Remember when?
11-22-2011, 09:55 PM
#46
Tamiya Rough Rider started it all for me. I still have one.. 
11-22-2011, 10:14 PM
#47
I remember my old electric Grasshopper. I traded a car stereo for it. I used to wet down the street with water and just float over the asphalt. Hit the curb a few times and burned out a motor and finally put it away.
A couple of years later, when I went to school in Arizona I had my folks send it to me, It showed up the way i had left it...broken A arm with a pretty new motor. Couldn't find an A-arm at the time, so I had a friend's brother make one in his machine shop. We screwed around with that thing for a couple of weeks until something else finally broke. My friend was so into that thing that when I graduated, I left Arizona and gave it to him. Here i am 20 years later, just getting back into it.
A couple of years later, when I went to school in Arizona I had my folks send it to me, It showed up the way i had left it...broken A arm with a pretty new motor. Couldn't find an A-arm at the time, so I had a friend's brother make one in his machine shop. We screwed around with that thing for a couple of weeks until something else finally broke. My friend was so into that thing that when I graduated, I left Arizona and gave it to him. Here i am 20 years later, just getting back into it.
11-23-2011, 01:19 AM
#48
I remember being 14 and having no hope of affording a Grasshopper so I saved for like a year and got a Jet Hopper Turbo. Some cheapo copy with much less power
Many aussies would remember that one?
Many aussies would remember that one?
11-23-2011, 07:25 AM
#49
remember when everyone pretty much had no choice n ran a Nova Rossi based engine, and OS was laughed at like some of the newer cheaper engine companies of today? remember the v-spec before the v-spec? I used to run these! (RZ V01b) see link
https://www.google.com/search?q=1386...w=1680&bih=801
https://www.google.com/search?q=1386...w=1680&bih=801
11-23-2011, 07:39 AM
#50
Anyone remember the O.S. VG? P.O.S. My uncle bought one and it lasted about a gallon...
11-23-2011, 07:45 AM
#51
11-23-2011, 10:42 AM
#53
I remember my old electric Grasshopper. I traded a car stereo for it. I used to wet down the street with water and just float over the asphalt. Hit the curb a few times and burned out a motor and finally put it away.
A couple of years later, when I went to school in Arizona I had my folks send it to me, It showed up the way i had left it...broken A arm with a pretty new motor. Couldn't find an A-arm at the time, so I had a friend's brother make one in his machine shop. We screwed around with that thing for a couple of weeks until something else finally broke. My friend was so into that thing that when I graduated, I left Arizona and gave it to him. Here i am 20 years later, just getting back into it.
A couple of years later, when I went to school in Arizona I had my folks send it to me, It showed up the way i had left it...broken A arm with a pretty new motor. Couldn't find an A-arm at the time, so I had a friend's brother make one in his machine shop. We screwed around with that thing for a couple of weeks until something else finally broke. My friend was so into that thing that when I graduated, I left Arizona and gave it to him. Here i am 20 years later, just getting back into it.
11-23-2011, 01:01 PM
#55
My first rc car was the Grasshopper. My grandpa had one in his garage and that was the only reason I looked forward to visiting him, since he didn't have cable tv lol! He also had the old school Futaba box transmitter, that left a lot to be desired in terms of ergonomics 
. Then, an indoor clay track opened up in my hometown, called Zero-N-4 Hobbies, and was one of the nicer facilities at the time, with permanent pit tables, air conditioning, and a permanent timing loop which was rare (circa 1990). My Dad took me by there one Saturday, and they were having a grand opening race, raffling off some stuff with the grand prize being an RC10 kit. I remember he bought a couple tickets, and I was all bummed out that we didn't win anything, then they read the winning number for the RC10, and I didn't even look at the tickets, then my Dad goes "you won!" and I remember walking up to the driver's stand with a huge grin on my face and everyone was clapping. I was 7 at the time. Well, in about a year, we were deep into it, running buggy and truck, stock and modified. Those were such great times at the track - we ran every Sunday for a number of years. My Dad taught me a lot about racing, and he did all the wrenching (I screwed around in between races, played Gameboy, etc lol!). I even managed to win a NORRCA race in the Novice buggy class as an 8 year old (a lot of older guys were pissed haha). The track closed in a few years, but those were such good times at the track. I got out of this hobby for about 20 years, went to school, got a degree, then last year got the bug again. Now my Dad pits for me, and I do all the wrenching, but we still have just as much fun at the track. Here's a few pics of me then and now. Gotta love that "custom" RC10 body (painted by me), the 3 piece wheels on the JR-XT, the X-Pattern/Staggered tires (super dialed!) and of course the fluorescent gear complete with a Days of Thunder t-shirt!! Oh man, how time flies...
