. My dad and I both have nitro boats and cars. I have a Team Losi XXX NT stadium truck with over 950+ mods. New OS. motor rims always new tires can keep a pare for more than a week with tred. i've seen mini blowers for the cars i'm looking into getting one for it. My dad has a Team Losi XXX NT Adam drake Edition stadium truck. he has well over 1250+ into his. they both hit over 75+MPH from what we have been able to. theres no room to open it up. I also have a BlackJack26 nitro boat no work done to it yet but so much fun. maybe 40+MPH stock its not to bad needs a bigger prop and i want a bigger motor later on. my dads is a 27 Hammer i think? still in the box didnt get to smoke him yet. but what do you guys have?

[69BirdX]

I got an Hobbico Superstar RC plane. I havent flown in years though buy my new co worker is hard core into th Rc world. So i may bet back into flying and maybe look into a nitro car

[BigRocsFirebird]

yeah planes are very hard my grandfather builds them takes months but they are so good. hes in the papers and shows i would never try them he keeps asking but i would be afraid hit something. but cars are alot of fun

[Mike]

the superchargers are a waste on the 2stroke motors....more of a gimmick than anything.

i got a revo from one of the members here recently and have been getting pretty into it

[LTb1ow]

I have a Baja Champ, and a 1st gen Emaxx. And a submarine.

[7998]

My son has a Stadium truck I think it's a Losi. That little thing rips, esp. after we upgraded the motor. Every time we go into the Hobby shop I'm tempted to pick up one of them P-51's or the Corsair, but I know I'd wreck it.

[NJ346]

I have a traxxas T-max with an OS engine in it, but the whole front end is all busted up because of a run in at the beach with a wooden post. I did the redneck thing and about 5 zipties later I was able to rig up the suspension enough that the truck still rolls and does 40 mph. I also have a Losi LST2 that is an absolute beast.

[Mike]

if anyone has any tracks, bmx tracks, or other cool spots around them we could set up a little get together

[NJ346]

if anyone has any tracks, bmx tracks, or other cool spots around them we could set up a little get together

I know that Jackson has a nice setup. Probably wouldn't be too bad of a haul for you to get there. I've personally never been there, but I've heard that it was a pretty good track in the state. I was big into RC stuff about 2 years ago, but since I got the Camaro the stuff just kind of sits on the shelf in the garage. I only run them now every once in a while. I also have a boat that does 35 mph and shoots out a 20 foot rooter tail. These things are fun and I find tuning them is also a lot of fun because of how much mph you can pick up from such a small adjustment of the carburator. I run both trucks once a year at a campground in cape may that runs a little event and often I'm the one tuning everyones ***** because a lot of people just spend $400+ and expect the thing to need no work, but that's not the case.

Video of boat: http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=46307771

[BigRocsFirebird]

yeah that would be alot of fun to get a bunch of people togeather and mess around. i have to retune mine. and get my carb back on right. i got it running then all i hear is a loud pop like one of my guns. the carb blew off the top i guess backpressure lol. i think i need a new servo for the throttle to i havent ran them in close to 2 years. i've been trying to get them togeather but i've been so busy. i need to spend a weekend and get them running right. to much money laying around.

[BigRocsFirebird]

i was going to say beachcomber and i clicked the link and yea its beachcomber. i had a parkmodle for 7 years i had the big blue golf cart. it was the biggest in the campground.

[rscamaro73]

Back in 91 I got a Kyosho Stinger 4wd 1/10 scale gas buggy. OS-CZ .10 motor, Futaba 2 channel grip radio, bump starter w/12V battery....boxes of spare parts from 'oops' fun times. I'd drive it around til it broke, never took more than 1/4 gal of fuel to do it too. Actually threw the rod once as I landed a jump. Had over a grand into it back then....sold what I had left (most of it) for like $200 back in 01 or so.

