I was sent over here from RCTech.net and had trouble getting my account going until now. I started a thread over there and this will basically be a duplicate of that thread I had started. Not much enthusiasm over there for the RC10, so I am happy I got my account up and running.
I am an avid member on IWSTI and Nasioc which is for the Subaru WRX STI. I have had an STI since 2006.
But, that is not why I am here so.. on to the topic of the thread.
Lately I have been having a good time with family members and getting our RC cars running. I decided to do a brief history as I am going to rebuild it completely. So here is the History.
This is the start of this build. This is actually my 3rd "Hobby Grade" RC Car. My first was a Futuba FX10 and then I got into racing and needed a Team Associated RC10. I picked up a used RC10 Graphite and everything I needed to run it for $75 when I was about 10- 12 years old.
Racing was a bit expensive when you are that young and only get a small allowance every 2 weeks. I only raced the car a few times. I wasnt competitive, but it was a lot of fun. I also couldnt afford to replace parts if they broke.
After I was a bit older, I wanted a newer car. I sold my old RC10 to my girlfriends little brother and bought the current car I have today. It was purchased around the time I was in 9th-10th grade which puts it at about 1995-1996.
As it turns out, about 14-15 years later, I have been doing some research and found that apparently this car is actually quite a collectors item. As I am sure most of you know, there arent many around. As I have gotten back into this, I have found it is pretty difficult to find replacement parts for this car and when I do find them, they are expensive.
Now I dont plan on keeping the car mint or getting it back to mint, but I am doing what I can to keep it as original as possible and if appears a bit beat up, it is. It has been and always will be a runner. So.. on to some pics huh!
The Box. Exciting isnt it.
I do not have any pictures of it from back in the day. These are the only shots that I have from about 2-3 years ago when I got it running again with all new electronics less the speed control. Notice the unchipped paint job and the sweet antenna made out of a plastic tie wrap
Since that time I have upgraded to a brushless motor last year. I took out my current racing set up and replaced it with some updated technology.
Ancient speed control and a stock 27turn motor. Stock motors were the only thing we could race with and I stuck with what worked.
The Brushless system. This was fun for a while. Since then my soon to be brother in law purchased a couple of cars and has been blowing me out of the water for speed. I figured it was time for an upgrade to play with the more modern cars.
