RC Bore - Does it exist?

[Mupepe]

I fly RC airplanes (since 2011) and RC helicopters (started in May). Any of you bros into RC?

[Mupepe]

Animu waifu pillows are toys so you're already in!

[Kara]

When I was heavy into mechanical engineering during high school I raced RC cars.

The Tamiya TA04.

[Mupepe]

RC cars are the shit. I haven't made that jump except reading up on them. But I plan on getting a nitro buggy next year. Tuning a 3CC engine just sounds sweet as fuck. Upgrading dat suspension. 

Tuning and tinkering really is the best part of the hobby

[Kara]

Yeah definitely. I started with ready to race kits because I just wanted to go fast with my friends but eventually chasing an edge led me to start tinkering.

Some of that shit is so far out. Racers can have driveshafts.

[Mupepe]

Yep! That's what got me into this hobby. I went into a hobby shop and started BS'ing with one of the guys and he started showing me some of the advanced cars and planes. I saw a tiny V Twin engine in a scale Cub plane and I fell in love.

This shit blows my mind...

[Rufus]

How the hell do people keep track of them? And how do they know if something's upset the plane? There's no feedback, presumably.

[Mupepe]

Keeping track is what they call orientation. And it more or less comes down to trusting your fingers that the aircraft is going to do what you tell it to do. If I lose orientation in a flight I trust that I had the nose facing away from me so if I spin it 180 degrees with the controls then it will come back to me. So basically lots of practice.

There are really advanced telemetry systems in the bigger birds. They tell you vibration levels, head speed, amperage draw, etc. Just like a real aircraft. It will also alarm if each value reaches a certain threshold. And this stuff is surprisingly (and relatively) cheap. Most of the modern RC transmitters come with the ability out of the box.

For the smaller aircrafts (like mine) you will generally know if something is off. It won't react right, it will wobble in flight, drift. Things like that.

[Mupepe]

[chronovore]

My son keeps pestering me to buy a quadcopter, but he's managed to lose four (4!!!) tiny RC copters so far, so it's like he's already lost a whole quadcopter.

[Mupepe]

My son keeps pestering me to buy a quadcopter, but he's managed to lose four (4!!!) tiny RC copters so far, so it's like he's already lost a whole quadcopter.

How did he lose them? Tiny copters should probably not be flown outdoors honestly. But there are cheap alarms and GPS units you can attach to helis and quads. Like 5 dollars cheap. I got one after spending 5 hours looking for my heli in a field during the summer.

You can get good hobby grade helis and quads for 40-60 bucks depending on the brand.

[chronovore]

My son keeps pestering me to buy a quadcopter, but he's managed to lose four (4!!!) tiny RC copters so far, so it's like he's already lost a whole quadcopter.

How did he lose them? Tiny copters should probably not be flown outdoors honestly. But there are cheap alarms and GPS units you can attach to helis and quads. Like 5 dollars cheap. I got one after spending 5 hours looking for my heli in a field during the summer.

You can get good hobby grade helis and quads for 40-60 bucks depending on the brand.

As you say, they shouldn't be flown outside. He and his cousin have flown them outside. I bought two, so "fool me twice, shame on me" -- but I can't explain the other two. Why others who have KNOWN that he lost RC helicopters before will continue to purchase them for him is beyond me.

[Mupepe]

 

sounds like a good excuse to buy him a big one that he fly outside!

[Mupepe]

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[chronovore]

sounds like a good excuse to buy him a big one that he fly outside!

Wife came back from USA today, brought out a new RC car for him. As he's opening it up, she leans over and tells me "This was a gift from the people who are coming next week. They're also bringing him a helicopter."

[Mupepe]

 

The dork in me is wondering what type of car they got him.  And hey!  RC helps with dexterity and reflexes!  Just think of it that way

[studyguy]

When I was like 14 I had a T-MAXX and an E-MAXX (handed down from a cousin).
Those things were dope till you let someone try it and they smashed it into a wall and something inevitably broke. Every fucking time I told a friend to go slow they just jammed it and turned so it smashed into a curb on the sidewalk. Motherfuckers.

Fuck, they were expensive as a high schooler so I just gave up on the hobby. It's still cool to have those shits blasting around fast as shit though. I had one slam into my knee going like 20 miles an hour and I thought it shattered my kneecap for a minute. Had a massive lump for a week after that.

[Mupepe]

When I was like 14 I had a T-MAXX and an E-MAXX (handed down from a cousin).
Those things were dope till you let someone try it and they smashed it into a wall and something inevitably broke. Every fucking time I told a friend to go slow they just jammed it and turned so it smashed into a curb on the sidewalk. Motherfuckers.

Fuck, they were expensive as a high schooler so I just gave up on the hobby. It's still cool to have those shits blasting around fast as shit though. I had one slam into my knee going like 20 miles an hour and I thought it shattered my kneecap for a minute. Had a massive lump for a week after that.

Yep.  That's the problem with everyone calling them toys.  Don't get me wrong.  They are.  But your average toy doesn't have the capacity to go 70 mph or chop off fingers. 

I brought my heli over to a friends house because he said he wanted to learn.  I told him to just try to hover it and to take it easy.  In the first 10 seconds he was 75 feet high and in the next 20 seconds he was veering into the woods before he cut the throttle.  That led to us searching a field for 5 hours (story I referenced above).  I haven't let anyone touch them since. 

The T-Maxx is awesome, btw.