Top ten things rc related things that piss you off.

[Gee]

People that ask me if my brushless rc is gas or nitro. What? Even though they were out the day before when I was running the loud ass nitro up and down the block. This is especially true for a group of young under achievers in the niehborhood. I've exlpained nitro vs brushless to them before on several occasions. Loud, smoke, burns you when you flip it over, etc. Quite, fast, etc. Depressing that these little people are being labeled as: America'a future.

I didn't see BrianG list this so I am going to help him out:
FANS

AND this ones for MisterCrash
All the different size splines on servos and that each require a different count or size of servo horn. I agree.

I 12th or 20th what ever the count is now. The LHS that sells 1/8th scale rcs but doesn't even carry a 1/8th scale clutch bell. Plenty of trx parts though.

The ridiculous cost of some things in the hobby. Come on folks 35.00 for a pair of 5x10 bearings? Fioroni Tractive Differential - 204.99, the look on your wifes face would be priceless.

When one side of the hobby puts down the other side. Escpecially from the peson that has never tried the other side. Yeah I'm talking about you! If your running with the brushless folks there's no need to say ill words against the otherside to fit in with us. Hell we all know the brushless side has a higher intellect, is more mature, rational, and genrally deals with things in a more logical manner. That is what makes us better and we don't have try and prove it by childish name calling. They don't need any help from us to degrade them any farther then they do by theirselves. I talk from experience. As soon as I break out a Nitro to run for a while. I get a little more stupid, and don't think as clearly. For example I may mess with the lsn and the hsn at the same time. Dumb huh? I rarely cuss when I am running my brushless setup, but hell I blurt out words that would make a two bit whore blush and run away when I break out my nitro rcs. Sometines the foul words can last up to five minutes non stop. On top of all that negative, I tend to slouch more when running a nitro RC. So just leave the names calling to yourself and relish at the though that their 10 minutes of fun surrounded by 20 minutes of preperation H and all that is swollowed up by the hour of frustration that turns out to be a bad glow plug. Then some ice cream on top, there is the after run cleanup procedure that brings a smile to every brushless rc owners face when they unplug thier li-po for the night. That has more satifaction then any verbal assualt.

Enough rambling.

Good thread topic Ben. Getting some of this off our chests should help make the holidays more enjoyable for those around us. Let's grab our good buddy Mr. Jim Beam and the chainsaw and go cut down that Christmas tree that's been giving us problems. If it's in your house then who's to say a Birch Alder isn't a Christmas Tree.

[lincpimp]

Originally Posted by Gee

People that ask me if my brushless rc is gas or nitro. What? Even though they were out the day before when I was running the loud ass nitro up and down the block. This is especially true for a group of young under achievers in the niehborhood. I've exlpained nitro vs brushless to them before on several occasions. Loud, smoke, burns you when you flip it over, etc. Quite, fast, etc. Depressing that these little people are being labeled as: America'a future.

I didn't see BrianG list this so I am going to help him out:
FANS

AND this ones for MisterCrash
All the different size splines on servos and that each require a different count or size of servo horn. I agree.

I 12th or 20th what ever the count is now. The LHS that sells 1/8th scale rcs but doesn't even carry a 1/8th scale clutch bell. Plenty of trx parts though.

The ridiculous cost of some things in the hobby. Come on folks 35.00 for a pair of 5x10 bearings? Fioroni Tractive Differential - 204.99, the look on your wifes face would be priceless.

When one side of the hobby puts down the other side. Escpecially from the peson that has never tried the other side. Yeah I'm talking about you! If your running with the brushless folks there's no need to say ill words against the otherside to fit in with us. Hell we all know the brushless side has a higher intellect, is more mature, rational, and genrally deals with things in a more logical manner. That is what makes us better and we don't have try and prove it by childish name calling. They don't need any help from us to degrade them any farther then they do by theirselves. I talk from experience. As soon as I break out a Nitro to run for a while. I get a little more stupid, and don't think as clearly. For example I may mess with the lsn and the hsn at the same time. Dumb huh? I rarely cuss when I am running my brushless setup, but hell I blurt out words that would make a two bit whore blush and run away when I break out my nitro rcs. Sometines the foul words can last up to five minutes non stop. On top of all that negative, I tend to slouch more when running a nitro RC. So just leave the names calling to yourself and relish at the though that their 10 minutes of fun surrounded by 20 minutes of preperation H and all that is swollowed up by the hour of frustration that turns out to be a bad glow plug. Then some ice cream on top, there is the after run cleanup procedure that brings a smile to every brushless rc owners face when they unplug thier li-po for the night. That has more satifaction then any verbal assualt.

Enough rambling.

Good thread topic Ben. Getting some of this off our chests should help make the holidays more enjoyable for those around us. Let's grab our good buddy Mr. Jim Beam and the chainsaw and go cut down that Christmas tree that's been giving us problems. If it's in your house then who's to say a Birch Alder isn't a Christmas Tree.

I am tempted to fly to Washington state just to see you "try" to get a nitro tuned... I'll bring the Beam... You furnish the chainsaw. Sounds like a good combo!

[JThiessen]

Originally Posted by lincpimp

I am tempted to fly to Washington state just to see you "try" to get a nitro tuned... I'll bring the Beam... You furnish the chainsaw. Sounds like a good combo!

Fly in to Seattle - I'll drive us over to the flat land...I wanna see this too!

