Anyone into R/C?

depends on the battery

 

All depends on motor, car, battery and how hard you drive it. So it all depends.

 

It depends on what type of vehicle, the mah rating of the battery and how hard you hammer the throttle. I can get right at thirty minutes out of a 5000mah pack through a stadium race truck. I usually don't run it that long, and try not to let it hit the LVS. Charging, again depends on how hot you wanna charge, 1c is a safe level, and is easier on your batteries, but now some charge at 3c and even higher. So my packs charge in right at an hour at 1c, so a 3c charge should be twenty minutes or so, just a guess, cause I've never charged at that rate.

 

lol, my build/maintenance station will end up being a card table by the back door...or in the garage.

 

I was working at the dining room table (which we've only eaten at twice), but I was starting to scratch it and wanted to get a dedicated space put together.

The girlfriend was surprisingly okay with me taking the upstairs bedroom (previously my nephew's room when my brother lived here) for my hobby room. The lighting is awesome - the walls are still yellow (I felt bad painting over it as it was my nephew's first room), and the light reflects off of it like no other. Also has two large windows in it for a nice Florida afternoon breeze and sunlight.

My OCD just needs to go crazy on organization and I should be all set.

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My current work space in the dining room table also. Dont have any where else to do it and we never eat on it so its gonna stay this way for awhile.

btw im of the trail honcho

 

So, how do you like that Blitz? I'm still trying to get rid of my Slash for one.

 

Not sure what kind of table you have, but mine is a $500 West Elm table that my brother gave me when I moved into his house (he had it there and didn't feel like moving it), so I was nervous about scratching it.

I'd recommend getting some sheet metal pieces from Lowe's, or getting one of the Hobbico Builder's Cutting Mats to put on it - I'll be getting two or three of them in different sizes this week after the paycheck is deposited. I have two 12"x12" sheets of weldable sheet metal from Lowe's that I put those rubber pads (like for drawer bumpstops, etc.) on the bottom so they don't scratch. I use those to solder on, charge LiPos on, etc...

Want to know what's really sad? I've had the Honcho since December, and haven't even powered it up yet...work has been too damn busy.

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Ha well our table isnt anything special, id say maybe a step up from a sheet of plywood, it was free .

To be honest I want a honcho for my gf, i will drive it a few times but i just wanna work on it and make bumpers/roll cage/ect.. haha

 

Well shit, if you need any measurements or anything from a Honcho to build stuff for, just let me know.

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Anybody use airtonics or futaba radios? What's the pros and cons? Thinking I want to go 4ws on my wraith and I believe I have to get one to make it happen

 

I've been looking into this radio, it has the same internals as their top of the line M11x

 

they do make "crawler" specific radios

http://www.amainhobbies.com/product...-RDS8000-8-Channel-24Ghz-Crawler-Radio-System

http://www.amainhobbies.com/product...-Stick-Surface-Radio-System-w-R603FF-Receiver

I would assume any 3 channel radio should work

 

8-channel. Wow. What would you use all those channels for?
Does someone make a 8-channel in a pistol grip!?!?!?

 

Winch, front dig, 4ws, high-low gear change, and probably some other uses as well

no, 8 channel pistol grip, not enough space for switches

 

The dig unit is still something I don't understand

 

It allows you to pivot around the rear tires

 

I got mine for around 400. It is worth it

 

Explain when you would want it?

 

ohhhhh
I got mine from a local hobby shop. If I were to go back in time, I would prob do the kit and build it. Pretty much broke the servo, plastic links, and motor in the first couple weeks.