steed2-inactive

Just as the title state's people, lets hear it. I think the interest in r/c vehicle's begin's at an early age. I remember my first r/c was a nikko lobo monster truck. it was blue, 4wd and had probably an rs380 motor. man if i could find one of those now I would be all over it. I am 30, so i am guessing that truck was around 1987-1989. I actually still remember the box it came in.-cheers everyone, lets hear your story!!

SyCo_VeNoM

very good question I honestly can't remember
I'm guessing it was probably a tyco or something. I owned the lobo buggy thing broke after 2-3 uses [:@]
I know I have a 30-45gallon tupper ware container of them somewhere in the basement.

Ducat1

nitro sport probly 5 years ago had the regular am controller, the .15 didnt have enough power so i upgraded it to a 3.3 and man is that a blast. i loved it, but i traded it for an upgraded slash 4x4 and thats what i race now. still fun but i wish i had the nitro sport back.. but owell brushless is just as fun

steed2-inactive

here she is.
http://s212.photobucket.com/albums/cc316/GuyJor/Lobo%20Fan%20Boat/?action=view&current=Nikko-Lobo4x449mhz721.jpg#!oZZ13QQcurrentZZhttp%3A%2F%2F s212.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fcc316%2FGuyJor%2FL obo%2520Fan%2520Boat%2F%3Faction%3Dview%26current% 3DNikko-Lobo4x449mhz72.jpg

Link119

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First hobby grade was some crappy plane that was 2 channel, Dad crashed that into my neighbors house. Later on i got an Evader Ext. It was good, just running on the street by myself was boring.

john01374

First real RC car was GrassHopper. After that was a Tamiya Mountaineer then on to a Hitec Kangaroo. I could list the early ones in order but at some point it all becomes a blurr. I've owned close to 1000 RC cars and trucks over the past 25 yrs and built at least twice that many.

cumminspower5.9

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My first toy rc was a red hummer h1 by new bright. it hauled for what it was. my first hobby grade was the savage .21 nitro. lately i went from a bandit vxl to a vendetta tc to a losi mini t

Smiff 24

Turbo Hopper buggy then the Big Bubba.
Couldnt budget a real hobby grade back then.

Desertlakesflying

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My very first RC was one of these....circa 1988 or so.....

robwiljas

I couldn't tell you what my first R/C was, I had a lot of toy grade ones as a kid. My first hobby grade R/C was a Tamiya Blackfoot in 1991. I got it for Christmas along with a Futaba Attack 2 stick radio and built it myself. That was awesome.

maq1919

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My 1st was an rs4 3 evo +. Got it about 3 years ago. It took off on me three times and crashed into the curb at high speed. Last time totaled it beyond repair.Just got anotherRs4 3 evo + the other day love it! Now use 2.4 ghz remote and receiver!

proanti1

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My first semi-hobby grade RC car was a Tamiya QD Thunder Dragon. I honestly cannot remember my first toy grade RC car, I have had hundreds over the years.

Haddi Taha

My first was a Tamiya TT01E RTR with a Porsche 911 GT3 CUP VIP 07 Shell. It was a fun car till I put a 3s lipo and a brushless 9t then I killed it

slightly_floored

Mine was a Tamiya Frog.
Yeah, I'm that old.
Ended up with a Tamiya esc and an O5R stock motor with (wait for it) a 1800Mah nicad battery!
Overgeared with a 19 tooth pinion, losi wheels and foam tyres, went really well, till I hit a lightpole.
One dead frog.

swanpondwv

Yea, Old guy here too. Tamiya Fox and Grasshopper. Still have the Grasshopper.

Bill

Rcbehr

My first rc was somewhere around 1956. The plane was a Debolt Livewire and I believe it was powered by an Olson & Rice .23. Transisters were not invented yet so you had to fire up the filaments in the vacuum tubes with a large 45 volt and a couple of c cell batteries. A little over a pound of batteries. Servos were not around so we had a thing called an escapement which was powered by a wound up rubber band. The plane had one channel which controlled the rudder. Push a button on the transmitter and go left, push it twice and go right. No throttle on the engine so you had to wait till you ran out of gas and glide it in for a landing. But believe it or not you still could do loops, split S's and other maneuvers by just holding the button, let the plane spiral down gaining speed than give opposite rudder and let the built up speed carry you over into a loop and so on. Anytime you brought the plane home in one piece was a time to celebrate. Things have changed.

Rcbehr

My first rc was somewhere around 1956. The plane was a Debolt Livewire and I believe it was powered by an Olson & Rice .23. Transisters were not invented yet so you had to fire up the filaments in the vacuum tubes with a large 45 volt and a couple of c cell batteries. A little over a pound of batteries. Servos were not around so we had a thing called an escapement which was powered by a wound up rubber band. The plane had one channel which controlled the rudder. Push a button on the transmitter and go left, push it twice and go right. No throttle on the engine so you had to wait till you ran out of gas and glide it in for a landing. But believe it or not you still could do loops, split S's and other maneuvers by just holding the button, let the plane spiral down gaining speed than give opposite rudder and let the built up speed carry you over into a loop and so on. Anytime you brought the plane home in one piece was a time to celebrate. Things have changed.

yakfish

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This made me laugh. Nothing has changed for me!! I have had one plane (still have it) I have flown it 3 time, crashed it 3 time and fixed it twice!LOL!

I couldn't tell you what my first toy grade rc was. But my first hobby grade rc was an HPI firestorm. I learned alot with that little truck!

mlwgf8

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My first rc was a hobbico plane but my first car was an emaxx.  I still have and run it.

Steve Landron

Here's a shot at my oldest and first RC Plane, Carl Goldberg's Eagle 63, this plane was first built by me in 1983. She is 28 years old, has no ailerons and still flys great. How's that for RC planes having a shelf life!

groovy67

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My first rc was a Skyward 20. A nice little trainer with an OS 25 abc engine.I crashed it 3 times before i couldn't repair it any more.4 weeks later and and three more crashed planes and I had taught myself to fly.
20 years later and I still seem to have a love affair with the ground from time to time...lol.


John

DanMN

My first was a Tyco Harley MC back in '94

airega1

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1972 MRC MK-V radio on 72.240, Johnny Cashburn Super Lucky Fly and an OS .60 Blackhead. Tried to fly it with no instruction and totally destroyed it after take off. I then built a Top Flight Contender and got with a club instructor and learned how to fly

joebahl

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My first rc plane was a tidewater pronto 30 plus years ago .I just found free plans and have it almost framed up again with a K+B 25 in her . My son is learning now and it can be his second plane. : ) Here are the free plans if any one else wants to try one. joe http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1401154

roncannell

1986, a Carl Golberg Electra