what was your first ever rc car doesnt have to be hobby grade

evader st. now it sits on my worbench and i'll probably never drive it again, but it was all right!

Traxxas rustler rtr..thee worst truck i ever bought lol

Rusty NutZ

Traxxas rustler rtr..thee worst truck i ever bought lol

Rusty NutZ

rustlers are amazing i own one they are pretty durable buts lets ot get off topic

my first r/c car was a remote wired electronic fire engine, lights,siren and all.
Had that for awhile until I smashed it for one reason or another,
My first Hobby r/c car was a bolink pan car from the late 80's. Electronics consisted of my fathers homemade ESC, a receiver that was bigger than the tires put together and a old 540 motor, and I think I started off with a 380 in it. fun times

my first rc car was an mrc Iorn man. but the car that gave me the most fun was my kyosho rb-sports buggy. I took that thing from box rtr all the way to full out racer. that buggy gave me some good memorys and it also started my racing life. THANKS KYOSHO

FIRST>>>HMMM I had the same wired fire engine above.. First radio controlled one was a dukes of hazzard radio controlled car... To turn you used reverse...the wheels would rotate 90 degrees...LOL>> Then I got what I thought was the coolest thing ever.. a NIKKO TURBO PANTHER II.. LOL had this stick controller with the turbo switch that would allow it to go twce as fast...And a switchable gearbox on it... HIGH if you had about 10000FT to build up speed.. or LOW if you were off road or small area...I had a white and a red one so we could race them...LOL..

First semi hobby grade car was a tamiya stryker.. I had that for 2 months while saving up for a Pan car..I ruined it by piutting a 12 turn in it..LOLI started rebuildingit and never finished..
Then the first real race rc car was an RC10L..

Tamiya FOX, lots of things in a very small area for a beginner!!!!!!

I can't remember what the model was, but I had a couple of Tyco not quite sport level cars. This would have been in the early 80's. I remember that they had proportial steering, forward/reverse, and a quick charge system. The car/remote had a switch on them to choose different frequencies. I remember having some fun with those.

Actually my first "remote" controlled car would have been a gift. It was the kind of car that was hard wired to the remote. What a waste of money :)

Like AJS, it was a Tamiya FOX.... that became a Red FOX.

my "first" was a fire engine w/ the wire connected to it lol still havent had a good one im kinda just getting into the hobby, i just bought a tmaxx though, cant wait for that to get here.

car:tt01 man that was indestructable, well until i found a screwdriver lol
truck: blackfoot, wow that was real fast with msc and all lol

'85 grasshopper

1st was some sears buggy

1st real one was the lunch box in 87

Mine was a Tyco Turbo Hopper. I got one for X-mas, had it two hours, run though some mud and it died. The next day, dad took me to a hobby shop and walked out with a Grasshopper.

My first true race car was a JRX2. Oh the good old days...

Jerry
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Turbo hopper...LOL I forgot about that one.. Even had the cool spare tire mounted up top...LOL... 9.6V!!!!!!!!!!! :p

My first RC car was a tyco Bandit truck, it was the same basic car as a turbo hopper.... I loved that thing.. My first actual real race vehicle, was a used RC-10 aluminum tub, with a Team Pit Stop chain drive transmittion.. I always has problems with it.. I was missing the chain tensioner for the tranny, and the motor magnetss would pull the chain to it.. It left grooves in the can, and eventually the chain would keep breaking.. I traded that for a Mint losi JRX PRO, with a 9 turn neucular assault mod.. I remeber the batteries i had, i only got about 2 minutes of runtime.. LOL but man it ripped..

Ive had easily over 300+ rc cars since then.. Id bet ive spent upwards of 30 grand if not more on this hobby since i started..

Now my favorite car i ever wanted and didnt get until a few years ago, was a kyosho ultima 2 with the kelron chassis.. Thank God for eBay! (http://www.jdoqocy.com/click-1606754-2202639)http://www.awltovhc.com/image-1606754-2202639.. It has allowed me to build the cars i always wanted for my shelf.. The cool thing is i built it all new, with all the hopups i wanted to..

First was a Tyco car. 2nd was a chain driven 4 wheel drive car, would that be a fox? I never really new what it was?

My first car was a wired nascar it went left and right forward and back it was the white and green kodiak car if my memory is correct I would actually like to find one it would be cool to give it to my kid anyway the next was a tyco turbo hopper then I did yardwork for the summer for a neighbor and he gave me a new Kyosho Ultima buggy with blue alum rims I still have the car after all these years I have completely restored it to new condition and I have it on display
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v509/dirtkiller/radio%20control/DCP_2939.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v509/dirtkiller/radio%20control/DCP_2936-1.jpg

Nice looking ride!

Jerry
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One of those Radio Shack jobs. It was a Porsche 928. The kind where it either went straigh or in revurse and turned. My how far they have come.

Thanks.

that is actually pretty cool looking truck,,, good job

Fast Traxxx. It was fun, but not very durable. (got from toys r us)


First real hobby rc--- Evader ST RTR..... Very fun truck =)

My first car was a Thorp 1/8 scale gas car. First gas car with a gear diff and a belt drive. Thorp cars were always different in their drive trains.