I'd love to get into it again, but it isn't cheap. But the tech is nice. CV joints instead of 'dog bones'.....recoil and electric starters, 2 speed + transmissions, REAL disc brakes, etc. Plus the motors are out of the world. I had even gone with aluminum front shocks and adjustible rear shocks, revalved them and custom shock fluid, different tires, bearings in the whole thing, etc.

I'd like to get into some boats. But that too is $$$ 8-)

[NJ346]

i was going to say beachcomber and i clicked the link and yea its beachcomber. i had a parkmodle for 7 years i had the big blue golf cart. it was the biggest in the campground.

haha, yea. I'm pretty sure the motor in my $650 losi is shot because I ran it there last year and I flipped it and the air filter fell off while the truck continued to run. Ever since then I've been having a problem with it wanting to stay running more than 2 minutes at a time. I have 3/4 of fuel left and I bought that stuff back in like summer of 07. Goes to show how much I really use this stuff. The boat uses 12 ounces of fuel like nothing because it's got a .32 engine in it.

Mike- Traxxas engines absolutely suck when trying to learn how to tune. Do you know if you have the 2.5 or 3.3 motor?

[Blackbirdws6]

I have a HPI nitro RS4. It's pretty old and I have no idea where it is. I remember it was just about totally modded with a nasty novarossi engine. Never could get it to run right. I should get back into it.

[BigRocsFirebird]

so much money in these cars/boats but every part we break we buy another 10 of haha we go threw parts fast. i twisted my dads dog bone in half it was steal to just tore it appart on a wheelie. i can't count how many control arms i've broke and spares i have of them. the worst was snapping the pivit block on the rear. had to take everything off the rear what a mess.

[NJ346]

The boat was the first RC thing that I got that was nitro powered. Needless to say, that engine did not get broken in properly. I started it up and was in love with the sound of the tuned pipe it had on it and was on atleast 3/4 throttle the whole first tank, yet somehow it still runs great and is super easy to tune. For about the first year I never touched the needles and was running the boat extremely lean, then one day I decided that I would mess with them and the boat nearly doubled in speed. Whenever I run it at the campground I get a big crowd because it's just so loud and it's not too often you see something 3ft long going 35+ mph. When we had our boat I ran it out in the Barnegat Bay and Toms River and the boat would constantly end up 3ft out of the water. Just thinking about it makes me want to get back into it, but it's just too much money. If i wasn't in school and had a good paying job I would get back into it.

[BigRocsFirebird]

yeah i always ran mine and sometimes earlie in the morn i would crack the tuned pipe open just a little. makes so much noise and all the people come out lol i mean it was 8-9 most people are up. but they scream so loud and i love how this one kid comes up everytime. can i drive it? sorry dude its not worth risking a few hundred on you. they get all mad its like sorry its mine i payed for it and i don't want some 8 year old ****ing it up. or they throw rocks at it really pisses me off.

[DaSkinnyGuy]

wow beachcomber camprground what a sight, my family has a park model trailer there for the summer time.

[NJ346]

haha, I am pretty good at controlling the losi because it has a really good radio and steering servos and when it was running good I used to always run it right on the shoreline like 2 ft from the water just to get the uhhhs and ahhhs haha. The reason I got into Rc's was becasue I met this kid there from Pennsylvania(yes, they were rednecks), and the kid had a whole lineup of cars but he had this $2000 gas boat that was supposedly able to do 100 mph. He had it in the lake at the campground but was having tuning problems, but he still was able to make a pass in the low 70mph range. After that, I was hooked.

[BigRocsFirebird]

that boat wouldnt have been lime green was it?

[NJ346]

that boat wouldnt have been lime green was it?

I think it was. It was a younger kid running it with his father being the pit crew.

[BigRocsFirebird]

I think it was. It was a younger kid running it with his father being the pit crew.

thats funny i was behind him and talking to him. you can tell the boat needed to be leaned out she was running rich. but damn i was right near you how funny is that.

