Topic: Anyone like R/C or models? (Read 905 times)

WRXer · « **on:** January 17, 2011, 03:23:07 PM »

Just wondering if anyone else around here like to play with toys like I do. It seems I never grew out of wanting to play with remote control toys. Here is a picture I took when most of it was out so I grabbed almost all of the rest of it.

In the picture is:
Little electric car that drives on water (green wheels)
My nitro truck- savage4.6
Airsoft Tank
8 different helicopters from 3 to 5 channel
my quadrocopter
and the Rovio remote camera

I also have a bunch of little cameras I attach to some of them and drive em around First Person view style. My video glasses are on the table there too.

Also always like models too. I am building a train set in my basement now. I am a couple of months in but it is starting to look pretty cool.

Built the table

Designed a multi-level layout

added some Styrofoam

WRXer · « **Reply #1 on:** January 17, 2011, 03:35:28 PM »

Building mountains and adding plaster cloth

Building mountain and tunnels

This is where I am now. I am painting and adding cork roadbed for the track.

Dreaded1 · « **Reply #2 on:** January 17, 2011, 03:59:44 PM »

Is the quadracopter the AR Drone? I picked up a used Ipod so I could get the AR, I just havent pulled the trigger yet.

hookedontronics · « **Reply #3 on:** January 17, 2011, 04:35:13 PM »

train track looks cool man. Should be a fun project for you.

Photofixer · « **Reply #4 on:** January 17, 2011, 05:35:17 PM »

Totally digging the train set up.. HO scale ? I have been wanting to do a N scale set for years....

WRXer · « **Reply #5 on:** January 17, 2011, 06:53:19 PM »

the quadrocopter is the gaui 330x-s. I just ordered a new 8ch transmitter so hopefully I can use it to its full potential. They are often used to fly cameras around. It can lift 1100 grams and the gopro is 350 grams. That would be a pretty sweet autocross camera view

. As for the train, yes it is HO scale. I started it as a project to get me through the winter days I didn't not want to go in the cold. It has turned into a monster project because of all of the ideas I keep adding. I will keep adding to those pictures as I progress.

09legacyseoo7 · « **Reply #6 on:** January 17, 2011, 08:10:14 PM »

Love it, like the H.O. train setup that is starting to look sick. Kinda inspires me to put mine back together once I get a house to keep me out of trouble. R/C stuff is cool always wanted a nitro car

20wrx09 · « **Reply #7 on:** January 17, 2011, 08:47:42 PM »

mamba 6800kv rc18t

and my new addition, rc18t2

just patiently waiting for warmer weather

WRXer · « **Reply #8 on:** January 17, 2011, 09:27:14 PM »

nice. I recently thought about getting an electric truck because I am getting tired of the nitro engine problems. Its always something with it.

9925leggy · « **Reply #9 on:** January 21, 2011, 01:05:21 AM »

Quote from: WRXer on January 17, 2011, 09:27:14 PM

nice. I recently thought about getting an electric truck because I am getting tired of the nitro engine problems. Its always something with it.

True that. Thus us why i sold my T max and Revo. Its schweet because no waiting for batts t charge but rebuilding a motor with a piston smaller then a dime. Those things can take one hell of a beating

AirManCam · « **Reply #10 on:** January 21, 2011, 12:13:18 PM »

Quote from: WRXer on January 17, 2011, 09:27:14 PM

nice. I recently thought about getting an electric truck because I am getting tired of the nitro engine problems. Its always something with it.

My buddies have a few 4x4 electric trucks they are sick! They were like $600. They are completely waterproof (yes we tested them). I forget the name of course..

WRXer · « **Reply #11 on:** January 21, 2011, 04:50:14 PM »

Quote from: Rich Yankowski on January 21, 2011, 02:34:26 PM

Models have long been a plaesure for me,something to do with my hands besides....... I've got a few hundred,all military types(tanks mostly).

Pics if you got em

Dreaded1 · « **Reply #12 on:** December 26, 2011, 08:34:03 PM »

Quote from: Dreaded1 on January 17, 2011, 03:59:44 PM

Is the quadracopter the AR Drone? I picked up a used Ipod so I could get the AR, I just havent pulled the trigger yet.

Last week while Christmas shopping I stumbled upon a kiosk selling r/c helicopters. I was drunk enough that I was going to buy a 4ft helicopter for $180

. Fortunately my buddy had my back and talked me out of the big one, so I bought a small one for $85. I have had fun flying it but it is very limited. So today I finally bought the AR Drone. I've been looking at them for more than a year and really wanted one but just never bought one. Today I finally got to the point where I decided that at some point I was going to buy one so why delay. I left work, went to HobbyTown and picked one up. I think the main thing that made me buy it was that there is an Android app for it now.

So I picked a backup battery and hope to be flying this thing soon. This week should be a good time to fly it around work. Our plant is shut down for the week except for my dept., and I am the Supervisor, so I can get away with flying it around the plant for a while.

