my first hobby grade rc was a Kyosho Rocky. got it used at the LHS. It came with a airtronics boat remote, big bulky thing with a steering wheel on the front and a small lever on the side for throttle

tamiya blackfoot for me

Kyosho Sandmaster ST-2

It was one of my first major purchases from a holiday job when I was 16 and cost me around $750

http://www.caa.com.br/kyosho/cars/sandst.jpg

Tamiya Subaru Brat circa 1984.

Bryan YGPM.

Mine was not a hobby grade but it was my first when I was a kid. It was a Tyco Rebound. I wish I still had this thing!
http://img37.imagefra.me/img/img37/8...ym_ad0a84f.jpg

The first hobby grade was a 1/10 scale nitro buggy when I was 14. Got it off a buddy brand new. He had no idea how to use it and neither did I. I don't remember what it was and I don't have it anymore since I put it into the side of my parents house at pretty much WOT. No failsafe, I figured that one out years later. It looked a ot like those cheap 1/10 scale 4x4 buggies that sell on eBay or by NitroRCX by Exceed RC.

Thanks Jason '
I,ve been out of town

I had that one too.
That's where I understand how fuel ( air in this case) make power that's deliver to the wheels.
It was all in a clear plastic exept the air tank!

I had an air powered one too. It was an air jammer bug scrammer, the little vw. I actually picked a mint one up on ebay for my boy a year or so ago.

My first decent one I remember was a tyco baja bandit. My brother and I both had them, and kept stripping the gears out. Dad finally got fed up with taking them back to walmart weekly, and got me my first hobby grade, a futaba fx10.

A Cox .049 dune buggy. It had a World Engines single channel radio. Don

haha i had one of those
and by about 8 years old i had 3 or 4 sets of recharging batteries/chargers so i constantly had them all plugged up charging :intello:

my first "real" rc car was a DTX evader though. and i had it for so many years i burned out 2 or 3 motors with stock everything and a $15 DTX shark 1500mah battery haha

mine was the midnight pumpkin...poor truck, I severely abused it

Lego toy RC, still have it.


First hobby grade Baja 5B SS. :whistle:

First wireless one was a Tyco Turbo Hopper back the 80s. My bro and I used to drive them all over the driveway and street in front of our house. Had a bunch of tycos, including a hovercraft at one point. Even went on water.

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1st hobby grade was a Tamiya Falcon. It was like the Grasshopper and Frog, but not as popular (and thus couldn't find parts...) Thought that thing was sooooo fast lol. Crappy 1200mah nicads on a 15min fast charger. Had to have about 4 batts if you wanted to drive it non-stop.
Still have the thing.

I also remember wanting the Tyco hovercraft SOOOOOOO bad when I was a kid, along with the bandit, but I could never afford them. Man, commercial brings back so many memories.

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So going through some stuff a my mom and pops I found my old Rebound, I am debating taking it apart and getting it a much needed make over.