how did you get into the hobby?

[Nitro RC Basher]

Hi. i was just wondering how yall got into this wonderful hobby. i started for the cravings when i was 4. i was outside my house and my neighbor pulls out his....his.... well i dont know what it was and hes dead now but he didnt know anything about it.( i remember he pointed to the spur and said if this gets wet, even a little drop, the entire car is ruined). it was love at first sight. bought my first truck last year after 10 years of research:constipat and love it as much now as i did back then.

 

[flandersander]

Well I was bored with my 10dollar cheap electric one and decided to get something gas. I joined this forum and got my first tmaxx. And my only maxx i guess but I love it all the same.

 

[Nitro RC Basher]

well i guess i really started out the hobby with those radioshack xmods. i had like 10 of them

 

[cooldude]

well i guess i really started out the hobby with those radioshack xmods. i had like 10 of them

yeap thats were it all started for me..suck thoes xmods break so easy..but fun..might get one again..

 

[ohmygahitscoby]

ROFL. I also started out with an XMOD. I thought I was so cool, until... My cousin had a nitro, and both me and my brother wanted one. We got one, an NTC3 RTR and the MTX-3 kit. We gave up on the NTC3. A few years later (AKA now), I found the kit sitting in my closet. I built it, then got back into the hobby .

 

[Nitro RC Basher]

haha. i remember wheni had them. i also rember when 12.00 aluminum parts were damn expensive. no we are buying 150.00 parts. LOL

 

[Cupooterluvr]

A year and a half ago (autumn of 2006) I remembered having a neighbor that had a gas onroad. I researched "gas RC cars" and came up with a bunch of nitro stuff, but I kept disregarding it. I later came to find out nitro IS what he had. I wouldn't stop obsessing about it. That Christmas I found one under the tree with my name on it. That same week I joined RCNT

 

[RedNeXx]

I got addicted a long time ago but never go into it but i had a E-Maxx, that was givin to me as a first truck but i wanted sounds speed and everything else..

so i got a tmaxx but sold it and pretty much forgot about the hobby

now a couple years later I'm trying to research and ketch back up on what i been missing out on

 

[Brushlessboy]

I'm 40 and I lost my father in october last year. I tried my hardest to be there through that time for mum and she rewarded me with a small early inheritence and the words, do something that makes you happy.
I run a commercial sandpit, and our mechanic has a Hyper 7. One day he let me have a go which scared the bejeezes out of me. (acceleration + no expectations= disaster).
The next week I bought my first, 4 months later I have 49. Its an ADDICTION, no doubt.

 

[Nickjames]

i got into this hobby cause of my buddy flandersander he asked me if i would join the hobby with him i said yes and its been so much fun so far and i haven't looked back.....

 

[billyca412751]

well............my girlfriends brother has a t maxx and a savage. my friend bought a used tmaxx also. so i figured my son needed one. 3 months later we got 4!! some break ups and alot of repairs but alot more fun too!!

 

[ohmygahitscoby]

haha. i remember wheni had them. i also rember when 12.00 aluminum parts were damn expensive. no we are buying 150.00 parts. LOL

Holy crap! That's one nice X-MOD. I pretty much ran mine stock with those stupid 2nd stage motors, but you probably have like a brushless set up with LiPo on it.

 

[Nitro RC Basher]

LiPo battery, stacked FETs, deep dish wheels, foam tires, and i think it was brushless but its a 120,000 rpm motor.

 

[savagefan04]

...next week I bought my first, 4 months later I have 49. Its an ADDICTION, no doubt.

Dude, 49!! that more than an addiction...you need the 12 step program for sure...

as for me, i got into the hobby about 4-5 yrs ago. there was a small hobby shop that i would drive by everyday going to work and one day decided to stop in. after an hour of talking to the shop owner i walked out with an early b-day present...duratrax maximum MT. being a complete newb, it lasted about 2 months before i killed it. around the same time it died my brother-in-law bought a savage and we were both hooked. about 6 months later i found this site and never looked back.

 

[abadk9420]

For me it all started over 28 years ago, my uncle bought me this crapy little rc van that when you clicked the controler, and yes I do mean literaly click, it made a clicking noise, it would change directions,any way after that it was tamiya, associated, losi,and currently its assocoiated, mugen, and traxxas X 2. I love these things.....

 

[Nitro RC Basher]

kool. i just burned my last xmod. I'm orking on a movie maker for it now so it will be on youtube in a little.

 

[rckid91]

i got hooked when my frind got an old tmaxx from his uncle and he started wrenching on it 2 monthes later i bought my raze and my dad bought his jato now after 7 or 8 different cars I've finally worked my way up to the all mighty revo and dad is still bashing around in his lil jato

 

[Fuzzyneon]

I always loved cars had a bunch of random radio shack trucks cars wanted more power my dad showed me towerhobbies website and got one for x mas always into cars these are just cheaper then my full size car