I've just bought this...

[Lead_Head]

http://tinyurl.com/4m7jz

What you lot think?

Anyone here R/C?

[Lead_Head]

It's a Nitro HPi Savage SS. With a Haobao Hyper .21 engine in it.

I'll try and get some vids of it in action when I get it

[Stewart]

How much it set you back?

[Lead_Head]

How much it set you back?

It cost me £250 delivered. And the seller even absorbed the PayPal fee's!

Should be arriving Tues... so be prepared for a rant about how it broke within 5 minutes! haha...

I'm after loads of spare parts / tools etc now.. not too sure where to start though.

[Shogun]

I fly a Raptor 90 Massive heli

:edit: just given him quite a bit of advice on msn

[Lead_Head]

Yeh Shogun just gave me a few pointers and a few links.

If anyone else can offer any advice then I'd appreciate it!

[5cupa]

that looks pretty bad ass. i hope u have a digicam with video to post up some stuff for us all to see

[Lead_Head]

that looks pretty bad ass. i hope u have a digicam with video to post up some stuff for us all to see

Yeh my mates got a Sony digicam... some serious video footage is gonna happen.

Don't worry, as soon as the video's captured, it'll be uploaded!!

Just gotta get all my parts now...

[MD]

Used to do this a while back, had a Traxxas awd 60+mph car but wrote it off.....big styleee lol and I had an HPI Nitro Rally before that.

My brother in law is really into this stuff now, Has a T-Maxx, a few scooby's a Audi TT Tamiya tarmac and a Schmacher something or other, cant remember offf the top of my head, he says to me though that next on his list is the new Traxxas truck tbh it looks stunning,

Have driven a savage, fun bit of kit though, enjoy!

m@

[DR]

They are amazing - I love em - wouldn't mind one myself (might pick one up in the states init!)

I would like to get a remote heli - not sure where to start, has to be petrol though - I have loads of land nearby to fly on

[Lead_Head]

Used to do this a while back, had a Traxxas awd 60+mph car but wrote it off.....big styleee lol and I had an HPI Nitro Rally before that.

My brother in law is really into this stuff now, Has a T-Maxx, a few scooby's a Audi TT Tamiya tarmac and a Schmacher something or other, cant remember offf the top of my head, he says to me though that next on his list is the new Traxxas truck tbh it looks stunning,

Have driven a savage, fun bit of kit though, enjoy!

m@

If you have got any spares at all that I might find useful then please give me a shout... I'll take them off your hands!!

They are amazing - I love em - wouldn't mind one myself (might pick one up in the states init!)

I would like to get a remote heli - not sure where to start, has to be petrol though - I have loads of land nearby to fly on

I think I share the same passion as you! They are pretty awesome bits of kit.

I'd be careful of picking one up in America, they run different frequencies, some of which are illegal.

/Eagerly awaits Weds when it arrives!

[Curfish]

My older brothers into all this and refers to it as nitro truck racing.

check this url seems to be quite useful

http://www.nitrotrucks.com/

[Nemeliza]

I used to R/C dont know what happened though. winter scared me indoors i think and i never ventured back. I still love the things though you can get countless hours of fun tearing round the garden or in the park nitro models make nuff noise tho.

try not to slam the throttle down too hard on the first go, a .21 engine will fly.

[shiato storm]

didn't someone post a mini movie of them thrashing around an r/c thing similar to the one lead head just bought? forget who's it was but it was pretty nuts if I remember...jumping off some high drop offs, landing on its roof, bouncing and landing right-way up again, then belting off and round a field to come back to the jump again...with more glorious air being taken.
quite fun to watch

[Lead_Head]

Dont worry Hexites... in the next few weeks we'll have footage on a BMX dirt track near where I live and I'll get it edited to a little movie for you all.

[Rob]

didn't someone post a mini movie of them thrashing around an r/c thing similar to the one lead head just bought? forget who's it was but it was pretty nuts if I remember...jumping off some high drop offs, landing on its roof, bouncing and landing right-way up again, then belting off and round a field to come back to the jump again...with more glorious air being taken.
quite fun to watch

http://forums.hexus.net/showthread. maybe?