The Age Thread
 

Yeah - I know it's been done before, but when I was at the LHS with my fiance picking up my E-Revo this past weekend we all got to talking and they said that most of their customers were around my age because most younger didn't have the money to spend on the hobby. Anyway - seeing a lot of new names here and was just curious to find out the following:

1 - Your Age
2 - How long you've been into RC
3 - What was your first "real" model?

I'll start:

1 - 33
2 - 20 years
3 - Kyosho Optima Mid 1/10 4WD EP

1. 28
2. 3 years, maybe less
3. xl1 pede but I had a Nikko on-road car first (was a gift) so the Nikko actually got me in the hobby (mainly cause I wanted a better r/c than that!)

14
7 years
T-maxx Pro .15

30
20 years
Tamiya Grasshopper

30
20 some odd years off and on, 8 years back on
first rc, something crummy

44
20 plus years
Marui Samurai chain driven 4wd buggy

45
20 + years
Kyosho Ultima

19
9 years on and off
Pro-trax version stampede, first pede model to have the chrome wheels and the xl-1 esc came a month before the T-maxx was released.

46 YO
5-6 years (when you are this old you start to forget)
Associated RC10 T3

1- 15
2- 5
3- Traxxas Rustler XL-1

36
23 years 1 form or another
Tamiya Mitsubishi Pajero (subaru brat with a suzuki samuri type lid on it, white case NiCD hump, 1st upgrade was getting rid of the resistors and fuses and putting in a circut breaker) I was livin' the dream

32
Long time
Dont remember

39

25 years with a 14 year break in the middle. Back in for about 6 years.

I think it was a Tamiya Hornet. But I'm not even sure any more.

29
17 on/off
tamiya fox

40
10 on & off
Traxxas something (T-Maxx or Rustler) cant remember..

31
Since 1989, break from around 95-01 then back in again.
Tamiya Hornet

32
22
Tamiya Frog. I even painted it white and pink just like the box art:lol:

18
5
Traxxas T-Maxx 2.5

1: 16 in two weeks
2: 5 or 6 years with a year break in the middle
3: Original Traxxas Rustler

1.27 2.about 12 years

3.some nitro on road car

1: 30 next month
2: around 25 years
3: My first R/C was the A-Team van. It was this one actually.
3a: My first "real" R/C was the original E-maxx. I had tons of Tyco and Radio Shack stuff before that.

1. 23

2. 7-8

3. first real one .15 maxx, had about 30 tyco-nikkos that i loved hooking two batts to lol

1. 42 or 3

2. 4 or 5

3. E-MAXX I think

4. What was the question? :zzz:

- 21
- 5 years
- Tamiya Wild Dagger...I still remember the first run! Good times.

22
6 (~2 on 2 off 2 on)
E-maxx

41 years old
25 years on and off
I think it was a green Tamiya grasshopper

34
19 or 20 years on and off
Tamiya Blackfoot

37
20+ with a long break, 5 years since the break
Tamiya Grasshopper

25
started in hobby 11 years ago, got out around 9 years ago (first RC was cool, but slow) got back in 2 years ago.
Kyosho USA-1 (electric) (Technically my brother and I want halfsies on an associated buggy ~14 years ago, but he lost the ESC and then never assembled the kit.)

1.44 yrs
2.6-7 yrs
3. .15 Tmaxx

though my very first nitro powered truck was one that was made by Cox and was powered by the .049 engine they have, was a off road stadium truck design that wasnt radio controlled but you would lock the wheels and it would go around in circles...I had this when I was 12 yrs old

56 40 Cox dune buggy/ single channel(steering) R/C

16 Years old
Been in Rc for 6 years
First Rc was a Traxxas rustler/novak esc , 19t, and 2400mah nicds

35 years old (23 H, 00100011, 43 Oct)
For about 4 years (4 H, 00000100, 4 Oct)
Nitro (yuk) Revo. Didn't last long...

29yrs
2yrs
E-Maxx - started with electric bashing and ended up with nitro racing at national level :)

I wish i could find a sponsor...:no:

1. 13,095 days (011001100100111)
2. 677 days (1010100101)
3. Stampede XL-5

(for those inclined)

- 26( Islamic calender), 25 ( Gregorian calender).

- Ever since I was a -5 year old child.

- The Nikko Super Sprint.

You guys are old :lol:.

1. 29
2. 15+ (Don't really count the yrs in Brasil)
3. Custom Works Dominator with a PDI (Forgot which ones I had) controller and an AJ's Black Magic Pro Stock 82,000rpm motor (Later went with an Aveox brushless set up), RC10 stadium truck with Team Pit Stop Oval conversion (Chain drive was awesome) and added the PDI controller and Black Magic Pro Stock motor and my long wheel base, all aluminum Clod Buster with 2 PDI controllers, AJ's Black Magic Clod buster motors. I wish I never sold them.

41
about 3 years now
Traxxas Stampede and a Sledghammer

27
1 1/2 years
T-MAXX 2.5R