What was your 1st RC Car??
12-14-2006, 05:28 PM
#121
Grasshopper, from my paper boy money.
have the old tower hobbies stick controller before the little steering wheel controllers came out.
have the old tower hobbies stick controller before the little steering wheel controllers came out.
12-15-2006, 03:34 AM
#125
August ,1979 - A Leisure 1/12th car (used - one time) with Futaba brown box radio and Leisure digital battery charger. It had a electronic speedcontroller which I shorted out the first ime I drove it in the street- one little puddle and I hit it.
Fist race in September came in 1st in the D main and broke the chassis- complements of the second place driver.
I've only got the rear wing from the first body I painted Datsun 240Z. By the way it moved- attached to the sevro for extra braking in the corners. Took it off after the first race too much braking.6 months later went to a big race and some one else had done the same thing.I laughed because it looked silly and I did the same thing when I tried it.
Fist race in September came in 1st in the D main and broke the chassis- complements of the second place driver.
I've only got the rear wing from the first body I painted Datsun 240Z. By the way it moved- attached to the sevro for extra braking in the corners. Took it off after the first race too much braking.6 months later went to a big race and some one else had done the same thing.I laughed because it looked silly and I did the same thing when I tried it.
12-15-2006, 03:57 AM
#126
Tech Apprentice
(Nikko Turbo Panther :-) it was a nice buggy.)
But my first real rc car was a marui big bear, it was a monster truck with really big tires. So big that the steering system couldnt handle it.
I had a lot of fun with this car, i raced against some guys with a blackfoot and a midnight pumpking. Those were the days.
But my first real rc car was a marui big bear, it was a monster truck with really big tires. So big that the steering system couldnt handle it.
I had a lot of fun with this car, i raced against some guys with a blackfoot and a midnight pumpking. Those were the days.
12-15-2006, 04:07 AM
#127
traxxas Rustler
12-15-2006, 04:12 AM
#128
Oh i remember the TQ10. My firs car was a really bad rig job between a TQ10, a RC10, and a jrx2. But it went around the track faster than i could go at the time. I was only six and i kept bugging my old man for a car and he built me one out of spare parts 
12-15-2006, 05:13 AM
#131
Tech Apprentice
tamiya grasshopper 2. pulled weelies a treat with a 17x2 in it lol
12-15-2006, 06:06 AM
#132
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Originally Posted by Carl Giordano
First real RC car....Tamiya Holiday Buggy
i had a rc10 copycat from traxxis TRX1 all white nylon on suspension arms all round
first Nitro car was the Koyosho optima one they did 2wd ,it was pants pit me off Nitro for about 6 years .kept on cutting out halfway round the track
12-15-2006, 08:20 AM
#134
Tamiya Sand Scorcher-
..Sealed radio box, scale VW Baja Beetle body, scale VW suspension.. and paddle tires!!! With a stock 540, it would throw A 2 foot high roost!!
The car was way ahead of its time for off-roaders in 1982.
I'm getting a few if it ever gets re-released!
..Sealed radio box, scale VW Baja Beetle body, scale VW suspension.. and paddle tires!!! With a stock 540, it would throw A 2 foot high roost!!
The car was way ahead of its time for off-roaders in 1982.
I'm getting a few if it ever gets re-released!
12-15-2006, 08:48 AM
#135
Originally Posted by Trips
Anyone here old enough to remember Heathkit?