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12-09-2005, 10:52 AM
This is just a simple question, I was thinking about this the other day. I got into R/C because I like to put things together and take them apart, so I love kits over RTR's. I think that is one of the reasons I got into R/C because I can build and rebuild my vehicles, and when they work and you can drive them around it is a release.
Traxxas E-Maxx-stock Bandit R/C Racing Team Spektrum DSM DX-3 System Whether if your into bashing or into racing, R/C is still an obsession Go Sox!!!!! 
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12-09-2005, 12:39 PM
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12-09-2005, 12:45 PM
I enjoy racing them. I orginally got interested when a buddy of mine told me about his Clod while we were drinking at the bar. Told me about the T-maxx, next thing you know, I got an e-bay account and bought a used sportmaxx. Cant afford a 1:1 racer, lus I'd probally kill myself in it anyways. Came damn close when I had my 98 Cobra.....lol.
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12-09-2005, 12:58 PM
I got into from my friends. Discovered RC racing and never looked back
 ."If you cook scallops in a non-stick pan, then they won't stick. That's why they call it NON F@#*$&%G STICK!!!" - Im watching YOU!- roc
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12-09-2005, 01:31 PM
My dad and step brother visited newberrys when it was outdoor only.
they ended up with lx pros. at the time i didnt know they had them. one day they were out running them and put the tx in my hand and thats all she wrote..."must... have....one" at the time i was competing in car audio and was pretty much undefeated, i am very competitive and it got to the point where it was no fun winning , that and 1 maybe 2 shows a month sucked. soooo i tried to sell off some stuff, when my bud said he had 2 tc3's one was nitro 2 speed with a cvr .15 sick FAST! i ended up selling that for a lx pro 1/8th scale... that was 2 years ago this month. i started taking the tc3 elec. to a indoor track. they didnt have many tcs and i actually like running the oval with it. i eventually sold that and got a KSG pan car to race there. for the rest of the winter. as spring came i started to get the lx pro going. my first race ever i won a B main in peoria. after that it was newberrys every sunday. bout 1/2 way thru the summer i bought a hyper 7 pro. man i thought i was unstoppable with a Pro kit ( LOL ) come time for LH dec race last year ( first race ever at LH ) i drove it there, and soon found out how bad that car sucked. if i couldnt get it to steer at LH, there has to be a prob. bout febuary or so i was on a mission for a diff car. TTR Maayhem MUGEN.... my bud pete had already got the xb8 and i liked how the car was easily adjustabe... so i got one for 425 2 races old... sorry this is more like a bio than anything else but im bored at work lol.... so i guess i say i am a competition junkie. i like to see how i stack up against other people in skill. i have met alot of goals in R/C that i set for my self. some of them are, To be in THE SHOW with sonny and the other hot shoes, and not cuz there is 1 main lol. I like to be known around the area and have lots of good friends, to be good enuf to have a sponsor or 5 . and to be good enuf in traffik to where people want to drive with me. The only goal i have left is to get on the xray B team.... i been hounding rc america but have not got a answer....oh well....stereo was fun, but winning was based on an opinion not fact, so that was weird, but RC... if you win, you win, hands down. thats why i am sticking with it. racing street cars is dangerious and possibly harmful you you and others... not to mention costly! this gets my fix of racing cars, and no one gets hurt cept maybe the marshals where jessie Wolkenheim is at, oh and i juess Bruce now too....
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12-09-2005, 02:22 PM
I'm in it for the women. Chicks dig the long ball.
RB C6bb/O.S. Speed Hitec 5955 Futaba s9351 Jr Z-1 www.frontlinetec.com Soo easy a cave man can drive it Mooooooooooogen
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12-09-2005, 03:01 PM
I've always been in it ever since a little kid. Started off with Nikko/Tyco, then went to the "Lobo/Lobo2" then off to a Kyosho Raider in '93. I remember having RC mags (books actually) in like '82-'83 and drooling all over them. Completely trashed the Raider by '94 and bought a Traxxas Bandit RTR in '96. Played with that for a couple years around the house then bought a stampede. Had that about a year then bought a T-Maxx 2.5 (first one from the Aurora HobbyTown). That was like November '02. Then in '04 I started racing competatively and that's all I do really now, although it's fun to play and bash occassionaly. The adrenaline rush during an actual race is what keeps me racing instead of bashing.
I have been less of a tinker-er than I used to be which is a good and bad think. I definitely used to spend more money when I had tinkeritous. RBS5 RB2045 All Futaba
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12-09-2005, 04:06 PM
I got into RC because I couldn't afford all this cool stuff when I was 12. Line control planes was all we ever had. I think I got a hobbysite spam email that lead me to the current state of RC cars and I got in with a used RS4. Searching for info about it I found Chitown and got more educated about trucks and racing. That caused the truck bug. One Revo later and $1000 less in the wallet......and worth every penny so far!!
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12-09-2005, 04:21 PM
i was told i needed a hobby.
Chicago Local 281, protecting lives and property for over 100 years. Lawn sprinklers save your grass, Fire sprinklers save your a$$
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12-09-2005, 05:01 PM
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12-09-2005, 05:06 PM
Just like Gabe, Ive been into it since I was a kid with the Nikko/Tyco's...then I moved up to the Tamiya Grasshopper, then a Tamiya Frog, then I sold them and took some years off, then got into it again with a Traxxas Stampede, then a Nitro Rustler, took a couple more years off, then got into it again with the HPI Savage 25, Losi LST, and now my LSP
I'd have to say that Im in it for the racing thrill more then anything... Last year right before x-mas, I took my 6 month old Savage to Leisure for the first time on a practice day....I practiced a couple more times before I ran my first race and I was instantly hooked, I went almost every weekend and I kept upgrading parts, upgrading trucks and so on  Racing my 1:1 is fun also, but R/C racing doesnt cost as much, that and I can actually win at R/C racing  IMO it seems that "the more you spend, the faster you go" dosent factor in quite as much as it does in 1:1 racing.
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12-09-2005, 09:38 PM
I loved building plastic models and launching rockets. A friend showed me a Tamiya catalog in 1981 (5th grade maybe?) with the hobby level r/c. I could not believe it! Build it and the DRIVE it!! So I got into the hobby
1981 Tamiya Ralt Hart F2. Never run, I did not realize it did not come with the remote. 1983 Tamiya Super Champ. Lots of fun, beat the tar out of it and gave it to my cousin. 1985 Tamiya Hornet. Played with it and sold it. 1987 Kyosho Ultima & Kyosho Ultima pro. Still have the original Ultima. Then came school at N.C. State and DePaul, Wife, Job, life in the city, house in the burbs, and lo and behold I rediscover the hobby with the Traxxas Stampede. Gabe and John and Rusty Savage and I and others met up in Naperville in 2002? for some on road bashing. and it lead to Woodridge, Berwyn, Monster Jam and to present. With my Savage 4.6, HPI RS4 MT BL, and now a friggin Dirt Demon. Will it ever end? No. Now my son has a hopped up Mini-t and we have another in the oven. But at least I sold my sailboat!
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