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were back

Admin — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 05:18:56 GMT

after a few months hiatus were back and better than ever

HPI K5.9 Big block

Admin — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 07:11:35 GMT

HPI has introduced the all-new, monstrous Nitro Star K5.9 engine for the Savage XL! This 5.9cc (.36 cubic inch) powerplant gives the XL loads of torque for turning the giant tires. The curved manifold and aluminum tuned pipe get the most power out of the engine, and a giant heatsink head so you won't have to worry about overheating! The K5.9 is fitted with a Roto-Start 2 electric starter system for easy starting. A vented heavy-duty clutchbell and aluminum 3-shoe clutch are standard equipment ...

How to stop a run-a-way

nitro stampede man — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 16:24:24 GMT

so what u can do is try to grab the car or truck, and eather plug up the exuast pipe, or you can turn the car's power off , and turn the throttle link back to idle, and then just shut the engine off, or u can just disconect the fuel line from the carb.

the build of the gas car

nitro stampede man — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 01:40:55 GMT

im working on a project. im trying to build a gas rc car. so far i got a weed waker engine, and i got the front of the car together, but i need help with then steering servo. i don't know what to get. i need a cheap servo but a strong one. i also need help with the rear axle. i dont know how to atach it to the back af the rear chassie. im using all wood and part i find around the house, so it is hard to do the rear axle. please help me.

3D flight tips: airplanes part 1

Admin — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 08:53:02 GMT

THE TORQUE ROLL!

What it is:

Plane "Hovers" vertically in place, rotating left around its roll axis.

Plane set-up:

Full 3D throws in elevator and rudder are a must. An aft CG helps a little also. Some flyers will run their CG back to make this maneuver easier, however I have found that a plane that is balanced will Torque Roll just as good as one that is tail heavy. It all about getting the plane in the sweet spot. Once you get the plane completely vertical it ...

3D flight tips: High Flips

Admin — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 08:09:18 GMT

Start with forward loops, make tighter, reduce speed, handle proper collective controls, always finish maneuver and then correct, take care of incorrect trim while inverted, check engine bogging, while confident, try backwards loop, work until you can do continuous flips in one spot, go for sideways flips.

Following the steps above you will learn to flip your heli safely.

MORE TO COME

Next tip: Inverted Low hover

need some pointers for 3D heli flight for my trex 600

nitroaddict — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 05:25:23 GMT

Well its not a 500 its BIGGER my 600 t-rex-cf got the kit a few months ago and it took me about a week to build and get my batterys. got the battery off ebay its a ALIGN T-REX 600 22.2V 4200mAh 16C LIPO. About $160 this heli is a 600 size its just massive. been flying it now for a month and im learning some 3D flight. Still a begginer but im learning fast. Any one else have a trex 600 and if so got any pointers for 3D flight??

what do i have to cover

nitro stampede man — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 01:07:17 GMT

im going down the shore next weekend. what should i cover on my nitro stampede to keep the sand out of the parts. i know i have to cover the ez start moter, but i dont know if the engine will melt the plastic bag. i need help

G-robot from HPI (GR-001)

Admin — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 06:14:37 GMT

Featuring 20 degrees of freedom and Futaba servos, it's relatively small, standing only 25.5 cm tall and tips the scales at 900 grams. The robot comes as a kit that HPI estimates will take users about two hours to assemble. Given it's size and flexibility, it may turn out to give the Plen robot some serious competition. Scheduled to release in Japan in december theres no word yet of a US release. The kit will cost around $1000.00

Traxxas revo3.3 platinum edition

Admin — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 05:10:42 GMT

Come April of this year traxxas will be releasing the revo 3.3 platinum edition. Traxxas says this new design is specifically made for the racer. It has everything weve come to excpect from the revo with over 50 new features and setups. All the exclusive factory team parts and trick setups are integrated into a lean and mean racing chassis that's engineered just for the track. Key enhancements include a larger 150cc fuel tank; strengthened axle housings with 17mm aluminum wheel hub ...

new guy here

jatoman — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 10:54:38 GMT

whats up everyone Im new to the site. My name is mike and im 33 im into cars mainly but i do a little flying to

GST 7.7 specs CEN Racing

nitroaddict — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 05:10:22 GMT

Why get anything else!!

- Fully READY TO ROCK (RTR)

- Dual Vertical Chassis design (DVC)

- Shaft Driven 4 wheel Drive

- All new 23mm hex Rims

- New Tire Tread Design

- Unmatched Durability

- Stiff hard coated "white" spring

- Full Precision Ball Bearings

- Carry handle with blue rubber Grips

- Hardened Steel 8mm (5/16inch) thick CVS (Constant Velocity Shafts)

- High Impact skid plate bumpers (Front and Rear)

- Machined 1 piece motor mount with built ...