[NJ346]

thats funny i was behind him and talking to him. you can tell the boat needed to be leaned out she was running rich. but damn i was right near you how funny is that.

haha, back then I didn't know a damn thing about these things, and I was probably only like 13 or 14 then since I'm only 17 now.

[BigRocsFirebird]

haha, back then I didn't know a damn thing about these things, and I was probably only like 13 or 14 then since I'm only 17 now.

yeah i'll be 17 in july. so we were pretty close around the age i would say. i had my boat for like a a few months at the time

[NJ346]

yeah i'll be 17 in july. so we were pretty close around the age i would say. i had my boat for like a a few months at the time

haha, small world. I spent 95% of my money on the Z28 last year and it's not looking any better this year. Rc's will still be on the back burner. The T-maxx probably wont be fixed until the week before the beachcomber trip.

[DaSkinnyGuy]

NJnet how many times have you been to beachcomber campground, bigroc and I spent alot of time there for the past 6 years. At least everyother weekend. If you saw me, i was always doing wheelies by the front

[Mike]

Mike- Traxxas engines absolutely suck when trying to learn how to tune. Do you know if you have the 2.5 or 3.3 motor?

3.3

I have a HPI nitro RS4. It's pretty old and I have no idea where it is. I remember it was just about totally modded with a nasty novarossi engine. Never could get it to run right. I should get back into it.

my buddy has an rs4 hes trying to get me to buy

[BigRocsFirebird]

yea we sold our thing in there so maybe i will just run in there for the day and kick but with the boat lol and maybe my losi if she is tuned well again.

[NJ346]

NJnet how many times have you been to beachcomber campground, bigroc and I spent alot of time there for the past 6 years. At least everyother weekend. If you saw me, i was always doing wheelies by the front

Im normally there in the off season(spring and fall) and my parents do the weekend package deals where we leave the camper down there. Whenever I'm down there now you can't miss me because my dad's in a wheelchair thanks to the great medical technology we have. I remember you PMing me right before you left for school that I had somehow just missed you at the campground or something like that. I'm sure we've crossed paths before, just never knew it until now.

[BigRocsFirebird]

Im normally there in the off season(spring and fall) and my parents do the weekend package deals where we leave the camper down there. Whenever I'm down there now you can't miss me because my dad's in a wheelchair thanks to the great medical technology we have. I remember you PMing me right before you left for school that I had somehow just missed you at the campground or something like that. I'm sure we've crossed paths before, just never knew it until now.

i'm sorry to hear about your father. but me and matt where the ones on bikes doing wheelies the whole way back and fourth. i miss the old days even if it was a year ago lol now matts in N.C ughh

[BurninrubberGT]

i have a traxxas nitro sport se, street race tires/offroad tires, upgraded throttle and steering, blue chrome wheels, when the 3.3 engine came out, i swapped it with the .15

when i got it, the guy said what i was doing was like puttin a cady motor on a trycicle. the truck has rediculous power, i have yet to find a glue to keep the rear tires on, thats how much power it puts out. unfortunately its not running, i need to do some electrical work and the tranny might be shot, but i want to get it running again.

[BigRocsFirebird]

i have the same problem it rips the tires of the rim and then the foam comes flying out haha. but its killing me i haveto get them running soon

[sweetbmxrider]

i have a couple. one "gas" one electric. i have these little rc copters that are so fun in the house. messing with the kittens and friends and such :lol:

[TaKid455]

I have a bunch of R/C vehciles. I used to play and race them before I could drive, play and race bigger toys. I used to race them at snowball mountain in oakridge if I recall.

Grasshopper II (my first one. won it at a free throw contest which I was technically under age for. I did know at the time back in around 92. I was 11)

USA-1 electric - this thing rocks but drains batteries like no tomorrow. often thought about getting the nitro version. My little cousin at the time thought he could stop it at full speed by standing in front of it. Truck - 1, cousin - 0. he fell on his butt and had a nasty bruise on his shin.

