Model Forum / Radio Controlled / Land Models / May 2004

I am looking for offroad racing sites in south Georgia.  We are in
Americus and have a track at our local hobbyshop here but have not
gotten enough people to hold official races yet.  We get together every
other Saturday afternoon and run and practice our driving and tuning but

Are there any know problems using a Hitec servo with a KO Propo
receiver? I just picked up a Hitec HS-625MG and it jitters like crazy
when plugged into any of the 3 KO Propo KR-301F receivers I have.
Works just fine with my Airtronics receiver.

This weekend I was the first time I went to a track to drive my pickup. I
drive model cars for many years now, and was quite happy with my skills, yet
there was no real track I could go to. Recently, they opened this nice track
not far from where I live, and I decided to check it ...

I was wondering how does the multiple speeds gear in a nitro car works.
There is obviously one clutch, and it looks, from the pics I have seen, that
all gears are always engaged. Is it a game of one-way bearings? I was drwing
dozens of them and could not come up with a possible ...

I have designed a Mega-Tank that doesn´t like other rc-models and will
shoot them and run over them.
What can I do now, because my tank has sophisticated AI and has
developed a mind of its own?