New guy

nitroaddict — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 05:02:25 GMT

YO guys mike here im a bit of a nitro addict. Im running a CEN GST 7.7 and i got a Align T-Rex 600CF Kit W/600L Motor w/ carbon kit its electric but its bad ass. Those are my babys and thats what i do

nitro stampede

nitro stampede man — Sun, 16 Mar 2008 23:59:33 GMT

what do u guys think of the nitro stampede. i think it is cool, fast, and awsome. i awn one it is sick man

box joke

nitro stampede man — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 00:07:19 GMT

if u are trapped in a box with almost no air left, all u have is a mirror and a table, how do u get out. (u cant rip the box or pop out of the top)

2008 No Limit R/C monster truck world finals

Admin — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 08:18:19 GMT

No limit RC monster truck world finals at digger's dungeon. Entry fee is 30.00 (20 for novice class) allows you to compete in all events in your monster truck class register here http://www.nolimitrc.com/register.html. Spectators pay 10.00 at the gate. Trophies and prizes will be awarded to 1st-3rd place finishers in all events. visit http://www.nolimitrc.com/ for more info

World Of Wheels Car Show

Admin — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 08:02:07 GMT

World Of Wheels Car Show

aka

Minnesota State On Road Champs 2008

This is the World of Wheels car race, otherwise known as the Minnesota State On Road Champs - 2008. This will be the weekend of March 28th-30th. Please visit this thread for hotel, event, and pre-registration info,

http://www.lsrcc.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=20012#20012

forum for 3D flight in heli

nitroaddict — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 05:26:36 GMT

We need a forum for 3D flight Q&A in the heli area

Bumper bars on HPI savage

jatoman — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 04:41:48 GMT

My savage....Awwww i love her The only differences weve been having lately is her bumper bars the 4 of those little boogers seem to want to come off. I zip tied them back but she just doesnt have that sexy look any more Do they make any upgraded part for them or am i SOL I really want to get this fixed and hpi doesnt have anything on there site Please help

370p motor for losi mini-t

jatoman — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 04:32:18 GMT

OK i just got my new losi mini 1/18th mini-t off road truck. Its awesome by the way. I got a 5cell nimh rechargable for it, new oil filled shocks, and smasher rear off road tires Im thinking of putting the venom micro 370p motor but im not sure do you guys have any suggestions on this

Happy st patty's

Admin — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 01:36:24 GMT

happy st pattys day to everyone

JATO 3.3 or 2.5

Admin — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 15:28:34 GMT

What do you guys think of the jato 3.3? How similar is the 3.3 compared to the 2.5??

RC Freaks arcade

Admin — Sun, 16 Mar 2008 07:37:29 GMT

We have the new arcade up and running! Check it out by clicking either the link on the right of the home page or click HERE The only thing is you will have to register again but you can click remember me so you wont have to log in the next time you visit. We will be adding more games so check back soon.

RC electric motor tuning

Admin — Sun, 16 Mar 2008 03:07:15 GMT

Making Your R/C Electric Motor Faster

Here are tips to help get the most speed out of your stock or modified motors. Let us start of with getting the most speed out of the stock Mabuchi 540 RS motor.

Entry level kits usually come with the Mabuchi 540 RS or the Johnson motor. These are the "stock" and "closed end bell" type design. You cannot adjust the timing nor change the brushes to gain more speed.

The best way to gain power from these ...

RC car speed tips

Admin — Sun, 16 Mar 2008 02:36:05 GMT

Increase the Speed of an RC Car by Shimming

by rccartips.com

One very cheap speed tip is to use shims to remove any unnecessary slop in your rc car. Excess slop reduces an rc car's speed and makes it handle erratically.

[b]Content

Removing Hub and Axle Slop

How to Make Plastic Shims

Picture below shows a gap between the hub and the axle pin. This causes undesired side to side movement, robbing an rc car of speed and making it handle erratically.

Removing ...

EXAMPLE VENDOR DEALS OFFER

Admin — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 00:21:02 GMT

This is a example vendor deals offer forum post:

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got a new sig

jatoman — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 16:16:33 GMT

Got a new sig what do u guys think pretty sweet huh:?:

custom sig's

Admin — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 08:27:52 GMT

Just wanted to let everyone know about a site that offers sweet premade signatures. www.signaturebar.com They have some really good sigs for use in the forums

Rating system

Admin — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 15:23:24 GMT

All ratings must be made in this forum. Remember to rate based on the process of the sale/trade. In other words if the seller never sent your item and you had to make a claim through paypal of item not recieved than leave a negative feedback. If you recieved the item fast and in perfect working order leave a positive feedback. Please keep the post here short and to the point. Remember for a positive feedback that person will be awarded 5 trader points, negative feedback will have -5 deducted, ...

