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Radio Shack Dirtbike - 6/24/2004 4:46:05 PM   
Linfield


 

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Status: offline 		I was looking around on the radioshack site and I found a rc dirtbike looks really cool and I was wondering if anyone here has tried them?? The link is here well look at it for your self and tell me what u think. If I get some good feed back I gonna order one. One more question how fast is 1760 feet per minute in metric?
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RE: Radio Shack Dirtbike - 6/24/2004 6:52:00 PM   
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ORIGINAL: Linfield
One more question how fast is 1760 feet per minute in metric?



1200 MPH

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RE: Radio Shack Dirtbike - 6/24/2004 9:29:14 PM   
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Status: offline 		this doesnt seem right for a radio shack car but my calculations equal to 20 mph.. heres my equation...

1760 (ft covered in 1 minute) X 60 (minutes in an hour) = 105600 ( ft covered in 1 hour)

105600 ( ft covered in 1 hour) \ 5280 (feet in a mile) = 20 mph

20 mile/hour (mph) = 32.18688 kilometer/hour

looks like a cool bike... especially if it can go 20 mph

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RE: Radio Shack Dirtbike - 6/25/2004 4:23:08 PM   
Linfield


 

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Status: offline 		That seems about right 20mph it looks really cool I think. So I guess no one has tried one oh well I think i'm going to pick one up. I'll tell u how it workds out

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RE: Radio Shack Dirtbike - 6/26/2004 11:38:56 AM   
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Status: offline 		Havn't seen one run, looks like a blast.Collector's item if you believe ebay postings, lots of RS stores still have them here.

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RE: Radio Shack Dirtbike - 6/29/2004 5:06:20 PM   
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Status: offline 		I have one simular to that, i got it a couple years ago at toys r us, it was a blue one, looks almost identical to that one, mine sucks, and it damn sure doesn't go 20 mph, but that one might be different, so idk

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RE: Radio Shack Dirtbike - 7/4/2004 6:04:04 PM   
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Status: offline 		All I can say is that they do not run for a lone time,about3 to 4min. Ken

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RE: Radio Shack Dirtbike - 7/4/2004 10:16:29 PM   
Linfield


 

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Status: offline 		if with a 3000mAH packs? it takes a standard 7.2v with Tamyia connectors

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RE: Radio Shack Dirtbike - 7/5/2004 12:03:53 AM   
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RE: Radio Shack Dirtbike - 7/15/2004 10:13:57 PM   
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Status: offline 		I know this is a little late but I was given one for Christmas by my wife. I was kinda excited to pull it out and play with my kids on that day since I purchased them a couple of MTs to play with as well. Well i dont know if it was the circustance or what but the boxes claims you will have hours of fun. I only got 5 minutes of funk outta the thing, mind you i was very disappointed and returned her back to radio shack that following week for a full refund. They wanted to know what the issue was, I said the signal ended past 15 feet.. The sales person tried to make me believe not knowing I do this as a hobby they all dont operate past that rang, so I just looked at him dumbfounded as he tried to hand me another used one. So bottomline is I wasnt pleased at all with its proformance.

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RE: Radio Shack Dirtbike - 7/15/2004 11:08:08 PM   
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Status: offline 		If you are talking about the honda 250 Ricky Carmichael edition, let me tell you that is the most well made off road bike I have never drive; I enjoy very much it if you want to see it in action check the review in www.wildhobbies.com its wonderfull

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RE: Radio Shack Dirtbike - 7/18/2004 4:58:59 AM   
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Status: offline 		I too own one (ricky carmichael dirtbike) and it was soooooo slow I had no choice but to fix it. I gutted the beast and installed a novak discovery II esc, an ofna servo (50 oz), and a traxxas receiver. I replaced the shock with an old traxxas shock. Lastly, I soder the motor that came in the beast to this new setup. The reason i had to use the stock motor is due to the spur gear and pinon gear, really weird stuff. Now this thing flies and my battery life has tripple. It is now 3/4 lb's lighter.

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RE: Radio Shack Dirtbike - 12/26/2004 1:48:42 AM   
RC4



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Status: offline 		Would it be possible to run this thing with a 7.2V LiPo?

I just got one for Christmas and the manual does say it will do 20mph.

I haven't tried mine yet, cause the batteries are charging.

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RE: Radio Shack Dirtbike - 1/5/2005 12:01:07 AM   
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Status: offline 		My brother inlaw got one for xmas and it was a lot of fun to use. It was difficult to control at first but gets better as you drive it more. He liked it so much he bought a second one but within 2 weeks of use the steering went on one and the drive went on another so they dont seem to last.

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RE: Radio Shack Dirtbike - 1/6/2005 6:42:48 PM   
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Status: offline 		my friend has one with a 12t orion modified motor and some other nice stuff in it and it is very fast and seemed to handle good. we took it on my dirt bike track for my real bikes and it was pretty cool...it didnt clear the jumps but it was pretty cool. my track was just groomed so there wasnt any rutts or anything....but with that motor and stuff it was fast. on the street in had to do atleast 30 or more..my friend did say he had to make some custom parts b/c of the motor...he also hasnt had any drive train problems yet...

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