RC Enthusiasts!

[Enderman]

Welcome!

In response to a recent thread about the vehicles you own, I thought I would make one about what RC vehicles you own!

Please post your own unique pictures, not a stock photo from the internet!

Cars, boats, planes, helis, anything you own that is RC!

 

This is my brushless Traxxas Rustler, not fully upgraded yet:

 

 

List of upgrades:

Dynamite Fuze 6800kv motor+esc combo

RPM front + rear a-arms and front+rear shock towers

2075 Traxxas digital servo

Pro-Line front + rear shocks

Pro-Line steering bellcrank

Axial aluminum servo horn

blue anodized aluminum caster blocks, axle carriers, steering blocks, turnbuckles, wheel lock nuts, wheel hubs

fibreglass tie bar

5000mAh 8-cell NiMH battery

Pro-Line Road Rage tires on black chrome wheels

constant velocity steel drive shafts

ball bearings

motor cooling fan

antenna tube

 

Upgrades coming soon:

Pro-Line high performance transmission

11.1V 3s 35c lipo battery

Spektrum dx4s

[ZetZet]

Cool, I'm more interested in the big models for people to sit in. Like Tesla. But still cool.

[Shd0w2]

Why do I see SLSAMG in background?

[Luc401]

Get on ma level 

 

[Luc401]

Have you ever tried? http://www.vrcworld.com/

[Lord Pantaloons]

I've loved RC since I was very little, for quite some time I had a Traxxas Slash 2WD but I got into a sticky bit of life and needed some cash so I sold it.

[spwath]

Traxxas stampede. In need of a new shell

And @TheSLSAMG look in the pics

[DoubleY]

Why do I see SLSAMG in background?

@TheSLSAMG You're in the OP

[ohJey]

Losi Mini Rock Crawler 1/18

 

 

Had a metal gear servo on it and it broke.  Haven't really played with it in over 2 years.  I put about $500 in it and if I wanted to use it again I'd have to dish out like $150 for a servo and batteries (since the old ones probably don't hold a charge anymore).  oh the joy of RC

[spwath]

@TheSLSAMG You're in the OP

I beat you to the tag

[DoubleY]

I beat you to the tag

I know  

[Enderman]

Why do I see SLSAMG in background?

lol thats a poster on my wall i put up about 4 years ago and never bothered to take it down cause otherwise the wall is too plain

[Mcdoorknob]

Interesting. Looking at all of your upgrades I'm surprised that there is so many things that you can do to it. How much do some of these good RC cars weigh and how fast do they go?

[Enderman]

Get on ma level 

lol sweet

apparently it seems im the only person who cleans their tires with water after running?

[Enderman]

Interesting. Looking at all of your upgrades I'm surprised that there is so many things that you can do to it. How much do some of these good RC cars weigh and how fast do they go?

depending on the car, there can be thousands of upgrades for it

similar to a PC, you can completely customize it in every way, and even sleeve the cables!

weight depends on size, but it can be anywhere from 5-30 lbs im pretty sure

some of these cars can do 100 or even 150mph+ on straight runs

currently mine only does about 50-70mph

[Almercenary]

I've got a nitro 2hp buggy, does 100kph, 2 gears and is slightly tuned. Was 4wd but I broke the front dif so it was 2wd mayhem for a while. Couldn't keep it in a straight line though, so I repaired the front dif and then one of te gears had all its teeth ripped off (for the second time) and I can't be fucked getting another one.

[Mcdoorknob]

depending on the car, there can be thousands of upgrades for it

similar to a PC, you can completely customize it in every way, and even sleeve the cables!

weight depends on size, but it can be anywhere from 5-30 lbs im pretty sure

some of these cars can do 100 or even 150mph+ on straight runs

currently mine only does about 50-70mph

that's pretty awesome! How much did yours cost with its upgrades?

Seems like a cool thing to be in to

[Luc401]

lol sweet

apparently it seems im the only person who cleans their tires with water after running?

I normaly do , just not in those pictures .Thats a really old picture actualy i just was too lazy to take another

[Jumper118]

hb lightning sts .30, loads of 7075 machined edit parts

savage xl lrp zr.30+jammin jp3 exhaust, centre tank mod 

 

both broken haven't run either of them for nearly 2 years now because the rc shop wont fix them, because they are modified. even though they charge so much an hour to fix cars. i would fix them, but i spent about a year do that. only ran about 10 tanks each

[Enderman]

 

hb lightning sts .30, loads of 7075 machined edit parts

 

savage xl lrp zr.30+jammin jp3 exhaust, centre tank mod 

 

both broken haven't run either of them for nearly 2 years now because the rc shop wont fix them, because they are modified. even though they charge so much an hour to fix cars. i would fix them, but i spent about a year do that. only ran about 10 tanks each

sweet

i realize its much more difficult to repair gas cars cause theyre so complicated and elaborate

 

my friend is soon going to convert his gas buggy to electric cause he says its too much work every time he wants to run it

[Enderman]

that's pretty awesome! How much did yours cost with its upgrades?

Seems like a cool thing to be in to

so far i would say about $1k total

all the small $10 and $20 upgrades really add up!

but its still a lot less than upgrading my gaming PC

[Jumper118]

sweet

i realize its much more difficult to repair gas cars cause theyre so complicated and elaborate

 

my friend is soon going to convert his gas buggy to electric cause he says its too much work every time he wants to run it

thats what i thought. the funny thing is, is that the engines actually work perfectly, maybe even a bit too well that zr.30 is good for 4hp and second gear wheelies. not so good for the clutch though, also the other problem with the savage is the 7" tyres destroy the entire steering and i broke the throttle servo mount. on the lightning  i think the shocks are leaking loads and the one way bearing on the rotostart needs replacing. once they are going though they are quite epic. the savage is stupidly fast with its tall gearing and massive tyres and the lightning handles perfectly. dat smell and sound is  epic too, the zr30 with the jp3 is like the muscle car sound of rc's. i just spent so much time upgrading and fixing them on  the bench i just gave up and got into pc's. i will get them back up and running on day but probably not this year.

[Enderman]

thats what i thought. the funny thing is, is that the engines actually work perfectly, maybe even a bit too well that zr.30 is good for 4hp and second gear wheelies. not so good for the clutch though, also the other problem with the savage is the 7" tyres destroy the entire steering and i broke the throttle servo mount. on the lightning  i think the shocks are leaking loads and the one way bearing on the rotostart needs replacing. once they are going though they are quite epic. the savage is stupidly fast with its tall gearing and massive tyres and the lightning handles perfectly. dat smell and sound is  epic too, the zr30 with the jp3 is like the muscle car sound of rc's. i just spent so much time upgrading and fixing them on  the bench i just gave up and got into pc's. i will get them back up and running on day but probably not this year.

yeah its a cool hobby

pretty similar to the pc master race

 

my friend also said his neighbours complained about the fumes

[megadarkwood]

I've been looking into getting a few RC things

But, the moneeeyyyy

[spwath]

The shell of my traxxas stampede is all riped so the back pops of the clips and flaps around while driving.

I've broken my car many a time.

1. Crashed into dumpster at full speed (20mph+)

2. Flipped it rely bad and parts broke

3. Going over jump made out of wagon, missed and hit the side breaking it

Much more to.

1 was the worst, needed new servo casing and week support thingi