RC trivia quiz

[skellyo]

Shall I give any hints?

[rchippie]

Originally Posted by skellyo

Shall I give any hints?

Not just yet . We have had some sucsess . Im surprised no one has gotten #1. He was one of the most important inventors if not the most important inventor of all time.

Thats all i know

[rchippie]

sean go a head & give them the answer to #1 & #2 . No one will beleave it when you tell them.

[skellyo]

What's it cost for a tesla coil these days? $1898?

[What's_nitro?]

Is #1 Nikola Tesla?

...and #2, it was in 1898.

#4 is 11 I think?

[What's_nitro?]

Originally Posted by skellyo

What's it cost for a tesla coil these days? $1898?

LOL! I didn't even see that until now! Seriously!

Haha wow.... Yeah I was like who cares what it costs!

Nice

[crazyjr]

Originally Posted by rchippie

I thought this would make a neet thread . Below are several rc ?'s to see how much rc knowledge you have. I all ready have the answers to my ?'s.

#1 Who in vented Radio control ?.
#2 what year was it created ?.
#3 Who has the most world championships ?.
#4 How many championships does he have ?.
#5 What does the L stand for in RC10L ?.
#6 In the 1988 movie DEAD pool who was the driver of the rc car that was driven under the real car & then blown up ?.
#7 What is the first name of the maker of reddy motors?.
#8 What was the first RC model ?.

I'll think of more latter.

#3 is Masami Hirosaka and #4 is more than 15 world titles, If total any titles over 70.
#6 was Jay halsey, and the car was a gold tub RC10 electric w/63 vette body
#7 is mike reedy.
I know some have answered first on these, but these are the ones i know

[What's_nitro?]

Originally Posted by BlackedOutREVO

Haha wow.... Yeah I was like who cares what it costs!

Nice

Well actually that's about right... $1898 for a good-sized coil.

[George16]

Nikola Tesla was featured on the History Channel a couple of weeks ago. In the documentary, they also talked about the "friendly" competition he had against Thomas Edison.

[What's_nitro?]

Originally Posted by George16

Nikola Tesla was featured on the History Channel a couple of weeks ago. In the documentary, they also talked about the "friendly" competition he had against Thomas Edison.

Yeah and their grand-kids went on to form the band "AC-DC".

[George16]

Originally Posted by What's_nitro?

Yeah and their grand-kids went on to form the band "AC-DC".

I was a little late here Tesla was the first to have a remote controlled boat and later on the German Navy used similar technology in WWII...here is a link to the story about Tesla

http://www.pbs.org/tesla/ins/lab_remotec.html