New to here, old to RC
Posted: Sun Apr 03, 2011 3:01 pm
Hello all,
First RC was a Tamiya Hotshot when I was 15. That was 27 years ago.
I still have quite a collection of mostly older vehicles in various states but as with anybody who's been in the "biz" for so long, I have my token RC10. I bought this car very used a long long time ago in a galaxy far far away and I pretty much beat it senseless without it ever breaking. I've run 9T drag motors on 10 cells through it and launched it from rooftops onto gravel and it's still kicking. In it's latest incarnation it served as a trainer for my oldest son who is an RC geek like his old man.
I'm not really sure what model the car is because it came with various spare chassis parts and such. As you can see it has a graphite chassis and Stealth tranny but I have also ran it with a cut down B stamp aluminum tub (silver) that came with it. My son now has a PTI Goliath, an HPI Blitz and an AE RC18B2 so I'm reclaiming the RC10 and would like to start on my own old-is-new project. We spend a lot of time at the beach in the summer so I would like to turn it into a sand rail of sorts with a tube cage, paddle tires and a BL setup.
I've been lurking a bit on here, trying to read up on all the cool projects going on and I've gotta say that if I want something worthy of posting up I really have my work cut out for me. There are so many rockin' buggies here but the nice part is that they are all giving me some great ideas. I'm looking forward to buffing her out.
Sean
First RC was a Tamiya Hotshot when I was 15. That was 27 years ago.
I still have quite a collection of mostly older vehicles in various states but as with anybody who's been in the "biz" for so long, I have my token RC10. I bought this car very used a long long time ago in a galaxy far far away and I pretty much beat it senseless without it ever breaking. I've run 9T drag motors on 10 cells through it and launched it from rooftops onto gravel and it's still kicking. In it's latest incarnation it served as a trainer for my oldest son who is an RC geek like his old man.
I'm not really sure what model the car is because it came with various spare chassis parts and such. As you can see it has a graphite chassis and Stealth tranny but I have also ran it with a cut down B stamp aluminum tub (silver) that came with it. My son now has a PTI Goliath, an HPI Blitz and an AE RC18B2 so I'm reclaiming the RC10 and would like to start on my own old-is-new project. We spend a lot of time at the beach in the summer so I would like to turn it into a sand rail of sorts with a tube cage, paddle tires and a BL setup.
I've been lurking a bit on here, trying to read up on all the cool projects going on and I've gotta say that if I want something worthy of posting up I really have my work cut out for me. There are so many rockin' buggies here but the nice part is that they are all giving me some great ideas. I'm looking forward to buffing her out.
Sean