First car i drove was a Losi JRXT, this was when the XXT had long came out and this was the bottom of the line car my dad had when i started out

First vehicle i could call MINE was(and still is) my 5-1/2 year old XXXT-turned-MF2

I miss tamiya and kyosho old school stuff

my first r/c car was that G.I. Joe buggy. i'd have 10 army guys hangin off that thing flyin over jumps, guys everywhere. then i had a tyco turbo bandit, i loved that thing untill i jumped it to high and it never worked right again. then in 8th grade my dad bought me a tamiya mudblaster, kyosho pulsar 2000 radio (what a pile that radio was) i even raced it at the local track... got sick of it and begged dad for the 1st stadium truck, the RC10T... i still pity him for all the expense i put him through.

now i feel old.... thanks a lot. LOL

gamebro do you live in pa? because i might know you!

mrmeat: man thats hilarious but i used to do that with my sisses doll but they were on fire, ruined too much crap like that so i gave up that hobby ,lol

First was a Tyco car. 2nd was a chain driven 4 wheel drive car, would that be a fox? I never really new what it was?
didnt Yokomo/Associated sell a chain driven YZ-10?? thats the only one I remember seeing.. Im not even sure if it came chain driven... I recall seeing an OLD COMPETITION + mag that had a writeup on a chain drive YZ10.. LOL

Tamiya Grasshopper......took out the 380 and replaced it w/ a 540, threw out the hard shell and put a sprinter body on it. Two weeks later I bought a set of foams and was racing carpet. Man that paper route paid good....I love the 80's!!!!

Yokomo YZ10. Won a bunch with it but got where you couldnt find parts anymore......Associated cars now...Have a great day...

Off-Road: Associated RC10 Gold Tub Chassis

Oval: TRC PREDATOR

Dirt Oval: CW Dominator

Radio: Futaba Magnum PB1021 "Brick" PCM

Speed Control: Tekin G10

Charger: Tekin

Battery: Sanyo SCE / SCR

First Dirt Oval Track to race on : FASTRACK in Ulmerton Rd, Largo FL

First and the best oval track I have race on: Whippoorwill , Narcoosee Rd, Orlando FL

Still get the wet palms and heavy breathing every time I get up the drivers stand !!!!!
After all these years.......LOL

It was a 18 wheeler big rig from sears about 3 foot long (trailer and truck) that was like the big rig KW on the tv series " moving on " about 35 years ago ,drivers name was Sonny Pruitt ...

About 4 years ago we got stuck on evader st's (they are tough r/c's)...

well, being fairly new to the r/c racing world, I have owned alot of w-mart and radio shack cars but my first Brand name car was an HPI Micro RS4, now that was fun, since then I have own a fair share of differnt cars, HPI sprint, HPI pro 4, Evader ST, Speedmerchant Rev. 4, etc. and hopefully here before to long an Xray T2 or a Corally RDX havent really thought about it to hard probably will go with the Xray

my first was a nikko black thunder. I still have bits and pieces of it around. My first hobby grade truck of my own was a tamiya king blackfoot.

My first was an Associated 12E got lost in a move, next was the 12i, Tamiya Hornet, RC10, RPS Yokomo SE and many others.

kenwood, it was the RPS YokomoSE that was chained drive, the MIP was a 4wd RC10 conversion that was also chain drive. The RPS Yokomo became the C4, then YZ10 when Associated imported it.

didnt everyone have a bolink invader?

didnt everyone have a bolink invader?

Was it a On-Road car? If so, I picked one up last month, but I don't know what it is.

Jerry
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Ok, guys, let's face it.....if you're mentioning some Rat-Shack "wired" R/C, then it isn't exactly "remote" now is it? :p I used to have a Rat-Shack Ferrari F-40 from the late-80s.

As for my first, it would be a Tamiya TA02 BMW M3 Shnitzer, modded to the max.
CF chassis, alum. gear boxes, alum. A-arms, BB steering and BB all-around, etc., etc.

Was a great, great car.and I traded it for an AMD chip(750Mhz)motherboard back in 2000.
The TA02 would retain it's value, somewhat. ....the computer? Well,.....no comment. :p

play toy... losi JR T
race car... bolink sport 91

my first was a radio shack monster truck and then i got a buggy and i jumped it off a roof becuase i was tired of it =/ then it was in peices and i took the motor out of it =) now i have a evader st thinkin of gettin a new stampede

My first car was Kyosho Turbo Ultima. I just pulled it out of the closet after I was in Hobby Shop recently and impulse purchased a Tamiya Hornet. Once I assembled it and got it running around I had to put my Ultima back together. Does anyone know where i can get some parts for it? I need a steering arm at a minimum.

associated rc10 ce gold pan with 6 gear trans and all bushings.

my very first was a remote wired car, dont remember alot about it, but it was wired.

first one into the hobby was a RC10 buggy, i got it after i got out of go-karts, it was about 1997. bought it used from ryders hobby shop.

Team Associated 10L, in 1988, BOLINK BUICK REGAL body painted like the gold & white MILLER HIGH LIFE #12 car that Bobby Allison won the 1988 DAYTONA 500 in, man where does the time go.:confused:

Mine was a Losi JRX2 I got in '88 or '89, I can't remember but I sold it in '96 to a friend and he still has it today. His kids play with it.

Jeff

my first RC was tyco turbo hopper went through about 10 of them before smartening up,then i got a tamiya wild one in 84(i think,its been a while)
wow i wil remember that one forever

Tamiya frog (84) i ran the wheels off that thing and still have it!

I am sure i had one from kmart or some other place like that.

But my first true RC was a losi xxx-t great truck.