The Rc Thread

[KaminKevCrew]

40 minutes ago, Hackentosher said:

So it arms? And what's this about a light on your ESCs? 

yeah, it seems to!

 

And I'm talking about damped light, the setting that makes your escs do regenerative braking when you lower the throttle.

[Hackentosher]

34 minutes ago, KaminKevCrew said:

yeah, it seems to!

 

And I'm talking about damped light, the setting that makes your escs do regenerative braking when you lower the throttle.

Oh lol I don't know anything about that, I just bang the sticks around until all my batteries are hot and puffy, then I go home.

[KaminKevCrew]

Well. I was having a ball of a time with the Armattan F1-5 Acro flying FPV today, but I managed to crash it, and I tore out the XT60 from the board. We will have to see if the pads are still there, or if I'm going to have to replace the board. I think that at the very least, I could actually solder a wire over to one of the pads that the ESCs are using. That should work, right? 

 

Oh well. It was a hell of a time. I was flying around after a couple of other planes that were in the air at the time (they were chasing eachother themselves) and I had a really cool flyby where I flew past one of the planes about 2 feet away. Talk about a thrill!

 

Now I just need to go out and grab a quad that I can use with my Runcam. Maybe I'll just grab a new frame and FC, and move everything over. We will see.

[Hackentosher]

11 minutes ago, KaminKevCrew said:

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You need to post pictures of your gear! 

 

And I need to find people to fly with, that sounds like a hell of a time. 

[KaminKevCrew]

4 hours ago, Hackentosher said:

You need to post pictures of your gear! 

 

And I need to find people to fly with, that sounds like a hell of a time. 

Shit. You're right. Maybe I'll grab some photos tomorrow!

 

Do you also want to see some of the broken planes that I have around? (I've only got one or two broken ones, but they're pretty fun to look at.

[Hackentosher]

9 minutes ago, KaminKevCrew said:

Shit. You're right. Maybe I'll grab some photos tomorrow!

 

Do you also want to see some of the broken planes that I have around? (I've only got one or two broken ones, but they're pretty fun to look at.

Hell yeah, that's what this thread is all about.

[KaminKevCrew]

50 minutes ago, Hackentosher said:

Hell yeah, that's what this thread is all about.

Sounds good. I'll try to remember tomorrow and take some halfway decent photos.

[Mr.Dingle]

My ride

[KaminKevCrew]

I should be able to post some photos of my RC stuff tonight.

[Hackentosher]

11 minutes ago, ninninon said:

Clean it. 

Nah, that thing is happy! The dirtier it is, the more it's being used. You don't buy a jeep to stay pretty and shiny, you buy one to tear around in the mud until you can't tell what car it is anymore. 

[Hackentosher]

So I did some painting yesterday and today, and here's the result.

Spoiler

[DanielWGK]

Where my scalers at?

1:6th scale Ford Ranger

 

1:25th scale Ford F-150 Quadcab(kinda needs some finishing...)

 

1:12th scale Blackfoot bodied Ford (sold it a few years back)

 

1:8th scale Atlas Z(custom fictional rat rod. also sold a few years back)

 

Working on a Logitech G27 to RC setup currently. Need to get back to troubleshooting the PPM code.

[lonestar31]

Was into the nitro airplanes back in mid and late teens pretty hard. Then life got in the way and I sold them all, though I have been thinking of getting back in. Really been watching these guys and liking the cheap flying options they produce. 

 

Flite test

[Hackentosher]

1 hour ago, lonestar31 said:

Was into the nitro airplanes back in mid and late teens pretty hard. Then life got in the way and I sold them all, though I have been thinking of getting back in. Really been watching these guys and liking the cheap flying options they produce. 

 

Flite test

Ah, I love those guys, how I got back into RC after my mistakes in cheap on road cars.

[lonestar31]

I am dying to try to make some of those foam board aircraft! It was always such a fear in the back of your mind to fly something that took months to build and then could so easily be destroyed if it went down. These things though hell pull the electronics out and stuff in the next one and fly some more! 

[rtpb5642]

So here are all my racing RCs.

 

Buggy is a Losi 22 3.0, stock setup with 9.5T motor and Tekin RS Pro ESC

The 2WD SCT is a modified HPI Blitz ESE, sway bars in the rear and front and it rides VERY low. 9.5T motor, LRP ESC.

The 4WD SCT is a Team Associated SC10 4X4 Factory Team with Tekin 4000KV motor and Tekin RX8 ESC

 

The shots on track are of my SC10 4X4 a few weeks ago at club race.

[kelvinhall05]

could someone help me decide between the traxxas slash 2 pro or traxxas latrax teton. i plan on doing lots of offroading and maybe some jumps and such. could someone who has expirience with both please reccommend?

[rtpb5642]

On 8/19/2016 at 11:10 AM, kelvinhall05 said:

could someone help me decide between the traxxas slash 2 pro or traxxas latrax teton. i plan on doing lots of offroading and maybe some jumps and such. could someone who has expirience with both please reccommend?

If your going 2WD i pick the traxxas, far superior to the latrax.

As another option which is better than either of those...  The Team Associated SC10 is 199USD and the brushless one is 299USD. Beats any slash. Put on some RPM arms on the front and rear and you wont ever break a part.

[kelvinhall05]

11 hours ago, rtpb5642 said:

If your going 2WD i pick the traxxas, far superior to the latrax.

As another option which is better than either of those...  The Team Associated SC10 is 199USD and the brushless one is 299USD. Beats any slash. Put on some RPM arms on the front and rear and you wont ever break a part.

what about the traxxas rustler?

[rtpb5642]

3 hours ago, kelvinhall05 said:

what about the traxxas rustler?

only for speed runs, i have one.

[kelvinhall05]

1 hour ago, rtpb5642 said:

only for speed runs, i have one.

found a 4x4 slash for 200$ do you know what the top speed is?

[Hackentosher]

32 minutes ago, kelvinhall05 said:

found a 4x4 slash for 200$ do you know what the top speed is?

Depends on your gearing, motor, and battery.

[kelvinhall05]

Just now, Hackentosher said:

Depends on your gearing, motor, and battery.

stock parts, not sure what those are, i havent ever bought an rc before, so i dont really know what "specs" it has

[Hackentosher]

Just now, kelvinhall05 said:

stock parts, not sure what those are, i havent ever bought an rc before, so i dont really know what "specs" it has

Hmm, okay. It's a slash using the Velinion system or whatever they call it? Their website may have more information on the matter.

[kelvinhall05]

Just now, Hackentosher said:

Hmm, okay. It's a slash using the Velinion system or whatever they call it? Their website may have more information on the matter.

heres the link...cause im not really sure what system its using

http://www.rcplanet.com/Traxxas_Slash_4x4_1_16_Short_Course_Race_Truck_Tit_p/tra70054-1.htm?codesf=4012550673&gclid=Cj0KEQjwouW9BRCN0ozIifTI6_cBEiQAD9gNsSq2FlL_5lhwVMSVzn_L2OlkIYif_T4l93Bb9RMFjfUaAnCo8P8HAQ