Anyone into R/C?

I was into planes and helicopters for a little bit But you'd end up crashing them and needing to get them fixed. It turned into a money pit after a while so I never got back into it.

 

I think this was a phase for everyone. I was just not too committed since I was a broke teenager at the time and newspaper delivery wasn't bringing in enough funds. Now, i'm almost 40 and I can just make my own parts now in my CNC machine. lol

 

What sort of CNC machine do you have?

 

Got a Haas minimill2.

 

So clean

 

$20,000+ is not what I was expecting for a used one.

 

They are pricey machines. If you're just looking to make a piece or two I would highly have a machinist make you the product with your supplies gcodes.

 

I paid $100 for this about a month ago. Tore the motor apart and rebuilt it after a soak in denatured alcohol. Soaked the fuel tank in denatured alcohol too. Went through the transmission only needed a spur gear. Replaced fuel lines and glow plug. Added a new LiFe battery for the receiver I had in a box on the shelf. All total about 130 into a nitro truck....

 

Got the portals all done and of course i break the front drive shaft once i take it out to play. Good thing i have a new vanquish one waiting to go in.

Also anyone interested in these 1.9 beadlocks

 

Went camping this weekend and took my truck. This thing is awesome! Check it out

https://youtu.be/Tqs-_gmCH3w

 

I 3d printed a sherp... Loosely based off an orlandoo crawler

 

Who picks white paint? Idk, but I wanted it done and it does make all the accessories "pop" nicely.

 

I went white on mine, mostly to match my personal truck though

 

I think white is my favorite color for any vehicle so I like it.

 

I thought about going with a pearl/metallic orange to match my Tacoma, but I was not a fan of the examples I could find online. The metallic qualities just don't seem to translate well to a scale body IMO - they start looking too much like a bass boat.

 

I think white looks odd on any of the rc trucks ive seen in real life not sure why that is the case but both of yalls looks fine on here. Maybe it was the execution of the others

 

When your very expensive honcho has as much flex as the parts bin build you know your doing something wrong lol

 

White isn’t always white and unless you have a truly clear body, it picks up the tint making it bluish, for example.

 

I was going to add that contrast helps too. Painting entirely white and not outlining windows in black, or not adding some other details in black or a dark color does a white paint job no favors.

 

New release from Axial looks like a winner. At least for me. It’ll be my first new one in a while.

https://www.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin/wti0001p?I=AXID9067