What was your first R/C vehicle?

**thanghoang** · 01-22-2005 04:18 PM

What was your first R/C vehicle? How long ago was it and what are your fondest memories of it?

Mine was the Tamiya Frog. My best friend in high school had the same and introduced me to R/C. I loved it so much

, I ended up buying my brother a used one for his bday. I remember having racing him all the time in the parking lot near my house. I still have it and it still works great. I also hand painted a flame motif on the inside of it. I may have to dust it off and put it on bookshelf.

I got the truck when I was 16 in high school. Fast forward about 16 years and I get my second truck, the Emaxx. It's like being a kid all over again.

**moneybagsfor-rc** · 01-22-2005 04:47 PM

an old old radioshack truck

**emaxxer2002** · 01-22-2005 04:55 PM

My first real r/c was an electric rusty.

-emaxxer2002

**Froo** · 01-22-2005 04:59 PM

my first was a truck called crashback that when you would run into something it would get smushed. then you would press a botton and it would strech back out. I still got it and it works but i haven't run it since i got my e-maxx.(2 years ago.) Its a cool truck.

**jigga2177** · 01-22-2005 05:28 PM

A Tyco Bandit that was fast for me back in 1990. No that I have my E-MAXX and my X-Ray T1FK, doesn't seem to matter. It broke because one of the wires was pulled lose from the motor when I was bashing in the grass. If only I knew how to solder back then....but i was only 13 yrs old.

Oh, and radio shack had no ideal of how to fix it....losers.

**GEEMAXX01** · 01-22-2005 05:52 PM

My first RC was the RC10 with the gold tub chassis (1990), and a Blackfoot, I pulled the RC10 out of the attic the other day and it still works, looking back at the Blackfoot and now owning the EMAXX it clearly shows how things have improved over the years.LOL

**MasterG152** · 01-22-2005 06:01 PM

I had a Nikko 2WD monster truck type thing. It was a piece of junk but you gotta start somewhere.

**t to the maxxOG** · 01-22-2005 06:02 PM

a tamiya my dad and i buitl, it was an onroad, got me hooked! Now I have 2 and a half maxxes. Half you say, I got a e roller that I am parting out.im also getting a xxxs g+ next week

**part-time** · 01-22-2005 06:06 PM

a tamiya grasshopper

**Bjorn** · 01-22-2005 06:19 PM

A self-designed and custom built Helicoptor.... Around 1980 or so..

**MaxxSavage** · 01-22-2005 06:19 PM

My first (real) R/C car was a Team Associated T3

.MY best memory was when I put a 10t double motor in it

.SOO FAST!!

Dylan

**rcmaniac** · 01-22-2005 06:38 PM

my first rc was a old tamiya lunchbox and a original wild willy

**element skater** · 01-22-2005 07:07 PM

a tamiya black foot i had in 2000 . i got it a the swapmeet at raceway park in english town with my dad the next day we took a trip down to the lhs the next day and got a 17t team orion havok motor and a team orion 3300 battery . after that it flew i loved it then i got a proline gmc sierra stadium truck body for it it looked kinda of goofy to some of my friends with a racey kandy green and orange paint job with the stock yellow wheels but i thought it sooooooooooooo cool .

**eeeeky** · 01-22-2005 07:11 PM

my first was a Taymia Frog it was real fast back then(1997)
but now i have a rusty its the best duratrax evader Bx EP really SUCK

**e-maxxinator** · 01-22-2005 08:15 PM

my first rc car was a radioshake car back when i was ten or eleven but if you don't cinsider that a real rc car then i guess it would have to be my e-maxx. my brother thinks his stampede can bet my maxx in a straight line... i guess we will have to find out.

P.S. he has a 17 turn mod motor in it

**enforcer** · 01-22-2005 08:16 PM

first REAL rc was an E-Maxx about 2 1/2 years ago.

**holfnshow** · 01-22-2005 08:43 PM

My first was a Hornet.A long time ago.

**cooleocool** · 01-22-2005 08:48 PM

My first real rc was a Stampede...good times...

**MILTMO** · 01-22-2005 09:01 PM

Tamiya Hornet that I built almost 20 years ago. Just sold it on Ebay last month for 80 bucks.....bought an E-maxx. WOW!

**GE-Maxx** · 01-22-2005 09:07 PM

My first RC was a Radioshack 4x4 pickup (no suspension) I got for Christmas in 1991. Second one was the Emaxx I got a month ago. What a difference.

**newfrontier45** · 01-22-2005 11:16 PM

Had several cheap ones growing up. First hobby-class RC was an electric Pede, two years ago. Now they're coming out of my ears!

**yclei** · 01-23-2005 01:50 AM

A Kyosho Optima Mid. Belt-driven 4WD

**skull-eater** · 01-23-2005 03:43 AM

i started off with a frog then hornet mardave metre lunchbox optima mid then cat 2000 then my trouble some emaxx???

**Timberlake** · 01-23-2005 05:09 AM

I had a grass hopper turbo, it ran off about 8 AA batts,it was great fun.

