Vintage r/c .what was your first
 

As the title states,what was your fist r/c.

Mine was a GOLDEN ARROW buggy from radio shack.You could actually get parts for them back in the day.

1985/86 Kyosho Optima

Mine was a indy car made by Fisher Price.

vrooom vrooom:lol:

LOBO, I beleive it was from Sears. Took 8AA batteries, NiCads, and had a charge port built into the car so you plugged the wall charger directly into the car. Had a blast with it and it seemed fast, of course I was about 7 so anything over 5MPH was fast. Got thrown away when the gears in the transmission stripped as there was no way to take it apart.

I used to have Yonezawa/Monogram's Land Dash(Lightning/ Wave Hunter), Nikko's Dictator, Super Sprint. Got a Tamiya Super Saber, but returned it to the shop after a few days of owning it( now I feel sorry that I did). I've owned several Tyco cars, too. Pretty fast for what they were during those days....sigh...

A small, blue buggy named the "Chipmunk" from Nikko back in 1988. I remember going into Kmart every weekend and eyeing that box until Christmas finally came.


God, I wasn't I hadn't thrown that thing away after all these years.

Kyosho Assault Buggy.

http://i177.photobucket.com/albums/w...r/assault1.jpg

My second was a TAMIYA KING CAB OMGWTF I thought it was really cool back in the day

Stampede XL5!

I had a few cars when i was little including an air powered car (it had a pump and an air tank which pushed a piston like a steam train). But the one that got me enthused the most about rc was the JET HOPPER. Black one. At the time my brother had a 'Wild Thing'.

Nikko Nightrage MT. MOA, 4WD, w/ twin 280 motors. Circa 1990 I think.

Edit: Looked just like this one (called THOR), but had red wheels.

http://www.hobbyzip.com/pdata/391-m.jpg

my first was some kind of black tyco rc car that transformed inbetween a stadium truck and monster truck. that thing ran for probably 3 years untill the shockes were worn out, wheeles were bald, stickers fell off, and motor finally gave out haha i got it in i thing 1st grade

http://www.rcgrabbag.com/wp-content/...04589-edit.jpg

Tamiya Frog...thought it was too fast to drive at first

Ah, Nicad's what fun!!

i had that same car! it was my 2nd one. my first one was a tyco tantrum? the front wheels spun on a solid axle. (think of the front axle/tires as a really slow propeller)

i had those when i was 4 or 5 and they were my favorite toys at the time. i remember anxiously waiting for those little 6v batteries to charge.:lol:

my first rc grade car was a Tamiya Hornet.

Tamiya Frog.
Got that bad boy from the Ranch pit shop.
/sigh
I miss that ole place.

I took a Dust buster apart and used that motor was wicked fast like 28 mph.
Then i use an armature from an hair dryer that was 5 pole i rewound and got it to about 45 when the trans exploded lol.

Rustler xl5 with nicads!

http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s.../random046.jpg

Tamiya grass hopper handed down from my dad. I want to get one and do it up and give back to him. i sorta destroyed his lol
Danny

I was at the LHS a few days ago and couldn't beleive my eyes when I saw a Hornet box up on the shelf. :surprised: It's been re-released along with the Frog and Grasshopper.

http://www.tamiyausa.com/product/cat...d=36450&page=2

Mine was the original Tamiya Lunchbox. I got it for Christmas back in 1987. God I loved that truck.

I am actually in the process of restoring it. I replaced the mechanical speed control, with an new ESC and 17 turn motor so far...

I will probably do a build thread.

Mine was also the Golden Arrow from Radio Shack. Broke sumpin on that one and had to toss it out. Next was a Traxxas Hawk that would really "haul the mail". Wonder what it would be like on brushless powa!

mine was a kyosho ultima back in 1986. i loved that car. rotary speed control and all. :surprised::yes::lol:

just remembered after killing dads grass hopper, i bought the super hornet until i looked at there site. I forgot i even owned that r/c!
Danny

hyosho outlaw raider, twas an awesome truck :) still have it under my bed ;)

I have a few tycos when I was young, then "graduated" to a larger rc that I got from toy-r-us when I was 10 or so. It took regular stick packs, and had 4wd, IIRC. !st real rc was a stampede xl-1. Still have it, but the only thing original is the chassis, everything else has been upgraded, or replaced...

First real RC: Kyosho Outlaw Ultima (early stadium truck). Then graduated to the original RC10T when it came out (all white plastic parts).

Tamiya Mad bull- just bought another one, tough little buggies..

Trip down memory lane
 

This goes back a ways, I was 7yrs old Christmas of 1976 and got a Tamiya 1/12 Scale Porsche 934 Turbo. It was electric, with a pan type chassis and direct drive. Memory is a little hazy, I think it was Tamiyas first RC car ?? It started a hobby that has helped to keep me somewhat mentally stable for all these years. Wish I still had that little car ?

EDIT, Found some Pics !

My first real rc was an aristo-craft kangaroo 2wd, next was a hirobo zerda 4wd. That zerda was fast

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