A few but I mainly just mess around local. Racing can be more expensive then this cub sickness I have :bash2:

That's why I quit doing it, to be competitive the cars cost a grand or more and going to the track every Friday was about $50 by the time I got gas and paid the entry fee.

Yep, and the $50 is on the low side. Guys are buying new tires every week for races. There's your $50 easy right there. A lot of fun but really does add up. Now I just like collecting a few and play around.

Thanks. It's an Associated ProSC 4x4. I did all of the paint with spray cans.

[QUOTE=garnold;359748]Yep, and the $50 is on the low side. Guys are buying new tires every week for races. There's your $50 easy right there. A lot of fun but really does add up. Now I just like collecting a few and play around.[/QUOTE

I know ill not compete with those "Guys" but that's ok....For me its about getting the chance to race a couple of heats and the main...Sometimes i get lucky and beat those "Guys" most of the times not...LOL...Its still fun to me....

heres a video from the first track i ever raced at, we raced there for about 3 yrs til it closed down. im driving the black truck and leading the race, man i miss racing there.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PQk7Apu_niY

Extra 300
 

http://i196.photobucket.com/albums/a...7/IMG_1470.jpg

Just test flew this one Thursday....Happy it survived.....

Battery sponsor, tire sponsor, manufacturer sponsor, motor dyno's, battery matchers, commutator lathe's, regional events , nationals spend spend spend.

Been there, done that..fast as all get out. Had a lot of fun and met some cool people, as well as some that were not so much.

:beerchug:

Dusted off my racing buggy and ripped it around the yard, I really have the itch to go racing again.

HAHAHAHA! I hear ya man! I took my buggy out a few days ago as well. Just fun to play around with every once in a while for sure!

I'm getting pretty excited for Saturday, I'm heading to a track that I haven't been to in about 8yrs to race with some old friends. I spent last night getting all my gear ready and double checking that everything was still in working order, I also had some major dust removal to do since it's been about 4yrs since I've been racing. I'm running two classes, 2wd truck and 2wd buggy, if I remember to take the wife's camcorder I will take some video and post up.

Did you guys ever get into the boat thing???? I had a 48" Prather??? with a weedwacker engine.... It would fly.... Did the car/monster truck thing.... as stated I had BIG money into them that was crazy!! My Ofna 10th scale on road was Bad Asz though....

I had a nitro boat for a while and it was fun but always having to drive to go run it kinda sucked.

So how did you do??????

I got 1st place in 2wd truck and 2nd in 2wd buggy, it was a blast to get back on the track. The next race is Dec 3rd and I'm planning to take my older son with me, he's 6 and this will be his first time at the track.

Glad it went well...I will bet he will have fun....Here is the last car i bought,have not ran it yet......

http://i196.photobucket.com/albums/a...0297/photo.jpg

I plan to give my race buggy to my son on Saturday, it will be his first time racing and I wanted him to have a nice new body that's painted up in his favorite colors.

That looks great!

Thanks, I can't wait to see the look on my son's face.

I took my son racing for the first time and we had a great time, by the end of the night he was able to put the battery in and put the body on all by himself. He really liked turn marshalling, I guess when you have endless energy you don't mind all the running around. He got 10 laps in each heat race and 11 laps in the main so he did improve a little bit as the night went on, for comparison the fastest guys were getting 27 -30 laps. For a 6yr old he did really good for it being his first time, over the years I've seen kids that were much older that were worse.

Tim,

Glad he had fun...Looks like a nice track....I do miss racing but, was informed that our local carpet track just closed....Still have a dirt track....

Jerry

That is so precious Tim. Every day with or kids is a good day. He will remember that day the rest of his life. Does any of you guys fly model planes? I was into that big time when I was in my 20's. I looked awhile back, but it seems everything is electric now. We had the gasoline engines and they were so much fun. Now I can't even find one.:biggrin2:

I have been flying since 1986........Gas is still being used....Glow also...Electric is big too but there all still there....My 1/4 scale Extra-300... Zenoah G45....http://i196.photobucket.com/albums/a...7/IMG_1470.jpg

I am not sure how long you guys have messed with RC cars, but I started out racing off road, then moved to dirt oval.

I haven't raced for awhile now but its all lipo and brushless motors now. I miss rebuilding motors. Truing the comm, cleaning up your brushes, and tuning them. If racing stock, it was all about the right brushes or how to cut them to be faster than the other guys.

Don't get me wrong, I have lipo's and brushless motors and they are badass! Just miss the old days!




Randy

Not a car, but My wife and daughter gave me a Breeze 4K Drone for my birthday. nice little drone. It has follow-me i can drive my tractor and film myself lol.

First time i used it....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_PYIK8Ei5w

I need one! :beerchug:

it was only 350.00
https://www.amazon.com/Yuneec-Breeze...ords=breeze+4k

Can you spy on the neighbors with it?

Lol no, tou would have to literally hover outside a windo lol.

Got my new Autel X-Star Premium last week. Wow awsome quad. Over 1.5 mile + distance @ 400' 4k 30fps video. Just an amazing quad. Paied $800 for the kit. So easy to fly anyone could learn it in an hour.

Autel Robotics X-Star Premium Quadcopter with 4K Camera, 3-Axis Gimbal (Orange) & Manufacturer Accessories + Sandisk Extreme 32GB microSD Card + Backpack Strap Carry System for Autel Drones + MORE https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01N0NI5RO/ref=cm_sw_r_sms_apa_cGjKybGZG0EAM

My YouTube page the newest videos are from my XSP, the others are from the Breeze4K.

https://youtu.be/v9q3XikcVQ4

Wife bought me the DJI Phantom 3 drone for Christmas.... Going to set up way point for our wooded property so it can do Recons for deer prior to walking out and then, while in the blind to see if I have anything moving.... Have to get a new Tablet first....

get the $199.00 NVIDIA Shield Tablet K1. Amazing Tablet. Dose it all. Best one i have owned.

Has WIFI? Cellular..

WIFI only,

My son and I are getting serious with the rc racing, since my son is running my last gen cars it gave daddy the opportunity to upgrade. Here's some pics of my new cars that I just got done building​, this weekend will be the first time I've raced them. The buggy is an rc10b6, I'm running a 17.5 motor for stock class. The body was painted by rigdeway bodies and he did a fantastic job. The truck is an sc5m and also has a 17.5 motor but it's boosted so I will likely be running in the modified class. I don't really care for fancy paint on the sc truck bodies so I went with something that looks like a race truck, all the decals were made here at the shop. I lost my best friend back in October and him and I did alot of RC racing together, 412 was the number he ran on his race bike so I'm running it in his memory.

Cool looking car and truck. Looks like a riot. Good luck with the races and nice touch on the tribute to your friend.

Nice car and truck.

I finished my rock crawler and tried it out a little in the garage. The beadlock wheels I made work good.

http://i934.photobucket.com/albums/a...psumr4t0xf.jpg

I got out of RC's about 10 years ago when prices went nuts. My friend I used to run Traxxas 1/10 scale Slash's with called and told me to check out the Fly Sky FS-GT3G controller, it is made by the same company that builds the Spectrum Controllers. The Fly Sky comes with the controller and a receiver for $49.00, the Spectrum is close to $450.00 for about the same thing. I just got mine in the mail today and is a nice unit. It will control up to 10 different RC's (not at the same time) and receiver's are only $8.95 a piece.(they used to be $40.00 a piece) Check it out.

That's what I got for my son, so far it seems to work just as well as my $400 futaba.