Any RC vehicle drivers here?

[Red Eye Racer]

T-MAXX Stats
I recently purchased a 'Traxxas' "T-MAXX" RC truck. This thing is bad ass, but a pit of a pain in it too.

It has about a 1/4 mile range, nitro fuel powered 2.5cc engine, AWD, and tops out at about 42 mph outta the box. Has virtually unlimited tuning capabilities and available after-market parts. I cant wait to get it figured out.

Does anyone else mess around with these kinds of toys?

 

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I'm thinking about either getting a T/E-Maxx or a RC boat so i can mess around in the pool.

But i do have a Kyosho Stadium truck, that i've driven the wheels off of (literally).

 

[GilesGuthrie]

I've got a Kyosho GP Landmax with a GSR .21 engine in it. It's got an Impreza WRC body on it, and it rocks. Unfortunately it's never properly recovered from a serious accident that I had with it, and as such it's not terribly reliable.

 

[Red Eye Racer]

do you guy's have any tips about tuning the engine?

 

[Belda_Da_Hun]

i have an rc plane that i can take it off ok, but i only had 1 good landing with it out of all the flights. plane always goes into the "repair bay" for about 15 min after each flight and then we crash in again, repair bay, crash, ect. the cycle plays havoc with the wings, propeller, and landing gear. to bad 1 propeller only lasts about 2 flight before its in 100 peices. i really need to learn how 2 flight it better.

also, i put skies on it and every flight was on a frozen lake, good fun but the 5-10*F weather wears you out after a good 5 hours.

 

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Originally posted by Red Eye Racer
do you guy's have any tips about tuning the engine?

Can't help you there, all my cars have been electric.

 

[DGB454]

I should get my brother in law on here. He races them all the time. He just won a regional last weekend I think.

 

[Joey D]

I got a electric TA-04. I got some pictures of it in the Automotive section.

 

[zeno]

I really wanted to get into this hobby but unfortunetly I never quite had the funds for it.

 

[Acid X]

Ditto. These things are EXPENSIVE!

 

[under18carbon]

Yeah - VERY VERY EXPENSIVE.

 

[Flerbizky]

Originally posted by under18carbon
Yeah - VERY VERY EXPENSIVE.

You have NO idea I'm restoring an old Tamiya Avante / Egress hybrid. Try finding a set of original shocks for one of those

 

[GilesGuthrie]

Originally posted by Belda_Da_Hun
i have an rc plane that i can take it off ok, but i only had 1 good landing with it out of all the flights. plane always goes into the "repair bay" for about 15 min after each flight and then we crash in again, repair bay, crash, ect. the cycle plays havoc with the wings, propeller, and landing gear. to bad 1 propeller only lasts about 2 flight before its in 100 peices. i really need to learn how 2 flight it better.

also, i put skies on it and every flight was on a frozen lake, good fun but the 5-10*F weather wears you out after a good 5 hours.

You should ask around at local model shops, because there are people who run courses on how to fly/drive R/C cars. I know of one that's run at an airfield just outside Edinburgh, but I'm figuring that's not much use to you!

Perhaps you should have a go with Microsoft Flight Simulator, or something like that, to get a feel for what sort of things to go through when landing. This will help you to make the right control inputs.

 

[Frustrated Palm]

There is also computer software you can buy and practice flying it there.

I race some gas R/C's. Look in the Car's in General Forum and look for the R/C thread...

 

[Belda_Da_Hun]

Originally posted by GilesGuthrie
You should ask around at local model shops, because there are people who run courses on how to fly/drive R/C cars. I know of one that's run at an airfield just outside Edinburgh, but I'm figuring that's not much use to you!

Perhaps you should have a go with Microsoft Flight Simulator, or something like that, to get a feel for what sort of things to go through when landing. This will help you to make the right control inputs.

exacely wha im doing, im practicing landing jets, 747's, 767's, prop planes, ect. but since it is no longer winter (like i said, i flew the plane on a frozen lake), i beleive that pavement will not be as forgiving as 2 feet of snow. but its stll fun to fly. i have gotten a little better since the first fight though.

 

[Acidman]

i'm acctually going to start a hobby out of this...... i just pulled out my really, really, really old r/c car, it has the body of a dune buggy and is not that bad, and it has a built in charger so i'm going to buy some good quality batteries which i can just leave in there and cahrge up - just like a power pack but yeah any tips on anything for this hobby?

 

[1X83Z]

I loved RC cars. I actually have a MK IV Supra body in dark blue which fits a gas-powered platform I've got. I've also got a WRC Impreza body which was mangled quite a bit in a real-life crash I had just under four months ago.

