Dangeruss wrote: ↑Tue Oct 31, 2023 3:09 pm
Sounds like a gun going off...
...followed by the unmistakable sound of lexan on blacktop
Looked straight as an arrow though!
It apparently rolled during shut down 5 or 6 times, ...broke a front body post, took most of the front bumper off, and broke an engine stabilizer rod end, minimal damage considering...it's 10x louder in person, cops showed up shortly after, we just stayed in our car and they finally left
The green monster is something of a national tradition in land speed records I believe
If a jobs not worth doing then its certainly not worth doing well.
A problem shared is a problem halved but an advantage shared is no advantage at all.
Now that the Max Q is down to its last couple runs later this month then being retired to the shelf and freshened up for the 24' BOTM....I am starting a new venture...The Guiness Land Speed Record for R/C Rocket Cars...currently held by the Black...
So I grabbed this parma panther funny car to go with my panther sprint and stock car, but the previous owner made it a rocket car. I am left with some ugly holes in an impossibly difficult to find body.
I am thinking about cutting out the rear...
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After my last USPS fiasco, we will discuss your birddog when I have a body in hand and haven't paid $50 out of pocket to ship it :twisted: I got screwed by the seller as he shipped it incorrectly per his listing.
now i have wanted to get a blackfoot for many many years............ mainly since childhood. just never did. well, a few months back jeff (civilguy) and i worked out a deal for blackfoot project that he was planning on selling. i promised myself i...
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Sweet! We should see it mounted around 2014 :mrgreen: :lol:
That's only a couple of months away...... wow, what pressure!!!!!
Looks like a cool build. I have started and disassembled/abandoned 2 of these truck conversions in the last year. I'm currently on my 3rd one and we'll see how it goes. I really like your choice of tires. The big knobbies look very correct on these...
Found this speed controller & earmarked it for RC12L I recently bought. I don't know much about this brand other than it's a German company and do have a vague memory of these speed controllers back in the 80's. Anyone know of the timeline for...
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Hi,
some more CS-Rockets from Christian Sterr from Munich.
have trade a old Rocket 6R controller from Christian Sterr Munich.
In about 1885 we use this controller in our Buggys here in area Munich. We had races around Zimmermann store with Theo Bickhard and Mr. Blümel for race lap controll. The...
Digging through the garage and coming up with all sorts of goodies. How about a Delta CK180 1/18 scale Pocket Rocket form 1981. Bought this after seeing one in the wondow of a closed hobby shop somewhere in Iowa back in the 90's (Marshalltown, I...
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I like the kyosho little sports motor in it. That's the same one used in the Kyosho 1/20 scale cars
...broke a front body post, took most of the front bumper off, and broke an engine stabilizer rod end, minimal damage considering...it's 10x louder in person, cops showed up shortly after, we just stayed in our car and they finally left
