Beach visit - Surfers Paradise (Australia)
Merry Christmas to All - I spent last week away on holiday with the family. Having told everyone just to take a small bag of clothes, while I filled the boot of the car with a large tub with 3 models, tools, spares, charges, etc. I had to decide which cars to take, they had to be ones with good sealed gearboxes/drive-shafts, and with a body that protects the RC gear well. I decided on my yet-to-be-restored Wild One. I fitted some mud tires on the rear and a sport-tuned motor. We stayed in an absolute beachfront apartment, and spent an hour or 2 per day with my 7 year old son, driving our RC models around on the smooth firm flat sand. Many beach walkers got distracted by watching the models as they walked on by, only to get swapped by the odd wave while they weren't looking !!! It was great to slide it around on the sand. At one point, I did lose my hotted-up grass-hopper (9T Brushless + 60Amp Ezrun ESC) to a large wave, due to my 3 year old falling over in the shallow water. I took my eye off the car to help him, only for the car to get swapped by the same wave. I did pretty much water proof the car as much as possible, but the brushless speed controller gave up on it. Whenever running on sand, you want to ensure you have a powerful motor, as it makes beach running much more fun. Every morning, my 7 year old son & I took the models down to the beach for an hour or so of fun before breakfast. I reckon you could open up a business on the beach for people wanting to have a go with a RC car on the beach. We had such a blast each day, and these cars will stay in beach runner configuration. The Grass-hopper has a new ESC on it's way. If ever you go near a beach, always take some RC's models with you - They are great fun !!!
Comments
Max Power
Sounds like you had a great holiday! The first picture is amazing, it looks like a painting
prplehz
Awesome car! Is that the infamous 'Jesus Christ Lizard' in the second picture? I wish we had stuff like that around here..
MAD-BEE
Thats a great pic bud!! Awesome!!
CARRERA
I know where you are coming from here, I did the same with my FAV beach runner this year. Bags of fun and the FAV/wild One's are great for this sort of thing. Make sure you clean it though, I left mine a little too long and the rear springs seized!! Lesson learnt!
pagedm_f350
I recognise that beach (I think) great photos
LamboDave
Thanks for the comments guys - Photo was taken on Surfers Paradise beach - Australia.
ShayD
The top picture reminds of the final scene in Terminator when Sarah Connor is warned that there's a storm coming ... excellent image!
berman
Wild One's are the best beach buggies! Have fun
the nerdling
what wheels/tires are they and how did you mount them?
awesome car!!
working on my WO, trashed a rear traling arm a few weeks ago
LamboDave
Tires are 1.5', fitted to standard SRB 3-piece rims. You replace the WO plastic rear axle pin adapters with some lunchbox rear axle pin adapters. This then allows you to fit any SRB wheels you like. I've seen such 1.5' mud tires like mine on ebay. They work great on the sand ...
LamboDave
Actually, I used Grasshopper rear axle pin adapters on the WO. I think they are the same as the lunchbox - but can't be sure.
whispers
nice one will look good when finished too this car and the fox where the first tamiya rc cars i saw when i was young and that bearded dragon dosen't stand a chance
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