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Author:  Cras [ Thu Jan 15, 2015 13:01 ]
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Landing RC stuff on the ground is dull. What you want to do is build an Avengers-style RC flying aircraft carrier then land RC planes on that...
Author:  Trooper [ Thu Jan 15, 2015 14:38 ]
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That's pretty cool :)
Author:  Grim... [ Thu Jan 15, 2015 14:49 ]
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That's plenty cool :)
Author:  Dr Lave [ Thu Jan 15, 2015 16:05 ]
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I've decided my plan for this year is to build that 250 quad thing from the previous page.

I wants one so bad.
Author:  markg [ Thu Jan 15, 2015 16:33 ]
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You really should, they're super fun and I reckon that if it's FPV anyone used to playing FPS shooters on twin sticks can adapt to flying them pretty quickly.
Author:  Zardoz [ Thu Jan 15, 2015 17:22 ]
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Keep forgetting those bits at your house. Maybe ok weather on Sunday for some RC action, I'll grab them off you then if that's alright.
Author:  Dr Lave [ Thu Jan 15, 2015 17:27 ]
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markg wrote:
You really should, they're super fun and I reckon that if it's FPV anyone used to playing FPS shooters on twin sticks can adapt to flying them pretty quickly.


Coool. Hope you don't mind if I bug you for advice along the line.
Author:  markg [ Fri Jan 16, 2015 9:56 ]
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Zardoz wrote:
Keep forgetting those bits at your house. Maybe ok weather on Sunday for some RC action, I'll grab them off you then if that's alright.

Yeah, Sunday looks pretty decent.
Author:  markg [ Fri Jan 16, 2015 9:57 ]
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Dr Lave wrote:
markg wrote:
You really should, they're super fun and I reckon that if it's FPV anyone used to playing FPS shooters on twin sticks can adapt to flying them pretty quickly.


Coool. Hope you don't mind if I bug you for advice along the line.

Not at all.
Author:  markg [ Wed Apr 22, 2015 9:44 ]
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I think GazChap has been giving lessons:
Author:  markg [ Thu Apr 23, 2015 15:16 ]
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Had an enjoyable couple of lunchtimes playing out with Zardoz this week. Also had a bit of time to do some more work on the mini-quad, a bit of tuning (still needs a bit of work, yaw could be quicker, there's some oscillations on the hard stops and a tiny amount of bounceback in pitch and roll, almost there though) and also angled the cameras up quite a lot more so that I can fly faster and still see where I'm going. It's the most fun thing to fly.
Author:  Grim... [ Thu Apr 23, 2015 15:27 ]
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What's the beeping?
Author:  markg [ Thu Apr 23, 2015 15:31 ]
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It's a low voltage alarm, but the voltage sags as you draw more power, so if you punch the throttle it can beep even though there's actually quite a bit of juice left.
Author:  Grim... [ Tue Apr 28, 2015 17:25 ]
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Author:  DavPaz [ Wed Apr 29, 2015 12:23 ]
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have you seen this?
Author:  markg [ Wed Apr 29, 2015 12:39 ]
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Heh, no but I had thought about trying it. Back when I had my MX-5 too.
Author:  GazChap [ Wed Apr 29, 2015 13:23 ]
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I'd like to think I'd be good at that.

And hey, at least it'd be a car that I'd be crashing and not a multirotor.
Author:  Zardoz [ Fri May 01, 2015 8:00 ]
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It would be great having a quad set up to fly slightly ahead of you giving you a feed of the road for hooning down country lanes.
Author:  Jem [ Wed May 13, 2015 13:46 ]
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This looks interesting > https://www.lily.camera/
Author:  Grim... [ Wed May 13, 2015 13:50 ]
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Holy crap, yeah it does.
Author:  Trooper [ Wed May 13, 2015 16:05 ]
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Much much want! No idea what I would use it for though.
Author:  Jem [ Wed May 13, 2015 16:21 ]
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I want one because it looks cute. I'd never use it, but who cares.
Author:  GazChap [ Wed May 13, 2015 17:09 ]
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Jem wrote:
I'd never use it, but who cares.

That one statement has been pretty much responsible for a solid 90% of my debt over the last 10 years or so.
Author:  Trooper [ Wed May 13, 2015 18:36 ]
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I'd buy one and get bored of it in a day I expect.

It costs £350ish.

Hmmm...

