Raptor Fun: in R/C Scale

[Nex]

i wonder what @Oldfart remote control..... um..... controls

Nobody needs to see that.

 

[Oldfart]

No i always thought wrecking a plane would be worse than rolling the truck 10X

I learned my lesson crashing an RC gas helicopter several times. It's insane how expensive that gets! It took all the fun out of it. Even a mild tip on landing is hundreds of dollars.

 

[DreaminofMT6X6s]

I love the dessert runners. My son and I were going to build a 1/8 scale buggy but maybe these are the trick

 

[ogdobber]

I’ve got the “mint 400” Losi. It’s pretty good

 

[Yeti Rojo]

Following thread for updates.

Looking ar a pair of these for my boys, 9 and 10. They keep braking the cheap ones from Amazon. The 10 year old takes it apart and trys to fit it while I am at work.

Looking at the Raptor body for one and some type of buggie for the other.

And you are correct. RC has come a long way since the Grasshopper.

I bought my son a Traxxas Maxx for Christmas in 2020. Like you, I was tired of breaking the cheap ones so I decided to "buy once, cry once".

He still uses it all the time, and in the year and a half we've had it we've only had to replace a couple of things when a jump landed particularly poorly. I think I've spent about $30 in parts total.

The best thing I did was buy the optional Bluetooth device for the transmitter. That allows me to control how much power he gets. As he demonstrates he can control the car I'll increase the power it gets. I currently have it at about 70% of the power, which still goes over 30 mph. If his friends want to use it I can dial the power back to 30 or 40% until they prove they aren't going to crash it into anything (or anybody).

I would buy it again without hesitation.

 

[sixshooter_45]

Watch "Annihilator 2010 Winter Rebuild HD" on YouTube

Annihilator.

 

[OEMPlus Raptor]

I’ve got the “mint 400” Losi. It’s pretty goodView attachment 356006

I have this one as well, but the "King" edition, as well as the SBR 1.0, Infraction and Traxxas UDR. Lots of fun, although they've been collecting dust.

 

[WNCHSTR96]

I’ve lost track of how many RC Raptors I have now, everything from Walmart specials to Losi, Traxxas, & 4x4RC ones. I just picked up a Stampede so I can put a Gen 1 body on it last month and found this Gen 3 at Tractor Supply for less than $80! I haven’t seen that one the OP posted, but I need to steer clear as it’s not just cars and trucks, but planes, helicopters, and drones as well (oh my!)

 

[TomDirt]

That RC is as close as I'll ever get to Justin Loftons' Trophy Truck. Sweet!

 

[MurderedOutSVT]

My R/C love began at Radio Shack. Kind of about a late 70's One hunnerd. On to zip zaps and xmods and then I got tired of dealing with batt'ries and chargers so I went nitro