RC Hobbies

[Lowjacker 10+ year member]

Gas powered cars and trucks can easily hit 80 MPH with the proper mods....

The fastest I've seen an electric go was near 50 which was nearly unbelievable for an electric......it was an onroad model, don't remember much else about it.....

 

[ramos 5,000+ posts]

http://www.racers-haven.com/main.html

click the worlds fastest rc link on the right . 134 mph , same dude with a different car set the record at 160mph //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

 

[ramos 5,000+ posts]

And that's not scale either . That's 134.4 mph actual speed //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

 

[ramos 5,000+ posts]

Gas powered cars and trucks can easily hit 80 MPH with the proper mods....
The fastest I've seen an electric go was near 50 which was nearly unbelievable for an electric......it was an onroad model, don't remember much else about it.....

Electrics are smoking nitro now with the influx of brushless motors , and lithium batteries //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

 

[noob with an RS 10+ year member]

yeah its a pretty expensive hobby, but what hobby isn't expensive //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

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[Lowjacker 10+ year member]

Flying isn't too difficult. It's the taking off and landing that's a bish //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

AMEN brother

 

[ramos 5,000+ posts]

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I thought that was considered a lifestyle //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

 

[Lowjacker 10+ year member]

Electrics are smoking nitro now with the influx of brushless motors , and lithium batteries //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

SWEET!!!

Like I said, most of my RC knowledge is a remnant of the mid 80's electric buggy scene.......my younger brother got into the nitro trucks for a while but i never really did.....

Thinking an onroad car might be in my future if they're getting that kind of performance from them now...........//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif

 

[SVTLightning01 10+ year member]

ive done rc cars. Im more partial to electric. Ive owned everything from a Losi XXT-CR, XX-CR, XX_Kinwald edition, Traxxas Nitro Rustler, HPI RS-4, and a XX4.

Ive been out of it for a while. I havent experienced brushless motors or the new lithiums. Last time i was active 2000maH Ni-Cads were the shit.

 

[AphexTwin 10+ year member]

I was deeply involved in the RC hobby about 5 years ago, i still have all of my cars (RC12lc, RC10GT, Kyosho MP-5, Losi xx-t, yokomo YZ-10, a couple tamiya cars lunchbox, firedragon,etc, and my main car a serpent) I spent way too much money on the hobby and it was very time consuming. Id suggest gettin electric to start.

 

[Crzy 10+ year member]

electric can go faster then nitro unlimited RPMS

but ye i have owned many nitro cars and trucks, for a beginer i would say go electric if you have no knowledge on engines and such and cant learn easily ha. if you wan tgas go for it i did, i love th egas ones. make sure you have a hobby shop in youre area that carrys the fuel brand you want to run as well as parts so if you need a part right away youd ont have t wait on shipping form the internet. id say go for a Savage X, i have one of the original savahges from 3 years ago and some parts are still stock and have not broken on me.

every car and truck will break its just how it goes, but some will be stronger then others

 

[ramos 5,000+ posts]

He wants a chopper //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

 

[Crzy 10+ year member]

ahh musta not read it all, dont know much about helis, flew a friends small battery one and broke the blades, **** things are hard to fly

 

[mattf 5,000+ posts]

ive done rc cars. Im more partial to electric. Ive owned everything from a Losi XXT-CR, XX-CR, XX_Kinwald edition, Traxxas Nitro Rustler, HPI RS-4, and a XX4.
Ive been out of it for a while. I havent experienced brushless motors or the new lithiums. Last time i was active 2000maH Ni-Cads were the shit.

Wow, you really have been out of it for a while.

 

[.::DuD3::. 10+ year member]

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I thought that was considered a lifestyle //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

haha but not when you take into account the lotion, the extra towels you have to wash, the water to wash your eyes out...