RCFP Fantasy football leauge!

Admin — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 15:07:56 GMT

I'm thinking about forming a rc freaks fantasy football leauge for the upcoming season. If you are interested please let me know!! Its going to be free to enter and the winner will get a special rank and bragging rights until next years league. Stay tuned for more info!!

EXAMPLE VENDOR FORUM POST

Admin — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 14:21:58 GMT

THIS IS AN EXAMPLE POST FOR VENDORS

Welcome to the X-Heli vendor forum. In this forum you will learn of new products and special prices for the members of rcfreaksplayground.com You will find all my contact info on my signature or simply click the link below to make a direct purchase!!

Vendor promotions

Admin — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 14:13:08 GMT

If you are a vendor and you are wanting to promote your site or product please PM me and we can work out some details of setting up a forum and adding a link to your site from our home page. We will create a forum which you will have full control over and will be included in our newsletter as a site sponser http://www.rcfreaksplayground.com/newsletter-h4.html . You will also have a link placed in two spots on the home page of the site. If you become a gold member you will receive an ad placed ...

RC club forums

Admin — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 03:40:41 GMT

If you are interested in starting your RC club with us please PM me or leave a post here letting me know what you are looking for.

looking for staff

Admin — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 14:56:58 GMT

As you already know we are a new site. We are looking to obtain a few moderators and site adminastrators to help in the moderation of the site. Of course it would be an unpaid position, totally voluntary out of the love for RC. So if your interested please send me a PM or email.

THANKS,

ADMIN

AMA

kupo666 — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 16:32:33 GMT

do you know where to get the ama cards?? do they have a web site??? i want to know cuz the airfield near here makes you have it to fly

sky fly /aero bird swift

kupo666 — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 16:28:07 GMT

both of these planes are really cool but both are really hard to fly.If you want to look into one of these i would think first the j3 cub or the super cub might be better both of the planes i had broke fast do to the fact they where hard to keep in the air but don't take my word for it if you want one maby it will work better for you

Nice 400 size at the airport

Admin — Sun, 09 Mar 2008 18:48:02 GMT

I saw a really nice 400 size the other day down at the local RC airport. He was doing some 3D flight and practicing his dead engine landings. Really nice heli im going to upload some pics later today, we need to get you guys to upload more pics!!!

RC club promotions

Admin — Sun, 09 Mar 2008 15:12:10 GMT

RC Freaks RC club promotion Details

We now offer sponsorship for those interested in helping their RC clubs thrive while supporting the RC Freaks community.Sponsorship is in the form of getting your own forum, A user group in which you control and each member you associate with this group will have a certain club color. Only the members associated with the club will be able to post in your designated forum. You will be able to recruit new members into your club through this site and invite ...

AIBO- Artificial intelegance robot

Admin — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 15:13:51 GMT

AIBO - Artificial Intelegance roBOt Designed and manufactured by sony. Its able to see its environment with a camera and walk around on its own so its considered to be a autonomous robot. Also they can learn and mature from there owner, environment, and other AIBO's. It understands 100 voice commands and can do tricks. Its software is run by a pink memory stick which is re-programable. This thing just sounds cool, i just wanted to share with you guys what i read in an article at Wikipedia.com. ...

sailplane

kupo666 — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 16:34:34 GMT

i saw one flying at the airfield near here and it was very big i don't know if i would want one they have to hard to fly right?

drift cars

kupo666 — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 16:39:44 GMT

what kind of cars are good for drift???? i want to do this but i don't know what kind of car to get

first nitro

kupo666 — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 16:36:12 GMT

what would be a first nitro plane for a new pilot i see tons of them out there but they all say for exp pilots only

T-28 Trojan

Admin — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 15:10:57 GMT

T-28 Trojan RTF is going to be my next plane. Looks great and seems pretty straight foreward as far as flight. Parkzone is offering the trojan as a RTF plane now instead of the ARF at $220.00. Great price and comes with everything you need to get going. If you already have your radio and batterys make sure to pick up the ARF which is listed at $169.99.

looking to get a good 4channel remote

Admin — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 16:14:35 GMT

OK i need a 4-channel for my new plane t-28 trojan any body have any suggestions

J3 club brushless - park zone

Admin — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 15:15:11 GMT

Well i flew my cub today....Its very smooth, runs strong and flys very nice. I hand launched it first and landed it really good the first time. I got about 3 more flights off the li-po battery and took some runway takeoffs. Everything went perfectly to say the least. I recomend this plane for any begginer, the only thing that i wish it had was aelirons but i can deal either way.