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Hopped up 1/18 scale RC monster truck!

HumanSymphony

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wannaburn said:
LOL, I love it! Two grown men, freezing their a$$es off in the name of R/C! Can anyone say, been there done that? I cant recall the encounters with frostbite over the years... ;D But if I had a nickel...

Thats how it seems to go for the most part when you buy any type of R/C, something always breaks the first time out :mad:

LOL, my buggy came with no fail safe to control the brakes, For some reson the xtal in the reciever  vibe'd loose... I learnt how to sprint for money that day.. Chased the thing a block and a half, not that I could catch it, but at least I tried :-/

It was a trip back to the hobby shop,  5 mins of fun cost me almost 80$ in parts after severing the front left suspension on a curb, at about 60+mph :'( Im lucky the chassis are tough on the OFNA's A similar crash split the plastic chassis in half during a similar collision with an evil curb, on an old electric.

Lesson in R/C.. If you break it on the first run it seems to be good luck or something, the second time is better as you keep in mind not to repeat the first :p
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Yea I had a Traxxas 4-tec rc car that i got for my birthday bout 5 years ago. First 20 minutes of playing with it I went too close to a car and the back wheel jammed under the car tire and ripped it right off LOL I was pissed. Also I used to be really big into XMODS  ;D I love those lil guys. 1:28 scale car merely 5 inches long and went over 40mph! lol those things are amazing. I can't tell you how many FET's and boards I burned up. A 60,000rpm motor drawing over 1.2amps in this tiny little car? lol. I want to get a Kyosho Mini-Z F1 like the one below. Far superior quality of an xmod.

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;DKyosho ;D My first Nitro.. 4WD rally car, cant remember the model, about 20 years ago :-X They make really nice stuff.

This isnt my pic, but this is my first R/C, aside from the fisrt gen. Tyco turbo hopper :-[
Ugly as sin, but it could be taken apart ;D Same controler too!
Its the 'Ishipla Monster' No such thing as FET's back then.. Mechanical speed control and big resistors :-?
3 speed forward and one reverse. Didnt have the coat hanger / bumper though...

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Ive got a couple of smaller cars, one of them is a RadioShack special, but its a Toyota Supra 2JZ. Nice deatil and lights etc. great on hardwood floors ;D


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Pic of my old XMOD. I loved this thing  :D Atomic Z2 high current motor 58,370RPM @ 8.4v (2.8 Amp Draw). AWD. modded 4xAAA battery holder with 4x10440 in 2S2P configuration. Low resistance FET's stacked 3 high. This thing was a BEAST of a little car lol. fit in the palm of your hand and went at least 35mph  :D ;D :cool: had a hummer h2 body but it was heavy and always made it flip when i turned so i never used it. it was EXTREMELY high maintainance. at nearly 3 amps it just couldn't handle it and fried constantly. I went thru over 10 boards and FET sets with this thing. Not to mention how many boards i messed up on while desoldering the stock FET's (ripped pads off the board :-[ ) After a while it just pissed me off so i sold it lol. I miss it though  :'(
 

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Sweet! I used to have a x-mod, it was really cool but the electronics suck! it kept glitching.

So, who can guess the first thing I did after I completed the motor swap on this truck? No, to go drive it was 2nd. The first thing I did was search on the net for the parts list, to get an idea of what else I had to upgrade. Being that rc toys are also a big hobby of mine, my experience has taught me that when you upgrade the power, that the drive train also needs to be upgraded. I had to order two new differentials, upgraded from plastic gears to metal ball bearing, and I had to upgrade drive shafts from plastic to aluminum. I also bought the center drive shaft, a set of knuckle arms and 'A' arms. I was able to run it once, but heard the snapping of plastic teeth breaking and knew what I had to buy next. Can't wait!
 
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