Howdy

[Pipeous]

I just signed up. Bugged Gas Jockey to get me a Mega Monster... so are they ready yet? I sold my FG to get one.. lol I still have a couple 5ths, 3 5th bikes, a 7th and just got an Ofna 10sc so have toys to keep me busy.

Can't wait to get my hands on the new toy though

[NUTECH RACING]

Welcome to the Nutech Racing Forum.:welcome:

[dc2 man]

hello pipe

:welcome:

[Pipeous]

Hey Dan.. still ripping up pavement and wasting tires ;)

[mooman007uk]

Hey Buddy...good to see you made it...by the end of Jan you should be able to bash your MT with us on Galiano:punk:

[mradlin]

Welcome to the forum Pipeous! :punk:

[sickboy]

Hi Pipeous :welcome:
nice to see you here to.so you got the itch to lol i can believe you sold the fg man y oh y i was thing about it to but no i said cause it was me first LS
im waiting for the mt pro to reach our neck of the woods no dealer as of yet

[Clubin]

Hey Barry, welcome, why did it take you so long to get here. lol

[Pipeous]

Oh I'll be adding a vw to this buggy. I just need to have it here to look over first... run it as a buggy for now. The vw went to same friend that got my mt haha. we were just babbling on msn, I was thinking about 4wd... we tossed some numbers. It stays in the family so to speak so it's all good. My semi is my baby and the redcat will be fun once I can keep knuckles on. in the long run it will cost me less to sell the FG and get a Nutech and a pipe, than it would have cost to 4wd the FG. And I think the Nutech will outhandle (and from the videos) be less fixing. I've liked the design since I first saw the pics on LSF. I am impatient for stuff and impulsive too lol...

2 nights ago on amain hobbies site to buy parts to race my slash. it is adding up. bah, sold the roller cheap locally and ordered a new Ofna 4wd. ups delivered it yesterday.I ordered the duratrax dirt bike the moment they were available from tower so I could have the first one here hehe... yup ups 2 days later

and these guys really make stuff up and make available... you know I can't give away my money for rally bling... I am trying. Everything is pretty much done and ready. Need a new project that I can get parts for

[mradlin]

Sounds like you have quite a few! LOL

I just got a 4WD conversion kit for my FG MT. It has quite a few pieces and is so far a fun build! :excited:

[dc2 man]

hey pipeous

yeah every chance i get im off with the onroads to hammer them in to submission lol im working on my own onroad track at the moment should have fin by next summer :top secret:

im mostly offroading now as the season allows as you know yourself,man i see you have a nice collection yourself now,well done,nice semi!

i have a megamonster should be with me in early jan :excited:

cant wait to test it,full mod version with two sets rims & cy29cc :boxing:

[Pipeous]

26 is fine for me as long as I get a good pipe on it. Our on road group is growing good here. We should have some good sessions. We are also doing bikes. I have 2 of each so I can loan a car or bike when we are out. Some guys have one or the other...

tbh my fav toy right now is the duratrax dirt bike. what a hoot. I had to make a rear skid, on 3s lipo it almost backflips from a standing start haha. we are doing indoor electric off road in winter. jan 9th is first race for these bikes. it'll be a gong show

I have to keep an off road for business purposes ;) ... I detail a lot of those guys cars and bikes. and many of those guys are coming to on road. win win.

Hey I am still in touch with the original owner of Vancouver Hobbies hehe. Rob showed up at our annual meet and greet picnic this summer. My Semi was on the roof of my car and he saw it from the roadway. Bet he buys a Nutech when he sees them lol (I'll drive by his place when mine gets here)

[dc2 man]

cool man

looking forward to your stuff....

what nutech model are you getting?
im looking forward to mine as it will be my first 4x4 1/5th:surprise:

[Pipeous]

Picking up that TB2 Clayton is selling here on the forum. I just emailed ONB to see if he wants me to ship it to him to get a pipe worked out

I have a vrc on my redcat rally with a cy23. I had to keep richening the mix it was cold but man the snap it had was impressive. I really like the vrc's, silenced.

