The Age Thread

[VintageMA]

Yeah - I know it's been done before, but when I was at the LHS with my fiance picking up my E-Revo this past weekend we all got to talking and they said that most of their customers were around my age because most younger didn't have the money to spend on the hobby. Anyway - seeing a lot of new names here and was just curious to find out the following:

1 - Your Age
2 - How long you've been into RC
3 - What was your first "real" model?

I'll start:

1 - 33
2 - 20 years
3 - Kyosho Optima Mid 1/10 4WD EP

[lincpimp]

1. 28
2. 3 years, maybe less
3. xl1 pede but I had a Nikko on-road car first (was a gift) so the Nikko actually got me in the hobby (mainly cause I wanted a better r/c than that!)

[BL_RV0]

14
7 years
T-maxx Pro .15

[skellyo]

30
20 years
Tamiya Grasshopper

[TexasSP]

30
20 some odd years off and on, 8 years back on
first rc, something crummy

[pipeous]

44
20 plus years
Marui Samurai chain driven 4wd buggy

[bdebde]

45
20 + years
Kyosho Ultima

[rootar]

19
9 years on and off
Pro-trax version stampede, first pede model to have the chrome wheels and the xl-1 esc came a month before the T-maxx was released.

[mkrusedc]

46 YO
5-6 years (when you are this old you start to forget)
Associated RC10 T3

1- 15
2- 5
3- Traxxas Rustler XL-1

[jhautz]

39

25 years with a 14 year break in the middle. Back in for about 6 years.

I think it was a Tamiya Hornet. But I'm not even sure any more.

[jayjay283]

36
23 years 1 form or another
Tamiya Mitsubishi Pajero (subaru brat with a suzuki samuri type lid on it, white case NiCD hump, 1st upgrade was getting rid of the resistors and fuses and putting in a circut breaker) I was livin' the dream

[Jeremy1976]

32
Long time
Dont remember

[blueb8llz]

29
17 on/off
tamiya fox

[TDC57]

40
10 on & off
Traxxas something (T-Maxx or Rustler) cant remember..