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Thank for posting, 2 days ago I bought the Hobbyzone Aersoscout 1.1 meter , but nearly bought this. I made the mistake of getting into RC a month ago with RCA ERA Helicopter. Still haven’t opened the box cause I’m still training on a simulator. Fortunately there is a public RC Aerodrome near me. ( the rca era helicopter has easy takeoff and land w/ ground minicam but I can’t even fly one in simulator but can with same as video)
This is a very fun plane to fly. I've lightly crashed it a few times (landing) and had no damage other than a broken prop. My next plane will probably be the Aeroscout 1.1 . It looks faster than the Apprentice but looks very easy to fly. It's a little larger as well. Good luck with your first flight!
This was behind Al's jewelry shop just North of the square on the east side. The hobby shop was called "Hobby Hut". Closed down in 1990? It was located here: 37.482042, -86.292919 if I recall. maps.app.goo.gl/DAfNY8Kmoj2kBiNt7
I have done it before but I have bent or lost far more drive shafts over the years! It was the homemade vise method for me. I didn't even know they had a tool for it!
@@AddamsPlayground The tool makes it very easy, but yeah...if the axles are very bent just get new ones. Although....I've gotten pretty good at bending them back! LOL!
I originally upgraded mine to a HPI Saturn 20T motor and it was great fun on the beach. However i am now switching mine back to a 540 silver can because i plan to run it in fun/tamiya class at our local club and the silver can is the maximum allowed in that class. It certainly won't run any races but it will be fun.
@@hubdeep9452 A Tamiya class sounds like a blast. I used to race a Grasshopper back in the day on an oval dirt track. I put a 57 chevy body on it. It did ok for what it is was...it was so much fun as a kid to drive it. It's definitely one of my favorite RC's!
For a first race you looked really good out there. Some unfortunate incidents but overall much better than I would have done. I would have been a big bundle of nerves and would have been hitting everything out there! LOL!
Just remember...the video was edited!! 😂 I was happy with how I did. Learned alot actually. My son and I had fun that's what is important. Thanks Adam.😊
Happy to hear you had a good time with the buggy! I really love 8th scale, but those big tracks intimidate me, especially when the driver stand is so high up. Good thing you had some experience racing already!
@@madsrcbuggy it's a very technical course....lots of elevation change. It's a very fun layout but it takes some getting used to. It's hard to keep up with the local racers. The track was extremely wet almost muddy in spots which made getting the feel of the car difficult. It was a long day, but we enjoyed the racing. The mugen held together just fine and ran very strong. It was a muddy mess though! 🤣
Wow, great work restoring that awesome buggy to its former glory! Yeah, it definitely deserves some track time, and I am confident you will have a great time with it too! I got me an old Kyosho 8th scale buggy myself, I love it, but I found my driving skills aren't really good for a track, but for general casual driving, I love that buggy! There is a certain magic about 8th scale, I think you will agree!
I am very comfortable in Short Course and racing E-Buggy will be completely different. I'm actually racing the car today for the first time. I'll be very happy to finish in the B Main. I'm a little nervous to be honest, but I'll have fun nom matter the outcome. Thanks for the comment!
Super awsome! Miss looking at them rcca magazines for hrs. I'd sneak them to school have my school book open rcca ontop of it proped.up. teachers thought I was doing what I was supposed to but I was in fantasy land lol. I miss the old cars. Everything's 4wd now which is very cool to race but 2wd was really fun. It's just outdated everyone wants that 4wd brutal brushless power but some of the most fun rc cars I've owned and or operate were brushed.
There's something about the old stuff that the new stuff is missing. Mostly nostalgia! I loved these magazine and used to read them so much I wore them out! If they still published it I'd get a subscription.
You need to upgrade that pinion. My rustler runs 35mph on 25t pinion bl-2s. I installed a 16t pinion. It ran at like 15-20mph. It’s very fast, you just don’t have the right setup.
Beautiful I had one when I was young I built it by myself when I was 10 and I had a Futaba pistol grip controller and my friend gave me an electronic speed control. My problem was I kept breaking teeth on the gears when I slammed it in reverse. The next truck I got was a tamiya hi lux built that too!
It is a fun on but it is very much like a hopper and skitters around when driving. I put the oil dampers on mine and it still skitters and hops a bit but it does help settle it down. I used the 50519 fronts and 50520 rear shock on it and if you shop around you can usually find them for not too much. It will be a fun one and one you don't have to take seriously when you are driving it. You just kind of sit back and enjoy trying to keep it out of trouble much like a GH!
@@AddamsPlayground For some reason I find the "hoppers" to be a lot of fun to play around with. You know you can't get too serious with them and that's the fun. The thought of upgrading the shocks did cross my mind. Not sure how much it will help. I'm sure it will still hop around! 😁
@@arkyrc it will still hop a bit but they do make a difference. It does not have so many of the "dart off in a different direction" type moves with the oil dampers on it!
I have one, aweful handling, tooth pick for steering servo rods, no suspension articulation at all. BUT it has its own charm and never fails to put a smile on my face every time I take it out for a run, which is think is often the most overlooked bit of RC-ing.
The shocks are the vintages ones I had rebuilt and put on my other Raider. I just swapped them out since that one is more of a shelf queen. The rear shocks are a little stiff for the car.....probably just need some thinner oil in them. I really like the white and black color scheme. I wasn't too crazy on the retro color scheme and new decals were $30. The decals I ended up using are modern decals. Not period correct, but they are perfect for a runner car. I did take it out yesterday and run it. It ran pretty good...not as fast as I thought it would be, but fast enough. The rear axles were very noisy. A little grease quieted them down. It will make a perfect runner. I won't have to worry about keeping it pretty!
Very nice! Look great in the simple black and white theme. It should run well with those tires on there! Looking forward to seeing the run video but I certainly understand not wanting to stand out there and melt!! If you are doing anything more than sitting in the shade with a cold drink then it is pretty awful outside lately!!
This is the car I built last year for a friend. The motor is very smooth. It handles awesome on my track which was nothing but dust that day. Very impressed with it. It jumps very balanced. You need one! 😂
I wish I had known about these magazines! I grew up in the 90s thinking that radio shack was it! Although I had seen bigger better RC cars and trucks, I had no idea where to even look at that age! Even still, So cool to see these now! Nice video!
Idk, man. I'm sold on the shock pliers. Especially for popping in the balls or standoffs. Tekno, FTW. I don't always carry them, but I don't build kits without them.
I use the "shock tool" more for holding the smooth links from Tamiya kits while threading on the ball cups but since I have them the do get used on the shock shafts. In the past I have used all kinds of pliers, some with better luck than others! LOL!
That's a really good tip, actually! I actually eventually went and bought me a shocks plier, after I scratched a few shock shafts... Those simple crimp tools could do the job just fine, too!