How much would one of you charge to follow me around for a day carrying a go pro on a stick?
Author:  Grim... [ Wed May 13, 2015 20:20 ]
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There’s a smaller, cheaper one. I’ll post a link when I’m back near a computer.
Author:  JohnCoffey [ Thu May 21, 2015 14:09 ]
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Looking to buy a car. My lady and I live 200ft from the beach so I'm thinking buggy, possibly Nitro. When the tide goes out there's literally miles of flat sand.
Author:  markg [ Thu May 21, 2015 14:22 ]
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It's been my experience that cars are fun if you can race them but they get boring pretty quick if you're just on your own.
Author:  JohnCoffey [ Thu May 21, 2015 14:43 ]
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markg wrote:
It's been my experience that cars are fun if you can race them but they get boring pretty quick if you're just on your own.


I'm an aspie, don't worry about it ;)
Author:  markg [ Thu May 21, 2015 15:18 ]
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It depends what you want out of it then really. I.C. motors have the singular advantage that you don't need to worry about recharging batteries. But batteries are pretty cheap now and the run times quite long. Personally I don't think there's really a lot to recommend about a noisy, temperamental little engine that's just going to irritate anyone within earshot. In addition if you decide you want to start tuning it to see how fast you can make it go then it's a lot easier and cheaper with electric stuff. But yeah, all depends how much you want to spend too. Hobby King have some fairly decent stuff for reasonable money.
Author:  JBR [ Thu May 21, 2015 15:23 ]
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That Lilycam is going to appear at running events soon after launch, I'm sure. Possibly all of them. And multiple ones. I'd be messing with the channel, or whatever it uses, on my tracker to see if I could make them all follow me for a bit.
Author:  Zardoz [ Thu May 21, 2015 15:36 ]
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markg wrote:
It depends what you want out of it then really. I.C. motors have the singular advantage that you don't need to worry about recharging batteries. But batteries are pretty cheap now and the run times quite long. Personally I don't think there's really a lot to recommend about a noisy, temperamental little engine that's just going to irritate anyone within earshot. In addition if you decide you want to start tuning it to see how fast you can make it go then it's a lot easier and cheaper with electric stuff. But yeah, all depends how much you want to spend too. Hobby King have some fairly decent stuff for reasonable money.

All :this:
Author:  Grim... [ Thu May 21, 2015 15:41 ]
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Grim... wrote:
There’s a smaller, cheaper one. I’ll post a link when I’m back near a computer.

Whoops, forgot about this.

Here's the little one: http://www.flyzano.com/

Cute!
Author:  JohnCoffey [ Thu May 21, 2015 17:55 ]
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markg wrote:
It depends what you want out of it then really. I.C. motors have the singular advantage that you don't need to worry about recharging batteries. But batteries are pretty cheap now and the run times quite long. Personally I don't think there's really a lot to recommend about a noisy, temperamental little engine that's just going to irritate anyone within earshot. In addition if you decide you want to start tuning it to see how fast you can make it go then it's a lot easier and cheaper with electric stuff. But yeah, all depends how much you want to spend too. Hobby King have some fairly decent stuff for reasonable money.


The last time I ran a car it was a Schumacher Cat. I used to be absolutely engrossed in them, simply because they were so much fun to build and modify. I've had some wicked cars in the past.. Tamiya Astute, Kyosho Corvette (Nitro). However, it's literally been more than twenty years and man things have changed.

So, I would appreciate some RMD on a car. Ideally I would like a buggy or a truck because the allure of the sand is great. However, a rally car with tyres that will go over the sand would probably be the best. Just seen a Tamiya Ford Capri that really got me wanting.

Also. Controls. I used to use Futaba? I don't like those controls with the wheel on them I want something with two sticks.

Can some one RMD me a controls set with servos please? Battery may be the best. I used to use Parma and Parma Cyclone motors.. I'm assuming that by law you can not buy the jet fuel itself by post due to the nature of it so I would need a few batteries too. So RMD on those too please because I would strongly imagine things have changed since my Parma quick drop days.
Author:  Zardoz [ Thu May 21, 2015 19:38 ]
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I've got that Capri ;)

If it's sand you want to run on mostly you'd be better off with a 2wd or 4wd buggy rather than a rally car. If you go for 1:8 rather than 1:10 scale there's more choice of sand tyres (sand paws) that are good on dry sand.

From what I've seen these days when we've been out electric cars are being ran while half the time nitro cars are being faffed about with getting going.
Author:  Zardoz [ Thu May 21, 2015 19:51 ]
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This might be a good starting point, JC. Everything to get going and you can always upgrade away. Comes with wheel rather than stick though. http://www.rossmod.co.uk/ftx-viper-sand ... AqS08P8HAQ
Author:  JohnCoffey [ Thu May 21, 2015 20:01 ]
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Thanks chap. I assume I can just buy a different set of controls and switch out the crystals?

