MiniZ R/C racing...Anyone else into it?

[quickdodge®]

I just now caught this was about mini R/Cs. Fuck that. I wouldn't get any enjoyment out of that.

[Sinfix_15]

I just now caught this was about mini R/Cs. Fuck that. I wouldn't get any enjoyment out of that.

thats what she said.

[Sammich]

i love RCs.... but not the small ones......

Once i got to a point where modifying an RC car was nearly as expensive as a real car.... i faded away from RCs.

this is how an RC is suppose to look

that's the reason i never got into that scale r/c car, dont get me wrong, that's a nice fukin setup...my funds at that time and hell even now dont allow me to drop that kind of money into a r/c and into my actual vehicles. you had any competition/races for it?

so i shyed away from them..until now



of course what you looking at is pretty much a stock setup on mine, as i'm a newb in it and trying to learn my car before i just drop mods on it. i do plan on getting a decent amount of mods this weekend tho.

How much does it cost like the one you have?

it's a cheap buy in...$200 for the car and for the cheapest controller which is still pretty decent, $90...basically highest price per part is no more than $50-60/part...that's including upgrading the engine. but i'd recommend anyone new to it to get used to the car stock first then gradually upgrade because it's hard to drive the car stock.

i look at it like this...it's cheaper than modyifing a car and you can beat the hell out of your r/c and not have to worry about 'how am i going to get back home after blowing an engine/snapping an axle' type deal.

he has vehicles this size as well as rock crawlers, i dont know the price of those, as it's cool as hell to watch, i'm not THAT interested to buy and build a rock crawling truck to do what he does...here's a pic of his custom one that he's done at the shop:

I just now caught this was about mini R/Cs. Fuck that. I wouldn't get any enjoyment out of that.

i'm 90% sure you would once you see the race in person

here's a pic of the new track layout we just setup sunday afternoon:



and this is the one we changed from:



you have any pics of the boat tho? i havent seen any r/c boats or any in action before..

[quickdodge®]

i'm 90% sure you would once you see the race in person

It looks like it might be interesting, but I wouldn't be interested in the racing aspect as much as just to run it around the neighborhood or something.

you have any pics of the boat tho? i havent seen any r/c boats or any in action before..

No pics of the boat. It was nothing fancy. Just a basic, stock cigarette boat that would run up and down the river.

[Sammich]

It looks like it might be interesting, but I wouldn't be interested in the racing aspect as much as just to run it around the neighborhood or something.

i understand that, bigger vehicles are more fun to run around the house/neighborhood, etc, but i like the competition aspect of it and actually having some challenge to it and seeing what change mods make to it. like i was practicing one day for 4-5hrs and went right back the next day to do more practicing and still wasnt satisfied. i'd probably be outside w/ a big car for about an hr before i was ready to hang it up. unless it's like buggy racing on a dirt track..that's fun!!