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Dylanrobinson 
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Post subject: Tamiya remote control cars..
 Posted: Jul 04, 2011 - 11:15 AM
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First post: Apr 22, 2009
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Location: Bolton / Edinburgh
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If I'm going down this route i'm trying to drag as many people down it with me!
My mates visited me this weekend while the girlfriend is away on a girly holiday, for a bbq-beer-boxing fest. They brought an original 80's Tamiya Lunchbox that one of my mates picked up off eBay.
Talk about reliving our youff! It was ace tairing round my garden (without my mum telling me off) and in the quiet street outside, building little jumps and taping my contour hd to the roof for remarkably good onboard footage. 
I was quite into my cars when I was in my early teens. First car was a Falcon, then a Manta Ray (Which I hoping is still in my mums attic!)
So after visiting two model shops yesterday and nearly pulling the trigger several times on brushless motored beasts I held myself back somehow and had a route online when I got home.
Anyway I ended up buying this.....
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... K:MEWNX:IT
Just a little plaything nothing too serious. Hope it arrives before she gets back though!
I am aware this is slightly on the geeky side of the fence, not somewhere I'm too familiar with but I don't care a jot, you couldn't take the smile of my face this weekend!
Anyone else knocked 20 years off their life by doing this recently? |
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Posted: Jul 04, 2011 - 12:37 PM
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You are not alone my geeky friend 
I too partake in the odd bit of RC car action. I currently have 4 cars, one Monster truck (Tamiya TXT-1), two off road buggies (Tamiya 501x and a Annsmann Master Smacker) and a touring car (Tamiya TA05 IFS-R) which sports my 'Bataleon' body shell. Its still a serious business for some, my Bro (39) is a hardcore fan, racing everyweek in Stockport.
I don't think there's any shame in having RC car's they're great fun and a darn site cheaper to repair than the real thing
If you do use your Beetle a fair bit I'd seriously recommend getting a brushless motor the speed increase you'll get is amazing and they're not that expensive. You can get a decent motor and speed controller for about £30 off fleabay |
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Posted: Jul 04, 2011 - 12:51 PM
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I used to love Radio Control cars. I can remember when I was growing up I always pestered my Dad to get me the Tamiya Catalogue with all the driving hints and tips, hop up options and models! It was ace! Unfortunately I could only ever afford a Tamiya Hornet, though I can remember obsessing about getting an Egresse, Astute or Avante!
I keep being tempted to get one to play around with, but the fact I'm getting married soon means any spare money is going on that sort of thing! |
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Posted: Jul 04, 2011 - 01:13 PM
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DO IT!
ace_mcgraw wrote:
I used to love Radio Control cars. I can remember when I was growing up I always pestered my Dad to get me the Tamiya Catalogue with all the driving hints and tips, hop up options and models! It was ace!
Haha, yep I was the same!
I had the hornet but the really small one that you put two AA battery's in and only went straight ahead. I only remembered when I saw a full size one in a shop yesterday. They had both, expert built and the kit.
150 squid and hrs of fun, surely worth bumping 3 random people you never see anyway (or even worse, the partner of said "friend") off your table plans |
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Posted: Jul 04, 2011 - 01:15 PM
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Ramirez wrote:
You are not alone my geeky friend
Phew! Haha. |
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Posted: Jul 04, 2011 - 01:26 PM
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used to have a couple as a kid - Tamiya Thunder Dragon and a Kyosho Raider, i think. Had just as much fun building and stripping them down than using them (possibly 'cos I didn't have anyone to race and the batteries took SOOO long to charge and only lasted 15mins).
I saw this vid a couple months back and instantly thought "ooo, want one!" Then saw the price of an ok-ish car & controller and thought I'd put it towards snow gear instead  |
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Posted: Jul 04, 2011 - 02:00 PM
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Bigger boys need bigger toys.. Have you looked at Nitro rather than battery powered??
Those bad boys can easy top out at 70mph and a quick top up with fuel gets you back on the road a lot faster than a battery re-charge. They're also cheaper than you'd think
http://www.modelsport.co.uk/rc-nitro-mo ... 900/990015 |
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Posted: Jul 04, 2011 - 03:49 PM
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You need time to look after them though.
I've heard the new brushless cars with li-po battery's are the future and the higher end cars have similar speeds. Trust me I sooo nearly fell for the sales patter.
I'm well chuffed with my beetle, or I will be when it arrives! |
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Posted: Jul 04, 2011 - 03:57 PM
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FunkyMunky wrote:
Those bad boys can easy top out at 70mph and a quick top up with fuel gets you back on the road a lot faster than a battery re-charge
Why would I want a slow one the landspeed RC car record (yes there is one ) is for a battery car running lipo batteries, I think its some like 134mph.
Like Dylan says lipos are the future, nitro is seen to be too dirty and messy these days. The nitro fuel is so rich in oil that it gets everywhere and the noise makes for nonplussed neighbours
My bro was saying there's a race league that runs cars at 75mph (thats just daft!!) |
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Posted: Jul 04, 2011 - 04:11 PM
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I used to race around stockport as a kid too.
I'm sure mine is still in the loft too. A yokomo yr4 it was and was rapid. I stopped when I found out what girls were for. |
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Posted: Aug 05, 2011 - 08:01 PM
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| I have loads of rc gear. Cars and planes I have a yokomo drift car like in the video above and they are epic when you have perfect tarmac. My planes I put cameras on and try to get footage of all kinds of stuff. I need to get some boarding on an aerial cam. And my traxxs tmaxx 3.3 is awesome, it jumps 15m easy and it never breaks. Much better than hpi savage |
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Posted: Aug 15, 2011 - 12:17 PM
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| I'm thinking about getting a nitro helicopter for the purpose of areal video, has anyone had one? |
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Posted: Aug 15, 2011 - 12:48 PM
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Dylanrobinson wrote:
Ramirez wrote:
You are not alone my geeky friend
Phew! Haha.
we are all talking to each other on the internet. every last one of us is a massive geek.
@ pocket, ive had a nitro helicopter, it was terrifying, noisy and lethal. Usually those things attract me to something but for the purposes of filming i think maybe electric might be a better bet. That said i havent any experience of modern nitro helis, i imagine they still kick out a fair bit of smoke too and thats somethnig you dont want in your film shots.
The electric ones seem a lot less antisocial basically. |
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Posted: Aug 15, 2011 - 02:25 PM
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I see you're point about the smoke, though I've thought about this and was wondering if you could extend the exhaust pipe. I'd also seat the camera in a cradle about 1ft below to help combat this issue.
The noise would not be an issue, you just mix your soundtrack so you don't need the sounds recorded with that footage. My main concern would be vibrations. |
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Posted: Aug 15, 2011 - 02:25 PM
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I also have a Nitro helicopter and as Mr Angry Donkey says they are loud, smelly and can kick out a lot of smoke. The biggest factor in all this is learning to fly one, they are VERY, VERY difficult to fly. The analogy they used to explain it to me before I bought one was 'try standing on a football with a gale blowing around you and keep still' Thats the general principle to keeping a heli level.
Now as we all know Master Pocket could probably do that on a snowboard but when its £1000 worth of RC gear that has an average repair cost of £80 for each crash you get why mine has become a bit of a shelf queen (sorry for the RC geek terminology btw )
My recommendation would be to buy a electric heli and if you don't want to spend a large amount of time learning to fly it, buy a 3 or 4 channel model that way it'll pretty much hold itself level should you lose control or orientation. |
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