Trev · « **Reply #13 on:** December 26, 2011, 08:48:33 PM »

i do all of the above...

hydrochloric · « **Reply #14 on:** December 26, 2011, 10:14:38 PM »

I used to work at HobbyTown, so you'd think I'd have billions of the things... But I've got:
• An original Traxxas Rustler (at this point the only original piece is the chassis)- This had a 5400mAh LiPo, the Traxxas VXL system, and tons of other... personal tweaks.
• An EFlite CX2 (with the red body)
• A HobbyZone (IIRC) Ultra-Micro P51 (the most fun R/C I've ever had)
• An HPI E10 with the R32 body. I painted the calipers red and the discs buffing metallic steel. Tried running it with the VXL system, destroyed every piece of plastic in the drivetrain.
• A Tamiya CC-01 (IIRC) with the Land Cruiser body (painted in the proper Desert Tan that Hammond's Land Cruiser was in the Top Gear Bolivia Special) and lights.
• A Traxxas Blast, heavily modified for running the VXL system that was scavenged from the Rustler after I got tired of stripping gears.
• An HPI Micro-RS4 with the FD RX7 body and lights. It happens to be drift spec, but it's all I could find on eBay. Currently has a bent axle from letting a 13-yo drive it.
• A Losi Micro Rally. Ran it once on the Losi LiPo, and it stripped the pinion gear.

I guess I do have billions of the things. I think only two work ATM, though (just like our real cars!

). I would post pictures, but the family headed to Nassau for Xmas, so I can post pics of palm trees, but not RCs. We also have an HO layout in the basement, but it's not even past the wiring stage.

For my dad's birthday, I made the only model I ever finished:

It's only about 6" tall.

deadlydave · « **Reply #15 on:** December 26, 2011, 10:55:43 PM »

I have a few car models I need to get the motivation to build: 1/24th wagonzilla and an is300.

There's also a metric shit ton of scifi models from my younger days sitting in copy paper boxes somewhere. Assembled, but never had a place to spray them(primer, at least).

WRXer · « **Reply #16 on:** December 27, 2011, 12:04:23 PM »

Quote from: Dreaded1 on December 26, 2011, 08:34:03 PM

Last week while Christmas shopping I stumbled upon a kiosk selling r/c helicopters. I was drunk enough that I was going to buy a 4ft helicopter for $180 . Fortunately my buddy had my back and talked me out of the big one, so I bought a small one for $85. I have had fun flying it but it is very limited. So today I finally bought the AR Drone. I've been looking at them for more than a year and really wanted one but just never bought one. Today I finally got to the point where I decided that at some point I was going to buy one so why delay. I left work, went to HobbyTown and picked one up. I think the main thing that made me buy it was that there is an Android app for it now. So I picked a backup battery and hope to be flying this thing soon. This week should be a good time to fly it around work. Our plant is shut down for the week except for my dept., and I am the Supervisor, so I can get away with flying it around the plant for a while.

Those things are a lot of fun. Very simple to fly. I have tried em before. Ill prob order one tonight now that I am thinking about it agian. then we can war with em.

Dreaded1 · « **Reply #17 on:** December 27, 2011, 03:23:12 PM »

Quote from: WRXer on December 27, 2011, 12:04:23 PM

Those things are a lot of fun. Very simple to fly. I have tried em before. Ill prob order one tonight now that I am thinking about it agian. then we can war with em.

I took mine outside over the weekend and it has lots of lift power but not much forward power. I am thinking it might have been a function of a pretty strong breeze when I flying. The AR Drone on the other hand has been a blast at work today, until I turned a corner with it and the Saftey Manager was standing there. My first flight with it was very uneventful. Not much control and constant gaining of altitude when I was trying to go forward. During the 2nd flight I realized that if you tilt the phone forward while moving forward the Drone will pitch forward and you will get more forward movement then upward. I also found this useful for braking before running into one of the walls. Tilt the phone bakwards and it will pitch upwards kind of like hitting the air brakes. A few more indoor flights this week and I will be ready to take it outside, once the weather warms up and the wind dies down. I have read many a horror story abotu gusts of wind taking these things for one helluva ride.

Pitcrew · « **Reply #18 on:** December 27, 2011, 04:30:16 PM »

Safety manager eh? Wonder if ill ever get to meet him....

Im thinking about dumping my collection....01 tmaxx 2.5(now a 3.3...), stampede, tc4, mini-t, micro baja...and a bunch of random shit....

skyphix · « **Reply #19 on:** December 27, 2011, 04:41:12 PM »

If I didn't have 3,000,000 other hobbies, I'd probably really get into automotive or military models. I built a lot of automotive models until I was a teenager and really enjoyed it.

Played around with my friends RC stuff, even scratch built an airboat using a weedwacker engine, plywood, and some fiberglass. It was slow and heavy, but it worked.

snowslide · « **Reply #20 on:** January 03, 2012, 12:23:10 AM »

My main RC focus is crawling but I'm also into helis and planes. Drive and fly regularly. Always on the lookout for new crawling spots.

Trev · « **Reply #21 on:** January 03, 2012, 01:52:12 AM »

Quote from: snowslide on January 03, 2012, 12:23:10 AM

My main RC focus is crawling but I'm also into helis and planes. Drive and fly regularly. Always on the lookout for new crawling spots.

I don't know where your located, but racing city hobbies in south glens falls is building an indoor course, and the bridge that goes over the hudson from glens falls to south glens falls, has some really great spots under it.

snowslide · « **Reply #22 on:** January 03, 2012, 09:18:11 PM »

Yeah I heard RCH has a semi finished course now. I saw it a few m onths ago and was going to take the lead in finishing it this winter unless someone beat me to it. Sounds like someone did! Going there Saturday to check it out. My Berg is not challenged in my back yard.

I'm in Saratoga BTW

snowslide · « **Reply #23 on:** January 07, 2012, 11:13:56 PM »

Checked out the RCH course earlier tonight. Not bad! I'd love something bigger but that's not a bad start, I'm just glad to see 1 of the LHS supporting crawlers. Living in the mountains I'm surprised there are local comps, or at least more of a crawler community.

Anyway, after watching some of the races I think I need a short course truck. Those looked like a blast!

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