What was your first "real" R/C?

[b16crxturbo]

Ok, how long has everyone here been in to R/C?

My first car was a JRX2,

Before that I owned a Traxxas Sledgehammer(sp?)

My brother owned a Tamiya Fox (complete with the hard plastic cased Tamiya 6 cell hump pack), and a Blackfoot before I had my first cars though which is how I got into it.

I find it crazy how much better electronics are now a days, I had Sanyo 1200 SCR's when I first started, rated at ~248 sec @ 20amps!!

[Pro3/nmt105]

I started with a Tamiya Tlo1 (the kit version, now they are selling the rtr :rolleyes: ) when I was 8 or 9 years old. Those cars are literally indestructable, the only thing I ever managed to do was strip out the pinion and spur gear, actually it's not really a spur gear, Im not sure what its called. I was into radioshack cars and my friend told me about real rc cars and I thought it was really cool that you could build them yourself. He actually got one, but never built it and I got mine for christmas that year.

[Silent Scope]

I started with a Kyosho nitro rally.. called the Alpha somthing or other.. came with a ford focus body.

[twistedtrik]

oh very well grass-hoppa! no, wait my first "real" r/c was a grasshopper, and i had a hot-shot around the same time also.

[stangeroo]

rs4 ss, just got it a few weeks ago, its fun

[DBracer]

i was 15, i got the mt2. that was a month ago... its been fun so far, just ordered some more parts yesterday...

[C.J.OO]

oh very well grass-hoppa! no, wait my first "real" r/c was a grasshopper, and i had a hot-shot around the same time also.


Yee ha. :D :) ..The Hot shot was My first Reall RC I had a wild willy also But I hardly dove it compaired to my Hot shot....;)

[TMaxxBenny25]

Traxxas Rustler was my first!

[ososlow]

Mine was a Stampede. My cousin let me drive his King Blackfoot and I just had to have one. This was back in 1998 already. Time sure does fly :o

[slat26]

a REVO back last September

[racinlosi]

Traxxas Bandit, about 3 Christmas's ago.

[XTCRacing]

I think my first one was the Tamiya Lunchbox(Vanessa's Lunchbox). It was either that or an RC10,been so long ago I can't even remeber....

[TMaxxBenny25]

lol thats cool!

[Farwar]

Mine was a T3 when I got into it when I was 14. I still have it and use it quite often too.

[always_opencarb]

duratrax maxium mt- still have it today. then a pede then a traxxas blast(boatthen a tc3 then a rusty then a ntc3 then a tlt-1-wow and woulda know i still have all

[ayk_driver]

AYK buffalo.... this baby is like 20+ yrs old...... gotta luv a legend :D

[NotWalkinBlind]

Bolink Challenger... 1/12th... looked sorta like the one on the top right side of this page, but the top chassis plate was smaller... and green fiberglass like the bottom plate (this one looks yellow). Yeah, it had white nylon front blocks and spindles and rear blocks like this one. And that beige (Kydex?)front bumper. The right rear block deformed from motor heat, and we'd make a primitive heat sink by cutting a small piece of sheet aluminum to put between the motor and the block and extend it up above and over the motor. It was a "beauty"... got it in 1983... it came with some CanAm type body. I still have it.
:cool:
http://www.rc-car-museum.de/1_12_Modelle_aus_aller_Welt/Bolink/Bolink_Challenger/bolink_challenger.html

[Mustang2]

mine was hpi nitro RS4 rtr 3...that was a lil over a year ago

[FRANKIECMGT]

I Would Have To Say Mine Was A Holiday Buggy From Tamiya..gota Love A 6 Pound Off Road Buggy That Uses A Little Bottle Of Oil On The Back Of The Car...no Need To Bleed The Shocks...there Wern't Any...lol

[FRANKIECMGT]

Wait A Min..that Was My Supper Champ...boy Sucks Gettin Old...lol

[suckfish]

Mine was a good old RC10 gold tub and ceramic speed control... boy i wish i never sold it.. but with 5 electric's and 3 Nitro's it had to go.. currently in my stable
Tmaxx
Kyosho Superten FW04
hyper 7 PCR
TC3
king Blackfoot
xxx kinwald graphite edition
xxx MF2
CRC carpet knife 3.2 red

[Fluke]

duratrax evader

[Hard Core RC Guy]

Marui Hunter was the first, but I really wanted the Ninja....

and I still have it, and it still runs fine!

J :cool:

[MORTER MAN]

Rustler was my first...WORSE TRUCK EVER! LOL no reallyI loved the thing but it broke on me every time I drove it. But it got me into this insane hobby and thats what really matters I guess....

