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98blkbrd
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Post subject: R/C's  Posted: Mon Jul 09, 2007 3:07 pm |
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Joined: Sun Jun 24, 2007 1:44 pm
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Location: Ramstein AB, Germany
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Who's gottem.......
since I was unable to bring my TA over here I needed a new hobby and got into R/C's
I started with a HPI 2.5 Savage ...ran for ayear and just sold caue I got in to 1/18th's and electrics...
I currently own
1. Alex Racing Design...Japanese clasic chassis (1989) 1/10 on road.
2. PTI Rock Crawler....up for sale if anyone knows a buyer
3. two 1/18th MiniZilla's, one is stock that the wife runs, mine is modded
4. HPI Mirco RS4, lightly modded
5. Tamiya 1/10 Rising Storm 4wd EP Buggy
I use a Japanese spec M11 for all but the wifes 'Zilla.
I would like to find a good outdoor track if anyone knows of one.
Last edited by 98blkbrd on Mon Jul 09, 2007 11:40 pm, edited 1 time in total.
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SRZ
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Post subject: Posted: Mon Jul 09, 2007 7:35 pm |
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Joined: Sun May 27, 2001 3:42 pm
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Location: FL
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I use to be into them as a kid and would love to get back into but I've got one hobby as it is.  I use to have and RC10 and Grasshopper.
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jinstall
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Post subject: Posted: Wed Jul 11, 2007 8:38 am |
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Location: Fort Bliss, Texas
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I have 5 here and I don't use them. German law regulates the Feq's here and they are nothing like in the US. Like everything else in germany you have to have a license to operate it after attending a long class.
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Garry
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Post subject: Posted: Wed Jul 11, 2007 8:49 am |
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Joined: Sat May 26, 2001 9:59 pm
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Location: Bad Hersfeld, Germany
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 You don't need a licence for R/C cars/planes/boats ... !? True about the US frequencies, of course, though I suspect if it's not the $10 junk from PX it should operate in similar ranges ... what kind of frequency crystals do you have?
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572ysc
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Post subject: Posted: Wed Jul 11, 2007 9:21 am |
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Joined: Tue Jun 20, 2006 6:57 pm
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Location: Stuttgart, Germany
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Thoose things are cool I got one 2yrs ago 3,5hp and it rocks being a 4wd to you can spin all 4. But my stupid carb is still messed up since I got it. She is just not sucking fuel like she should. Probably will go to the shop with it and have them fix it or get a new carb for it. 
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Garry
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Post subject: Posted: Wed Jul 11, 2007 9:53 am |
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Joined: Sat May 26, 2001 9:59 pm
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Location: Bad Hersfeld, Germany
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I got slight problems with mine, too ... won't run decently unless the motor is at least hand-warm, and even after running a while it will stall pretty quickly ...  Anybody got any experience who could help fix/tune it sometime in BIT?
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Garry Glendown * '99 Firehawk Convertible
"Horsepower is how fast you hit the wall and torque is how far you take the wall with you."
"Speed doesn't kill - suddenly becoming stationary on the other hand ..."
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Garry
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Post subject: Posted: Wed Jul 11, 2007 9:54 am |
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Joined: Sat May 26, 2001 9:59 pm
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Location: Bad Hersfeld, Germany
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P.S. - IIRC Silke picked up a bunch of small cones which would probably be a good thing to use to set up a AutoX-course scaled down 1:10 or something more fitting for the R/C cars  
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Garry Glendown * '99 Firehawk Convertible
"Horsepower is how fast you hit the wall and torque is how far you take the wall with you."
"Speed doesn't kill - suddenly becoming stationary on the other hand ..."
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572ysc
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Post subject: Posted: Wed Jul 11, 2007 12:30 pm |
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Cool, well I am just gonna take mine to the shop. Sounds like you have the same problem. First its to cold to start and wont even start for a long time and then when she gets warm oh boy she about rips on me. One day she was driving fine and all the sudden it just took of good thing I had the brake and the gas tank was nearly empty.
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jinstall
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Post subject: Posted: Wed Jul 11, 2007 1:48 pm |
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Joined: Tue Jul 12, 2005 5:08 pm
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Location: Fort Bliss, Texas
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Garry wrote: :wtf: You don't need a licence for R/C cars/planes/boats ... !? True about the US frequencies, of course, though I suspect if it's not the $10 junk from PX it should operate in similar ranges ... what kind of frequency crystals do you have?
let me find the regulation. We have a flying club next door and they all told me the same thing you have to have a license on any R/C that use anything other than the cheapo cars. In the US you used to have a license as well for anything othere than 27,hz and 49mhz.
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98blkbrd
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Post subject: Posted: Wed Jul 11, 2007 2:18 pm |
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Joined: Sun Jun 24, 2007 1:44 pm
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Location: Ramstein AB, Germany
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Licence!?!?!?!?
that would be hard to regulate.....flyboys, yea I can see a permit 'cause there is a fly club here on base and all they have are permits......unless your within a few yards the freq' wouldn't make nothing in the public messup...
I'm running a Japanese spec 27mhz channel 2.....Im looking into changing to 2.4G
any of the bases have a track? If need be I'll stay on base and drive on the tennis courts like I do here.
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Garry
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Post subject: Posted: Wed Jul 11, 2007 2:55 pm |
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Location: Bad Hersfeld, Germany
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AFAIK the non-pro stuff that you can buy everywhere is licence-free ...
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Garry Glendown * '99 Firehawk Convertible
"Horsepower is how fast you hit the wall and torque is how far you take the wall with you."
"Speed doesn't kill - suddenly becoming stationary on the other hand ..."
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jinstall
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Post subject: Posted: Thu Jul 12, 2007 5:02 pm |
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Location: Fort Bliss, Texas
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60% of the Conrad stuff is license free but the good stuff is different.
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2001 Ford Focus sleeping in Germany
04 Focus ST170 Clone in USA
2010 Renault Clio 1.2 16V in Germany
2013 Focus ST250 in the USA
1st car 77 Camaro Type Lt 5.0 auto
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Lancer033
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Post subject: Posted: Thu Jul 12, 2007 5:25 pm |
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Joined: Mon Aug 09, 2004 6:27 pm
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Location: Hampton, VA
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98blkbrd wrote: Licence!?!?!?!?
that would be hard to regulate.....flyboys, yea I can see a permit 'cause there is a fly club here on base and all they have are permits......unless your within a few yards the freq' wouldn't make nothing in the public messup...
I'm running a Japanese spec 27mhz channel 2.....Im looking into changing to 2.4G
any of the bases have a track? If need be I'll stay on base and drive on the tennis courts like I do here.
we follow host nation frequency rules, so if it's a problem off base, it's going to be a problem on base too.
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