Clodbuster
Lunchbox - has working head lights, tail lights, blinkers, roof and running board lights. Pimp

Losi pro se - version just before that fat a$$ Brian Kinwald came into the picture

Optima pro
Lambo diablo
associate high speed style car. - light weight and a 7urn single motor along w/ low gearing yields nice burnouts and a really quick car.

I think thats it.

[Teds89IROC]

Funny this thread was made, I just started taking my stuff out after not using it for a couple of years. I have a Traxxas nitro Stampede. Dodge ram body that I painted viper blue with arctic white racing stripes, wheels, performance exhaust (on it when I bought it) and I rebuilt the engine. It has some balls, pulls the front wheels all the time.

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y152/TeddyHELLO/IROC-Z/stampede.jpg

[BigRocsFirebird]

looks good i'm going to take mine out tomorrow and get pictures of it but i was bored and i was thinking about my truck. so i wanted to see how many other people on the forum have one and maybe one day all go out and run them for fun.

[madness410]

i used to have a tyco RC, those were pretty cool.

lets race ur rc car against my civic..

[69BirdX]

Plans arent to bad the fly just landing. I have only tore the wing in a spot and broke a couple props. Im a bad flyer to lol. Maybe ill buy the stadium truck off my co worker. He use to race them.

[79T/A]

I lived for R/C before I got my drivers' license. Of course, that was when Tamiya was king. Everything I had then I still have now...but in pieces.

First ride was a Hornet. Then I picked up a Fox that was in pieces for about $15. Turned out to be a steal as it had a Thorp diff. Then I got my Clod Buster, which went through at least three different transformations and even had a "custom" suspension lift. Then I bought the Nissan King Cab stadium truck. Jumped it right into a tree and shattered the front of the chassis. Got a new chassis and promptly did the same stupid thing.

A few years ago, I bought my oldest a Radio Shack Jeep, which prompted me to break the Clod out of moth balls so I could go out and play with him. I'll tell you what, Radio Shack has made some really good stuff for kids to get into the hobby; the kid has put that poor Jeep through some ridiculous torture and it continues to run.

Now? One of the zillion projects I have going (Between my real Jeep, the T/A, and the myriad of home improvements) is an R/C rockcrawler based on my Clod's old axles. We'll see how (Or if) it goes.

[foff667]

http://www.thetuningdoctor.com/HPTuners/Pics/hptmeet%20208.jpg

The red one is mine, needs a bit of engine work, not sure whats up with it but enjoyed the **** out of it when it was running right.

[BigRocsFirebird]

i used to have a tyco RC, those were pretty cool.

lets race ur rc car against my civic..

not to be a **** but i bet i can take you from 0-60.
as long as its on blacktop and hot and i heat my tires up to get traction.
shes got low end gears a killer out for holeshots. right now with cold
roads i can't give it more than 1/4 throttle without going sideways into
a doughnut. race for pinks? lol jk

[69BirdX]

I wanna see this race ha ha

[BigRocsFirebird]

this isnt no radioshack 8 year olds begginer R/C car lol i'll let you know when i have her running again. unless you have alot done to that civic like running 8s i shouldnt have anything to worrie about. if i have to i'll get my stage 5 model rocket motors and stick a few on the back for more thrust hah.

[LTb1ow]

My friend did that with an extra channel on his radio. Pretty cool little "mod" but you need to have good steering or well you end up with a rocket going all over...

[BigRocsFirebird]

yeah looks like it would be fun but i wouldnt do it with my truck to scared to risk the money i have into it. but one think i want to try is having line lock on it see if theres a way to make it.

[LTb1ow]

No clutch?

[BigRocsFirebird]

i have no idea yet of what i could even do to have anything like that for it. but that would be cool to get a nice start for drag raceing it

[69BirdX]

Ill talk to my co worker. he raced his Rc cars in a couple classes and also race go karts for years. Being in a machine shop he has made alot of cool custom stuff. Maybe he has done a line locl set up.

