Friday, December 14, 2007

HPI Rally car with 2-Speed Transmission

This is the funniest thing. I've got this cool project car - an old HPI Rally car with a 10-turn Speed Gem motor and a 2-speed transmission. There's nothing like hearing an electric car hit second speed. I've got pictures of it here and later tonight I'll get a video up on youtube.com with the car in action.



Friday, December 7, 2007

Mini-Z Racing at OTHS in Manassas, VA

Greetings all. A while back I told you about the Mini-Z racing coming to the shop here. Well, I'm happy to announce that we are just about ready. The track and lap counting system are here and we're working out the bugs in the system now. Please reply here if you're interested, or can call me at 703-369-1197 or email me at brian@manassashobby.com . I'm real excited to get this going so I hope to hear back from you all soon

New Hydrogren Fuel Cell Powered R/C Car

I saw this yesterday online and I just HAD to share it with you. This is the coolest thing I've seen in a while. A company called Hydrogen Fuel Cell Technologies has developed a power pack for a 1/10 Scale Electric R/C car that fits perfectly into the Tamiya TT-01 chassis. Check out the full review and videos of the car in action here at http://www.horizonfuelcell.com/rc.htm .






Tuesday, December 4, 2007

Electric Micro Heli Comparison

Today we’re going to review three different hobby-grade micro helicopters. They are the E-flite Blade CX2, the Heli-Max AXE EZ and the IMEX micro helis. Though these three have very different looks to them, they have many similarities under the hood. Let’s take a look. Here’s a quick chart for you to start with:


And for those that have a hard time finding parts, here’s a quick little chart to help out in those times of need…


As you can see, there’s not too much difference between these micro helis. The biggest difference is in the Blade CX2 – you get a 2.4GHz radio system, vice an FM system. The AXE EZ however, comes with the training gear. All three are priced under $200, so you really can’t go wrong with any one of these. This is a great way to learn to fly a helicopter for anyone.