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MarJay But it's British!
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Posted: 17:00 - 02 Jun 2022 Post subject: |
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Here's my Wild One, I built it around Feb/March time when I had Covid:
https://www.bikechatforums.com/files/wildonesmall2_966.jpg
It doesn't drive all that well, I stupidly put a classic Technigold motor in there, and it wheelies everywhere, so it doesn't so much steer as plane over the ground. It's quite a lot of fun though, and it looks great.
I also have this from my childhood although I've not driven it in it's latest guise as it's a bit too nice for that nonsense. It's definitely a shelf queen:
https://www.bikechatforums.com/files/gtfourresto_small_493.jpg
I also have a Kyosho Mini Z Celica like this:
https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0532/6176/2720/products/K.MZP446JK_1024x1024.jpg?v=1638876148
I's 1:28 scale which is an odd (very small) size, but it's a drift car. I bought it in Christmas 2020 because we couldn't go out, and I'd moved earlier that year into a house with nearly all smooth hard floors. It turns out it's better on very very short pile carpet but it's still a hoot. 4wd and a surprising amount of power for it's size.
I'm currently in the middle of building a car I wanted since I was a young teenager, namely the Tamiya Fire Dragon. I sent my Dad out to buy one and he came back with the 1/10 Celica instead (which I wasn't disappointed about!).
https://www.modelsport.co.uk/_images/products/800/t47457.jpg ____________________ British beauty: Triumph Street Triple R; Loony stroker: KR1S; Track fun: GSXR750 L1; Commuter Missile: GSX-S1000F
Remember kids, bikes aren't like lego. You can't easily take a part from one bike and then fit it to another. |
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MarJay But it's British!
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I've always been more into air RC travel than ground, but then that's cost me more and power failures are slightly more problematic!
I started off small, getting used to flying with ready built electric flyers with gyros. These were great, and better still my dog would chase it all over the field then bring it back to me once it landed .
Then a couple of years ago I bought a 2nd hand Vulcan. It flies great, I've crashed and mended it a few times now. The motor is a powerful Overlander Thumper V2, run on a 2200mAH 11.1V battery - I rarely use full power or it would disappear out of my sight in a few secs!
The downsides are I can only fly it when there isn't much wind, and have to be careful where I fly it - I don't like disturbing peeps, so too many of them and it's wait till another day. ____________________ Previous: Aprilia Habana Retro 50cc (beauty), Yamaha SR125 (fell apart), Honda XR125 (nippy little commuter), Honda SLR650 (Geewhizz), Yamaha Diversion 900S (Smoooooth) written off courtesy of a stupid escaped horse.
(7 year gap), BMW F650 (Relaxing ride). Aprilia Caponord ETV1000 (Big and bold). Yamaha FZS600 (got me in trouble too quick!).
Current: Yamaha TDM 900 (Comfy, light but big, power when needed). |
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MarJay But it's British!
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Skudd wrote: | I know someone is going to laugh, but it still, How do you turn off an RC fuel engine on a RC car and RC helicopter? With the Heli, also stop the blades rotating? |
With the throttle. I was with a very old possibly ex member of this very forum when we were flying IC helicopters over the Thames... we saw the receiver battery swing down from the fuselage, disconnect itself and *plop* into the river. At that point it started to roll and pitch a tad, and head very quickly to an open set of patio doors in a block of flats on the bank of the river... Luckily there was no carnage, but if it had have hit a person it may well have killed them. It struck the brick structure just above the lintel of the doors and smashed itself to pieces. We never flew off of the island after that...
WRT the Fire Dragon, it could take lipos, yeah no bother assuming you can find 'Tamiya' shaped ones (which do exist). The lipo thing is not a big deal as all it really does is give you longer running times with the potential for higher current draw. If your speed controller and motor aren't anything special, it won't turn the car into something special (other than a big reduction in weight I guess?). You will also need a voltage warning device so you don't flatten the lipos as that wrecks them.
I have a Carson ESC that has a lipo mode (no need for a voltage warning) and can take a 20T brushed motor (which is installed) so we'll see what it'll do with a decent NIMH battery. It seems like it's strong enough to take a lot of power though. ____________________ British beauty: Triumph Street Triple R; Loony stroker: KR1S; Track fun: GSXR750 L1; Commuter Missile: GSX-S1000F
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Are drones welcome here |
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Got this yesterday, I really want another 2 or 3 to play around with as this one was a bit too much cash to throw into trees, but its such a crisp bit of kit. Drive for scale
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I prefer flying to cars and I don't want a heli as I've crashed enough of them to know they arent for me
I've even had an RC plane, a proper one with an engine and shit. Its less fun for me. |
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Old Thread Alert!
The last post was made 2 years ago. Instead of replying here, would creating a new thread be more useful? |
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