[MIAMINITRO]

I had an on road car back in the late 70's used to start it witha drill and a rubber wheel. Found it im my uncles garage we used to mess around with that also had A COX widow maker with string that went around in cirlces.

RC10 Original
LOSI JRXT
Tamiya FOx
Nitro RS4

[cheerwhiner]

rc10t3 I bought it 3 months before the T4 came out lol so not that long!

[Scarab RC]

Traxxas Nitro Rustler and money has been flying out of my pocket because of this addictive hobby ever since!

Scarab

[st_dragn_wagen]

my first was a kyosho stadium baja i bought back in April 97. it was a peace of junk but held up pretty good, well except for the spur gear anyway. i still own it, only now its fitted with a T3 trans and doesn't run do to me needing to make some custom dog bones and needing to rebuild the shocks.

[Ultima Pro XL]

My first kit car was a Marui Samurai. But it was given to me used and not in good condition so I couldn't keep it going. After that my first real R/C car was a Kyosho Turbo Optima Mid SE that I still have to this day.

[Noreaga]

My first was also a Grasshopper, then I got a Falcon, and then a Clodbuster...
My current 3 is the LST, Mayhem, and a Revo.

With many inbetween....

[Legend_Car]

i had a bolink legend_car. those are sweet and still run great.

[delman]

My first was a Kyosho outrage I got into it when I was about 10-11.

[ososlow]

Come to think of it, my first "real" rc was a nitro o/b hydroplane I traded my bicycle for about 7-8 years ago. I still have it in pieces in my room. One day I will own a tunnel hull to slap that 3.5 kb on. :D That motor still rips when I decide to run it every couple years :cool:

[Legend_Car]

i had a bolink legend car those are awesome.

Currently i have
Hpi dash
xxx-t losi
2 mini-t
emaxx
tc3
tc4

[tadium54]

Started out with a wild willy 2. stepped up to a GT, then E-maxx, then Monster Pirate, then back to E-Maxx again. Man that was a while ago

[GTR Brian]

My first was a Tamia Baja Buggy, the one with the metal suspension and big waterproof box for the electronics! (Yeah, I'm no spring chicken). My next was a Tamia Frogg, then a gold pan RC10 buggy, still have that one...

[BOWTIE1]

Hmmm i think my 1st was a Traxxas Nitro Rustler i seen a 1/8 scale about 5 yrs ago and ben racing 1/8 buggys every secne now have a mugen x5 with p5 and craxynut head sx3 radio ill post pics tonite if yall wanna see my junk :D

[jackhammer74]

From the time I saw a copy of RCCA at my school library in the seventh grade back in '88 I was hooked, I remember it like it was yesterday I don't remember what month it was, but I remember that it was the one with Clint Eastwood in it, they had a feature about the use of R/C cars in his latest movie at the time, it was the "Deadpool". I wish I still had that issue.
But back then my parents couldn't afford to buy me one of these expensive toys, it was not till 1998 when I already being married and with a kid decided to finally indulge and buy myself one, it was a Tamiya TA02 with the Mercedes CLK DTM body, I loved that thing, then came the TA03F, then the TA04, the F103, the TC3, the HPI RS4micro and RS4mt, the F201, and last the Xray evo2 with c-hubs. The only ones I don't have anymore are the TA02, the micro and the TC3.

[astainback]

Lobo 3... sears....
or maybe the old school transAM that had a controller that looked like the traxxas easy start with a wheel on it...
or was it the... I don't know..
but the Tyco Bandit was sweet......
My first "hobby" class was the tmaxx.

[racingt4]

my was the Mrc mt10, some thing like that. It was a moster truck. Back in 1997. it was all right.

[powerstroke01]

An Rc10T... Man, I miss that truck.. :(

[powerstroke01]

Lobo 3... sears....
or maybe the old school transAM that had a controller that looked like the traxxas easy start with a wheel on it...
or was it the... I don't know..
but the Tyco Bandit was sweet......
My first "hobby" class was the tmaxx.
hahaha i had a LOBO. That car was sweet. haha. I think its still around here somwheres.. :cool:

[Dan H]

My first real RC was a Tamiya TA03R. After 7? or so years, I still managed to hold onto it. :)

[astainback]

That Lobo was heavy as "heck" but man, i could get that thing to flip in my neighbors ditch.
i thought it was the best.. until the bandit.
I want another bandit!!!!

[thedarkness]

My first was a tamiya stadium blitzer(sitting on my closet floor, lost the front end somehow).Took me a year of saving when I was 12 to get the kit, 2 1500mah packs,charger,and KO propo beat gear radio.I would like to get it running but it would most likely take more than the $100 I could spend to buy a brand new one.

