Yeh.. The Baja going at full tilt will hit upper 40's or so.. It takes a good 30 feet or so to stop it.. If you are in the way you will get hurt..

As for the Helicopters.. I hit myself with a 300 size electric and the cuts and bruises took weeks to heal.. I wouldn't want to get hit by the larger nitro and gas ones... You can easily kill someone...

The reason it happens is b'cos there are still many people in the world who don't realise what a hobby-grade RC can do until they see it with their own eyes, so they are amazed by it or drawn to it in wonder. They're used to RC being the car you got from "toys r us" as a little kid that went maybe 3-5mph tops. I always have to explain to people that there is really nothing too unusual about my trucks, they're not some custom-built one-of-a-kind wonder toy, it's just what you find in an ordinary hobby shop and there's no reason why they couldn't be doing the same thing tommorow if they wanted to.

i got into the hobby by watching my uncle run his and he let me run them ocasonally (5 years old and driving a kyosho ultia from '85 that i later bought from him after i got in the hobby, 8-9 years old driving a 50+ mph nitro tc, 11-12 years old and driving a tmaxx pro .15, at some point i think i drove his xxx-nt, ahhh those where the days) i dont mind questions, my younger cousins seem to have the same fasination that i had when i was their age (5,6,8) i let a few of them drive my n' sport but i always forgot to show them the breaks, not that their hands could reach. i am considering getting one of my rc10's running for my other cousin (14) that loved driving our uncle's tmaxx but cant afford a new car/truck. if i get them both running i would keep the second in case i go to a park and someone really wanted to try one.

you can't expect others not to be interested in something so unusual, unusual naturally attracts attention, a little more understanding on your part, i remember the first time i saw one there was no way i was going to leave before the rc did.

but i dont attract attention

i hate it when someone in a car swerves at your rc.
had that happen before? i have, not nice.
i dont mind if people watch preferably from a distance
but some young kids these days just dont have respect
particularly the older ones like16/17/18 around my area
anyway. i had a carload of probably 5 of them swerve
at my touring car and miss it by only a foot or so.
i was with a friend and he said "lets get em" usually something
i wouldnt do, but we hopped in the car and they were at the
end of the street boxed in. i got out of the car and asked
why they did it. didnt even get an answer. not even man enough
to make a comment. ok so they like 18 but they swerve at a my
rc, scream out the window at us then sit quietly when there
confronted. weak. when they could get out they yelled something
as they drove off. big men. there 5 of them! i wasnt looking for
a fight i just wanted to know why they did it.

i dont use my cars in my street anymore. industrial areas
and off road trucks now.

oh and if they had of hit it i would have been down about a $G.

big rant [:@]

i just had an incident at the track today that reminded me of this.

first let me start by saying that the track i race at is within a county park and is used on saturdays for oval racing (we do everything by the books) but everyother day the track is open to the public. anyone can come and play for free. so today i decided to head over and get some practice in since im only racing 2 more time before i leave for basic training and want to make it count. also the area i live in is very snobby, alot of very high-end gated communitys around here and as a result most ppl and their kids are very rude and very ignorant (dont even get me started on that one) so i have to deal with essentialy @$$-h01es most of the day and at work. also note that i hate kids, especialy the ones around here because of the mentioned rudeness

anyway i was running my srt at the track and there were a good dozen or so kids (3 to 13 ish) and parents there and i was the only person driving so the whole time im running all the kids are on the drivers stand and near the track and generaly in my way but ya know what, i didnt mind too much (who doesnt like a little bit of an ego indulgance), i ran my car a little less agresively and told the parents that they should keep an eye on their kids and it was fine, i even let a few run my 1/18th pro pulse and i think i got a few interested. i only had one problem, a kid on the drivers stand was pestering me a bit but his mom took him away so i wasnt too annoyed.

the trick is to work with the system, let them know whats what and just be more aware. i was running my pede like a bat out of heck too but nobody got hurt, nobody got pissed (namely me) and i maybe got a few kids hooked which is always a good thing. i also took time while my cars cooled (very hot day) and answed questions and gave advice.

ive also had my fare share of hard times from my neibors who hate me to begin with and other ppl at the track and my other regular bash spot but i know what to say and if they get hostile i can give them an ear full if i need to

That is actually a good story! I know the older kids, mostly preteens and early teens, that come up, are interested in getting an RC like mine. I do tell them the costs, and they are taken aback at first, but I tell them that if they save up, and also work with their parents, they too can get a hobby grade RC. I also mention to them the local RC stores, depending on where I am at the moment, and encourage them to go and visit and browse the store one day, even if they arent going to buy anything just yet. That way, they can look and see for possible RCs to save up for and even talk to the clerks on what would be a decent ride, what parts to stock up on, how to tune, how to use the equipment (radio, glow plug igniter, use the batt charger, how to cycle batts, cut comms, lube bearings, etc).
I find the older kids (preteens and early teens) are the most serious about learning everything I can tell them about RCs. It is the younger ones that tend to be pestering and demanding that I do stupid and dangerous stuff with my RCs.

Also, when you go down to San Antonio, be prepared for some serious heat. When I was in Texas for the summer, it was desert hot, even hotter than Florida. But your training instructor (MTI) will take good care of you. The USAF is very serious about keeping the trainees from suffering heat exhaustion so do exactly what they say and stop all extraneous activity when your training instructor declares a black bulb condition. (They will tell you what all this stuff means.)
Anyway, keep a strong mind, dont let the yelling get to you, do what you are told, and most of all, Aim High!

will do

TERRIBLE idea, you are just asking for an accident to happen, might as well swing at them with a baseball bat instead?


Ironic.

my biggest problem so far is dogs trying to catch the car, some of em are fast and my detta is kinda slow for now lol. kids i avoid like the plague they'll never see me or the rc. kids around here will hide in the bushes till i leave, break in and take it if they know i have it. if i do run around the apartment its only late at nite and only if i added/fixed something and have to test. i'm only home 5 days out of the month, though. i run it at truckstops alot and i get 21+ yo guys/gals coming up and asking questions and i dont mind a bit, but no you cant drive it especially with semis driving around. i think ive turned a few people on to rc, its a good way to get out of the truck and relax, plus you get to drive in so many different conditions. my detta st has been ran from jersey to la and alot of places in between.

i bet its fun, now you need a crawler for when you pull over by mountins

indeed theres ben a few times ive wanted one... i need one of those tamiya semis too hide between some trucks and drive it around like its real

I know that area Boca and Delray totally understand what your talking about with the people. I leaved in the Wellington area you should hit the polo grounds for some great dirt roads to run on. I use to sneak on the polo farms and fish the ponds or canals for large mouth bass. That area is wide open and no gated community to deal with mostly horse farm country. Also I remember a spot where a bunch of RC boat guys meet at in West Palm.

i am going to look into that, we have a mold resto job in wellinton right now actualy in a polo club, there was a guy with a nitro heli in the golf course on my first day

i hate the little five year olds that know they cant control a t-maxx ask me if they can drive then go cry off when i say no, and then the other day i had some guy offer me $1000 for my t-maxx and me being a good person i just reffered him to the LHS. the thing i hate most is when people tell me to do stupid stuff with my rcs like jump it over a moving car or crash it on purpose.

I've played that course a couple of times used to know the head pro for that club. Golf courses are also a great place to fly or run RC if you have permission. The nice tight fairways with hills and stuff can really let you open up your RC. I lived in West Palm Beach for eight years and worked in Delray too. Brings back memory's.