RC Rally Racing!
09-27-2010, 11:54 PM
#61
Oh this is so awesome!!!!! I have some pretty nice dirt trails and hills and this HUGE flat area (complete with rusted out truck) right behind my house. I want one of those 1/10 SLASH cars. Seems like RWD would be more fun. I would prefer a nitro car but want to be able to play with it all over the place without people getting pissy and my eyes burning haha..
i can go all out right before a turn, brake... apex then power out. with a 2wd you need more car control...
screw that... lol...
i've had it with nitro. i had 2 and i could NOT for life of me to keep them running consistantly. i spent $$$ on glow plugs, car box starters, etc...
finally went with a revo thinking the onboard starter, etc would be easier... it was for a while then the same symptom of not being to consistantly starting and keep it running.
with the gas truck... i put unleaded. prime the carb. set the choke. give it a couple tugs. reset the choke and it starts right up. sometimes i get too tired running like 30 minute plus on one gas tank... lol...
My last car was an RC/10 with foam tires - but I really wanted a "Turbo Optima Mid" if I remember that right. Before that I had a Grasshopper. I think I am now dated. Someone stole my whole RC/10 setup when I was in school, right from my dorm room as well.
09-27-2010, 11:57 PM
#62
for those interested...
in my post where i list 3 locations, i'm gonna try to be location #1 on saturday, oct 2.
probably late in the afternoon, like 4pm'ish.
show up... run what your brung.
or just show up to talk about cars, both big and small.
in my post where i list 3 locations, i'm gonna try to be location #1 on saturday, oct 2.
probably late in the afternoon, like 4pm'ish.
show up... run what your brung.
or just show up to talk about cars, both big and small.
09-28-2010, 10:37 AM
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damn people stealing rc cars. Right when you have money to throw away at a "stupid toy" someone has to steal it and youre left with nothing. Its been a few years since my RC18R Evo was stolen, and im still watching videos vicariously! I got my 1/18 crawler though, but kinda boring lately.
Son of a switchback! Do you have a hill that would accommodate this type of track? Sick track but they need a treehouse or ewok bridges so they don't have to run around so much haha.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2xqe-...A9&index=5
This one is alright too.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5_YZj...A9&index=6
Son of a switchback! Do you have a hill that would accommodate this type of track? Sick track but they need a treehouse or ewok bridges so they don't have to run around so much haha.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2xqe-...A9&index=5
This one is alright too.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5_YZj...A9&index=6
09-28-2010, 10:42 AM
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it aint... i have 2 2wd short course trucks. 1 4wd sct.
i can go all out right before a turn, brake... apex then power out. with a 2wd you need more car control...
screw that... lol...
i've had it with nitro. i had 2 and i could NOT for life of me to keep them running consistantly. i spent $$$ on glow plugs, car box starters, etc...
finally went with a revo thinking the onboard starter, etc would be easier... it was for a while then the same symptom of not being to consistantly starting and keep it running.
with the gas truck... i put unleaded. prime the carb. set the choke. give it a couple tugs. reset the choke and it starts right up. sometimes i get too tired running like 30 minute plus on one gas tank... lol...
i had a cloned turbo optima, then a real optima, then a lazer... i missed those guys...
i can go all out right before a turn, brake... apex then power out. with a 2wd you need more car control...
screw that... lol...
i've had it with nitro. i had 2 and i could NOT for life of me to keep them running consistantly. i spent $$$ on glow plugs, car box starters, etc...
finally went with a revo thinking the onboard starter, etc would be easier... it was for a while then the same symptom of not being to consistantly starting and keep it running.
with the gas truck... i put unleaded. prime the carb. set the choke. give it a couple tugs. reset the choke and it starts right up. sometimes i get too tired running like 30 minute plus on one gas tank... lol...
i had a cloned turbo optima, then a real optima, then a lazer... i missed those guys...
With mine in the past I found "challenging" more fun and got bored with the AWD cars since they were too good. Heh..
09-28-2010, 01:47 PM
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09-28-2010, 02:00 PM
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he said run what you brung...so you can push it through the dirt with your hands while going "vrrrmm VRRMMM PEW PEW PEW!!!"
09-28-2010, 04:13 PM
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09-28-2010, 04:47 PM
#69
If you're familiar with real size short course off road racing there are 3 primary classes.
1. Pro-lites: 2wd, minimal suspension travel, less then 500 hp.
2. Pro 2: 2wd, lots of suspension travel and close to 900 hp.
3. Pro 4: same as Pro 2 except 4wd.
So that is my racing team. All share the same paint job/scheme... Well as close as I could get them ...
Then, for baja desert off road racing I have the 1/5 scale truck also painted in the same scheme...
The first 3 are 1/10 Scale.
Fortunately in the RC racing world, they also have classes similar.
The slash spec class means you race with whatever the truck came in with the exception of swapping out a better radio system.
The open class 2wd mean any 2wd truck with any mods and they kinda limit motor due to people can't really control them if they are too fast
and finally open class 4wd... Same as open class 2wd but you can install a
slighty bigger motor due to the additional weight.
10-01-2010, 05:57 PM
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I have the Losi Micro Rally 1/24th scale with stock every and Lipo batteries... it goes about 25 and is AWD. It was $109.00 RTR plus the lipo packs... Boss Robot in Berkeley has a bunch in stock.
I also have the mini Revo which is also AWD and goes about 50 out of the box. Running Lipos on that... it's insanity....
RC is rad.
I also have the mini Revo which is also AWD and goes about 50 out of the box. Running Lipos on that... it's insanity....
RC is rad.
