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Well finally had the weekend to play with it, and yes nothing compares to Lipo so much more power. Just forgot to respect the power, in the front yard hauling @$$ and then I try to pull a 180 and just goes 90 instead radio loses signal and goes full throttle to a neighbors 2 foot brick wall. Man im so pissed, i was ready to race my uncles nitro too! DAMN!

First the ball cup snaps.


Second the nose tubes bend.


Third my damn a-arm breaks, right here I knew I should have threw some cheap a-arms on.


Then finally, im not sure I might have bent my nose plate.

Total carnage man.Same thing happened to me with my Boomerang just the other day,lost signal and hit a fence full throtle.Smoked my fastest stock motor.I know it sucks but I find its best to have a laugh about it.

Go Spektrum. You can drive the car to the point you can't see it anymore.

Spread Spektrum 2.4 radio rules! I wont use anything else. If you lose range the car just stops.

Well it makes me more mad that my uncle laughed at me, but I know its time to go 2.4ghz, anyone recommend a good inexpensive model?

2.4 all the way here now as well. I can't even get to the end of the yard anymore with am/fm. I have a dx3s and like it alot. I use it with the regularly played with cars. I just got through modding an old futaba 3pm with a corona 2.4 hack module and it works like a champ as too. It has 10 model memory. I am running the corona stuff in 4 cars with no problems so far. You can convert any old am/fm radio to 2.4. It's $30 for the module and 1 rx, additional rx's are $20.
http://www.hobbycity.com/hobbyking/store/uh_viewItem.asp?idProduct=9770&Product_Name=Corona_2.4Ghz_DIY_Module_&_RX_(DSSS)_

Dude did you even make it to a track yet?
YGPM

Minus one for 2.4, PCM still rules, and they are dirt cheap--and I still walk up and turn on, without asking

Yikes! Good luck with the repairs!

Never made it to the track, was going today now I have to hurry up and get my other truck ready. After further inspection, nose tubes are bent at a 45 degree angle, front right arm is just destroyed, luckily because I only had the short screw holding the nose plate it was spared except for the tip which is slightly bent, easy fix. Just sux I have to get a vintage arm and dye it to match and everyone knows thats easy to do.

Watching some Spektrums on the bay today and seeing if I can win one for cheap. I figure if i can get one for $100 its well worth it to learn on a cheap one first. But I did have a question, if I get a Spektrum radio all I have to do is buy tx for my cars and all my cars will work with my 1 spektrum radio?

burnsmonkey wrote:. But I did have a question, if I get a Spektrum radio all I have to do is buy tx for my cars and all my cars will work with my 1 spektrum radio?

yes. you will have to reset trim as you change cars but thats an easy fix. Just gotta bind each rx to your tx.
Todd

Charlie don't surf wrote:Minus one for 2.4, PCM still rules, and they are dirt cheap--and I still walk up and turn on, without asking

+1. Well, sort of. I do think 2.4 is good stuff, but PCM is still very good too. I have switched to 2.4 on my cars, but I still fly PCM. And yeah, if you go PCM now you can get a sweet radio for a lot cheaper then 2.4. The best thing about 2.4 is not having crystals, but if you don't race a whole lot that doesn't even matter.

burnsmonkey wrote:Watching some Spektrums on the bay today and seeing if I can win one for cheap. I figure if i can get one for $100 its well worth it to learn on a cheap one first. But I did have a question, if I get a Spektrum radio all I have to do is buy tx for my cars and all my cars will work with my 1 spektrum radio?

Depends on what model you get. If you want to run several cars off one radio it would be best to have a radio with model memory for as many cars as you have. Of coarse that means getting a more expensive system because the cheaper ones don't have any model memory. If you get one with no model memory, you would have to re-bind the tx/rx, and reset all your settings for that model every time you switched to a different car, so it would basically be the same as having a crystal radio.

I went Futaba 2.4 fast system I love it and hate it. it works great and the radio has so many options its way over my head. I hate it because I didnt research it before I bought it, and the spaire rx are 75-90 bucks each. but not haveing to worry about chan. anymore is Great.

http://www3.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin/wti0001p?&I=LXPZT7

burnsmonkey wrote:Watching some Spektrums on the bay today and seeing if I can win one for cheap. I figure if i can get one for $100 its well worth it to learn on a cheap one first. But I did have a question, if I get a Spektrum radio all I have to do is buy tx for my cars and all my cars will work with my 1 spektrum radio?

I've never heard anything bad about this one: http://www3.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin/wti0001p?&I=LXWPW0&P=7
and extra receivers are only $18