**arceeguy** · 01-23-2005 08:17 AM

My first was a Tamiya Grasshopper kit.

Been hooked ever since! (that was 19 years ago...)

**e-maxxermatt** · 01-23-2005 08:27 AM

my first cars were like 10 radioshack rc cars but my first real car was a tamiya terra crusher (that thing was a total peice of junk it should be burrned!!!)

matthew goldman
p.s. never buy a terra crusher you will hate it to death!!!

**gohan20** · 01-23-2005 10:00 AM

My first rc car was a a Tyco Decptor. It had a a turbo option and the top would pop up. It was pretty quick for a 3 dollar yardsale car.

I have been obcessed ever since.

**MrFlintstone** · 01-23-2005 10:38 AM

Lets see....first REAL RC car.

Got a deal from someone getting rid of their stuff way back in the old days.

Monster Beetle, Blackfoot, Grasshopper and RC10 Gold tub. Then got into RC Planes for 10yrs now back into cars.

**Customizer** · 01-23-2005 10:45 AM

First was a radio shack "wild pony", it was from the 1980's,
4wd independent suspension, it was like 1/18 scale, ran on 8 "AA's", and had a semi-like body. IT was the best truck ever made buy radio shack, it had 2speeds(hi/low), and it could go over alomost anything, seriously. I put it in a mud puddle (not just brown water, really mud) like 4 inches deep, and it went through it with no problem, btw, the ground clearence was only like 1 1/2 inches. I got it at a yard sale for $1, lasted me about 2 years, best buck I ever spent

My first real rc was a t-maxx I got from "Santa" when I was nine, 4 years ago.

**jcsqerly** · 01-23-2005 11:26 AM

my first was a tamiya blackfoot about.......uh,um,dern,15 years ago? and then i had a tamiya fox

**jrc3** · 01-23-2005 11:54 AM

my first was actually a traxxas back in 1988. it was the traxxas CAT. go here and click on 1987.
http://www.traxxas.com/about/trx_about_history.htm
you will be envious when you see that fine r/c buggy, and you will say to your self,"man, i wish i had on of those back in 1988".

jack

**batjerk** · 01-23-2005 04:24 PM

The very first R/C vehicle I had was a Radio Shack Z-707 Battle Iron Claw. It was a main battle tank body with tracks and huge robot claw on the front. I got in sometime in the early 80s.

I have had several R/C buggies, Nikko, Tyco, Radio Shack and others. (I've broken or lost them all by now.)

My ultimately favorite R/C toy is the Tyco FirePower. Really fun to chase cats with. At least until I broke the front wheels, now it won't steer. Still shoots its missiles though.

My first "real" R/C was an Associated RC10B2. Didn't fit my driving style though. Understeers like mad on pavement, and won't go through grass very well at all or very rough terrain either for that matter.

Then I got my Stampede.

I also have a Tyco Terrain Twister, that thing goes like mad through the snow. In fact, that's the best terrain for it, IMO. Well, it is pretty cool in water too. For a toy.

**Evan B** · 01-23-2005 09:24 PM

My first truck was a purple TYCO Dodge Ram and it shot darts out of the canopy. second truck was a TYCO Chevy Silverado, then a Team Associated Stealth buggy,then an E-MAXX, then a Nitro Sport, and last a Mini-T and I still have them all!!!!! Not all run.

**shook2000** · 01-23-2005 09:44 PM

I have 11 cheap cars right now and most of them still work. They are all new bright, radio shack and that kind of stuff. I got my first one when i was 5. When i was 11 i discovered real rcs and now i have a spirit, tmaxx, rustler and in a few days electric stampede. Rustler is going to be set up for racing, Tmaxx for bashing, Stampede for those times when you dont feel like starting up a nitro engine and jsut want some quick fun and spirit the same.

**Shane1041** · 01-23-2005 11:15 PM

My first was a Taymia Frog also ( looks like it was popular back in the day ) that was maybe 16 years or so ago and last year got a stadium maxx and then i just got a revo , the bug left me for awhile but it looks like it is back now lol

**TraxxasMaddness** · 12-14-2010 10:39 PM

Duratrax evader lol when i was like 10 now on a mini e revo vxl and emaxx 16.8volt

**Rustin'RedRusty** · 12-14-2010 10:46 PM

Originally Posted by TraxxasMaddness

Duratrax evader lol when i was like 10 now on a mini e revo vxl and emaxx 16.8volt

Lol, My first was a Duratrax Evader St Pro! Got it when I was 11, now I have a Micro T and a Rustler VXL!

**mike-susieq1** · 12-14-2010 11:44 PM

My first rc was a fast-track from kb toys back in 1992,went pretty fast for it not being hobby grade rc. always went where others cars couldnt. first real hobby grade rc was a rc10ls brushless 2yrs ago.

**Double G** · 12-15-2010 12:38 AM

Holy you know what. This thing is 5 years old. Someone really did some digging.

**mike-susieq1** · 12-15-2010 12:56 AM

they sure did didnt see it said 2005 wow its really old.

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