Model Forum / Radio Controlled / Land Models / January 2004

Hi People,
Apologies if this is a stupid question. I have a Tamiya XBG/TGS which has
been a lot of fun so far (touch wood:-) although it is no speed machine I'm
having fun with it.

I am looking at control options for my 1/8 scale locomotive. I am
interested in the possibility of controlling it by R/C. It isn't your
typical locomotive, though, in that it is ten feet long and weighs
nine hundred pounds <g>. In other words, it is a "ride on" locomotive.

Hey People, Does anyone know what the best / easiest way is to remove tires from wheels?
Most of my Tires have been glued on with superglue and its soooo hard to get them off....
cheers :o)

I'm in Portland, OR.  I have a super nitro, lots of alloy parts, and cf.
Best part is it has a O.S. .12-tr.....sweet engine, good compression, less
than 1 gallon through and fast as hell. Will trade for a NICE savage or
other MT with mods. e-mail if interested. Pics here

cane someone who owns one tell me how to program one:confused
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skippy hop ho
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This is what happens when someone (me) gets tired of replacing stadium truck
bodies... totally indestructable!
It had a green 1/8th scale buggy wing on it which earned it the nickname
"Nuclear Carrot"... but it broke at the track.

As some people know, binary archives of these two newsgroups
(alt.binaries.pictures.powersports, alt.binaries.radio-control) have
been available at:
http://ripperd2.dhs.org/rmrl

Any recommendations on a quiet nitro r/c car? I've been doing electric
for a while now and the only thing stopping me from going nitro is the
noise factor. last weekend I had a blast with my friends nitro truck
and we were running all day but it was LOUD. there's no way I'd get

I have a few Li-ion batteries.
For long term storage should they be fully charged
or near-full discharge like NiCads?

i just picked up baja king from local shop and had great fun building it.
some times I think building part is more fun than driving the car
itself....anyway.  I thought the stock motor it cames with (540 series)
wasn't so hot on my new toy, so i figure what if I buy new motor to go ...

Are there bigger tires/wheels that will fit in this truck? Any links would be
helpful also. Thanks
George
Tampa, Fl

i purchased he duratrax street force gp and was wondering if i could
upgrade from the standar side exhaust to the rear exhaust
system.please help!!!!!

My sons got the Artin Ranger monster truck for Christmas, one for each.
Big problem is that both trucks have same frequency setup for
controlling them. Went searching, found no Artin website, but did find
out that the trucks operate and are available only on the 27 mhz band.

Just for info....if anyone is curious, the 200 mm 2000 Grand Prix body from
Protoform will fit on the TC3. The hobby shop tried to tell me that it
wouldn't. I do have pics if anyone would like to see. I used the wing from the
body that came with the car, and it looks sweet

I purchased an LRP runner ESC a long time ago. I did a straight swap for the
resistor and mechanical SC that were in there originally. One thing I
noticed about the ESC was the 'meeeeeeeeeee' noise associated with the motor
movement. Even when the motor is stalled it vibrates with ...