odd question

[picklesimer]

First off, I'm Aaron, currently in Jacksonville, FL. New to the site and new to R/C. I haven't yet bought my first truck but am wanting to next week, but my decisions is kind of at a halt right now. I REALLY like everything I have heard and read about the Revo 3.3. That being said, I'm in the navy and just received orders to move to Japan for 2 years. I'd love to bring my truck with me, but I don't have any idea on the support for this hobby in Japan, or wether or not I could even bring a Nitro powered truck to Japan! Can anyone help me out?

Thanks in advance!

 

[Rolex]

Welcome to RCNT

Sure you can bring it. Remove all the batteries in the radio since it seems to confuse some of the "highly skilled agents" that check luggage. You can't bring fuel. You can always get parts on the internet.
We have Frickenjoey with us, and he's been stationed in numerous places overseas. He's currently in Korea, but he's been in Japan. Hang in till he sees this thread. He'll give you all the info you'll need.

 

[REVO-5309]

i live in australia and order 90% of my parts from the states.....

if you have a chance to go over there and sus it out and get back home to bring some more stuff over might be worth doing that... research some places you can take it, and or if there are "hobby" shops over there for nitro cars. id say there would be with the whole drifting thing. maybe they would focus on electric tho??? i dunno. sus it out over there first if you have the chance. otherwise, just take it... whats the worse that can happen? you have to look at it.... order awesome parts, pull it apart a heap of times putting new stuffs on it....

 

[SchrodeMode]

First off, I'm Aaron, currently in Jacksonville, FL. New to the site and new to R/C. I haven't yet bought my first truck but am wanting to next week, but my decisions is kind of at a halt right now. I REALLY like everything I have heard and read about the Revo 3.3. That being said, I'm in the navy and just received orders to move to Japan for 2 years. I'd love to bring my truck with me, but I don't have any idea on the support for this hobby in Japan, or wether or not I could even bring a Nitro powered truck to Japan! Can anyone help me out?

Thanks in advance!

While I was at Kadena, a couple of my buddies had RCs T-Maxx and Revo so it is possible, I just don't know where they got their fuel from. I did go to a few "hobby shops" while I was there but I hadn't jumped in tho the hobby yet so I don't remember how high the mark up was.

 

[frickenjoey]

YOU RANG???!!

Ok Aaron first what part of Japan are you going to? I was in Okinawa and we could get fuel no problems at all. If you are on main land....super easy, there are hobby shops all over. In Oki there were only three major shops. The brands of fuel, Klotz, NASA, Cosmo and Racing Art. The Cosmo and Klotz were ok. I prefered the Cosmo. Keep in mind when buying..... there is ZERO support locally for Traxxas, Associated, Losi or Ofna in Japan. Parts for all of these you will have to buy off the internet. No big deal...that is where I got 90% of my stuff anyway. Ditch AM radios....period!!! Trust me on this!! Many of the Japanese stop lights and such put out an AM signal and your model would go wild. RC drifting is huge in Japan as well....really there will be a good bit of support for you there. No worries.

Schrode...when were you at Kadena? I was a member of the Pacific Off Road Nitro aka PORN RC club there.

 

[picklesimer]

Ok Aaron first what part of Japan are you going to? I was in Okinawa and we could get fuel no problems at all. If you are on main land....super easy, there are hobby shops all over. In Oki there were only three major shops. The brands of fuel, Klotz, NASA, Cosmo and Racing Art. The Cosmo and Klotz were ok. I prefered the Cosmo. Keep in mind when buying..... there is ZERO support locally for Traxxas, Associated, Losi or Ofna in Japan. Parts for all of these you will have to buy off the internet. No big deal...that is where I got 90% of my stuff anyway. Ditch AM radios....period!!! Trust me on this!! Many of the Japanese stop lights and such put out an AM signal and your model would go wild. RC drifting is huge in Japan as well....really there will be a good bit of support for you there. No worries.
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Thanks for the help bud!

That sounds awesome! I'm gonna be in Yokosuka, on the George Washington. But, if there is a big RC Drift following over there, I'm gonna assume Tokyo (which is 20 miles away) is gonna have some support.

About the radios...I'm looking at the Traxxas website at the Revo 3.3 features, and I can't find (or maybe I'm just blind) where it says anything about the type. Maybe I'm retarded (probably) but what type does it come with stock out of the box?

And finally (I hope), what about shipping it over there? Is it hard to get a Nitro engine through the shipping process from America to Japan? Or would it be better to wait (till August when i leave D: ) and just order it once I am in Japan?

Thanks again for the help guys and gals

 

[REVO-5309]

no idea about shipping. but the revo comes with 2.4ghz radio

 

[SchrodeMode]

You should be fine shipping the engine, I'm assuming TMO, right? Just make sure all of the batteries are disconnected and no fuel in the tank or lines.

Schrode...when were you at Kadena? I was a member of the Pacific Off Road Nitro aka PORN RC club there.

Oct '03-'06

 

[picklesimer]

no idea about shipping. but the revo comes with 2.4ghz radio

So...I'm gonna guess that's not an AM type, right? (noob ftw?)

 

[Rolex]

2.4 is what you want, so you're okay with the radio too. No interference.

 

[picklesimer]

2.4 is what you want, so you're okay with the radio too. No interference.

Alright then. So is there anything else i should know about before i go buy it tomorrow? Thanks for all your help again guys