. Then, an indoor clay track opened up in my hometown, called Zero-N-4 Hobbies, and was one of the nicer facilities at the time, with permanent pit tables, air conditioning, and a permanent timing loop which was rare (circa 1990). My Dad took me by there one Saturday, and they were having a grand opening race, raffling off some stuff with the grand prize being an RC10 kit. I remember he bought a couple tickets, and I was all bummed out that we didn't win anything, then they read the winning number for the RC10, and I didn't even look at the tickets, then my Dad goes "you won!" and I remember walking up to the driver's stand with a huge grin on my face and everyone was clapping. I was 7 at the time. Well, in about a year, we were deep into it, running buggy and truck, stock and modified. Those were such great times at the track - we ran every Sunday for a number of years. My Dad taught me a lot about racing, and he did all the wrenching (I screwed around in between races, played Gameboy, etc lol!). I even managed to win a NORRCA race in the Novice buggy class as an 8 year old (a lot of older guys were pissed haha). The track closed in a few years, but those were such good times at the track. I got out of this hobby for about 20 years, went to school, got a degree, then last year got the bug again. Now my Dad pits for me, and I do all the wrenching, but we still have just as much fun at the track. Here's a few pics of me then and now. Gotta love that "custom" RC10 body (painted by me), the 3 piece wheels on the JR-XT, the X-Pattern/Staggered tires (super dialed!) and of course the fluorescent gear complete with a Days of Thunder t-shirt!! Oh man, how time flies...
11-23-2011, 01:23 PM
#56
My first rc car was the Grasshopper. My grandpa had one in his garage and that was the only reason I looked forward to visiting him, since he didn't have cable tv lol! He also had the old school Futaba box transmitter, that left a lot to be desired in terms of ergonomics . Then, an indoor clay track opened up in my hometown, called Zero-N-4 Hobbies, and was one of the nicer facilities at the time, with permanent pit tables, air conditioning, and a permanent timing loop which was rare (circa 1990). My Dad took me by there one Saturday, and they were having a grand opening race, raffling off some stuff with the grand prize being an RC10 kit. I remember he bought a couple tickets, and I was all bummed out that we didn't win anything, then they read the winning number for the RC10, and I didn't even look at the tickets, then my Dad goes "you won!" and I remember walking up to the driver's stand with a huge grin on my face and everyone was clapping. I was 7 at the time. Well, in about a year, we were deep into it, running buggy and truck, stock and modified. Those were such great times at the track - we ran every Sunday for a number of years. My Dad taught me a lot about racing, and he did all the wrenching (I screwed around in between races, played Gameboy, etc lol!). I even managed to win a NORRCA race in the Novice buggy class as an 8 year old (a lot of older guys were pissed haha). The track closed in a few years, but those were such good times at the track. I got out of this hobby for about 20 years, went to school, got a degree, then last year got the bug again. Now my Dad pits for me, and I do all the wrenching, but we still have just as much fun at the track. Here's a few pics of me then and now. Gotta love that "custom" RC10 body (painted by me), the 3 piece wheels on the JR-XT, the X-Pattern/Staggered tires (super dialed!) and of course the fluorescent gear complete with a Days of Thunder t-shirt!! Oh man, how time flies...
. Then, an indoor clay track opened up in my hometown, called Zero-N-4 Hobbies, and was one of the nicer facilities at the time, with permanent pit tables, air conditioning, and a permanent timing loop which was rare (circa 1990). My Dad took me by there one Saturday, and they were having a grand opening race, raffling off some stuff with the grand prize being an RC10 kit. I remember he bought a couple tickets, and I was all bummed out that we didn't win anything, then they read the winning number for the RC10, and I didn't even look at the tickets, then my Dad goes "you won!" and I remember walking up to the driver's stand with a huge grin on my face and everyone was clapping. I was 7 at the time. Well, in about a year, we were deep into it, running buggy and truck, stock and modified. Those were such great times at the track - we ran every Sunday for a number of years. My Dad taught me a lot about racing, and he did all the wrenching (I screwed around in between races, played Gameboy, etc lol!). I even managed to win a NORRCA race in the Novice buggy class as an 8 year old (a lot of older guys were pissed haha). The track closed in a few years, but those were such good times at the track. I got out of this hobby for about 20 years, went to school, got a degree, then last year got the bug again. Now my Dad pits for me, and I do all the wrenching, but we still have just as much fun at the track. Here's a few pics of me then and now. Gotta love that "custom" RC10 body (painted by me), the 3 piece wheels on the JR-XT, the X-Pattern/Staggered tires (super dialed!) and of course the fluorescent gear complete with a Days of Thunder t-shirt!! Oh man, how time flies...
11-23-2011, 02:35 PM
#57
Tech Adept
yes i had one about 25 26 years ago it had two speeds my mates had grasshoppers then my dad got me a monster beetle cool
11-23-2011, 04:12 PM
#58
remember when everyone pretty much had no choice n ran a Nova Rossi based engine, and OS was laughed at like some of the newer cheaper engine companies of today? remember the v-spec before the v-spec? I used to run these! (RZ V01b) see link
https://www.google.com/search?q=1386...w=1680&bih=801
https://www.google.com/search?q=1386...w=1680&bih=801
i've got a v01b that needs rebuilt as a matter of fact lol
11-23-2011, 04:25 PM
#59
11-23-2011, 07:39 PM
#60