Still running that old Solo on the semi. it screams. I laugh when people see it go, ask what's in there and I tell them an almost 10 yr old motor solo 2000. just added a custom cut samba 4. I can't go with a larger first gear if I wanted now hehe. but fits under the body
http://i304.photobucket.com/albums/nn181/Pipeous/RC/FG_Semi/DSCI0006-6.jpg
http://i304.photobucket.com/albums/nn181/Pipeous/RC/FG_Semi/DSCI0001-4.jpg
added some balloon springs
http://i304.photobucket.com/albums/nn181/Pipeous/RC/FG_Semi/DSCI0005-7.jpg

[Pipeous]

Here's the Rally
http://i304.photobucket.com/albums/nn181/Pipeous/RC/Rampage_Rally/DSCI0002-2.jpg
http://i304.photobucket.com/albums/nn181/Pipeous/RC/Rampage_Rally/DSCI0001-6.jpg

[Pipeous]

Bikes. Blue one still needs electronics. Dirt bike is a blast.
http://i304.photobucket.com/albums/nn181/Pipeous/RC/Thunder_Tiger_Bike/DSCI0002-1.jpg
http://i304.photobucket.com/albums/nn181/Pipeous/RC/Duratrax_DX450/DSCI0003.jpg

[mradlin]

Damn!! You have some nice stuff there Barry!! :excited:

[Pipeous]

Thank you. It's a wonderful addiction. It's my third year in business. First year I sold that semi not completed for $250 because I had rent and building lease payments, sold all my rc toys. second year I sold everything to buy a redcat 5th for winter. this year I sold because I don't have room for much more so to get another 5th, one had to go

I have a 1/7 Hot Bodies. It's discontinued now but a lot of buggy parts fit. Bodies are hard to find, 2 speeds don't exist even anymore. It's only been run a few times. Handles like a dream too.

Just opened the Ofna Hyper 10SC box but saving that for boxing day. I have the day off and World Junior Hockey starts. I'll be glued to the tv and tinkering... bring my food on a tray please haha
http://i304.photobucket.com/albums/nn181/Pipeous/RC/Hot_Bodies_Street/DSCI0003.jpg

My FG VW had one of sickboy's fibreglass bodies. He makes the nicest bodies I have ever seen. I'll want another VW soon. I lost money selling but hey, it's not a living, it's a hobby. I truly love to build and tinker more than I do drive them nowadays

I'd love to have a 4 stroke bike someday. They don't take up much room either hehe

[Clubin]

Nice stuff. I like the Semi.

[dc2 man]

man you have a very nice collection.......

is the reason they call you pipeous because you got such AWESOME pipes?? :surprise: LOL

[Pipeous]

I am new here so I have to use the politically correct version

I am tickled now though. Dino is going to make me custom stacks for the semi... then we are talking. I want the flapper things too haha

[highwaystar]

I dig that semi I can't wait to see what he comes uo with for you.

[Pipeous]

once the tires warm up on that semi, it drives awesome. I have yet to see a car locally I can't compete with, let alone pass hehe. It drives those guys crazy. Everyone figures top heavy etc but it's stuck. I do get up on 2 wheels on tight corners though. http://www.vimeo.com/4027870 that was a while back. still had a worn dif and layshaft gear making it noisy. This is a spot down the hill from me. The truck owners love my semi and have never complained about me running there. You can see we used sidewalk chalk to mark out a track and that was cool by them. I have a couple vids here and even tested an in truck camera setup (mounted a mini tripod to my shock tower so digi cam was looking out the windshield) http://www.vimeo.com/3841561

[mooman007uk]

man that lorry turns on a dime...like the onboard camera perspective

[mradlin]

Nice vids!!
A few guys here in Calgary have the semi's. They do turn very nicely! :punk:

[Pipeous]

