Thread: Show us your RC's

Originally Posted by weeds

timely thread

my youngest boy '9yo' has been asking about RC's, any tips on a good starting point for electric RC'd cars/4wd?

i have had a hunt around ebay but not sure what is resonible quality.

cheers

i would seriously got for a HSP cheapy of ebay or Super and Cheaper ( Super RC helicopters - cheaper RC helicopters online - Australia RC helicopters ). they arent a super top notch machine but you can get every part on ebay for couple of bucks. they do have a range of upgrade parts if you wanted to go down that path as well. he IS going to break things and in my opinion, start with a cheapy, that you can get replacement parts for and then when he is serious and has driving skill, get a decent HPI or the likes. HSP buggy should be no more than $150 with controllers and batteries etc.
later on he might get into a 1/5 HPI Baja that' cost closer to $1500

Originally Posted by d3syd

I would imagine that slasher would have cost a fortune. Go on, tell us how much....

bout the same as a new defer. $60k

got a 1mtr slash and can go up to 70deg slopes. not a toy, but its fun
makes and absolute mess of the back yard though with those tracks, heh

Originally Posted by Rosscoe68

bout the same as a new defer. $60k

got a 1mtr slash and can go up to 70deg slopes. not a toy, but its fun
makes and absolute mess of the back yard though with those tracks, heh

Sheep would have been so much cheaper...

sheep wouldn't really pass OH&S for safe roadside and motorway maintenance. main reason these are on the market is due to it not being safe for crews to do by hand with weed wackers. plus this will do in 1 day what a roadside crew would do in a week.

I just bought one of the 1/8 scale 4wd truggys from ebay for $230.Nitro motor is so much more fun the the electric motors in my opinion.Its my first one and i love it The suspension is great and its pretty quick as well.I'll try and post a pic later.

heh, put my brushless against any nitro car
one thing i will say, theres nothing like the sound of a nitro at WOT.
brushless is kinda weird sounding :/

Yeah but I don't have to charge it after 10 min And a nitro at full revs sounds so good

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Originally Posted by Rosscoe68

sheep wouldn't really pass OH&S for safe roadside and motorway maintenance. main reason these are on the market is due to it not being safe for crews to do by hand with weed wackers. plus this will do in 1 day what a roadside crew would do in a week.

Well, that just depends what country you're in.

As for the roadside crews... Were you talking to council workers?