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nick205

posted on 15/3/16 at 04:31 PM Reply With Quote
New RC car

Well son no. 2 turns 8 on the 19th and is off to laser tag for his birthday party.

He's also developed a real passion for RC cars, probably fueled by my like for them. For his birthday I decided he was old enough to get started and have sourced him a Ripmax Husky, which arrived today.



It's rather fast and will take some supervision until he learns how to drive it. On the plus side it seems fairly robust and should keep him very amused.






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nick205

posted on 15/3/16 at 04:43 PM Reply With Quote
Should also add that his twin sister turns 8 as well - she (by choice) wanted a chocolate cake and a disco. Easily done and just the clearing up afterwards to worry about






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coozer

posted on 15/3/16 at 05:13 PM Reply With Quote
Nice, electric or nitro??





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nick205

posted on 15/3/16 at 05:16 PM Reply With Quote
Electric, not Nitro - he's only 8 so slowly does it!






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Irony

posted on 15/3/16 at 05:46 PM Reply With Quote
I have Traxxas Tmax Nitro and its a bit silly to be honest. Wished I had bought electric now. Nitro is a bit of faff and electric would have been easier and more robust. I never thought I'd say a RC car was 'to fast' but my Tmaxx is. The engine is to powerful for the drivetrain. I have corkscrewed up a couple of driveshafts, it just twists them up.
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nick205

posted on 15/3/16 at 06:54 PM Reply With Quote
I think that's why I've stayed electric TBH. The batteries aren't as good as they could be, but the cars work and are fast too.






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Wheels244

posted on 15/3/16 at 07:32 PM Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by Irony
I have Traxxas Tmax Nitro and its a bit silly to be honest. Wished I had bought electric now. Nitro is a bit of faff and electric would have been easier and more robust. I never thought I'd say a RC car was 'to fast' but my Tmaxx is. The engine is to powerful for the drivetrain. I have corkscrewed up a couple of driveshafts, it just twists them up.


I've got a Tmax too - you're right they are fast !
I like the nitro, batteries never seem to last long enough.
I've never done a drive shaft - must try harder.
I haven't used it for ages - must get it out soon.





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big_wasa

posted on 15/3/16 at 08:06 PM Reply With Quote
My lads where not interested at all
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Canada EH!

posted on 15/3/16 at 09:15 PM Reply With Quote
Started my son at 7 in the back yard with Tamiya cars on a small track. He is now 39 and ran the Tamiya Racing Program in Canada for several years and is the project manager for Lite Hawk products sold in the US and Canada.

Never know were it will lead. Enjoy

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loggyboy

posted on 15/3/16 at 10:44 PM Reply With Quote
Youve inspired me to dig mine out. Was put away ages ago as a i lost a servo part thats manufacturer unique and therefore more than i could be bothered spending on a replacement. I found it a few months back so this was what i needed to pull it together. Just needs some shell pins!







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posted on 15/3/16 at 11:27 PM Reply With Quote
I've still got the cars I used to race as a kid some 30 years (ish) ago.

Anyone remember "Team Associated RC10" or "Optima Mid" ??

Will put up pics tomorrow if I can dig them out....

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Adamirish

posted on 16/3/16 at 12:01 AM Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by Barkalarr
I've still got the cars I used to race as a kid some 30 years (ish) ago.

Anyone remember "Team Associated RC10" or "Optima Mid" ??

Will put up pics tomorrow if I can dig them out....


They have just remade the RC10 believe it or not. People went mad for it, a bit of retro coolness with modern brushless motor and reliable esc!

I currently have an 1/8th Sworkz S350 evo, 1/10th yokomo gt4 touring car, an 1/8th HPi trophy and an 1/8th twin engined hot bodies monster truck. I forget the name of the thing!

Much fun has been had! Managed 17th overall in our club off road series(out of around 100) in my first season.





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nick205

posted on 16/3/16 at 11:46 AM Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by loggyboy
Youve inspired me to dig mine out. Was put away ages ago as a i lost a servo part thats manufacturer unique and therefore more than i could be bothered spending on a replacement. I found it a few months back so this was what i needed to pull it together. Just needs some shell pins!





