madweazl -
Had the following RC cars (in order from approximately 1986 to present): PANDA'monium, Losi JrX2, Tamiya Brat, Kyosho Raider, Losi Jr-T, Tamiya TA-02, Losi LXT, Losi XX-T, Losi XX, HPI Nitro RS4, AE FT RC10 GT, HPI RS4, AE FT TC3, Colt 10 Nitro GT, TTR EB4 S3, XRay M18-T RTR, M18-T Pro, Losi 8ight 2.0, Kyosho Optima Mid SE, Losi 8ight T 2.0, Losi XXX-SCT, Tamiya TRF 201.

Orange_R -
Mine started with a Tamiya Grasshopper, the SandScorcher and RoughRider, Tamiya F150, Tamiya F1, RC10L and 10LSS, then a Gold pan RC10, RC10 Graphite, RC10T, Express and Express Pro sedans, Losi XXXT, Losi XXX Kinwald, Losi XXXT Matt Francis, Losi XXXS G+, Losi XXXNT, Losi XXXNT Drake, Losi XXXNT Drake II, Ofna 9.5 Pro(have 2) and now an 8ight 2.0 and XXX-SCT.

Long drive for me so no go... but I have been to Thunder Alley a bit in Beaumont. ProLine had a nice track in Banning too but I am not sure they are open any more. Hemet had a nice track called The Dirt that had some big races. I will have my RCs out in the desert this year... getting them all geared up!

Team Associated All the Way

The Dirt has reopened but it has a new name. I'd be willing to meet up out there a couple times a month. As for the Associated comment, we'll see...

Haha... would love to get a 5T but that rc8t is calling my name. Man if we were all rich!

The 5t races out at milestone in riverside are a lot of fun too.

gowith the T it is the best rc to date!!!

Which T would that be?

Going this Sunday for practice.

woohoo R/C people - i got bored and just bought a new rc10t4 factory - i bought paddles and a 3.5 to put in there. I think on smooth sand i can get it up to 55-60. I was actually wondering if I could jump the canal... i think its possible. I used to race electric touring twice a week when socal was still around. I have a ton of useless stuff now. Anyone want tire warmers? 20 pairs of sorexs?

The BaJa 5T

What he said! Just bought another new one lol. They are badazz

ahhhh......ALOT of time spent at The Dirt back in the mid-late 90s racin my Losi XXT. still have that truck, one day i will sort out the trans and buy new batteries and have some fun with it. the ol 1800mah batteries i believe are toast....

team ASSociated sucks. all about mugen....

i have not raced at the dirt in a long time. i used to race religiously at arc when he was in murietta. thunder alley has been a bit of a spell as well. im getting back into it, soon....

sell it on ebay, and buy nitro. flashlight races suck!! lol....

negative ghost rider. effed with those stinky pieces of chit too many times when i used to race, they were ALWAYS broken. ill stick with the plug n play flashlight models.....

i would like to get a 5t but i'll have to sell all of these to get 1!

your life would be alot happier if youdid sell all the Nitro's for a Gasser 5T

See again I think a small section for these Ba'Ja's would be great as ALOT of people here have them and more want them...

And I also heard some guy is coming out with an affordable body for them

that will be sweet when do you think it shall be available if you were a psychic (sp)

I heard very soon. And you're right, that would be cool to have a 5T forum on here. Seems like lots of peeps have them for glamis

it figures i sell all of my stuff, and know everyone wunts to go. ohhh welll

I still have a RC10T3 electric that I love... I have been contemplating putting a nice brushless setup in it and calling it a day... but then the lipo batteries would kill my pocket book! LOL

I have a RC18B that has the brushless in it and I can't keep control of it!!! It's too fast!

Aghhh... You're killing me with the Mugen! Associated 1/8th stuff is really nice!

My boys found a online store that sells lipo's supper cheap.

ive still got all my rc crap. i messed with nitro for a while and then got back into the electrics, the brushless and lipos that are out now are amazing. even a brushless with a 5000mah nimh battery is fast and long run times.

i still got a couple trophys from the ranch pit shop from back in the day.

I have a pair of X-Ray M18Ts as well. For the Baja fans, yea, the size is cool and so is the ability to run gas but they arent even close to the performance of 1/8 nitro. It's like putting a Pinto up again a Porsche I wouldnt grabbing one if others actually wanted to race with them somewhere but I'd never give up 1/8 nitro buggy.

