[Uram-rejections] Radio controlled cars

Wed Sep 28 13:47:11 BST 2016

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> From: Brian Reay <no.sp at m.com>
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> Subject: Re: Radio controlled cars
> Date: Wed, 28 Sep 2016 12:36:56 -0000 (UTC)
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> Stephen Thomas Cole <usenet at stephenthomascole.com> wrote:
> > Brian Reay <no.sp at m.com> wrote:
> >> On 26/09/2016 13:47, Stephen Thomas Cole wrote:
> >>> Ok, I admit this is only incredibly tenuously on-topic, but there's RF
> >>> involved so I'm saying it's on-topic! :-D
> >>> 
> >>> My youngest son absolutely loves remote control things, I've got a toy
> >>> helicopter that he loves watching fly around and I got him a cheap r/c car
> >>> for him a while ago and he loves that, too. I want to get a "beefier" one
> >>> for him for Christmas, one that's faster, more robust, and which doesn't
> >>> eat six AA batteries in an hour. But Googling isn't proving fruitful,
> >>> there's too much choice clogging up the search results and I'm struggling
> >>> to find a car that will be all I want it to be. So, my question is; are any
> >>> ukram readers r/c aficionados? And, if so, could you point me towards some
> >>> good options?
> >>> 
> >>> What I think I want is a "dune buggy" style car, with big wheels and high
> >>> clearance for off-roading onto the lawn, with a powerful motor so it really
> >>> zips around and wheel spins and drifts on gravel/dirt, and with a large
> >>> capacity rechargeable battery that can be removed and replaced with a
> >>> charged spare when it's flat. Budget is =<£100.
> >>> 
> >>> So, over to you!
> >>> 
> >> 
> >> Pop up to Elm Court on Sunday Morning, I'm pretty sure there is a track 
> >> there where a local group meets. I'm sure someone there will be able to 
> >> point you in the right direction.
> > 
> > Is that track still there? I remember going there about 25 years ago and
> > watching a race! They were "proper" r/c, petrol powered multi-hundred quid
> > machines. But if there's anybody who's going to know the good electric
> > gear, it'll be one of those type of enthusiasts. I'll check it out. At the
> > least, if they are still racing there my boy'd get a kick out of going and
> > watching!
> > 
> > Cheers!
> > 
> 
> I can't be sure it is still there but it was less than 25 years ago that I
> saw it, although I'm not sure when. It isn't somewhere I visit often.
> 
> I do know 'the' place people bought their kit was a shop in Luton, tucked
> away off the road which goes from the roundabout by the 'Hen and Chicks'
> and the Churchill Estate. Opposite the industrial estate there is a housing
> estate. In there, there is a small set of shops. One is a model shop. A
> chap I used to car share with used to call in there, he used the track. I
> looked in once or twice when he was buying stuff on the way home, just out
> of casual interest. They may be able to advise. I got the impression it was
> a local 'meeting place' for the model car crowd. I still see him from time
> to time, if I do I will ask him. 
> 
> 
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