RC18T from the Hobbit Hole

Subject: Re: RC18T from the Hobbit Hole Wed Jul 02, 2008 3:04 am

Glad I could help. I may have to get a few myself...Honestly I never even thought of putting a driver inside anything except the Tamiya F1's and a Sprinter I had.

Subject: Re: RC18T from the Hobbit Hole Wed Jul 02, 2008 8:25 am

sidewinder wrote:: Glad I could help. I may have to get a few myself...Honestly I never even thought of putting a driver inside anything except the Tamiya F1's and a Sprinter I had.

I guess I'm one of the few that like trucks/cars looking as they should when running on the track.

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yEAH DRIVERS ARE NICE LOOKING FOR CARS

Subject: Re: RC18T from the Hobbit Hole Wed Jul 02, 2008 2:48 pm

brushlessmicrodude wrote:: yEAH DRIVERS ARE NICE LOOKING FOR CARS

1. Please turn off Caps Lock when posting.
2. Yes, drivers are nice looking. I wish they would produce them in scale for the RC racer/bashers. The slotcar racers have driver figures even for their wing-thing cars (I wonder if they still make the female one or discontinued it because of the ways some of the teenagers were painting it.)

All ROAR and the other sanctioning bodies would have to say is one rule change saying all cars must include a driver figure and then Parma/PSE and ProLine would get on the ball and produce them. I still say If Parma/PSE can make them for the 24th scale slotcar guys they should be able to make them for us.

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Yeah i agree bilbo

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If only tamiya still made scale drivers like they did back in the day...

I still have a driver from a tamiya falcon kit Very Happy

Subject: Re: RC18T from the Hobbit Hole Thu Jul 03, 2008 5:00 am

HEY BILBO, WHATS WRONG WITH ALL CAPS? I KIND OF LIKE ALL CAPS. ITS BIGGER AND LOOKS LIKE I'M SHOUTING...WHICH I AM...CAN YOU HEAR ME? ITS ONLY ABOUT 300 MILES FROM MY HOUSE TO YOURS.....

Ok, sorry. Hey Micro T Master you could resin cast that and sell copys. I doubt that Tamiya still has a valid copyright on it. If your interested just search "alumilite" or "smooth-on" Its pretty simple stuff.

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Ok, I'll look into that, thanks a bunch! (maby if i make some they can be given aways as contest prizes Wink

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Subject: Re: RC18T from the Hobbit Hole Thu Jul 03, 2008 5:56 pm

Let me know if you need any help. I've got a Herbie zipzap body in the mold compound as we speak...soon I will have little Herbies all over. Very Happy

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Thats cool!!!

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awesome id love to get a zipzap never had one

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They are fun to chase cats around, but nailing a cat in the leg with a lipo micro is way more fun!!!

Subject: Re: RC18T from the Hobbit Hole Thu Jul 03, 2008 11:33 pm

My cats bat around ZipZaps and BitChar-G cars but run from Micro-T and Xmods.

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My dog hate all of my cars especially my XXX-T! I enjoy the zip zaps, i just gota get my hands on a SE series cause i got a 50mah 2s lipo that need a good home LOL!

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my dog hates my micro baja its faster than him

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My dog has his tail between his les when he sees my XXX-T (not a joke) Its pretty funny acctually.

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omg if i saw that i would lol!

Subject: Re: RC18T from the Hobbit Hole Tue Jul 08, 2008 3:46 am

Micro-T Master wrote:: My dog hate all of my cars especially my XXX-T! I enjoy the zip zaps, i just gota get my hands on a SE series cause i got a 50mah 2s lipo that need a good home LOL!

When you get ready to buy one check with the guys over at bitpimps.lixlink they mod them and might have one or two hoarded away that they'd be willing to sell. If you can find one, the Metl-Tech was a decent propo micro. and then there's always epoch...

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Cool, thanks for the info sidewinder, i'll look into it!

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a lipo zip zap probably 8 mph

Subject: Re: RC18T from the Hobbit Hole Tue Jul 08, 2008 2:57 pm

brushlessmicrodude wrote:: a lipo zip zap probably 8 mph

And at 1/64th scale (claimed scale of Zip Zaps, Zip Zaps SE and BitChar-G) you don't need it any faster or you would never be able to control it. On the oval track I made to run them on anything higher than the slowest (1.0-1.6) would take all the driver's skill to keep it from wrecking each lap.

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And thats why they are so fun!

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8 mph is nothing for a kyosho dnano probably

Subject: Re: RC18T from the Hobbit Hole Tue Jul 08, 2008 3:22 pm

Zip Zap List price $19.99
Zip Zap SE List Price $24.99
BitChar-G (Microsizer) List Price $29.99
Clone of BCG $5-$15 (I've have some very good clones)
Epoch List Price $70.00
dNano Price (estimated) $180-$220

Bang for the buck the Clones and Zip Zaps were the best. If you can find a ZZ SE they are sweet.

Here's a couple of 64th scale rc that I modified for a contest a while ago.
RC18T from the Hobbit Hole - Page 2 Trio1

RC18T from the Hobbit Hole - Page 2 Trio1

The Camero is a Zip Zap, the Firebird is a ZZ SE and the S2000 (yes, that blue one started life as a Honda S2000) is on a BCG Clone chassis.

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but the dnano cost $700 to get it all hopped up with all the parts but i can fly and be over competitive

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