I seem to recall vaguely giving up on the hobby after driving a newly-purchased Chevy RC truck into a river near my house about six months ago, though. I also distinctly remember a Ford pickup I bought catching fire in my backyard. In college, I got in a fair bit of trouble for flying model radio-controlled airplanes from a hotel room in downtown Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. So my experiences haven't been great.

 

[Joey D]

I really like the hobby but I keep having probelms with my car. If anyone knows anything about diffs I would like to talk to you about some problems.

 

[Red Eye Racer]

Cool,.. thanx for the feedback guys. I had it out this weekend a little, and have gotten closer to figuring it out. The main dilema is the proper mixture of low end fuel vs. high end fuel, and its tough cause as soon as you tune one, it changes the other, lol.

And yeah, this crap aint cheap either For the basic neccessities (truck, controller, fuel, batteries, miscs) I needed $530 to walk outta the hobby shop. So far, in just over a week, I've put about $20 into maintinence and $30 into fuel. I've got about 4 hours of total run time so far

I'm gonna buy a temperature reader gun (whatever there called), I know for a fact that it will help immensly with the tuning.

But I tell ya what, it makes all the effort worth it when you get that baby cookin along at 40+ MPH and hit a dirt hill . the suspension allows for imaculate lift off, and the landings are just as smooth. I had it about 5 feet in the air last night, the lateral had to have been at least 20 ft

BTW, I didnt realize there was an RC thread already, I'll move this to the appropraite location 👍

 

[Duke]

Well, I had - long, LONG ago (like 25 years) - an R/C GT40 powered by a .29 fuelie. That thing would wail, and with big fat slicks it handled pretty well. It was heavy and unsophisticated and had very little suspension.

Then I had a couple of Tamiya electrics with model bodies - a Porsche Turbo RSR and a Lamborghini off roader, kind of like a Hummer. It was RWD and had a locking differential so it was a ball to drive on dirt driveways or snow. These were more "powered, steerable models" rather than R/C cars.

My dad had a gas powered Baja buggy, also .29 I believe. I never drove it much. He was an excellent R/C pilot, though, and built a lot of big-scale airplane models.

I have a plane he built for me, which started as a trainer called a Kadet Senior. However, we modified it heavily, changing the landing gear from tricycle to taildragger, shortening the nose, and changing the rudder to make it look kind of like a Dehavilland Otter. We also put a .75 4-stroke engine in it instead of the .49 2-stroke the plans call for. It will take off inabout it's own length and hang on the prop, but it's still very stable and easy to fly.

Belda, the secret to landing is this - go out a little farther than you think, turn around, and fly directly toward yourself. Then start reducing power till the plane starts to lose altitude. On approach, you don't really want to be using the elevators at all, but adjust your altitude with the throttle. Just fly toward yourself and ease down until you're over the field, then turn a little to line up on the runway so you don't hit yourself. When you're about 5-6 feet off the ground, cut the throttle entirely, keep the nose down a touch, and let it glide in. Right before it touches down, pull the nose up gently to flare and let it settle onto the ground. You probably also want to find a flat, grassy field rather than asphalt to use as your runway.

Looks like a nice truck, Red Eye! Have fun with it.

 

[d3troit]

I am an active member of the RC world! I have (so far) the new T-maxx truck with the Sirio Tx-18, topped out at 51 mph with optional gearing. It has the proline on road tires, a jt racing spider web chassis and it flies!

The Serpent impulse I have soars as well, 68 mph! it is ran by a modified (JT) Mugen MT-12 turbo...knifed conrod, filtered piston head, and jt cooling head. The car is unreal.

I just broke in my ofna ultra mbx buggy, a force .25 engine powers this buggy...I ran it last night in a field...it glides over the dirt humps.

I also have an older hpi rtr3 fully hopped-up, 55 mph...pretty fast, fantom 15 powers that one!

 

[Belda_Da_Hun]

Belda, the secret to landing is this - go out a little farther than you think, turn around, and fly directly toward yourself. Then start reducing power till the plane starts to lose altitude. On approach, you don't really want to be using the elevators at all, but adjust your altitude with the throttle. Just fly toward yourself and ease down until you're over the field, then turn a little to line up on the runway so you don't hit yourself. When you're about 5-6 feet off the ground, cut the throttle entirely, keep the nose down a touch, and let it glide in. Right before it touches down, pull the nose up gently to flare and let it settle onto the ground. You probably also want to find a flat, grassy field rather than asphalt to use as your runway.

thanks man ill have 2 try it

 

[Frustrated Palm]

Anyone fly hellies in here? I got mine to around 80 MPH a month ago (havent flown it since then though I have practiced my take offs and landings on a moving target (need some more practicing). If anyone can help I would much appreciate it 👍...