Excellent - enjoy it

I recently needed some new R clips for the shell of mine. I found some pretty cheap and delivered via eBay - worth a look if you need them.

The Husky and mine are now fully charged and ready for the 19th - can't wait to see his face and get to the park with them.






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nick205

posted on 16/3/16 at 12:14 PM Reply With Quote
Just for kicks, this is my own RC car, a Maverick Strada XB Evo. Battery powered, fast and great fun to drive in big spaces








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nick205

posted on 16/3/16 at 12:16 PM Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by big_wasa
My lads where not interested at all


Shame, they don't know what they've missed.

Not cheap hobby I have to say, but great fun.






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big_wasa

posted on 16/3/16 at 01:47 PM Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by nick205
quote:
Originally posted by big_wasa
My lads where not interested at all


Shame, they don't know what they've missed.

Not cheap hobby I have to say, but great fun.


I still got them one each I gave them to my brothers lad about three weeks ago as he is mad for them.

I keep looking at a Mardave Marauder for some locost style nostalgia.

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nick205

posted on 16/3/16 at 02:05 PM Reply With Quote
Love it, you didn't not try to get them into it






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nick205

posted on 16/3/16 at 02:07 PM Reply With Quote
One more note - today is parent's evening at my kid's school so I'm taking my car up the park with them between school end at 15:30 and parent's evening start at 16:20






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mazie

posted on 16/3/16 at 03:32 PM Reply With Quote
Always been a huge RC car fan, well a fan of RC stuff I general but always had cars, I have a Hobao Hyper sT nitro, one of the 1/8 scale bigger boys. Really must get it running again is such fun, hopefully one of my daughters will get into them when older. Even the RC car has to be modified and mucked about with.
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BenB

posted on 16/3/16 at 04:13 PM Reply With Quote
I tried hard but really never got into r/c cars. The left / right forward / backwards thing quickly got a wee bit boring for me. Now planes and quadcopters is a different kettle of fish- add in the Y dimension and we're talking!!! Somewhere I've still got my Tamiya Boomerang including really bad tiger stripe paint job!!!
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Bluemoon

posted on 16/3/16 at 08:14 PM Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by Barkalarr
I've still got the cars I used to race as a kid some 30 years (ish) ago.

Anyone remember "Team Associated RC10" or "Optima Mid" ??

Will put up pics tomorrow if I can dig them out....


Used to have an Optima Mid; currently own schumacher cougar 2 works and a schumacher Procat. Great fun when raced competitively...

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nick205

posted on 16/3/16 at 08:33 PM Reply With Quote
Cracking time earlier at the park with my Strada. A bit of dog chasing, but the car is that quick they can't catch it

The battery did about 15 mins flat out before it gave up, back re-charging now, but I suspect I'll buy a 2nd one shortly.






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Oddified

posted on 16/3/16 at 09:31 PM Reply With Quote
I started racing rc cars competitively (Brca, Efra and Ifmar world championships) in the early 1980's and still do

Ian

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David Jenkins

posted on 16/3/16 at 10:03 PM Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by nick205
The battery did about 15 mins flat out before it gave up, back re-charging now, but I suspect I'll buy a 2nd one shortly.


It's probably worth getting a top-quality charger for the batteries - it will charge them quickly, and safely (well, as safely as is possible).

[Edited on 16/3/16 by David Jenkins]






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nick205

posted on 17/3/16 at 08:57 AM Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by David Jenkins
quote:
Originally posted by nick205
The battery did about 15 mins flat out before it gave up, back re-charging now, but I suspect I'll buy a 2nd one shortly.


It's probably worth getting a top-quality charger for the batteries - it will charge them quickly, and safely (well, as safely as is possible).

[Edited on 16/3/16 by David Jenkins]


You could well be right. I use the charger that came with the car, not elaborate, but rated for the battery so I use it. Charge time is given as 6 hrs from flat to fully charged and I use a mains timer to run the 6 hrs rather than forget and over do it.

I will look at alternatives when sourcing a 2nd battery.

[Edited on 17/3/16 by nick205]






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