Model Forum / Radio Controlled / Land Models / August 2004

Greetings all!
I have posted here before, and today I received my Thunder Tiger DT-10
Stadium Truck.
What I found inside the box was very unsettling, as it was not packed well

I'm trying to fix my nephew's sportmaxx.  I think the carb is clogged.
I replaced both the fuel line and pressure lines.(won't run)  If I
pour fuel down the carb it will start to run so I know It ain't
getting fuel.  I tried playing around with the high speed needle

Hey all
This is my first visit to this newgroup. I'm a regular in ntl.talk
Just a quick question for you poeple who are in-the-know!
I wanna get a tamiya kit, like a rally car or a touring car style one. How

Whats the difference between the different percentage Nitros? (5%, 10%, 15%,
25%)
And which is best for RC cars?
SLIM

Sometimes an idea hits me and I wonder for a couple of days and then chicken
out on attempting it ;-)  What I was wondering was, while I was cleaning out
the drives from the transfer case, what if I didn't put the front wheels
drive-bone back in and ran it like a stadium truck?  It ...

Hi, Am in the south of Ireland and was wondering if anyone knows a local
hoby shop that does Nitro Car Parts??
Closest shop I can find is 350 miles away!!!
SLIM

I have just bought a "fixer upper" needs a bit
of work but im not sure what make or model
it is, it came with a Dodge Viper body,
its 4WD, it has a sports tuned Tamiya motor

What kind of tools are required ot build tamiya r/c kits? Do you need a
soldering iron and other such electrical tools?
Ta!

A Schumacher Nitro Menace that is :)  The idea of 3 speed and .21 in a mere
1/10th stadium truck intrests me...
Are they any good?  Are they as fragile as people have told me?  Would i
ever wind it to 3rd?  Anyone got any links to info?  I've googled for some,

If any RC Car owners out there want info about RC Drifting,
www.rc-drift.com is a great place to find help, tips, RC Drift vids
(the famous SG-Drifters 3 Vid), tutorials on how to make ABS or PVC
Drift tires, best motor for RC Drifting, RC Drift gallery, RC Drift

Running the motor until it runs out of gas while at high RPM, good or bad
idea?
Just wondering as it happened a couple of times today. Any answer with
reason would be appreciated.

Went down to my local Radio Shack and sprang for a Stampede, my first
"real" R/C car.  After charging the six cell pack for five hours and
running the truck for five minutes (began to lose charge) the motor
was pretty much untouchable for more than one second, the blue cooling

Well.....I gotta say this RC nitro monster truck is a great new hobby. It
has been a long time since I have found something that is this addictive.  I
woke up around seven this AM, made a pot of coffee and took a couple of laps
around the track and made some mental improvements to ...

    Haven't posted in a long time.Got a few question for some of yall.
    Ordered me a Duratrax Axis....anyone have one?If so....are they
fair 1/8 scale buggy.Was looking for something to race at the local
track.

Does anyone know of any hobby shops or tracks or places to run trucks
in the Philadelphia area?  I'm in center city so I have no place to
run my Clod near me and would like to find some shops so I can find
parts, etc.