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The first R/C control set you have ever owned
Posted: Sun Jun 07, 2009 11:27 pm
by minimini
mine was a Futaba Attack..........from my uncle as a birthday gift...........with a Marui Golden Eagle Jeep.........
how about yours ??.........
Re: The first R/C control set you have ever owned
Posted: Mon Jun 08, 2009 12:14 am
by vwjuice
Mine was an awesome Kyosho Raider arr. That thing was awesome and pretty bulletproof
Re: The first R/C control set you have ever owned
Posted: Mon Jun 08, 2009 12:19 am
by karnivool
i had the very special jr beat 2
still have it too
wouldnt leave home without her.
Re: The first R/C control set you have ever owned
Posted: Mon Jun 08, 2009 12:22 am
by vwjuice
What's the junior beat 2?
Re: The first R/C control set you have ever owned
Posted: Mon Jun 08, 2009 12:53 am
by markt311
Grasshopper my dad found at a yard sale for 15 bucks, it didn't last long though. Then I got a Blackfoot with a stick radio a few years later.
Re: The first R/C control set you have ever owned
Posted: Mon Jun 08, 2009 12:58 am
by vwjuice
I have a few blackfoot's they are pretty darn cool
Re: The first R/C control set you have ever owned
Posted: Mon Jun 08, 2009 1:52 am
by markt311
There's a guy around here trying to sell me a blackfoot for $50 I'm trying to resist the urge. I'm too tied up in my VONATS rc10 to mess with anymore projects right now anyway, and I always hated those hex dogbones stripping out
Re: The first R/C control set you have ever owned
Posted: Mon Jun 08, 2009 1:56 am
by vwjuice
Ah see you will buy it now. Tamiya re-released the frog and brat. When they did they designed new standard style dogbones. They bolt right in the old blackfoot. I just got a set of aluminum wheels for mine. You can also get a lot of aluminum anodized parts from a guy on ebay that look really nice. You will get that blackfoot. You can't fight it.
Re: The first R/C control set you have ever owned
Posted: Mon Jun 08, 2009 5:05 am
by Bongo Fury
Hitech Challenger 260 for me, still have it. Paired with a mechanical wiper speed control of course.
Not useable though, it was real easy to break the steering wheel travel limiters, then the pot would get all messed up. They were so bad that one of the hobby shop guys collected them, stripped the guts out, and used them for special projects. Did some pretty neat stuff, some educational stuff for a local teacher, built some semi trucks with lots of channels and functionality.
Re: The first R/C control set you have ever owned
Posted: Mon Jun 08, 2009 6:18 am
by aconsola
Hitec challenger 2px. Very similar to a first gen futaba magnum sport
Re: The first R/C control set you have ever owned
Posted: Mon Jun 08, 2009 7:03 am
by purpletimbo
An Acoms AP227 Mk 1 in dark green, came with a Tamiya Cheetah from LHS that was pro painted and built in about 1982, still got a set to match
Re: The first R/C control set you have ever owned
Posted: Mon Jun 08, 2009 8:23 am
by LowClassCC
wow i wonder if i'm the only one here that started with an rc10.
rc10 ce w/bushings
Re: The first R/C control set you have ever owned
Posted: Mon Jun 08, 2009 9:26 am
by civilguy
This reminds me of the "Did you read the rules" thread.... more like do you read any thread you post in?
My first radio gear was from Airtronics... not positive on the model from memory-- X2P, maybe? from 1985ish.
Futaba Magnum Junior immediately after, then a used Challenger 260.
Re: The first R/C control set you have ever owned
Posted: Mon Jun 08, 2009 10:36 am
by mrgrimm
Futaba FX10 here...
Re: The first R/C control set you have ever owned
Posted: Mon Jun 08, 2009 10:40 am
by aconsola
civilguy wrote:This reminds me of the "Did you read the rules" thread.... more like do you read any thread you post in?