[BigRocsFirebird]

yea thanks man i'm not used to fabbing small things but i could give it a try. i love working with metal. i have everything i need. oxy/ace torch, plasma cuter mig/tig and stick welders. all kinds of tools lol but one thing i think they are all kinda big for a little scale nitro car. but hey i'm sure i could give it a try. if i get anything i'll post it up but not anything soon i still need to get it running smooth again.

[Mike]

you would have to convert it to 2 seperate breaks....so you would have to mount a break setup to the front diff, and use another servo and channel on the transmitter........

it might cause the front diff gears to strip on a 4wd car though

[BigRocsFirebird]

yup your right about that i've had a few ideas in my head but it seems like to much work than its worth. my car is only read wheel drive. i will have pictures soon, i wanted to get them up today but wasnt expectiong to go out to eat with the family and have so much work to do. i will have them up soon but someday we should meet up and just have fun with them bring what you have.

[BigRocsFirebird]

http://i518.photobucket.com/albums/u350/RockyV911/002.jpg
http://i518.photobucket.com/albums/u350/RockyV911/005.jpg
http://i518.photobucket.com/albums/u350/RockyV911/001.jpg
http://i518.photobucket.com/albums/u350/RockyV911/007.jpg
http://i518.photobucket.com/albums/u350/RockyV911/008.jpg

Car needs fluid in the shocks as you can see it squats and dosent look right with the hood on. needs new air fliter and that hood is shredded. the back is almost ripped off from wheelies and it dragging the floor.

[Mike]

gotta switch your rear tires too

[BigRocsFirebird]

wow didnt even notice that. i was in a hurry i threw them tires and rims on i had my big mud tires on. thats pretty good that you noticed that from the picture thanks

[Mike]

it jumps out at me after looking at pictures of cars all these years

[69BirdX]

I got to get me one ha ha

[LTb1ow]

http://photos-g.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-ak-snc1/v1837/132/2/1113366798/n1113366798_257374_5280.jpg

[BigRocsFirebird]

looking good even has a wheelie bar. i need to get me one of those

[LTb1ow]

Wanna buy that one? LOL
I need a pair of new motors( blew a brand new pair of 20 turns) and the ESC is playing games with me.... sigh.

[BigRocsFirebird]

yeah i first started out with electric car and had fun untill i melted all the wires togeather when it had a short =[ and now they have brushless motors that kill. but your truck has twin motors? thats pretty cool if thats what you ment by said you need a pair of motors.

[LTb1ow]

Yea its twins and a two speed tranny.

[BigRocsFirebird]

thats alsome looks like a beast. and do you have body for it?

[LTb1ow]

Yea, a have the ugly stock one, and a newer one.

[BigRocsFirebird]

me and my dad go threw bodys fast most of the time we don't put them on bc they get kill in a few min of running them

[NJ346]

haha looking at pics makes me wanna run in the garage and show you my currently red-necked t-maxx. I'll post up pics in a few

[BigRocsFirebird]

haha yeah should have seen what this kid had in school. the bumper was held on with wood... it was bad lol and like a 8 inch lift with 3 inch tall tires. it was like a little kids r/c car but rigged up

[NJ346]

OK well here are some pics I just took with my cell phone....

http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u168/NJNETSFAN515/IMAG0062.jpg
http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u168/NJNETSFAN515/IMAG0063.jpg
http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u168/NJNETSFAN515/IMAG0064.jpg
http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u168/NJNETSFAN515/IMAG0065.jpg

[BigRocsFirebird]

ahah i love it and nice heat shield pretty nice

[Mike]

http://www.fquick.com/images/vehicles/full/1824227460.jpg?1232069744

my revo waiting for a couple parts to come into the hobby shop.....

and heres a couple of the hpi rs4 im thinking about picking up

http://www.fquick.com/images/vehicles/full/1824219071.jpg?1229634012

http://www.fquick.com/images/vehicles/full/1824219070.jpg?1229634008

[LTb1ow]

http://photos-h.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-ak-snc1/v1837/132/2/1113366798/n1113366798_257375_5559.jpg

