farren76

I'm happy with my electric cars.  Not so much with my nitro.  Jato 3.3 seems everytime I take it out, something breaks within my first two tanks of fuel..  Might just be bad luck.  I have a 1/10th scale Traxxas rally that is a blast to run.  I just bought a 2wd stampede vxl today that looks promising also.

sheograth

Right now I'm pretty happy with my collection, though I do need to sell off some stuff and then try some newer things. Next on my list of new purchases is going to be giant gas boat with twin inlines. Right now the flagship of my fleet is a 64" Bonzi Fountain with an I2z-r inline twin zenoah. As far as cars go my main ones are a couple of heavily modified Baja 5Bs and an FG Competition 4x4 Monster Truck.

I also really want to get a Losi 5ive-T, but I should probably sell off my Baja 5SC first, considering I have 3 working Bajas and enough parts to probably build 4 more [&:]

Argess

Sometimes getting a not-so-good vehicle can be fun as it offers the opportunity for tinkring and modifications; if you like that sort of thing, and I do. Anyway, here's the list:

Savage 25 with 30VG engine and some mods: Great vehicle. It has to be, as it won me over from my old favourite: buggies.

Two OFNA buggies. The MBX with the 28 has been great straight out of the box. The Ultra LX had the crappy Force 26 in it. Finally broke the crank-pin. Replaced it with the Nitrostar 25 from the Savage and it's now comparable to the MBX for acceleration, top speed, etc. Had to make a lot of changes to the Ultra braking linkage to get it to my liking.

HPI RS4 3 ss. Quite happy with this car as it's only for fun. Bashing around parking lots. An engine mounting lug eventually broke off the crankcase (not sure why), but picked up a new block very cheap and it's mobile again. Also have an OS .18 cvr with THS pipe to put in it once the HPI engine wears out.

NTC3: Great little touring car. Lighter than the RS4, but almost as tough. .15 engine is a jewel. Did some mods, but it's great out of the box. The Team version comes with some of the mods I did (clutchbell that takes different toothed gears for one).

HPI Baja 5B: This turned out to be a mistake... and an expensive mistake. It's nose-heavy, doesn't jump that well although I managed to tune the shocks, and that helped. And I still can't get mine to wheelie (from a standng start) despite an overbore kit, Hostile MX tires, tuned pipe, SS differential, and a higher rpm engagement clutch. It will wheelie if I goose it while already moving a bit, but not from a standstill. I find the engine isn't much fun as it always stays in tune, so not much tinkering there. And despite having an acre to run it in, it really needs more room than that. The sides suck up grass like crazy ( I know there are mods to prevent that, but havn't bothered yet). Overall, it wasn't for me and I should have cut my losses and sold it vs. continuing to pour money into it to try to get it the way I like it.

sheograth

The problem with your wheelies will easily be solved by a 60cc or inline kit

Argess

LOL... so my little 28.5 kit won't do it then?

I'm pretty sure a different pipe would fix it, but I'm not going to drive an RC car with a GIANT SNAIL fastened to it !!!



ps: This one waas recommended to me for performance, but wihtout the giant snail look:

http://www.largescalerc.com/cpituned...rbaja5b5t.aspx

sheograth

There is NOTHING wrong with giant snails on RCs.

In fact, with a giant snail you might be able to get that thing to wheelie.

Argess

Yes there is! LOL.

It's just my preference, which I think is basically the whole point of this thread.

*****

As far as the 5B goes, I think I just can't get traction, but the 5B forum guys tell me different. Yet, I do get rooster tails of grass and dirt from a standing start.........

sheograth

Check out the DDM Dominator pipes, they're not too snailish looking and perform well. Another great set of pipes is made by GBE, Gabe Brown Engineering. They are pretty big but they're straight side mount pipes so there's no snail look. Those pipes make serious power.

big JC

My Feedback: (1)

I'm pretty happy with my collection (only been back in the hobby for about 5 months)

1-RCBTE-CE edition. This is my go to rc right now. Running castle 2200kv and HW 150a pro (huge esc) on 5s and the thing is crazy fun!

Everybody that sees this thing run is blown away including my self. Still working out the kinks with diff oil and what not and

am thinking of going up to 6s just for ease of use more than anything.

2-Durango dnx 408- Had a nova p5xlt which was great but converted it to electric with a rcmonster kit. Running a castle 2200kv with HW 150a

xerun on 5s. The car is absolutely bombproof! Everything on this car is beefier than the rc8t or my losi. However after

tearing everything up with the truggy the buggy just isn't that much fun. Not sure what I'll do with this car or the nova p5xlt.

Open to suggestions for the nova p5xlt?

3-losi 8ight T the rtr version. This car is barely used not even broken in yet so I don't have much to say about it. I'm fighting the temptation to

to convert it but will run some nitro through it this summer before I make up my mind.

