Anyone into R/C?

looks good man

Seems I been unsubscribed from this thread somehow, havnt even noticed since I been into my car lately

Winter is here so ill get some lipos out of storage and get back into this

 

Good to see some new honchos on here

 

Nice, I need to paint mine to match my truck. Got three weeks ago and haven't had a chance to run it!

 

Got my crap all set back up on the shelf's, had sold off quite a few over the past couple months but here is whats left..

 

Yep you got a couple

 

Yeah still a couple, haha. Sold 6 in the past 2 months to fund 1:1 car parts

 

I do not, I did have a stock one but it was one of the 6 I just sold.

 

Keep a eye on rctech forsale/trade section, they are on there often

 

So, I've been wanting to get into RCs but I can't decide what kind I want. I like the idea of crawlers but they all seem expensive and the mini or micros seem like a joke.

Then there is the Short coarse trucks like the slash. I could get a 1/16 for about $200 or the e-revo style is my other choose. I don't want to put too much money into this Incase I don't like it much.

Any suggestions?

 

Minis are no joke micros tho are not so fun.
I had a mini slash it was awesome

 

my collection has 2 micros in it that I have a great time with.

micro scaler crawler, and a micro sct that'll do 25 mph. granted a pebble is pretty devastating at that point, but it's definitely a blast

 

That's true I had a losi micro dt it was fun, but anything other then flat surface no sand no little tiny rocks it was a no go

 

turns out a 25 mph 1/24 scale is really fun in a skate park. you can launch it 20 ft in the air, and it's so light, that when it lands on it's lid from that height, nothing breaks lol.

 

That's cool, what does a set up like this run? And what type range does it have?

I knew I shouldn't have looked at this thread, you guys are gona have me gettin into RC stuff.

 

Yea i took my 1/10 short course truck to the skate park and talk about major air. It was pretty sweet

 

yeah, i have a blast with the 1/10 short course and 1/10 buggy at the skate parks. upsidedown landings just tend to cost a lot more

i really want to put some heavier weight oil in the summit's shocks and take it to a park. doing backflips up and off trees is already fun with the torque it has, so i can't imagine what it'd do on a vert ramp

 

typical price for just the quad and it's accessories (ready to fly) is $480 since the recent price drop.

i also have about $400 into the first person viewing station (got it used from a member on here, so it actually cost a good deal more new).

you also have to budget for extra batteries since one will only get you 8-10 minutes of flight time. i have 4 total, at about $30 a pop. and then there's the big waterproof case for it that costs about $100. highly recomend a case, both for protection, and ease of transportation.

so in total (without the go-pro) i've got about $1000 into it, not including spare parts and little odds and ends.



and since we were talking about micros....

i think i've posted these before, but now they are actually relevant lol
wheelbase is about 6 inches. tires are 1 inch tall, and it's not on aluminum beadlocks (real beadlocks)







and the 1/24 micro short course next to a very stock (gross right?) 1/10 short course.

 

took the summit out to a park about a mile from my new place for some crawling, on a steep canal bank. stumbled across one hell of a sunset, an realized that maybe my next RC should be a boat any recommendations????

probably only put 6 or 7 sets of batteries through the summit, but it is an absolute blast! I think a waterproof brushless system, some stronger steering servos, and some new wheels/tires will have this thing perfect.