You never know I may grow to like them though.
Author:  Zardoz [ Thu May 21, 2015 20:02 ]
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Here's the brushless: http://www.rossmod.co.uk/ftx-viper-rtr- ... AqBS8P8HAQ

Crystals?! Go for 2.4ghz set mate. Biggest change in RC along with LiPo power.
Author:  Zardoz [ Thu May 21, 2015 20:05 ]
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Not had any problems with HK gear but there are Futaba and Spektrum varieties if you want to spend more: http://www.hobbyking.com/hobbyking/stor ... stems.html
Author:  JohnCoffey [ Thu May 21, 2015 20:38 ]
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Zardoz wrote:
Here's the brushless: http://www.rossmod.co.uk/ftx-viper-rtr- ... AqBS8P8HAQ

Crystals?! Go for 2.4ghz set mate. Biggest change in RC along with LiPo power.


Ooooh I see, crystals are gone. Probably a good thing really. I don't miss losing control over my car.
Author:  Zardoz [ Thu May 21, 2015 20:57 ]
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Curse you for making me look at more cars... and planes!
Author:  JohnCoffey [ Thu May 21, 2015 21:17 ]
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Yeah I got a horrible feeling that like computers one isn't going to be enough :s
Author:  Zardoz [ Thu May 21, 2015 21:51 ]
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I have 4 cars, 4 planes, and almost 2 quadcopters so far...
Author:  Zardoz [ Thu May 21, 2015 21:52 ]
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Sorry, 5 cars :D
Author:  JohnCoffey [ Fri May 22, 2015 13:52 ]
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Well I need to be careful because we've got a one bedroom flat. Now granted, it's an enormous one bedroom flat (bigger square feet than my mother's 3 bed house) but yes, one bedroom flat.

I'm still tossing up what I want. At the back of our beach is a path about 12ft wide that's newly paved and runs for about four miles, so an on roader would work just as well (it's dead down here).

I've seen a couple of Nitro Mustangs and love the look, though I would need to find a local supplier for the fuel...
Author:  Zardoz [ Fri May 22, 2015 13:55 ]
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Go for electric. Much easier to find a supplier :)

Would be a good idea to have a chat with those local RCers though.
Author:  JohnCoffey [ Fri May 22, 2015 15:49 ]
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Well now it's getting tough. They still do Vanessa's Lunch Box and the Midnight Pumpkin.

I mean sure they're kinda plastic but man they do half rip with a Cyclone in them. I love how they both look too. Plus they're the same underneath so I could get a couple of body shells..

Not sure yet if I want something so basic but I do remember having much LOLs with them. In fact the only thing I can think of that was more fun was my Wild Willy. They still do those, too :D What used to be the most excellent was the availability of the parts.
Author:  JohnCoffey [ Sat May 23, 2015 23:42 ]
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Zardoz, need some assistance.

I've decided that for now I am going to go with a Tamiya Vanessa's Lunchbox. I can get the entire kit with battery and controls etc for £149. Now, what I want to do is put a much faster motor in there but tbh I have no idea whatsoever what to look for. As I mentioned previously, I used to use Parma Cylones in my old cars.

I'm perfectly happy with the car and the plastic nature as I can get all of the important A frame parts as replacements for less than a tenner. What I do want to do however is give it more balls. I will also need a couple of spare batteries and a fast charger, so any advice will be warmly received.

Cheers.
Author:  Zardoz [ Sun May 24, 2015 9:10 ]
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I'd get the kit only for £89ish.

Then you want a brushless motor and esc around £50

Servo £8 and whatever controller and receiver you like £15-?

Couple of LiPo batteries and a charger £30.

Leave it with me and I'll send you links.
Author:  Zardoz [ Sun May 24, 2015 9:54 ]
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Oh and a ball bearing set too £8. Tamiya only give you brass / plastic bushings in most of their kits for some bizarre reason.
Author:  JohnCoffey [ Sun May 24, 2015 14:44 ]
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Zardoz wrote:
I'd get the kit only for £89ish.

Then you want a brushless motor and esc around £50

Servo £8 and whatever controller and receiver you like £15-?

Couple of LiPo batteries and a charger £30.

Leave it with me and I'll send you links.



Wicked thanks ! yeah I already spotted the ball race kit dude, got one in my wish list :D I'm just not sure on the batteries or controls.. BTW I would like a sealed electronic speed controller. I really hated the ones that looked like the inside of a scalextrix controller !

Ed. I don't mind paying out for a good, quick motor. Say £50 tops? I want it to be fast :)
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