Model Forum / Radio Controlled / Land Models / August 2006

Well part of that was the beer talking ;-)  I'd also have, a well set up 3
speed in there, a tsais hardened inline pipe, mid tank mod, some of those
£100 a piece Sanwa servos and a nice synthesised radio with ABS and all that
exciting gubbins i'd never use but i *need*.  Maybe a few new shells and
wheel/tyre options and some better Alu shock towers - Nova ones should do.
Also some nice Nova alloy diff cups and generally bullet proofed diffs.
That'd do me :-)   That's probably another £500....

Savage I have now, well, what are they base price now, just over £300 - all
the titanium Hardcore Racing stuff adds up to about £180 at new prices as
they were, £60 of servos, £20 for the polished tuned pipe, £80 for the
engine (and £100 for the last engine and roto), wheel and tyre combo, about
£50 new I reckon, and how much have I spent on fuel/spares/general RC costs?
Well... that's probably a truely worrying figure :-)  And let's not even
start on the other THREE RCs I just flogged...

I like the sound of that...  <goes off to google and Modelsport>

Mini T Pro, Mamba ESC and 8000kv (Need For Speed), no good for anything else
except sand dunes and Hacker 4200kv for racing and several battery
configurations from 6,7 and 8 cells 2/3a's to 2S and 3S lipo's.

The 8kv is a great set up in the sand dunes with paddle tyres but it will
destroy a set of pins in the gravel in minutes.  I also have a set of foam
and rubber tyres for running on the road.  About the only time I can get
full throttle is in the sand dunes, on the road full throttle comes very
late otherwise it will wheelie and flip over backwards at any where up to
70% or 80% throttle.

Heli's - I had never flown them before but have always been interested.  I
flew my brothers Blade CP in the states when I was there last month and had
a blast.  I nearly bought one while I was there but then I looked on the net
and found the equal (Twister CP V2) was actually cheaper here in Aus and
came with 2 lipo's and charger instead of the single nimh pack.  The Twister
CP V2 version also has the carbon fibre blades (honestly I didn't break
them, the chair that got in the way did (WARNING - Don't fly in front of
your plasma or LCD television or around your pets or children)).

Despite being a poor plastic attempt at the Bruiser I think I will still get
the new Tamiya Ford F350 High-Lift.  It will never be a Bruiser or
Mountaineer but you cant expect quality like that in this day and age.  I
just hope it doesn't require a 4 channel radio like the Bruiser did.  That
was the biggest downfall of the Bruiser.

Cheers