4- Have several cheapish heli's and quad's. These are fun but I haven't flown them much lately. Considering stepping up to a higher end micro heli

for more performance/ precision

So that's how deep I've gotten in the last 5 months. Definitely want to get at least one plane, thinking of the HK p51. Also think I want to get a monster truck but not sure which one and/or if it would be fun compared to the truggy.

And oh yeah would at some point like to get a 1/5 gasser. Not sure what the performance is on one compared to 1/8 though and they are definitely expensive.

On2_n_On4

I don't see why not...

27.2
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yxkEAiYMXOs[/youtube]

Argess

FAKE!!!

Just kidding. But if that 5B has street tires on hot pavement and with a heavy pipe on the rear-end... I notice it doesn't wheelie in grass... and it is an off-road vehicle.

Anyway.... I think I'll cease and desist on all this 5B stuff as it's getting off-topic.

On2_n_On4

they are not street tires., Is a 5T with excavator tires. (half worn tires) thats why they have NO grip on grass. And even if they were new, excavators are not that great on grass either.
the rest is 8000rpm "red" spring, zenoah clutch shoes, and stock gears.
Is all about the right power, grip, and shocks/spring settings.

judithangels

As now rc toys is a best hobby of every one.I and my brother also interested in toys and have a great collection of cars,helicopter or planes.But in all of them i like Pioneerelectric brushless rc car.It is best brushless remote controlled car - which isextremely fast.Thisengine, in this model is much faster than the motors in other models.It is safe and best for fun for me.

suburban_hooligan

my collection is fine.  it's just a little dated (i haven't bought a new car in 13 years) and mostly non working.  and the main cars i run my local hobby shop's don't keep parts in stock for.  everything is a special order.  so it's very inconvenient when they wear out or break.

collector1231

My Feedback: (1)

My collection islengthyand boring, so be prepared;

padams10001

Pretty happy (for the moment anyway)...

In order of purchase;

1)Tamiya Durga DB-02 with HW 35A ESC and 4000kv motor- Just sits there now as nowhere much to run it. Only keep it because it's the first hobby grade car I built/purchased.

2) Slash 2wd with HW SC10 & 3500kv - Good to flog the p*** out of as it keeps asking for more.

3) E-Revo with HW SC8 & 2700kv - fun when its going, but when something breaks (reasonably often) it is an absolute PITA to work on. Also have a second E-Revo I bought as a parts car. Am probably looking to sell these once I finish building 8).

4) SC8e - Basically a bigger, badder, better, tougher version of the slash. Great basher.

5) RC8.2e with HW 150A ESC & 2200kv - Intended to be a racer but haven't got around to it yet. Great handling, tough and fast.

6) Rovan Baja 260s - Fun and surprisingly tough. Have yet to break anything major (only had 3 runs though). Very, very noisy though.

7) HB D8T Tekno coversion with either MMM or HW 150A & Castle or HW 2000kv - A work in progress. At about 98% done now though. Hopefully finish it this weekend.

Am considering getting one of the Venom Atomik Metal Mulisha MM 450 1/4 Bikes at the moment, but will need to sell something else first!

Foxy

Wow, I dunno if I'll remember all of them in one go.

Let's go by scale..

1/18th to 1/11th
1/11th HPI Cup Racer Drift - Corolla Levin
1/18th Yokomo MiniQlo crawler
1/16th Traxxas Mini eRevo VXL

1/10th
Losi 22b
Nutech 1/10th electric touring car

1/8th
Team Associated SC8e
Xray XT8 2009 specs - e-converted.

1/5th
Smartech Thunderbolt
Nutech Thunderbolt 2
FG Monster Beetle Pro

I think that's about it at the moment.

I'm missing a 1/10th 4x4 buggy and a 1/8th buggy at the moment. Thinking about getting a new Mugen MBX7 eco and maybe the Xray XB4 in the near future. I'm also in the market for a new touring car for racing at some point, maybe an Xray T4.

turok007

i think i own to many as they won't all fit in the same room. but i am trying to look for something new & exciting at the moment.

redfisher1974

I am happy with what I got,

1- E-Firestorm with Mamba Max 4600kv, Has been the best most reliable RC period.

2- Savage Flux XS, Great little tough truck.

3- Tamiya CC-01 Land cruiser, fun scale truck

4- RC18R with mamba 8000kv, Just bought this off ebay and waiting for it. Should be fast on 2s....

sheograth

I can't believe you don't own a Baja Foxy, you'd like ti.

Foxy

5b? Great to look at not so much fun to drive, imo. This was mine before being sold. Money pit...a reminder of better times, I couldn't afford to do that again at the moment.

redfisher1974

I like the Mad Max look....

sheograth

Oh yeah I remember that one, good looking. I actually really like the way Bajas handle, they feel way more realistic than other RCs.

collector1231

My Feedback: (1)

How do you people get your rc cars SO clean? I used compressed air, warm water, and a scrub brush for 5 hours on my slash, and it's still very dirty.

redfisher1974

They never get them dirty....