Model Forum / Radio Controlled / Land Models / November 2003

Alright, I have a little radio shack truck, and the battery is rated
for 7.2V and 1700MAH, well, i got a meter running at the battery side
of the connection ont he charger. When charging it peaks at about
9volts, sounds right I guess, but when it shuts off (the charger

Brand new RCWindjammer sail car, land yacht, surface sailer on EBay...
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Wayne, in sunny, windy, smoky Chula Vista.
We survived the fires!!!!

I'm getting one for my birthday!  Hubby and son have 1:10 RC cars and I
saw a Micro and thought it was just the cutest thing..... I'm getting
the BMW M3 and thinking about getting the VW body to trade off
depending on mood <rbg>

Is there anybody on this thread have the Team Associated Monster GT? I have
read magazine reviews about it but would like to hear firsthand opinions on
real owners rather than magazine reports.
Phillip

Dont be ashamed, doing "pre buy research"
I wanna know if it is as good and fast as it "should be"
If it holds up to the strees put on it when racing.
General conserns seams to be the stearing setup, to much plastic parts in

I have a huge basament of about 200 square yd.
I do have a 1/10 V1R with a novarossi and it goes plenty fast.
During winter I am considering to find an electric for indoor use.
Do you think my area is enough for a 1/10 or shuold I prefer a MiniZ or

I have 5 Duratrax Pirahna 1900 battery packs, I think they were ~$15 each.
For the casual bashing I do, they work pretty well.  However, they get hot
as hell when I run them.  I did read on one website that the battery bars
used to assemble these packs are very thin and cheap.  It ...

If you are an electric basher or a racer you might want to know you can
get your hands on 3300 cells at an affordable price:
for a a set of six cells at Tower, about $37.00 US:
http://www2.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin/wti0001p?&I=LNFJZ6&P=G#tech

These will be the microsizers of Xmas '03 for sure.
Someone I know just bought one at Radio Shack. They're pretty neat if
you're looking for some after work carpet bashing.
Who's got one?

I was given 2 transmission assemblies out of an older RC10 buggy (1990
to 1992?) and was told one might be a stealth transmission but I dont
know which one...one is white plastic and one is all black. how can I
confirm if one of these is or is not a stealth tranny?

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The Pactra racing finish color for Lexan are acrylic?
Does anyone have experience on using this kind of paint with a thin
airbrush (needle 0,18)?
tia

I've recently ordered a Traxxas E-maxx, and need to order some AA batteries
for the transmitter.
Does it take single AA cells, or can you connect an 8 cell pack using a
tamiya connecter?

Thinking of buying one of these but I hear there is a problem with the
drive shafts falling out. Any one know any thing about this?
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steve biscoe

What to build with leftover R/C Batteries and a Gyro
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