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Nice to have it all laid out and organized.
Havin" fun!
Havin" fun!
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Funny , I just saw this post with the Honda. We were just remising about being kids at my work and myself and a co-worker both had Honda mini trails growing up.Hiiii guys-
I've been out of RC cars for a long time. Last car was a Tamiya Hornet in the mid 80's! Man did I have fun building, driving, tuning, and rebuilding that thing... in like the 7th grade. Visiting the local hobby shop all the time. Great times. I bet it's lurking over in Mom's basement somewhere still... I really should take a look.
I've glanced at the RC sites every few years - but either nothing struck a chord, or I was just too busy.
Well I just turned 50 and have a whole garage to tinker around in now, so it's time revisit those good times.
I'm finishing up doing a frame-off restomod build of 1975 Honda Z50 Mini Trail minibike.
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You can read "Fletcher's Z50 chronicles over here if you're interested at all: https://www.planetminis.com/threads/fletchers-z50-chronicles.255461/
So I need a new project to build, and here I am back into RC cars 30 something years later. I have a hunch there's either a lot of us coming back from those days... or there will be soon.
Once of the things that kept me out was electric cars seemed a bit like... toys? A lot had changed. So many cars come already built. What kind of fun is that? The style of the cars didn't jive with my sensibilities. And the wheel transmitters... meh.
I saw that HPI had re-released the Baja 5B as a kit... that thing just screamed gnarly out to me... and down the rabbit hole of hours of research I went.
And here I am with a big old pile of parts...
HPI Baja 5B SBK
Zenoah G320RC 32cc engine
Victory R/C Pro Side-Mount exhaust, non-silenced
Savox-0235MG servo
Hitech D645MW servo
6v DDM Ni-Mh receiver battery pack
Hitec RDX1 charger
Madmax Super Hog tires
Futaba 4GRS Transmitter (sticks 4 life!)
Futaba Transmitter reachargable battery pack+charger
Futaba neck lanyard
VP Racing Powermix gas
Let's. do. this.
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You will be sad after its built. I always am lol.
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