Redcat's gone, FG VW is back... I just need a BEC for my 3s lipo and it's ready to rumble. It has a Firehammer MT gas tank and the arms are FHMT as well (wider track). fair bit gas been done. this is a different paint job than I had... it's a fibreglass shell so I can sand and change it anytime I want. The yellow is mesh tape to repair the cracked under tray. I'll use automotive goop, it's black, to finish it off.

http://i304.photobucket.com/albums/nn181/Pipeous/RC/FG_VW/DSCI0001.jpg
http://i304.photobucket.com/albums/nn181/Pipeous/RC/FG_VW/DSCI0002.jpg
http://i304.photobucket.com/albums/nn181/Pipeous/RC/FG_VW/DSCI0003.jpg
http://i304.photobucket.com/albums/nn181/Pipeous/RC/FG_VW/DSCI0004.jpg
http://i304.photobucket.com/albums/nn181/Pipeous/RC/FG_VW/DSCI0005.jpg
http://i304.photobucket.com/albums/nn181/Pipeous/RC/FG_VW/DSCI0006.jpg
http://i304.photobucket.com/albums/nn181/Pipeous/RC/FG_VW/DSCI0007.jpg

[sickboy]

The paint job real nice mucker bang on just looking at your ride was that self made carbon tray or not
oh ye ive have a few alloy parts left over from my 2wd to 4wd conversion if your interested pm us might be wat your looking for to finish it off

[Clubin]

LOL I like the herbie. I love my FG too.

[Pipeous]

Sounds good Lee... Give me a bit, just bought 2 Nutech's (Scott is waiting for money too hehe it's payday waiting for word when I can pick it up.. friday is technically payday but the boss is cool), an ofna, the bike, yesterday a swack of lipos and another charger.. I want a buggy body for my nutech anyway. maybe we can work something out for the parts as well.

The tray is the plastic one. he nose dived and broke it. I just did some self adhesive drywall mesh tape. need payday to hit the store for automotive black goop to finish it. body needed some gouge repair so he painted it white and pinstriped it.. I have quite a few colors to play with and more clear so if I want to change it later... I eventually want original size fg arms. I have fg dogbones.

[pwaicon]

Welcome to the forum Pipeous. I also picked up a DX450, I couldn’t resist, how do you like yours so far? My local hobby shop had one of those HPI quad riders on clearance so I picked him up, he fits the bike perfect and he looks much better than the stock rider.

[Pipeous]

I love the bikes. the dx450 is one of my fav toys. I can't wait to start racing them... tomorrow night baby oh ya

[dc2 man]

nice man i like it,love my fg beetle also,its mad.....im waiting on the weather to improve from -10 lol so i can run it....

i would like to see VIDEO of it in action,.........go on,you know you want to!LOL

[Pipeous]

it'll be next week before I can run it. I just can't spend any more money on rc stuff than I allready committed to. overextended allready and looking around at what I should sell lol

I'll get some video. semi should be able to get a run today I hope, though I hear a bit of rain outside... that time of year.

looks like my hot bodies is gone now... I buy my meat from a guy that supplies higher end resteraunts. the steaks are to die for... he was over today and wants an rc. so trading it for a freezer load of goodies. gets another bud out with us and I will save a ton on what I buy allready. got a big slab of bacon and pigged out today... jumbo prawns.. hmm I better go cook something 3 am prawn feast? oh ya baby

it's winter. the off road tracks have been levelled for reconstruction so not much I can do for a month or 2 other than bash. not much of a basher. I hate running alone, rc is a social thing for me, why I sold my helis. I can wait, racing tomorrow. I changed work sites so I can get weekends off to indoor race. worked every weekend since may this year... but then I have more toys than last year so it paid off ;) (and the credit card limit was raised another $1500 recently LOL they like me)

[mooman007uk]

where do you get black goop? i have only seen the clear...i want some black to make my rat look..... more rat

[Pipeous]

haha I am the king of goop.

canadian tire sells it. there is regular clear, plumber's which is clear and more flexible, and black automotive which hardens most

[pwaicon]

I love the bikes. the dx450 is one of my fav toys. I can't wait to start racing them... tomorrow night baby oh ya

I have driven mine 4 times and it is a blast, I am already eye the oil fill front fork. I haven’t taken mine to the track yet, but I am looking forward to it. I hope you get some video of the bike races; I would love to see that.

