60 mph is slow now days. Traxxas XO-1 does over 100 straight out of the box.
My son has one. Wicked fast. Search YouTube all kinds of videos. Such as this sales infomercial… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oX1Ij92s_Sk Rex From: Af [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Jeremy via Af Sent: Tuesday, December 02, 2014 9:01 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT: RC Cars These high end hobby cars can go like 60mph. I think they ALL can break if you crash them at 60mph. On Tue, Dec 2, 2014 at 3:27 PM, Jason McKemie via Af <[email protected]> wrote: I picked up a Team Losi rtr nitro truck, which was friggin awesome, but was a bit tricky to get started sometimes - I'm not great with the carb settings. For cheap/easy fun, these are great: http://www.rcuniverse.com/product_guide/carprofile.cfm?car_id=166 You can load them up with all the standard motors, servos, electronics, etc, and they're dead simple to work on. On Tuesday, December 2, 2014, Nate Burke via Af <[email protected]> wrote: That one looks cool. I also found this which looks like it meets most of what people were talking about. http://www.amazon.com/Redcat-Racing-Brushless-Electric-Included/dp/B00HVBVNQG/ref=sr_1_132?s=toys-and-games <http://www.amazon.com/Redcat-Racing-Brushless-Electric-Included/dp/B00HVBVNQG/ref=sr_1_132?s=toys-and-games&ie=UTF8&qid=1417477082&sr=1-132&keywords=RC+Car> &ie=UTF8&qid=1417477082&sr=1-132&keywords=RC+Car $200 Brushless motor, waterproof, RTR. Says that it's similar speed to a nitro (which I read as I crash it a lot more while I'm learning to run it). On 12/2/2014 3:00 AM, thouin--- via Af wrote: I Used to have a nitro rc car. Was lots of fun because i liked fixing it. If you only budget 200 bux u will be disapointed. When i got out of it everything was going electric because is was faster and less "fiddling". I haven't read any reviews but the 1/16 erevo seems to meet your requirements. http://www3.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin/wti0001p? <http://www3.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin/wti0001p?&I=LXEWPCBB&P=0> &I=LXEWPCBB&P=0 would take you a little over budget. You also didn't say weither you wanted a kit or a rtr. I would opt for the brushless version of it. But u might want to get an aftermarket after a bit anyway. BTW used to have a 1/10 nitro revo and it was awesome. Some of the older traxxas cars where junk though. Good luck, Tyler ------- Original Message ------- From : Erich Kaiser via Af[mailto:[email protected]] Sent : 12/1/2014 8:27:39 PM To : [email protected] Cc : Subject : RE: Re: [AFMUG] OT: RC Cars I would go to the local hobby store, typically those guys know a lot about this stuff, at least that is how it used to be 20 years ago. When I was into this stuff, the ultimate was having a gas powered RC truck/car, but I never had one :( HobbyTown USA 2061A Lincoln HighwaySt. Charles, IL 60174 https://www.google.com/maps/dir/''/hobby+town+st+charles+il/@41.8816195,-88.3344586,13z/data=!4m8!4m7!1m0!1m5!1m1!1s0x880f026f561d981b:0xc63b9d2e750c7157!2m2 !1d-88.338063!2d41.899515 On Mon, Dec 1, 2014 at 5:48 PM, Nate Burke via Af <[email protected]> wrote: For a long time I've wanted an RC car. I was at the beach over the weekend, and saw a guy running one through the sand and jumping it around and it looked really fun. I think I'm finally in a position in life where I can allow myself to get one. I'm thinking I may want one step above one you can buy at a big- box, but I also don't plan on making it into a hobby. Any pointers for a guy who just wants to run a car around sometimes? Some things I think I want, unless I'm told I'm wrong. 4wd Ability to cross sand/mud/shallow water (does this mean waterproof?) Won't break if it flips/crashes. 100 yard range. Rechargeable battery Anything specific to look for? Anything to stay away from? I'm hoping to keep this little endeavor around $200, that way I don't have to go through all the requisition forms and justification analysis with the wife. Nate
