Hi All
Just wondering if there are any nerds on here like me that enjoy a bit of RC'ing I have been in to the hobby on and off for years, currently into my Tamiya's.
Gives me something to tinker with when the bike doesn't need any tinkering
I flew R/C planes for years, not since retiring to France.
Used to fly RC Gliders years ago, but not the time now (or any decent hills in Essex to launch from LOL)
Missus bought me a RC helicopter one xmas.... Only had it 2 days....kept destroying her precious plants with the damned thing so she took it off me :rofl2:
I have a Mavic Pro drone which i just love to fly.
4 mile range
4K camera
49mph..
Love it
Bought my son a cheap 10th scale off roader for his 7th birthday. We used to go to the club nights and race on an indoor bowling green. I thought this is fun so l bought a 10th scale tamiya electric touring car. I was hopeless. Son says dad can l have a go with it......it was the last time l got to use it !!
Together we went all over the country. He was very quick and l loved tinkering with them. Together we had so much fun.
His last car was a 10th scale Mugen gas touring car complete with 2 speed gearbox and all very adjustable shocks and suspension. That thing was a rocket. He enjoyed a lot of success in RC car racing. He won the NZ title in the Tamiya Mini class at 10 and finished 2nd in the NZ 10th scale gas class when he was 11 and 12. Now he's 27 a dad himself.
I look back very fondly at those times spent together with my young fella.
Cool story Fruit, moments like that are precious and should be cherished :cheers:
I built & raced cars in the 70s, went on to r/c aircraft & choppers (always crashed the latter), designed & built my own quadcopters, I have 4 at the moment, but since 1990 I've been designing & manufacturing model boat kits!!
Still doing it although retired for 7 years!!
Oh yeah, messing about renovating old bikes as well. :laugh:
I recall seeing pics of your model boats on the old org Lawrie.... works of art! :cheers:
The LAST thing I need is another hobby to spend $ on.
I have always wanted a decent (capable) remote control model Land Rover Defender though.
Now i would love a quality Boat. Either something quick or something big, either or lol.
Quote from: Proteous on Friday, 11 May 2018, 02:30 AM
I have a Mavic Pro drone which i just love to fly.
4 mile range
4K camera
49mph..
Love it
Wow, just looked that one up, that's a serious piece of kit.
Took some pics of my Tamiya's last night
(https://i.imgur.com/FwqWYDR.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/ivFIGyF.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/BpFRKm3.jpg)
Ah, is that an old Midnight Pumpkin?
Got one of those as my first R/C car when I was a kid.
I started club racing locally with a Tamiya buggy (can't remember the name, just a basic on with a single horizontally mounted shock) which was great fun, in a local school sports hall which was a bugger of a surface - hard and slippery. I had a Kyosho models for a while (can't remember the name), but then ended up with a Schumacher Procat which I seem to remember was one of the most common ones to have in our club. It all ended when I went to University though and haven't even driven one since then.
Quote from: CBG on Friday, 27 July 2018, 05:36 PM
Ah, is that an old Midnight Pumpkin?
Got one of those as my first R/C car when I was a kid.
I started club racing locally with a Tamiya buggy (can't remember the name, just a basic on with a single horizontally mounted shock) which was great fun, in a local school sports hall which was a bugger of a surface - hard and slippery. I had a Kyosho models for a while (can't remember the name), but then ended up with a Schumacher Procat which I seem to remember was one of the most common ones to have in our club. It all ended when I went to University though and haven't even driven one since then.
It is yes its a proper vintage but still gets used, I don't do any racing I just like fiddling.
Quote from: VladTepes on Friday, 11 May 2018, 09:28 AM
The LAST thing I need is another hobby to spend $ on.
I have always wanted a decent (capable) remote control model Land Rover Defender though.
Go on, you know you want too.... :whistling:
OMG I was hoping nobody would put that up
I would love to build one of those, the Camel Trophy is just so awesome
Holy crap.... they even have model people in them :rofl2:
Only time I ever tried rc models came to a messy end very quickly... flew my helicopter into my sister in laws favourite houseplant that she had nurtured for years.... guess I don't need to describe the outcome of that little entanglement :rofl2:
Needles to say my pilots license was revoked ...
Those Landies are lovely, here's a vid of one of mine, the quality isn't that great as it was made over 15 years ago, the camcorders weren't that good then, OK, so its not a car, but it IS RC!! :rolleyes:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AF_cmFUy-us
Was that Woody from Toy Story driving one of those Landies?? :rofl2:
Defender straight out of box from Traxxas but you will need £500 for one
Quote from: lawrie on Tuesday, 31 July 2018, 04:50 AM
Those Landies are lovely, here's a vid of one of mine, the quality isn't that great as it was made over 15 years ago, the camcorders weren't that good then, OK, so its not a car, but it IS RC!! :rolleyes:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AF_cmFUy-us
Looks superb! If I had easy access to water I would have a boat
Here's my 1/8th brushless truck I made and here is the link to the build if interested
https://www.tamiyaclub.com/forum/index.php?/topic/85114-and-so-it-begins-tnx-tgm-03-brushless-conversion/&tab=comments#comment-698152
Quote from: gsxbarmy on Thursday, 10 May 2018, 09:01 PM
Used to fly RC Gliders years ago, but not the time now (or any decent hills in Essex to launch from LOL)
Bungee & thermal soaring.
I always planned to get into gliders after flying glow engined stuff years ago, never have though. Still got an Aerosport 40 in my parent's loft with a seized OS40FP on the front.
Quote from: bikerface on Monday, 30 July 2018, 06:36 PM
Quote from: CBG on Friday, 27 July 2018, 05:36 PM
Ah, is that an old Midnight Pumpkin?
Got one of those as my first R/C car when I was a kid.
I started club racing locally with a Tamiya buggy (can't remember the name, just a basic on with a single horizontally mounted shock) which was great fun, in a local school sports hall which was a bugger of a surface - hard and slippery. I had a Kyosho models for a while (can't remember the name), but then ended up with a Schumacher Procat which I seem to remember was one of the most common ones to have in our club. It all ended when I went to University though and haven't even driven one since then.
It is yes its a proper vintage but still gets used, I don't do any racing I just like fiddling.
I remember one of my best mates got a Grasshopper the same Christmas I got the Midnight Pumpkin, although the weights were significantly different, the grasshopper had the smaller motor size (380 instead of 540 I think), so head to head races were pretty even.......Until I went off line and just drove over the top of his :D
Now that's reminded me, the Mud Blaster shared it's chassis with the Brat but the Mud Blaster had a 540 & a diff, the Brat was a 380 with no diff. A Palmer cyclone 2 stock motor in the Brat made it fly & very sideways :)
Actually that might still be in my parent's loft somewhere too...
If anyone has any old cars they want to get rid of please let me know!