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R/C racing for half the cost

March 2, 2015 by justin 5 Comments

After my son badgered me to bring down my old HPI RS4, I caught the bug… again. So we went to the local track to find out what classes they run so I could get my car prepped. While cul-de-sac crashing is fun, I find competition is a better measuring stick to live by.

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Photo courtesy of tiegeltuf

The track manager told me that any spec class car would cost $1000 to build. Yes, 1000 USD, as in $1k. I was stupefied. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Cars, Electric On-Road Tagged With: 1:1 scale, budget racing, HPI, rally, RS4

Young Kids in R/C – Training Mode

February 2, 2015 by justin 3 Comments

Since Jules was so excited to get out my radio control car from the garage, he was naturally excited to drive it. I failed to explain to him how fast it goes before turning the controller over to him. It was like the first time I shot a rifle with a hair trigger. As my friend had just begun to explain how sensitive the trigger is, I had already shot it. It went something like, “Now, you’ll want to – BOOM!”

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“Barack Obama shooting” by Pete Souza – White House (P080412PS-0464).

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Filed Under: Cars, Electric On-Road Tagged With: 1:1 scale, brushed, brushless, ESC, kids, rally, training, Traxxas

Racing, and seeing things through

January 5, 2015 by justin 8 Comments

My son has been pestering me for the better part of the year about this box which he keenly spotted in the garage:

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I hesitated because I didn’t know if there’s any sort of indoor track near Minneapolis that we could go to and race.
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Filed Under: Cars, Electric On-Road Tagged With: HPI, kids, rally, RS4

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