What New Stuff Have You Bought? If You Care To Share Thead! :)

[MrBoat]

I have a few RC cars, but no crawlers (yet). Crawling does look fun, esp if you have limited space.

Most of my stuff is related to back yard bashing! I really like the Short Course Truck category, it's kind of like the RC equivalent of stadium truck racing. I have a couple SCTs (Turnigy Trooper), 4 wheel drive, front/back/mid diffs. Fun stuff, and they go FAST! All sorts of upgrades available. The only catch-- Pretty much every time I take them out, I end up breaking something so it's a cycle of run/break/repair/run/repeat. At least I have plenty of spare parts!

I am building a back yard course, at my leisure. Sometimes take my coffee out there in the AM. Kind of a decent way to start the day. Made a video for my grandchildren so that they may be inspired to make things for themselves.

 

[William Lemmerhirt]

Older I get, the less I care about how ridiculous I may look, doing just about anything. At least with clothes on. Lately it's been RC off road vehicles. Why? The running gear fascinates me. I have wrenched on vehicles since I was 6. So much so, that I grew to hate it. Well, this is different. Same types of systems, minus the busted knuckles and grody fingernails. Like anything else, these days, a default path to upgrades and other modifications, along with an entire market of aftermarket parts and accessories to keep one busy tinkering, if they want.

Anyway, I bought this Redcat Gen8 V2 Scout. Fun stuff.

I had another, but it paled in comparison to the Scout, so I tore it all apart, and redesigned the suspension from the frame on out, and made a contender out of it. It started out life as some bargain basement, cartoonish monster truck. I raised the motor and transmission an inch, put new axles with accommodations for multilink, new, OEM styled wheels and tires, cutting out fenders and adding flares. Toyota Hilux.

I welded the center skid, suspension mount together at work. It's based on equal length, parallel links. Pinion angle remains constant throughout the suspension travel range.

I have also shortened the bed an inch, for clearance.

Boat!!!!! Hope you’re well!

Yeah man. That Gen8 is such a good truck. Right out of the box even, just a great truck. My son has one. I have a TRX4. It’s good, but not as good as the redcat. I do like the two speed tranny and lock/unlock diffs. We have some other bashers too. 4x4 slashes, brushless rustlers. Try that on 3S. Just stupid. Can’t hardly control it.
Crawling is definitely cool. We do a “pick a line” challenge where we alternate choosing a line up a hill, and whoever fails loses the round. Kind like “horse” without the basketballs lol.
Have fun out there! Hope you still turn them JBLs up for me once in a while!!!

 

[MrBoat]

Boat!!!!! Hope you’re well!

Yeah man. That Gen8 is such a good truck. Right out of the box even, just a great truck. My son has one. I have a TRX4. It’s good, but not as good as the redcat. I do like the two speed tranny and lock/unlock diffs. We have some other bashers too. 4x4 slashes, brushless rustlers. Try that on 3S. Just stupid. Can’t hardly control it.
Crawling is definitely cool. We do a “pick a line” challenge where we alternate choosing a line up a hill, and whoever fails loses the round. Kind like “horse” without the basketballs lol.
Have fun out there! Hope you still turn them JBLs up for me once in a while!!!

I do enjoy those JBLs, and they get used often. I have them connected to my 100wpc Icepower kit amp and my tube pre, that was also a kit. One of my most fuss free systems in the house. I can sit down with those and a stack of CDs and get lost for hrs. I keep them in top shape.

The little Hilux is a straight axle, while the redcat has portals and significantly larger tires. You really have to pick good lines with a straight axle. I take my coffee in the mornings out there before work sometimes. I have gotten better at driving them. I have a 3s in the redcat. I also added a better (Hobbywing 1080) ESC and radio, tucked in the bumpers and raised the sliders for noticeably improved clearance all around.

 

[Cos]

Digging myself further into the cult of Apple LOL...

Apple Macbook Pro 16 M1 Max Pro 10 Core CPU / 32 Core GPU / 32GB Ram / 1TB HDD ...way overpriced
- Seriously on the audio side, you will never find a laptop that sounds this good out of the box. The screen isn't
bad either

I still try to use the touchscreen like on my dell...yep no touchscreen

 

[3db]

This weekend, I picked up was considered to be Yamaha's professional cassette deck, a C300. It looks a lot like a KX-1200 except that it also has differential input and outputs. Here are some pics. The seller also tossed in a few NOS cassettes.

 

[davidscott]

This weekend, I picked up was considered to be Yamaha's professional cassette deck, a C300. It looks a lot like a KX-1200 except that it also has differential input and outputs. Here are some pics. The seller also tossed in a few NOS cassettes.

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Looks great. How does it sound? What are you going to record?

 

[3db]

Looks great. How does it sound? What are you going to record?

Its at the shop to get a belt replaced. I asked the tech to go over the unit and give it a thorough cleaning. It will become my main recording deck once serviced.

 

[afterlife2]

A quick trip to Goodwill tonight.

 

[3db]

I bought the following BluRays to replace DVDs



and these RCA cables

 

[davidscott]

New couch from Ashley to replace an almost 9-year-old couch. I have been sitting at a 40 degree or so downslope on this couch even after putting an insert under the cover. I never thought I'd be so happy to get a new piece of furniture. Should be delivered next week.

 

[j_garcia]

Xmas gift:

 

[Dean Kurtz]

You guys who enjoy golf, great, just so damn boring, especially at that kind of cost to be bored (and frustrated ).

Just got a used DVD-A of Billy Cobham's Spectrum, which I've wanted for a while. Not as good as I imagined but still quite nice.

Great album. I have the regular CD. Had the 8 track way back. Got to see him with Jack Bruce in 1980.

 

[3db]

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New couch from Ashley to replace an almost 9-year-old couch. I have been sitting at a 40 degree or so downslope on this couch even after putting an insert under the cover. I never thought I'd be so happy to get a new piece of furniture. Should be delivered next week.

Looks very sharp and comfortable.

 

[davidscott]

Looks very sharp and comfortable.

It was comfortable in the store. Will be delivered next week, and I can't wait.

 

[}Fear_Inoculum{]

Bought and framed a new piece of artwork for our living room. My wife and I both love Northwest Coast Native artwork. We have about a dozen nice pieces displayed around our house. This is the newest addition to the collection:

 

[ryanosaur]

Bought and framed a new piece of artwork for our living room. My wife and I both love Northwest Coast Native artwork. We have about a dozen nice pieces displayed around our house. This is the newest addition to the collection:

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slick.

 

[Old Onkyo]

 

[afterlife2]

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Huh? New Workout room?

 

[John Parks]

Huh? New Workout room?

Sex bot on the wall.

 

[davidscott]

Looks very sharp and comfortable.

And it will be my main listening position right between the left right speakers.