[darncars]

Does a "ROPE/CONTROLLED" Cox .049 airplane count ?

[ryanD]

i got my first "real" r/c car in 2000 when i tured 10, it was an hpi rs4 rtr. I just sold it!

[otto33]

Rustler, I think I got it in 99 or 2000

[calvin3]

Tamiya Porsche 956 - 1984

[da_ticklah]

1st time in R/C
Grasshopper
Boomerang
Javelin

2nd time in R/C
Bolink Eliminator 10
RC 10T

3rd time in R/C
RS4 RTR
NTC3
TC3

[DaveG]

My first real rc was the Kyosho ZR-1 Corvette that I bought back in 1987. It still runs and is sitting in the basement right now. I take it out and run it every now and then but it's sooooo old it breaks something every time and it's impossable to find parts anymore. In '87 I thought that car was the hottest thing out there.
My first nitro vehicle was that little cox PT19 trainer. What a blast that was in the back yard flying it past the back of the house and only missing by a few inches.
Dave

[Brahmzy]

HPI RS4 2 ... way back in the day, hehe.

[RCMadMatt]

The original Tamiya Blackfoot. Still have that one in my basement. :)

Matt

[novakman5800]

my first was the traxxas 4tec. got me started into the hobby about 2 years ago. now i have 3 total. and have tricked out the 4tec.

[Louie]

First for me was the Hornet I bought from Sheldon hobbies mid 80's , think my transmitter was a Challanger 250 , Back then if you had Tamiya black motor you were the man in the neighborhood . After that I had a bunch of others and still have most the remains of a few of those relics in the garage . My oldest kid is 10 maybe we will fix one up for her and she can be retro at the local track :D

[TMaxxBenny25]

I think that a Rustler like mine was a good starter. NOw im sellin it for a 1/8 sacle buggy or something.

[BrushlessHawaii]

a rc10t gold tub

[Piggy89373]

When I as about 10 or so, my parents bought me a corvette. It was the first true radio controlled car I had. I was happy as can be with this battery hog, much more so than the spiderman on a string remote controlled car.

After mowing lawns a few years later and saving up, I bought a grasshopper to race against my friend who had the hornet. I lost the hornet during moves across country, and eventually took a trip through a hobby shop and bought an RC10. It had that old familiar mechanical speed control and the ceramic resistor that used to so lovingly burn your fingers. I raced that for a year, and put it in the closet bringing it out now and again over the years.

While in Germany, owned a POS nitro rally car that fell apart if you blinked at it wrong. After ordering the newly released RC10GT (now with bearings!!), the rally car went to parts and pieces and eventually kept the trash can company.

About 2 years ago, found this site and it restirred the old desires. I now have the old RC10, the GT, a newer FT GT, an NTC3 and a bl M18.

[stryfe101]

my first car was a traxxas hawk 2..it took me a full weekend to build it, got it back in 93..still use my ole magnum junior from then to this day(barely works though...in the market for something new) then I got a trx-3, then a ta-02 tamiya sedan, then my current rs4 pro, then an rs4 mini, a xx-cr, all i have left is the rs4 pro, the xx-cr is around somewhere..

Gray

[thewarrenator]

mine was the origional legendary tamiya blackfoot that i got from my grandpa. when i got it it had all origional electronics, motor and servo. this was like 5 years ago at age 9. can we say kid in the new world with old school stuff!! i still have it to. i now own a team losi xxxt.

[xcellur8]

My first car was a Kyosho Scorpion,then had a couple of Marui Big Bears couple of Blackfoots got my first Goldpan RC10 in around 1988 or 89 had a RC10T when they came out.

[4wdmt]

mine is the tamiya king blackfoot.

[Silent Night]

I think my first was a RS4 3 I got a couple years ago... I might have had another one because I used to have alot of r/c's but never knew much about them...

[Rtsbasic]

I brought my first "real" RC car May 2004, A TL01 RTR from my local hobby shop with a Skyline shell. Brought a 17t motor and some good tyres/chrome rims 5 mins later, not stopped since :) Really shouldn't use 17t on MSC..ah well it worked (for a while).

[thewarrenator]

tamiya blackfoot... heres the body on my stampede...

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y13/losircalltheway/3447ecc5.jpg

i love that year of ford

[LandSharkGT]

Cox .049 Dune Buggy and Cox .049 airplane in 19ummmmm74 wow I'm an old fart now! But still playing with toys!

[xcellur8]

Matter of fact I still have the Old Blackfoot put away with a Mint Conditon Body that I never ran on the truck......

[elkhorn98]

A grasshopper too! Boy that was a tough buggy. I wrecked that thing so many times. It was a lot of fun. Then I got a blackfoot and still have it.

