The MAJOr Noob

[adam_pberes]

Basically I Love R/c All Around But Would Like To know it more proffesionally, any ideas on where to start??

[justo316]

G'day and welcome to the site. Probably a good place to start is to tell us what cars you have or are planning on getting. Onroad/offroad, electric/nitro, what scale (1/10 and 1/18 being popular here), monster/micro etc.....Also, what equipment do you have (if any)? And finally, are you just bashing or aiming to race competitively?

[Matt]

gday adam_pberes

you will find most of the info you need here.

bring it on.

matto.

[adam_pberes]

I Am Thinking Of Getting A Bazooka, But Yeah as I Said I Don't know That Much So What Would Youse Reccomend?I'm Going To Use It MAinly Off-road As There Is A R/C Track Near My House In Castle Hill Ideal Price Would Brobably Be
$350-$500 And Yeah I'd Love To Get Into Racing.

[justo316]

Wow...had to search a bit to figure out what a bazooka was. Is it a rip off of a Kyosho? If so, at least you'll be able to find spares although they are very expensive. Personally, I wouldn't jump straight into a nitro car unless you have a friend close by that knows about them. They can be a pain to get working consistantly.

I'd look at a 1/10 scale electric truck. I'm sure you can get Associated T4's pretty cheap especially from overseas. And you'd have a top of the line racing truck with a huge support base on the Internet.

Oh, and I noticed, the ebay guys are *still* using the house jump video of a kyosho to advertise these cars.

[ellenbrook]

I was in the same boat just over a year ago but new nitro was for me... so why waste money on electric trucks when you know your going to want a nitro anyway.
I know nitro is a bit trickier but with all the help ive gotten from sites like this and the traxxas web site ive been able to work out any problems.
Ide say go the tmaxx.. great beginners truck and like me you can upgrade it later if the hobby bug has still got ya later..

[mitchremotes]

Hey Ellenbrook, not nice mate, some of us old fella's love electric trucks, because there easier to work with hehehehehe !lmao