Hopped up 1/18 scale RC monster truck!

[HumanSymphony]

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

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

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.

 

[JLSE]

;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...

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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[HumanSymphony]

Pic of my old XMOD. I loved this thing   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 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  :'(

 

[Ace82]

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!