rc cars/planes/boats/helicopters
 

anybody into them? i totally bit the bug after a bunch of my friends and fellow neighbors started racing them around at the park next to my house.

Not anymore. It's been a good 15 years. I still have six cars in a few boxes though. Used to have a good 25 batteries, but man they are expensive nowadays. None of them wal-mart cars either. I only have ones you have to build like a model. Belt drives are great for 4-wheel drivers. Play with the amount of oil in the shocks too and put "rear" tires on the front for better off-road cornering.

If you do get into them, get at least 4 or 5 batteries. Trickle charging is best for the battery. Also if you're going to fast charge, when you've drained one, put it in a freezer till it's really cold (about an hour) than charge it. It'll last much longer both run time and life. I kept all my batteries in a fridge when I wasn't using them.

Fast motors (electric) will drain a battery in about 15 minutes "play" and less than 5 minutes of all out speed.

I don't see any motors listed as 60 second (even 30 second) motors anymore. Those were what they said, they'd drain a battery in nn seconds at full speed. I had one 60 second motor and it would push my Kyosho Optima Mid to 45mph.

I just recently sold my Revo.That thing was bad ass truck but It was a pain in the ass to keep tuned and functional. But getting it up to 30 mph on some dirt jumps was incredibly fun. Plus when you were done you still had a bunch of Nitro Methane gas to play with

A buddy of mine has a small army of rc vehicles. Several planes, a helicopter 3 fully modded Revo's and some other smaller none gas powered vehicles.

yeah, i picked up a hpi savage x ss truck. i built it a few days ago and have been breaking the engine in.