Local Model car club

Snaggle · 31 Mar 2006 at 01:35

Just recently found out there was a Rc car club in my area :cool:

Popped down to there wendsday evening bash in the local industrial estate .
There was around 20 cars there of all shapes and sizes .. mostly 1/8th trucks but some 1/10th scale buggys and road cars .

When we arrived it was chav central with loads of the barry boy novas etc but once they got bored and left the fun got started .
Some of the cars were seriously quick (Shumy Menace and Nitro 4 tek) were really quick and some of the bigger stuff did not hang about .

it started to get interesting when out came the ramps and the transit van .
Was a good night and a nice bunch of lads. Looking forward to there sunday meet

32mb video here

Im afraid its Youtube as its the only host i could find that would do more than 25mb . best to let it start then pause it and come back when its fully loaded as even on 10mb it does not stream .

Enjoy

Please excuse the dodgy editing as its my first video

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Snaggle · 31 Mar 2006 at 09:31

Aye LST2 . Most of the guys there have them.. Kinda wish i had bought one over the savage

They handle and go a lot better than most other trucks i have seen .

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Snaggle · 31 Mar 2006 at 09:49

Lo Ian

The video was at Gipsey Lane in Luton . Its every Wendsday night at 8pm
They also have a bigger one on Sunday at 10am in Dunstable . Its up the top of French's Avenue on the BMX track . I should be there around 10 ish

Also finally got google video to work so for those that hate youtube new vid is here

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Snaggle · 31 Mar 2006 at 11:36

I like the revo ...But poor parts availability in my LHS stopped me buying one .
Next day for HPI and 1 week for traxxas

Might get a Havoc soon as they seem pretty popular and pretty quick . I would like a LST2 but at £500 its abit much after buying the savage .

Just had a close look at yer pictures ...is yer truck abit of a shelf queen

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Snaggle · 31 Mar 2006 at 14:18

Link for Fusion here .

I have sen the buggy version go (Menace) and its silly fast . But i would rather have something that does 50 and handles and stops than summit that does 80 and is nigh on uncontrolable .
The guy with the menace on wendsday was quickest on the night but only in a straight line and on the perfectly smooth parts of the car park .. Anything more than a pebble and it was all over the place . Where as the trucks and truggies were slower there was no breakages and they could use anywhere on the carpark .

Also the amount of room required for the faster stuff is mental and you can really only take it to super smooth clear carparks which kinda spoils it for me .

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Snaggle · 31 Mar 2006 at 15:03

Love the plane but hmm i dunno...Just dont fancy them .. may buy a glider/trainer one day just to try one but cant see me ever getting into them .
As for electric cars..Great fun and mad power but really cant be bothered with all the battery charging .. Plus decent batterys/motor/speed controlers aint cheap and with 5 min run times its abit much .

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