RC Toys / Drones / Crawlers

[diabetiktaco]

So I started two new hobbies that I can take outdoors w/ me. I bought a Traxxas TRX4 and a new drone. I've been taking them w/ me whenever I'm out for something else to do at camp. The truck has been a lot of fun and the drone takes awesome shots. Unrelated kinda, but I also bought a new action camera. Like a GoPro but off brand and much cheaper.

 

[Sparksalot]

What scale is your truck?

 

[diabetiktaco]

What scale is your truck?

1/10

 

[Sparksalot]

I did thise years ago, mainly with Tamiaya. I've been considering a 1/24 scale truck just to fit into the rig better.

 

[M Rose]

I’ve posted my overland crawler before on here...

 

[diabetiktaco]

I did thise years ago, mainly with Tamiaya. I've been considering a 1/24 scale truck just to fit into the rig better.

It's a lot of fun to work on when you don't feel like working on real trucks. So many mods for it but they aren't cheap.

 

[Sparksalot]

I’ve posted my overland crawler before on here...

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I’m digging the gangster driver.

 

[M Rose]

I’m digging the gangster driver.

Deadpool gets a lot of comments at the parks and events.

 

[M Rose]

It's a lot of fun to work on when you don't feel like working on real trucks. So many mods for it but they aren't cheap.

I build all of my mods... so far mods include a warn M1200 winch (that actually works via RC), tube doors, bumpers, working swing away tire carrier, limb risers, and a few other things. I used to scratch build 1:32 model cars, so I just bring my scratch building to the 1:10 RC realm.

 

[El-Dracho]

These little RC rigs are amazing! Great to see how detailed everything is done!

 

[OTH Overland]

Have been thinking about creating one to match our WJ, There is a guy in Australia that makes a 1/9th scale WJ body that will fit the common brands of chassis. Just don't have a ton of time to spend upgrading a miniature version of the full size one I already spend too much time under... Of course I could buy a new overland rig that matches an out of the box RC .. lol

 

[M Rose]

Have been thinking about creating one to match our WJ, There is a guy in Australia that makes a 1/9th scale WJ body that will fit the common brands of chassis. Just don't have a ton of time to spend upgrading a miniature version of the full size one I already spend too much time under... Of course I could buy a new overland rig that matches an out of the box RC .. lol

Building for me is more fun than actually driving the rigs. I have been looking at the Axial SCX10 Builder Kit as a starting point for my next build. My problem is there aren’t very many hard bodies out there. The polycarbonate bodies don’t take kindly to thrashing, they lack details, and building out the interior is a real pain to get the details where I like them, and lastly I hate body posts.

Dave,
If I were wanting to build a WJ, I would start off buying a Builder Kit from either RedCat, Traxxs, or Axial, and the WJ body, then build build it as a runner, then upgrade with accessories to match your Jeep over time. My Deadpool Crawler was about $1000.00 to build before accessorizing (although the kit has come down in price by 50% since I bout it as a pre-release).

 

[diabetiktaco]

Messing around..this took me a few tries without flipping over.

 

[Kent R]

RC rigs are not only fun, they are very educational especially for pre-driving teens. At one of our events I enjoyed watching several parents teaching their kids the fineness of picking a good line and the consequences of a bad one.

 

[Boostpowered]

I have quadcopter drone i use for spotting hogs and coyote when hunting em. That is all I use it for though off my property id have to get faa license for it. I've thought about getting one of those amphibious tanks that shoot airsoft bbs to keep my farm cats outt the road.

 

[diabetiktaco]

I have quadcopter drone i use for spotting hogs and coyote when hunting em. That is all I use it for though off my property id have to get faa license for it. I've thought about getting one of those amphibious tanks that shoot airsoft bbs to keep my farm cats outt the road.

I got one of those too..:)

 

[DarkMandalorian_Actual]

Mavic 2 Pro

 

[MidOH]

Nitrobuggy is where it's at:

 

[Downs]

I have quadcopter drone i use for spotting hogs and coyote when hunting em. That is all I use it for though off my property id have to get faa license for it. I've thought about getting one of those amphibious tanks that shoot airsoft bbs to keep my farm cats outt the road.

You only need that for commercial use. I.E. you're using your drone to make money, like a lot of the full time youtubers do. If you are just flying for fun or for your own purposes, it's not needed.

 

[M Rose]

You only need that for commercial use. I.E. you're using your drone to make money, like a lot of the full time youtubers do. If you are just flying for fun or for your own purposes, it's not needed.

Wrong... any aircraft over a certain size and weight requires a license from the FAA as of 2018.... hence I don’t fly my Lanier Stinger

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