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The Latest and Greatest RC Car 1/3 scale

Posted: Sat Feb 28, 2009 5:27 am
by Chrominator
Well here's the Latest and Greatest RC Car that will all have to get now. :lol:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KeEPiMS7TFc

Re: The Latest and Greatest RC Car 1/3 scale

Posted: Sat Feb 28, 2009 6:06 am
by Mr. ED
great find

I think I'm going to pass on this though

Re: The Latest and Greatest RC Car 1/3 scale

Posted: Sat Feb 28, 2009 11:45 am
by bearrickster
The Sh*t people come up with?

Re: The Latest and Greatest RC Car 1/3 scale

Posted: Sat Feb 28, 2009 11:53 am
by scr8p
the company should be called..... 3G's, since that's how much it would probably cost to buy one.

i'd rather have an ATV. :wink:

Re: The Latest and Greatest RC Car 1/3 scale

Posted: Sat Feb 28, 2009 12:22 pm
by bearrickster
I think it is a ATV with some servos and a fiberglass body?

Re: The Latest and Greatest RC Car 1/3 scale

Posted: Sat Feb 28, 2009 1:04 pm
by Halgar
That's kinda cool! I wouldn't want one, but it's cool. It actually looks like it can handle some rough housing, where 1/4 scale rigs seem fairly fragile. It would be fun to see one run in person.

Re: The Latest and Greatest RC Car 1/3 scale

Posted: Sat Feb 28, 2009 1:07 pm
by mrlexan
:roll:

Re: The Latest and Greatest RC Car 1/3 scale

Posted: Sat Feb 28, 2009 1:11 pm
by Halgar
Come on Lex, you know you want one! :P

Re: The Latest and Greatest RC Car 1/3 scale

Posted: Sat Feb 28, 2009 1:14 pm
by mrlexan
No, I think if I brought that home my wife would have me committed and rightfully so.

Re: The Latest and Greatest RC Car 1/3 scale

Posted: Sat Feb 28, 2009 1:26 pm
by Halgar
Just tell her it's so you can give the kids rides around the yard. :P

Re: The Latest and Greatest RC Car 1/3 scale

Posted: Sat Feb 28, 2009 4:09 pm
by mrlexan
Kids? you mean dogs...... probably more like chase the dogs around the yard. They'd prob be terrified of something that big.

Re: The Latest and Greatest RC Car 1/3 scale

Posted: Sat Feb 28, 2009 5:05 pm
by Halgar
Um, your wife has something she needs to tell you ... daddy ... :shock:


:wink: :wink: :wink: :wink: :wink: :mrgreen:

Re: The Latest and Greatest RC Car 1/3 scale

Posted: Sat Feb 28, 2009 5:45 pm
by wts873
looks like its from china :? I would not want something that heavy and fast that has questionable build quality. that thing could easily kill :shock:

Re: The Latest and Greatest RC Car 1/3 scale

Posted: Sat Feb 28, 2009 6:31 pm
by Bongo Fury
wts873 wrote:I would not want something that heavy and fast that has questionable build quality. that thing could easily kill :shock:
Agreed big time. Seems the direction is to continually get bigger, faster, and more powerful. The electricfied 1/8 scales are certainly cool, but wow are they dangerous. Now we are seeing even bigger truggy versions, beyond scary. So far they have been mostly limited to experienced guys, but what happens as rookies start with these monsters?

Anyone involved in racing knows that there is a tendency to start out with way too much power, hey we're racing right, gotta keep up with the experienced fast guys. In the day with 1/10 scales it was kinda amusing, but with the amount of power and mass that is readily available now I don't think it's all that funny anymore.

Added to the desire for ever increasing race times, harder for marshalls to stay focused, not good. Hate to say it, but expect to see more difficulties with liability.

Either that, or I've become an old fudy dudy.

Or both.

Re: The Latest and Greatest RC Car 1/3 scale

Posted: Sat Feb 28, 2009 8:46 pm
by RichieRich
I was just thinking some of the rc stuff is getting too extreme. I see now there is a Schumacher car that can hit 100 mph? Great. All we need now are some inconsiderate douchebags to do something stupid which will bring negative attention to us. Then we'll get the knee-jerk reactions from the politicians and rc will be legislated.