mike in pa
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10 hours ago, A-Baum said:
Mike, where in PA are you that you have a LHS that sells Tamiya?
Well funny thing about that. I live in Monroe County which is the county on the eastern end where Rt80 comes into PA. Currently there are NO hobby shops in Monroe County and the only one in PA that I go to here and there is down towards the Lehigh Valley, Trains and Lanes, but they rarely handles Tamiya, just traxxas, Armaa, and axial, plus lost/associated for the race guys.
So, earlier in the year, I found a hobby shop just over in NJ, F&M in Flanders and he has tons of Tamiya kits. It only takes me about ten to fifteen minutes longer to hit the place in NJ but it's worth it. He even handles Kyosho kits too. He has plenty of stuff for the traxxas/aarma/axial crowd too.
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On 11/3/2021 at 11:23 AM, nel33 said:
I haven't gotten around to building my TD yet but it's next on list. How much roof space is there with the driver figure placed on the chassis? I hope to make anthropomorphic cat driver on mine so some ears will be needed...
Not much.
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Should NiMh packs be fully discharged before charging? Lets say after running and some charge is still left. Keep in mind that I'm from back in the day when we were using 1200 ma NiCD hump packs. LOL Those needed to be fully dead for a compete charge.
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I picked up a TD on Saturday from LHS. About half built now.
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Great, thanks guys.
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This was the look that I wanted...
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Glad that I saw these pics as I was going to order one of these bodies. Tires and wheel look to be a headache. Maybe cut off the fender flares?
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I've been using Futaba 3004 in all my buggys and they work fine.
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Any known rims available for the blitzer beetle with the Hoosier 2.2/3.0 slicks? Prefer black or chrome.
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Shrink wrap is nice, but as long as the box has seals, like Kyosho, so you know that nothing should be missing from the kit.
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On 10/17/2021 at 9:42 PM, Ryz82 said:
DO NOT RECOMMEND, instantly started eating away at the paint.
What about putting a layer of that tammy aluminum reinforcement tape under the body where you want to put the sho goo?
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Yeah, I got my turbo scorpion yesterday and I am picking up my tomahawk on Saturday.
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Well stupid me took an hour drive to a hobby shop over in New Jersey and came home with two Tammy kits and other stuffs for them.
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Well any updates? LOL
I just bought a Brat and need the plastic bottle for the Manhattan Project look. Find any matches?
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Well I ventured into r/c back in the late 1970s and always wanted the cheetah, but did not have the money. After seeing my buddy's Rough Rider and Sand Scorcher, I had to get one. So, in the spring of 1980 I bought a Rough Rider when I was in the 11th grade. The kit was $150, cox sanwa 2 stick radio $75, battery $25, and $15 for the charge cord for charging from the car battery. I had to hustle and work my butt off to get that money together. Add in for a can of paint and misc for a total of $280, corrected for inflation would cost just over $900 today.
I found it in a box in the basement late last year, tore it apart and restored it. Just need to paint the body.
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They probably won't last for racing applications, but could work for shelf queens and mild running.
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I have 8 built, 2 are restored and 8 kits in the closet waiting to be built, with paint, bearing kits, and radios waiting. I do have about 4 on pre-order/back order; so I am solidly in that 11-20 range...for now.
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On 9/9/2021 at 5:09 PM, burakol said:
Find a community partner who can give you some financial sponsorship... I also applied to some grants to fund some of the expenses... and scoured Craigslist looking for donors of old parts...
You could also check for local r/c clubs that might want to help with fundraising money for the school club.
Maybe a local hobby shop could help sponsor the school club.
I was an advisor involved in student TSA org (Technology Students Association) and we used to do a hot dog/burger bake sale at the local Cramer's home center. They used to let us use their large grill and the kids would show up on a Saturday to work the sale. We even had parents donate stuff for the sale including baked items. Baked items packaged for $1.00, hot dogs a buck and $2 for a burger. Depending on the weather we would pull in between $150-230. Naturally more items donated gave us more money and it teaches kids a work ethic and interpersonal skills.
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I tried re-programming it quite a few times with no luck. I took one out of a new kit waiting to be built, programmed it and it works fine. So a bad ESC.
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3 hours ago, museguy said:
Dear @mike in pa
Thank you for the message !
Your background is perfect.
I am thinking that RC hobby is a great way to get get kids involved in STEM / STEAM. If you have time take a look at the video sent by @alvinlwh. I could see 8-12 years olds being attracted to the video content, and the type of competition. Similar to Robot Wars, but as a kid I would have had little interest in Robot Wars, but RC cars would have been my thing.
Do you know of any off the shelf Tamiya RC kits in the same cost range of about $100 ?
It would be great to find ways to include eight (8) to twelve (12) year old girls in the hobby. I did not see any young ladies in the video.
I welcome any suggestions.
Cheers
Tower still has the grass hopper II for $100.10 I bought one for that price earlier in the year for a buggy cam project.
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I am a Tech Ed and Social Studies teacher, let me know if you need input.
My r/c experience goes back to the late 1970s, buggys, boats and planes; Estes rockets too. I got back into r/c late last year and have built a bunch of buggys too. R/c plane kit on order for winter project.
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BTW I am using the stock silver can that came with the kit. This is my first Tammy that did not come with a ESC.
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I am building my Tammy Volvo A60H and it did not come with a ESC. So I have a brand new TBLE 02S in the parts bin and when I hooked it up there is a beep sound, blinking green light and the motor does not run. I have never had this happen before and there is nothing on the instruction sheet about this issue, any ideas?
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Where was the package last tracked to? If an international package ends up in Chicago customs it will be there for over a month. I had a body kit ordered from Hong Kong get stuck there for almost 6 weeks.
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CC02 gear ratios
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When I built my Mog last June, I found this website which had great pics on building the Mog. Better than the manual. I built my trans with the low gear, but it moves pretty good.
https://www.competitionx.com/rc-build-blog-tamiya-cc-02/tamiya-cc-02-trail-truck-build-part-1-transmission-competitionx/