I stopped by Coobie's place this afternoon. He had a broken engine mount with a spare on hand but his spur was toast. I picked a couple on my way home so as soon as he has some time off we'll get him up and running again as well.

Oh hell yeah!! Cant wait to get this RC truck up and running!!

i loved arc,revalations in montclair,and thunder alley,I just got out of nitro since it sucks when you are practicing alone with no pit guy.I just picked up a kyosho rb5 buggy,it will be brushless/lipo powered and racing superstock class.You be suprised what you can pick up used,i picked up two lipos that were used 5 times just around the corner for 25$ each.here is my new ride
If you are into electric there are 3 new indoor tracks,ocrc in orange county,lrh which i think is in placentia,and westcoast rc in lamirada.

Coob, they were a whopping $3 a piece

What do most people seem to have? I love 1/10 buggy and will happily grab another one if there is a lot of interest in this class. I'm not a big fan of LiPO but I'll go with whatever the masses want to run.

so whey is the 1 to 1 buggy heading out?

Many Moons ago the company I worked for bought a new building.. We only occupied the first floor. The 2nd floor was carpetd 30k sqft..
We went out and bought electric road cars that would hit like 50mph.. Set up a huge course and raced all day up there.. It was a blast.. but dang if them lil electric motors hopped up didnt run a grip of cash.. expensive lil hobby..

Regardless of hobby, it always costs more than you can afford.

Just got back home.
Fun time. Only a few broken parts.

Where's the pictures???

Sorry, No time for pics.

You guys have inspired me... I pulled out all my RC stuff. MGT started right up due to proper storing techniques... that thing is a lot more fun than I remember... actually made me second guess wanting to get rid of it for a 5T. The RC10T3 needs a brushless setup and lipo, the GT is setup for a starter box, who's battery is dead, so I can't start that yet. The 18B is hot and running... needs to be converted to a Truggy, just never been a fan of buggy RCs, plus the larger tires will help slow it down. I have the brushless ESC turned down to half just so I don't ram it into everything!

So now, thanks to you guys, I have a list of parts and goodies a mile long... another $500 and I'm good to go!

Buy that 5T and no other R/C car will compare!!!
Love my 5B and my FG Marder

Cool cars. I just sold all of my outdated stuff and thinking about a 5T

You finally sold those? I looked at em several times on Rhino Forums.

Ran a few tanks through the car yesterday thanks to Coobie (picked up a couple little parts I needed). There were a few growing pains (um, so maybe I wired up the starter box backwards...). I ran a few more tanks today and started leaning it out; it makes good power. I'm very impressed with the pipe and motor. For the dislikes; the radio range is garbage. I'm not sure if it's the radio or how it's mounted/set up right now. Milieage is suepsect; I'm breaking it so it's running really fat right now but it's only rolling about 6 minutes I recon. Quality of the car is awesome, simple setup and extremely responsive. Losi's have always had gobs of steering and this car didnt disappoint; traction rolled a few times. If you're thinking about getting into this hobby, the Losi 8ight RTR is a pretty good platform to get up and running.

I think the Baja x is pretty cool but damn, it aint that good

You don't know what your missing Weazel. You're at Santee lakes right? Maybe I should bring mine down and we could do some bashing? You can drive it if you want.

Found a problem with the receiver antenna that was leading to the poor range; all good now.

Little change to an old sayinng

"Once you go BAJA you never go back"

Buggy is good to go for Saturdays race. I picked up a 2000mah LiPO receiver pack today along with a pair of the new Hitec 7950TH servos; .13 sec with 486oz" of torque (at 7.4 volts). They have a milled aluminum body that looks pretty sweet. Added some AKA City Block tires and I have the motor pretty well dialed in. No clue on how my run times are on track; hopefully around 9 minutes but I'm not holding my breath). I wont be able to do anything with suspension until I get there but judging by some of the jumps in the pictures I'm probably too light on the damping (be ok if there are some rough sections).

I wish there was an R/C track around here!!! Myself and the old lady both entered the Robby Gordon Ride along and both won a second place Traxxas Slash!!!

Last Sunday there was 2 guys with buggy,s running slick's all around.(just worn out tires)
They where the fastest guys on the track.

Was this at ARC? Slicks usually only work on blue groove tracks that have a lot of clay; is this similar to the surface at ARC?

Yep, A R C. That was practice, they both looked like regulars.
Track was really dry and slick. We found that trick years ago racing
Speedway Go-Karts. Even worked when the track was wet.