[Pipeous]

ya I put a little black grease in the front forks for now. coat 1/2 inch of the spring on bottom. much better dampening... until the oil forks come out.. the aluminum front hubs are allready available at tower (I have most of the bling in my wish list allready hehe)

[pwaicon]

Thanks for the tip; I will give that a try this weekend.

[Pipeous]

Track opens at 3 tomorrow racing is 4:30, so I am going early to burn a pack or 2. rich my bud is coming along so we'll take both our cameras (packing my camera charger in tool kit too) so get a few vids for sure now... just saw pics of the track they built up, looks amazing

[Pipeous]

http://i304.photobucket.com/albums/nn181/Pipeous/RC/FG_VW/DSCI0001-1.jpg
http://i304.photobucket.com/albums/nn181/Pipeous/RC/FG_VW/DSCI0002-1.jpg

[Pipeous]

Here's a friend trying the bike first time... in loose soil I learned you need the gyro weights. it's tough when you get in the loose stuff. He did get one good jump with some air and a double flip... he ended up at the end into the cloth wall

http://www.vimeo.com/8647527

I ran a bit after the second round but I was in fear of hitting kids and trying to saty away and making more mistakes... finally gave up. The red one is my bud... only 2 guys brought them so we just went out and tried to not hit the track maintenance people.
I was having fun outside the track and in the lot and grass but it was pretty dark. both of us were sitting at the same table, and when all was said and done, both our receivers came apart... glue that case together... mine nothing happened luckily. gord's won't fully arm anymore so something blew, pc board probably shorted on the frame.

http://www.vimeo.com/8647546

[dc2 man]

man thats fairly mad

i cant imagine how tough it must be to run them on loose dirt.....

be nice if nutech made a nitro or elec bike...

some funny flipps

[sickboy]

so its not at all like driving the gassers the mmm but i do like em looks cool and that's 1:5 scale well id love to see a 1:4 scale juts a bit bigger for my thicker fingers
oh and who's the chick with the tight jeans on nice back side nice LOL

[pwaicon]

Here's a friend trying the bike first time... in loose soil I learned you need the gyro weights. it's tough when you get in the loose stuff. He did get one good jump with some air and a double flip... he ended up at the end into the cloth wall

http://www.vimeo.com/8647527

I ran a bit after the second round but I was in fear of hitting kids and trying to saty away and making more mistakes... finally gave up. The red one is my bud... only 2 guys brought them so we just went out and tried to not hit the track maintenance people.
I was having fun outside the track and in the lot and grass but it was pretty dark. both of us were sitting at the same table, and when all was said and done, both our receivers came apart... glue that case together... mine nothing happened luckily. gord's won't fully arm anymore so something blew, pc board probably shorted on the frame.

http://www.vimeo.com/8647546

Nice, thanks for posting it up. I have to say I really like mine; they are a blast to drive. Thanks for the tip on the receiver; I will do that along with the grease in the fork.

[Pipeous]

I was asked to test a new cnc gyro. with all the weights it's as light as the stock one with weights removed. I was thinking that will be cool for high bite. but I am putting my gyro weights back in... I asked if I could run it in novice lol. I'll just be trying to make jumps and niot get hit or hit a corner marshall mostly... it was really a challenge though. track felt really tight and as soon as you hit the loose stuff it was sliding out. I was told I might want more gyro weights in loose and I think they are right... doing that today, and fixing the loose rx case. I have some bigger lipos coming. when I did the grass vid it was with a big 2s. I almost wonder if some battery weight helped stability too...