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Hey people,

Just wondering if there were any other RC enthusiasts here?

I currently own an RC8, MBX5T, E-Revo and a Rustler all running brushless setups.

What have you got?

 
What's the deal with brushless dc, do you need special batteries and speed controllers or can you use them with the old 7.2V kit?

I see this stuff on eBay from time to time and it all seems to be high voltage with weird massive chargers.

Edit: watching the video that little car can take a bit of a beating. My old Tamiya Hornet with a 17-turn-double wet magnet motor would have been in pieces after about 3 of those jumps :D
 
Yep, definately into R/C :) I've got about 16 cars at the mo including an E-Revo, E-Maxx, a whole load of '80's Tamiya stuff and an original Sand Scorcher :D

Loving the vid btw, it's amazing how much abuse the Revo will take lol
 
Jonny69 said:
What's the deal with brushless dc, do you need special batteries and speed controllers or can you use them with the old 7.2V kit?

I see this stuff on eBay from time to time and it all seems to be high voltage with weird massive chargers.

Edit: watching the video that little car can take a bit of a beating. My old Tamiya Hornet with a 17-turn-double wet magnet motor would have been in pieces after about 3 of those jumps :D
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You can still use the old 7.2v NiCd, NiMH or the newer LiPo stuff.

I run brushless on 4.8v in my 1/12th scale pan cars.

I must have nearly £10k (original value, not its current used value) worth of R/C kit ranging from late 80's to 2009 kit.
 
Owned a MT2 about a year ago, never really got into it and sold it to my friend, gonna buy a Savage this year i think :D Always did love them.
 
mostly planes and helicopters. Just finished a balsa piper cub, have loads of scratchbuilt foam planes, trex 450 and 500 helis, blade msr too.

RC10gt and t-maxx trucks but don't get much use

couple of power boats and a sail boat
 
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I have two nitros at home a 1/10 Schumacher XT-R and a 1/8 Savage X.

Unfortunately the XT-R has dodgy diff (it goes through them constantly), but then it does do around 60mph when properly running :D and the Savage X is still in pieces after hitting a curb at full speed a year or so ago. :( I've either not had the time or the money to repair/use them recently. :(

I guess I also have a "powerboat" made from scratch, although it has a top speed of about 4 mph... Been meaning to make a new one with a few design improvements and sticking a nitro engine in instead of an underpowered electric motor!
 
What's the hellfire like? I was tempted to buy that over the Savage X but found it a bit too similar to my XT-R. Apparently its pretty damn solid, unlike a lot of others I shall not mention... :p
 
Keep looking at Schumacher Rascals and thinking they could be some good cheap RC fun for someone like me who isnt an enthusiast, but wouldnt mind blasting about of a weekend.

Anyone got one?
 
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What's the hellfire like? I was tempted to buy that over the Savage X but found it a bit too similar to my XT-R. Apparently its pretty damn solid, unlike a lot of others I shall not mention... :p
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Discontinued parts now from my sources so have to be a bit more careful than I used to be.

But with a few hop ups DAMN that thing took some abuse..

Youtube cut the audio source from this one :mad:

 
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