cross-posted from: https://feddit.uk/post/52635399
Already got made fun of by some teenagers with more fragile egos and less expendable income than me.
Could’ve just asked and I would’ve let them try!
Axial SCX24 Base Camp for those interested.
cross-posted from: https://feddit.uk/post/52635399
Already got made fun of by some teenagers with more fragile egos and less expendable income than me.
Could’ve just asked and I would’ve let them try!
Axial SCX24 Base Camp for those interested.
My spouse got me a really nice off road truck/buggy for Christmas, and without fail, every time I go to the park with it, people from toddlers to senior citizens come to watch it for a minute or two, and often middle age dudes come over and ask if they can try it out.
Nobody leaves without a massive grin on their face from a super fast flippy beast of an rc car.
The only people who criticize such things are people who take life way too seriously, and care way too much about how people view them.
The rest of us have fun.
Also I keep wanting a slower rock crawler so I can have fun on the hiking trail.
I just need to make something that flips my trucks over when I don’t want to walk 200ft…
I have both an SCX24 (same size as is in this picture) and an SCX18.
I’ve taken my 18 on hiking trails a bit over 3 miles long and not had to change the battery once. Just like you I get stopped, especially by older retirement age dudes, and asked about it.
Highly recommend
When my rock crawlers flip I usually just drive them on their side and then flip them over when they get close.
I’m not sure how to describe it but basically as long as 2 wheels are touching the ground I can almost always drive it back to me or to a convenient curb, log, rock ect and flip it over without touching it at all.
Unfortunately my buggy truck is fairly thin, and as such I’ve only managed to plant it sideways twice in 7 months.
If I had better parts in it (there’s a bunch of upgradeable pieces like the axles, gears, and drive shaft) then I could just put a 4s battery in and use the wheel momentum to flip it, but that’s an extra $100-120 or so and i can’t really justify that expense while job hunting lol
I don’t think it would work with a buggy anyway, it only works with rock crawlers because they have locked diffs.
Not with anywhere near the control as a locking dif, for sure.
I’ve got a LSdiff on mine and one of the times it was sideways, I managed to get it to wiggle a bit in my direction and then it caught a bit of gravel just right, spun once or twice, and flopped onto its back. I wasn’t REALLY trying to control it well, since I was already walking toward it. I’m sure someone with more experience could get it to move where they want it. Again, just not as well as a locking diff
I used to have an HPI Savage that I could flip over just by hammering the throttle. The down side was that happened pretty much any time you gave it throttle so all it did was flip.
Any way to turn this into an income?
Trying to make money from a hobby will just ruin the hobby.
May. Not in my case.