R/C car general thread?

[Bob Kazamakis]

That's what she said

 

[EmersonHart13]

So much gay

 

[Bob Kazamakis]

I kind of want a 1/24 or 1/36 Losi. Something I can take with me when I travel for work and pack in my luggage. I'm often out on the west coast where there's a ton of sand and open area to play around with.

http://www3.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin/wti0001p?&I=LXARKH**&P=ML

 

[Thirdgen89GTA]

Yup.

Wifey loves Raptors, so they offer a version with the body preinstalled.

Ordered from Tower Hobbies..

This place seems to have great prices on accesories: - The Barn Floor - Dirt Cheap RC

And Joel found this place for batteries and chargers: hobbyking

Also Hobbypartz is good for batteries. Hobbyking seems to have much more expensive shipping last time I thought about ordering from them.

GensAce is the best budget battery around so far, under-rated when it comes to discharge ratings. Never pay money for Max Amps batteries, utter crap.

 

[EmersonHart13]

Thanks for the tip!

 

[Bob Kazamakis]

Thanks for the tip!

THAT'S WHAT SHE SAID

 

[EmersonHart13]

She likes more than the tip.

 

[Bob Kazamakis]

Don't start

 

[ProjectGTP]

THAT'S WHAT SHE SAID

U are on a roll today huh? Lol

 

[Bob Kazamakis]

I charged up all by batteries in anticipation of some snow driving. Fail

 

[EmersonHart13]

I changed the oil in my blower.... Plenty of enjoyment in the future!

Giddyup!

 

[Bob Kazamakis]

Remote control snow blower sounds awesome!

 

[Thirdgen89GTA]

Only thing I like about Nitro is the noise and that you can re-fill a tank in seconds. Everything else electric is better at. No tuning, just charge n' go. Sometimes tuning can be a nightmare, its certainly a nightmare if you want to play with the car for a bit after work and it hasn't been run in 2 or 3 months. Have to spend half a tank re-tuning it.

With my electrics now I just charge up a battery and go. Or, since LiPo gets stored at about 50% charge you can have a quick run without even charging them because they always have 50% or so charge. Which is usually enough to have a quick bit of fun before taking them back in.

 

[EmersonHart13]

^What He Said^

 

[Bob Kazamakis]

Help me with a brushless conversion on my mt

 

[ProjectGTP]

I'm still torn between a traxxas slash or a slayer

 

[Bob Kazamakis]

Unfamiliar with a slayer

Edit: ah nitro short course

 

[ProjectGTP]

Yeah. It's like a slash/revo. There's pros and cons of nitro and electric. Still undecided.

 

[Bob Kazamakis]

I like both. Guess it depends on where you can run it.

 

[ProjectGTP]

My friend has a wooded area behind his house. We were planning to make a lil dirt track or something. Only thing about nitro is the neighbors might complain. And tuning sucksss

 

[Bob Kazamakis]

I don't know why you people complain about tuning. It's so easy. Temp gun and a screw driver and 1 needle needs adjusting the majority of the time

 

[ProjectGTP]

It must be because I don't run my car very often. I put it away for a few months and once I take it out it runs like crap.

 

[Thirdgen89GTA]

I don't know why you people complain about tuning. It's so easy. Temp gun and a screw driver and 1 needle needs adjusting the majority of the time

A majority of the time yes, only the high speed should need adjusting. But nitro is alot more maintenance. My NeuCastle 1515 brushless motor is a sealed unit. I haven't touched it ever except for pinion changes.

If I put the LiPos into storage at the proper voltage, and dusted the car down I could put it into storage for a year then break it out and charge up the batteries and have it run the exact same way a year later. The performance is more consistent, the maintenance is practically nil for the motor system too.

Electric makes the hobby more fun for me. I get to play, and then put it away when I'm done without having to perform any maintenance aside from putting the LiPo's into storage if I'm not going to touch it for a week or more.

 

[Bob Kazamakis]

I'm not saying electric is bad. I like both. I do sway towards nitro though just because well its fucking cool.

That and I'm impatient with charging.

 

[Bob Kazamakis]

I do want to step up to lipos for my 2 brushless micro cars though. I also wouldn't mind converting my hpi mt to electric.