[madforRC]

my first RC was a thunder tiger nitro powered rally, it had the escort rally shell but it had the blue and white shell not the repsol one, cant remember the exact name given to this model.I had my first model when I was 11 years old.At one point I had 14 cars all in working order they were all nitro except for one which was the Kyosho spider10 electric.Ive had cars from most of the major manufacturers which include kyosho,traxxas,thundertiger,hotbobies(on the way in the post,Its the gt but its the single engine model),tamiya,hoaboa(ofna to all you americans).

[TMonte]

A Nikko Lobo was my first RC car (the first one with a stick controller - circa '88).

The first hobby-level car was a Team Losi Junior-T. I then quickly went through three or four Losi's while racing local and regional ROAR sanctioned events in the mid-90's.

Right now I still have a XX and XXT laying around, and a Revo that I backyard bash with. I'm definitely getting the itch to race again...no...must resist... :p


Tom

[Newdude]

Traxxas T-Maxx

[justo316]

Tamiya Hornet (cheap entry level car) back when I was a young'un followed by a Team edition RC10 (black tub. Best car at the time). It was awesome going to extremes in performance.

[Silent Scope]

Some Kyosho nitro rally car.. pshh Never went with kyosho again

[ahab]

1987- Tamiya Frog.
1988- Associated Rc300 with an Irvine engine.
1989- Bolink Eliminator.

[chevy camaro]

a jrxt then an 1976 ae rc12lola i still have the controler for it it the first wheel controler that futaba made

[chevy camaro]

Here is the controller

[Devillish]

mine was a Tamiya TA02, the Loctite Skyline. I got it in like 96 or 97, i still have it too. Now i have like 6 or 7 cars.

[ProMatchRacing]

I got into R/C a little over 3 years ago and my first car was a Losi Street Wepon that I bought off a friend.

[r2c2canada]

mine was a Hornet. Used to race it in concord ontario. At that time (84) it was very fast.

[4rcphr33k]

Old skool:
Grasshopper
LunchBox
RC-10 gold tub
RC-10 Team
Losi LXT

Current:
T-Maxx
Nitro 4-tech
Ofna MBX r2

[dub-c]

Rockbuster (forgot what company made it) then I got a JRX-Pro


Current:
JRX-Pro
TC3
Mini-t
RC-10GT

[Nitro41]

traxxas 4-tec (electric). come a long ways since then...building a tmaxx

[Tamiya4ever]

Well, this will show my age big time. I got a used Tamiya Lancia Delta rally car ( the one with the frog chassis) from a friend. He had just bought a golden tub RC-10. Then my parents bought me a new Nichimo Exeed from Boscovs. :D

[gtoman2u]

my very first R/C car was a Traxxas Rustler, I think I got it about 6 or 7 years ago, man Traxxas you need to redesign the Rustler its getting OLDER than the Dinosaurs!

[kruzn]

My first was a Latrax Corvette 1/12 scale electric pan car. Metal chassis and motor pod, came with a box-style TX (copy of the Futaba box-style wheel radio) and an ESC. The ESC was constantly burning out transitors, but it worked well otherwise. Latrax later became Traxxas. I raced the Latrax with a small local club where everyone ran the same car, sort of an early "spec" class. This was circa 1978-1980.

Second was an Associated RC12E with the old resistor/wiper arm speed control. Raced that a lot as the club moved into the newer cars (we again all ran the same cars/batteries/motors). Had a blast!

Since then the list is too long to remember them all...
Kruzn

[Hard Core RC Guy]

Still got it, still runs, still original....still wish I got the Ninja instead

John :cool:

[chevy camaro]

My first was a Latrax Corvette 1/12 scale electric pan car. Metal chassis and motor pod, came with a box-style TX (copy of the Futaba box-style wheel radio) and an ESC. The ESC was constantly burning out transitors, but it worked well otherwise. Latrax later became Traxxas. I raced the Latrax with a small local club where everyone ran the same car, sort of an early "spec" class. This was circa 1978-1980.

Second was an Associated RC12E with the old resistor/wiper arm speed control. Raced that a lot as the club moved into the newer cars (we again all ran the same cars/batteries/motors). Had a blast!

Since then the list is too long to remember them all...
Kruzni still have the box style remote by futaba the rc12e got lost :)

[kingpin76]

1989.......Kyosho Optima Mid 4wd electric buggy belt drive....I still have it and it works........however I guess there werent jumps back then b/c it lands on its lid on every jump I have tried

[MrB1973]

Duratrax Evader/T3 - Got them both at the exact same time. Now I have two ePedes, an RS4-2 and a T-Maxx.