[_paralyzed_]

"keep it clean" jerkoffs. I was helping a noob tune in a redcat buggy (lame on top of lame, right?) and of course he had no temp. unit or any idea that there's a target window for temp. I had him running decent, but just to be sure I gave his cooling head the ole spit test. Well he freaked out! I spit on his baby! He wanted to keep it clean and put it back on his shelf to look pretty. I was going to explain to him the inherit traits of 2 stroke engines but he was in full temper tantrum mode, so I just said, "good luck" and rolled away

Originally Posted by _paralyzed_

"keep it clean" jerkoffs. I was helping a noob tune in a redcat buggy (lame on top of lame, right?) and of course he had no temp. unit or any idea that there's a target window for temp. I had him running decent, but just to be sure I gave his cooling head the ole spit test. Well he freaked out! I spit on his baby! He wanted to keep it clean and put it back on his shelf to look pretty. I was going to explain to him the inherit traits of 2 stroke engines but he was in full temper tantrum mode, so I just said, "good luck" and rolled away

Also known as "Shelf Queens"

[Kcaz25]

Originally Posted by _paralyzed_

"keep it clean" jerkoffs. I was helping a noob tune in a redcat buggy (lame on top of lame, right?) and of course he had no temp. unit or any idea that there's a target window for temp. I had him running decent, but just to be sure I gave his cooling head the ole spit test. Well he freaked out! I spit on his baby! He wanted to keep it clean and put it back on his shelf to look pretty. I was going to explain to him the inherit traits of 2 stroke engines but he was in full temper tantrum mode, so I just said, "good luck" and rolled away

Shame on him for not knowing that you have to tune an engine, shame on him for not knowing to carry a temp gun, shame on him for pitching a tantrum, but all the signs are there for an unresonable idiot, thus you should have warned him. I mean if he doen't know any of that stuff, how is he gonna know that doing something "gross" is a good thing in this case.

My piss off list in no particular order.

1) I hate my passion to take a excellent +10 year old design (maybe older IDK how long it was on the drawing board) and try to make it compete with 2moro's tech truggies. The Maxx really did change everything but it is ancient! Still I continue...

2) Nitro guys who know nothing of electric, and like to show and tell it. Most I've seen know almost nothing of nitro, their own "art".

3) Soldering

4) Glueing

5) lack of real standards in our industry, particularly with batts.

6) Prices of specific types of items

7) Rarity of tracks within 2 hours

8) Shipping

9) There are good noobs. I was one once, still am with some stuff. Then there are bad noobs. Thus bad noobs.

10) bad deals



Still I love this hobby, the facts that make me happy far out way this and any other pissy lists.

Edit: Oh yeah and faulty switches on the MMM. And the MMM case... and the fan.

[shaunjohnson]

i actually fixed one of these issues!!
the #255 "can i try?"
i bought a micro-T and took that to school. at the time it was the only RC i owned that didnt cost more than my real car
let em drive that, soo much fun!!
hell with the lipo upgrade it almost beat the nitro noob with the cheap nitro 2wd ST

the people who say "it isnt worth that" usualy come around after i pull off a few big air jumps and the ensuing ooooOOOOOOOooooo's that follow make it seem worth it


oh!!
and my #15 thing that pisses me off!!
RESALE VALUE you can never get anywhere near back than what you paid, unless you bribe a noob. nitro sells, electric dont. we can make a killing here though hehe.
buy a slash when it has just been released, get it shipped here, it WILL sell for over $100 more than it's value. i mean dude, E-revo (not the BL) comes out, lands here in australia for $600 add or whatever, SELLS ON EBAY FOR $1000!!! (and the dumb noob with the V-twin setup still cant sell his for $1200)

[Gee]

Originally Posted by JThiessen

Fly in to Seattle - I'll drive us over to the flat land...I wanna see this too!

You fellows bring a change of cloths. I've been trying to tune for two summers now. Just when I think I got it, the clouds give way and I have to tune it for no clouds. Then I have to retune for when I drive it in the shade. Then a quick adjustment for crossing the hot street. Then a little different tune for climbing the ramp I have on the front steps. Of course all that depends on which tuning screwdriver is used. 100 proof with the no pulp orange juice is prefered.


Last night I started trimmng a new body. That reminded me how much I dislike doing it.

Trimming the overpriced lexan bodies.


There are some funny one's in this thread that are so true and you just rofl becuase it has happened to all of us at one time or another. Well except for cutting anlge iron in the nude. lol

[jayjay283]

#4 The fact that RC companies think that dismissing the public opinion wont catch up with them. In including you all.....

#5 Mike wont Make us the Maxx CD BOOOOOOOMN

[redshift]

Originally Posted by Gee

I've been trying to tune for two summers now. Just when I think I got it, the clouds give way and I have to tune it for no clouds. Then I have to retune for when I drive it in the shade. Then a quick adjustment for crossing the hot street. Then a little different tune for climbing the ramp I have on the front steps. Of course all that depends on which tuning screwdriver is used. 100 proof with the no pulp orange juice is prefered.

And BG hates nitros so much, he listed it twice!

That's cheating!

No, wait I mean that's common sense

[BrianG]

Originally Posted by redshift

And BG hates nitros so much, he listed it twice!

That's cheating!

No, wait I mean that's common sense

Actually, I listed it 3 times. My first real R/C was a nitro Revo and got so tired of the tuning hassles, getting it to start, cleaning the air filter, removing the oil/dirt muck that gets everwhere, the noise, and the smell, that I have never missed it. Every time I hear/see a nitro motor, I actually get angry.