[HeadlessNorseman]

I have an ofna pirate monster, and 4-5 electric tamiya trucks that are all broken in one way or another. My king blackfoot has a bunch of home made mods that made it drive/handle more like a real truck than a toy. I built my own strut front end for it, and totally redid the steering. 4 inch tmax shocks, stadium truck tires, 17t motor, waterproof ESC, etc. I fried the gear box in it, it grings now if you try to floor it and has broken axles. I also have a wild dagger with a custom aluminum chassis, traxxas 14v esc, 2 titan motors, and 2 battery packs. It flys! Also has broken suspension arms and a few other minor problems. There all for sale if anyone is interested...

These pictures are from a very old camera...so forgive the quality. Afterall i was like 14 or 15 when i played with these

http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e314/isphius/RCC/102_0255.jpg

Strut front end...goofy but it works amazingly well and is 200% better than the stock setup with massive camber rise and bump steer. Now both of those are totally gone with more travel

http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e314/isphius/RCC/blackfoot.jpg

[HeadlessNorseman]

Also my 2 speed suspensioned tank...im in the process of building a left/right(basically 2 on-off switches) controller for it so i can drive it with a 2 channel pistol grip and an ESC. And if i can find my 3 channel radio, i can finally hook the "shifter" up to a servo

http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e314/isphius/RCC/IMGP0093.jpg

The 2 speed! pretty complicated for a cheap toy bulldozer thingy

http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e314/isphius/RCC/trans.jpg

This is how first and second work...pretty neat design. Its pretty much a crash box and it will get stuck in between gears once the grease flies off

http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e314/isphius/RCC/gears.jpg

[Knipps]

See, whenever I have stuff like that 2nd pic it never seems to make it back together. Maybe that's because I use a hammer? Idk. :lol:

[HeadlessNorseman]

See, whenever I have stuff like that 2nd pic it never seems to make it back together. Maybe that's because I use a hammer? Idk. :lol:

yes, all those c clips and figuring out where all those gears go is pretty frustrating

[BigRocsFirebird]

its good to see people are talking on here. i never know what to make a thread about and i want to post up and be involved in this forum.

And yes i hate those C clips, they have to be the worst thing. i go to put one on and it shoots off at like 90 mph and can't find it. so i have a big bag now probly over 300 clips in there.

[69BirdX]

This thread did get popular. Time to start some races.

[NumberTwo]

I didnt read the thread fully but I have an OFNA LX One gas and a 2 speed Losi electric. If I could get the OFNA to run well, it would be insane

I have a hate for gas cause of my OFNA. Ill shorten my agony.

I bought the OFNA RTR. I idled it to break it in for 2 tanks. I then took it to a parking lot to run it for 2 more tanks. I have the RF interference mod installed and all. I break one tank in, then my wife comes to see what Im doing. As she stands near me the farker glitched and went WOT into a curb (Rated 50 MPH) head on. Car was mangled. Chassis buckled, lost dog bones, all 4 A arms gone, cracked fuel tank... Had to basically be rebuilt and it was friggin 2 days old.

I get it back then proceed to ruin the muffler and now it wont start. 500.00 for 3 days of fun and it now sits in its origional box. My 2 speed Losi (Electric) still runs great and was clocked by a cop car at 54 MPH. Too bad its basically a pan car.

[BigRocsFirebird]

that stinks to hear, mine takes off sometimes on me sofar ( knock on wood ) its never eaten a curb over 10mph. most of the time when it takes off it goes into a spin and does doughnuts.

[HeadlessNorseman]

I forget what they are called, failsafe maybe? but they go inline with the throttle servo that will apply neutral or full brakes whenever you go out of radio range. You should have one on every gas car you own, cause they can end up flying and really destroying other things. As far as ofna motors, they are very finicky. I have a thunder tiger 21 in mine and it makes more power than the stock one and runs great, all the time. I just need to tune it a tiny bit between winter and summer.