RC Fun - Cars, Planes, and Helicopters

[bedub1]

Anybody have an RC vehicle? Electric or gas?

I'm currently flying the Blade 120 SR helicopter. Quite fun.

[KoolBak]

We bought a nice one for my old dad that he enjoys; I simply cant get the helicopter flying thang.....lol

I have had lots of fast rc vehicles over the years; my current (long term) project is making an everglades style airboat - about 4' long, powered by a 50cc chainsaw motor with a dual 16" prop.....can't wait to finally get it going; should be the perfect size for a GI Joe ;o) I've calculated that (if the damn thing works) it should go like 40 mph.....

[bedub1]

We bought a nice one for my old dad that he enjoys; I simply cant get the helicopter flying thang.....lol

I have had lots of fast rc vehicles over the years; my current (long term) project is making an everglades style airboat - about 4' long, powered by a 50cc chainsaw motor with a dual 16" prop.....can't wait to finally get it going; should be the perfect size for a GI Joe ;o) I've calculated that (if the damn thing works) it should go like 40 mph.....

Damn that sounds great. The helicopter is the first RC vehicle I've had since I was a kid with my cheesy rc car. My friend has a real RC car which is nice. I haven't driven any boats though. How are they?

[KoolBak]

I've had hydrofoils with like a 3 cc gas motor (cute miniature outboard) that were maybe 2' long...they were really fun and actually hauled ass; the air boat is just an exercise in excess and stupidity but it'll sure be cool ;o)

[bedub1]

I've had hydrofoils with like a 3 cc gas motor (cute miniature outboard) that were maybe 2' long...they were really fun and actually hauled ass; the air boat is just an exercise in excess and stupidity but it'll sure be cool ;o)

Have you run electrics at all? The new brush-less motors and high-capacity batteries definitely have some power.

[KoolBak]

My nephew has one that we play with alot (car)...it definitely hauls! Have pix of him jumping it over me and my boy....lol

[2dimes]

We bought our daughter a pretty affordable yet smoking rc truck. http://www.hpiracing.com/kitinfo/105502/
Highly recomend the mini recon. Tough, fast, fun and inexpensive!

I was considering getting a plane but decided to get a sim instead. On the big screen it's pretty cool. I lost count of how much we have saved by not crashing real ones. Also it's wintery here and I can fly if I want. No long underwear required.

http://www.realflight.com/

[bedub1]

We bought our daughter a pretty affordable yet smoking rc truck. http://www.hpiracing.com/kitinfo/105502/
Highly recomend the mini recon. Tough, fast, fun and inexpensive!

I was considering getting a plane but decided to get a sim instead. On the big screen it's pretty cool. I lost count of how much we have saved by not crashing real ones. Also it's wintery here and I can fly if I want. No long underwear required.

http://www.realflight.com/

I'm sure I can tell you how much money you have saved by not crashing a real one. If you can fly a sim, then it will save you tons of cash when you buy a real one. But honestly, flying a heli outside doesn't compare to flying on a video game.

[2dimes]

I understand it's very different, yet because I dip into too many hobbies I'm quite satisfied with not flying the sim.

I'm a fixed wing guy and the biggest reason I didn't get a physical RC sopwith was... I decided to focus my time and spare pennies on getting my actual license back.

We went to a meet a couple of years ago where guys had brought all their amazing stuff from here and B.C. There was a functioning jet that he said he had spent $15000 on. My 6 year old likes to fly a similar one on the simulator. We actually learned enought to get a helicopter to fly and occasionally land on the sim. I would have given up on a real one. Much carnage.

How about this?

[bedub1]

I understand it's very different, yet because I dip into too many hobbies I'm quite satisfied with not flying the sim.

I'm a fixed wing guy and the biggest reason I didn't get a physical RC sopwith was... I decided to focus my time and spare pennies on getting my actual license back.

We went to a meet a couple of years ago where guys had brought all their amazing stuff from here and B.C. There was a functioning jet that he said he had spent $15000 on. My 6 year old likes to fly a similar one on the simulator. We actually learned enought to get a helicopter to fly and occasionally land on the sim. I would have given up on a real one. Much carnage.

How about this?

That's definitely cool, but in a whole new league. I have thought about flying some fixed wing craft. There are several $100 models I can get that are Bind-and-Fly with my current remote that came with my heli. It looks like it would be much easier to fly, and might help me with flying at my self, nose-in. I normally fly tail towards me. Flipping it around makes it much much harder.

If you want to learn to fly heli's, this website has great information. http://www.rchelicopterfun.com/how-to-f ... pters.html

FYI IMO we need more posts like this here, and less crap about politics, religion, and current events.

[KoolBak]

THANK YOU Bedub for that poignant post I agree wholeheartedly ;o) The dude at the RC shop where we bought my dad's heli said that planes were MUCH easier to fly....would like to try...

In RL, I have had the chance to man the controls of both a plane (small cessna) and a helicopter (gazelle)....I found the helicopter much more logical / inherently do-able....I couldn't turn the plane for crap....lol.

Here is my favorite plane in RC form....so cool.....they make RC plane sized REAL working radial engines...again....so cool....

[2dimes]

Thanks to this conversation we just started it up today. Good times playing with my kid. Saving thousands of dollars on smashed equipment.

Grumman, albatross?

[bedub1]

Thanks to this conversation we just started it up today. Good times playing with my kid. Saving thousands of dollars on smashed equipment.

Grumman, albatross?

My heli was only $160. I bought another one off craigslist, with tons of spare parts and batteries. Now I can always have 1 flying. It wasn't too hard, and too expensive. If you did it right with more room and not in my small confined space it would be good. Go get a $20 cheap indestructible one if ya want. They aren't like a real one, but they are a starting place.

[2dimes]

He loves crashing them. Makes me cranky but since he's not really wrecking things I try not to let it get to me.

I was trying to fly a Huey. Those buggers are heavy and unstable. Pretty tough. He got a good laugh at me crashing the thing.

[KoolBak]

Dimey - Yes, an Albatross....I found one in excellent shape for only $400 grand....wanna float me a loan? ;o)

My boys love crashing their rc cars too....preferably into each other while driving