Model Forum / Radio Controlled / Land Models / September 2004

Just bought a pair of Yokomo GT-4 RTR cars.  The tires burned off in about
10 runs.  Can anyone suggest a tire that holds up better with about the same
profile or maybe a dirt cheap tire that last about as long.  I'm going to go
poor just putting tires on these cars.

For Sale: These tiny little wireless video cameras are great for RC
use. Nothing quite beats driving your car, or any other model for that
matter, from a first person perspective.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=3838981911&ssPageName=ST
RK:MESE:IT

I am going to visit Bangkok, Thailand in a couple of weeks, and would like
to stop by local RC hobby shops. Unfortunately, my web search did not yeild
good results. Can anyone give m addresses of such shops?
Thanks alot,

M78Ultra's battery thread got me thinking.
There's lots of info out there on how to handle GP3300, and Sanyo 3300
cells. I see people at the track using top end 500.00(US) chargers, and
many others using 175.00 chargers and cycling battery packs, placing

hey gang,
this usenet group isn't very active.  Have others gone to another listserv for
RC cars?
i dont know of any except i guess i'll check Yahooo.

Please don't give this deal a miss!!!
I'm looking to sell my Nitro TC3 kit that has been hopped up to "Almost
Full" K Factory parts. This car has never been raced before.
Lots of extra spares, almost enough to build a 2nd car in TEAM VERSION.

Has anyone tried using a 15V laptop power supply to operate their
battery charger instead of a car battery or regular power supply?  I
have a couple of these laying around, but I don't want to fry my
charger.  Thanks.

Sorry if this is a loaded question.  Currently, I am into RC Airplanes
and RC Helis and wanted to get a RC truck of some kind as well.
For the 'beginner' RC truck enthusiast, what is the best all-in-one
kit?  I was in a hobby store that had a few that were all around $400

Anybody running E-Maxx here?

I got an Emaxx yesterday, what a machine!  My question is that the
directions say I can use seven batteries per motor to make it
significantly faster and to go to the Traxxas website to see how this
is done.  I can't find this info there.  Any suggestions would stoke

What the hell? Just a few years back there was dozens of posts daily!
With the advent of many new vehicles on the market one would assume
that this newsgroup would thrive? Are newsgroups dead? Are the message
boards killing the usenet? The area i live in now,no ISP's offer any

Don't ever put your plans for the day on the net.  Soon as I said I was
going to go break something, it started to rain.  What an unlucky break for
Labor Day.
I will live to bash another day.

Curious as to what experiences/findings everyone here has had with 6 cell
7.2volt packs?...I have (6)NiCad and (6)NiMH
I am starting to prefer NiCad over the NiMH although I have found pros and
cons for both.