July
25, 2002
Email
Martin
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RC4WD:
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Tell
me a little bit history about your RC? |
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Martin:
(Aka.TXTManic
on RCMT)
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I
got my first R/C car a long time ago. It must have been
about nine years ago. It was a little black and green
buggy, but it was no serious R/C car, it was a toy.
I got a Kyosho Ford Escort RS to my 7th birtday, but
it was returned to the shop because there were too much
differences between the manual and the car. I got a
TA01 Mercedes Benz instead of it, and i really love
that car. I am still using the Sanyo 1700 cells that
i got with that car. They are very reliable and they
still work great. Well its body seems to be disintegrating,
but i still have it on the shelf.
To my ninth birthday, i got a Tamiya Terra Conqueror,
which was base on one the same chassis, but it was
already tuned. It had better dogbones, adjustable
rods, a dynatech 01R Motor (It still works), and a
better driveshaft between the front and the rear gearbox
(i don't know the exact word for it). Too bad i can't
get the dogbones as i lost two of them. No hobby shop
here in Austria carries them.
The next car was a ford-F350 which i bought together
with my brother. I didn't use this car very much,
so it still looks very good. After that, i got my
HPIRS4 MT to my 13th birthday. It was the first car
in which I used an ESC, and it was a really a great
car. I have been bashing it as hard as you could imagine,
i jumped at a BMX track and landed with one wheel
in front of a huge rock. Nothing happened, not even
a screw came loose. I needed only 3 replacement parts
since i got it. One suspension arm, a part of the
rear gearbox and the rear belt. i am sure i have been
driving it for at least 500 packs. Oh yeah, one shock
was leaking, but I fixed that by building it again...
I was using an LRP 17x4 modified motor, it worked
great for about one and a half year. It is getting
slower now, and it causes terrible glitching since
I used it with 8 cells. And a few days ago, to my
15th birthday, i got my Tamiya TXT-1. It has the same upgrade
as all my other cars, ball bearings. It is still stock,
but it is great fun to drive with it.
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RC4WD:
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Specs
of your Tamiya TXT-1? |
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Martin:
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Silver
cans, 6 cells, 1100mAh 4 cell reciever pack, MSC, rear
tires are screwed. second body isn't painted yet, and
i didn't cut the body possts. Shorter wheelbase (!)
because I forgot some spacers in the suspension links.
Robbe 3.1 KG BB servos for steering (4ws), a hitec servo
for gas. 5 channel Htiec Flash 5 airplane radio... I
think that's quite everything. |
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RC4WD:
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What's
your favorite truck? |
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Martin:
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I've
got two, my HPI RS4MT and my Tamiya TXT-1. |
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RC4WD:
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What's
your favorite mod and why? |
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Martin:
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I
don't have any yet, but it will be an ESC as soon as
possible. |
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RC4WD:
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Any
short cool story to share? |
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Martin:
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I
was about 5 years old, and watched my dad driving his
Optima Mid SE. HE was toying around slow, and he came
very close to me. I was walking around barfeet and suddenly
it stopped. He left the radio at the bottom and walked
over to me to see what happened. But my brother got
the radio before my dad reached the car. It ended up
in some bloody skidmarks on my feet and me crying very
loud... That's how I got statisfied by RC Cars... |
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RC4WD:
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Do
you have plans for a new RC truck in the near future?
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Martin:
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Not
at the moment, as i just got my Tamiya TXT-1... |
Tamiya TXT-1
in back of my dad's car seat.
Going
down a little hill, about one meter high but with a slope
of 100%!
Top
of a little dirt hill, hard to climb because the dirt started
rolling when i climbed it...
Going
up such a little hill
Standing
on the top of a rock, which was even on one side but very
high
and steep on the other.
nice
mid-size stones there... As you see, i need foam inserts!
Again
a rock, about 45% slope and 1.5m x 1.5m big, so no place
for
turning on it...
just feel like the king of the hill :)
Tamiya TXT-1
on rolling over. Right side is already in the air, left
one
followed...
I
like this one very much. It is not full arcticulation, but
already
quite much.
Again,
a very good shot. I had to go back down there in reverse.
closer
shot of picture number 8.
All
wheels spinning, this one was too steep to get to the top.
Here
you can see how steep this one really is.
My
Tamiya TXT-1 with off the body, and a Sanyo 1700 beneath.
Me
and my Tamiya TXT-1
