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[aetherguy881]

Heh, x-mods... I've got a Team Losi Micro-DT. I love it. Although I think I bent the axle or something, I have a weird vibe and I can't get traction now...

Sorry, I haven't gotten picts, yet.

[Father Nerf]

I tried it too. Got a runtime error. Hay dude you know those capatability modes are just useless tabs. It's like they wrote the code for the tabs but forgot to write it for the affect.

[Llama Boy]

Well Im really not in the mood to go through and revise EVERY line of code. I think that since I made it on Vista it should only work on Vista. I really need to put XP on this thing.

[analogkid]

I am in to those x-mod things, they are rc cars that you mod.... The site looks so kiddish but ok....LINKY . Ive got bumble bee and barricade ( I SOOOO want the blue mustang!)

I have the blue Mustang. 4WD kit, stage 1 motor, but faster than you think, because I added another 2 AAA batteries to it, for a total of 7.2 V on rechargables. You could get it to 9 if you used alkalines, but that WILL blow the circuit. I also have a Traxxas Nitro Sport, but thats been put out of commission until I get money to replace a few parts.

Edited by analogkid, 27 September 2008 - 04:42 PM.

[nerfer9]

I have the blue mustang

I envy you so bad right now. I also like to paint stuff, like spray paint, in other words re-painting rc cars and shit.

Edited by nerfer9, 28 September 2008 - 12:31 PM.

[wespelarno]

I'm currently working on a quarter scale catapult with some friends. It should be big enough to throw a watermelon by the time we finish. We are building the throwing arm and basket tomorrow, so I'll put up pics then

Otherwise, I used to race rc cars, had a brushless stadium truck which i built a brass tube roll cage for and converted into a desert truck. I also have a mini monster which sucked and a micro truck which is awesome fun, mentioned earlier by someone else a Losi micro dt

I ride mountainbikes, cross country, downhill, 4X and dirt jump. I've built my own jump set with upramps a bit under 5 foot high. Again, I'll post pics later when I get a decent one of me clearing them.

Next year I'll be buying a car so that will become my money pit. I'm coming to the USA for a year and plan on buying a camaro, then bring it back to australia with me.

[bobafan]

What iare you usnig for the power? Twisted rope? a flexible arm?

[Mxer4life369]

I also have a Traxxas Nitro Sport

Not trying to show off , but here we go.

Team Associated RC10GT2 : 1/10 scale stadium truck
Team Associated RC8 : 1/8 Buggy
Team Associated RC8T-No it hasnt even came out yet, but I'm sponsored so, I got one. : 1/8 Truggy
Team Associated RC18T : 1/18 Stadium truck, brushless conversion

I also race R/C boats

AquaCraft Miss Vegas 1/12 scale nitro boat
Seaducer 1/8 scale gas boat

I'm also sponsored by: Team Associated, Spektrum RC, Byron's fuel, Hobbytown USA, and Finley's Hobbies.

Just a little bit of the collection

Edited by Mxer4life369, 01 October 2008 - 08:26 PM.

[A side of nerf]

I'm currently working on a quarter scale catapult with some friends. It should be big enough to throw a watermelon by the time we finish. We are building the throwing arm and basket tomorrow, so I'll put up pics then

What iare you usnig for the power? Twisted rope? a flexible arm?

When I built mine, I used a garage door spring. What did you use as the pull back mechanism? I used a high tension crank.

Edited by A side of nerf, 01 October 2008 - 08:47 PM.

[roboman]

This year for Halloween, I am building several fright props for my front yard. My favorite of these is called Trash Can Trauma (TCT). It is basically a head jumping out of a trash can, attached to a 12" pneumatic cylinder.



A normal looking trash can...



The guts.



12" stroke!



Solenoid valve.



Power switch.


It's not quite done yet, and I am going to add a monster mask on top of the rod.

[wespelarno]

For power for the catapult we have two springs we bought from a hardware store. Extension springs, pulled by cables attatched to the throwing arm and mounted to the base of the catapult. We need more power, the catapult doesn't throw far enough. So we plan to keep adding springs until we can throw about 100m (bit over 100 yards)

[pepperach]

I fiddle with legos somtimes.

ship part 1

ship part 2ship part 3
YOU FEELING LUCKY PUNK
ship part 4

ship part 5

Edited by pepperach, 03 October 2008 - 06:45 PM.

[Magic]

Well my newest elective is electronics, and it's becoming really interesting. Here are some projects, more to come.


Motor.

LED Diode.

Insanity Alarm.

Next project, is a phone. Not many details on it yet, but should have it done by next week.

[bobafan]

I'm working on a new hauberk with integral coif. In english, that means a shirt with 3/4 length sleeves that goes to my knees with a hood attached.
The rings are 17 gauge galvanized steel with an inner diameter around 4.5mm. When I finish, I am going to dissolve the zinc layer off the rings.

[trogdor65]

I painted this guitar hero controller for a friend of mine just to practice some painting techniques and such.
I think it turned out pretty well.
Hard to see in the picture but I gave it a sort of textured finish by using some incompatible paints,
it kinda makes the guitar look almost glittery and shine in a cool way.

[Puppylayer]

This is the kind of stuff I do.

[Ner Commando]

I'm trying to make a go kart. I've made a model, a few sketches and a computer renderization. I have also made a keyblade from Kingdom hearts and a wrench from Ratchet and clank out of pvc.

[kdizzle1533]

Me and Camizzie really like to snow board. So for xmas this year kdizzle decided to make something extra special for her best friend

I came up with this....

its a storage unit for her to sore all of her snow gear. I built it from scratch put it together, painted it, installed red rope light, and made a removable curtain. (here it is shown with my gear in it)



cutrtain closed


it empty






some upclose images



the back.

[Zer]

I work on cars.

[wespelarno]

I used to race RC cars. It started as a stock electric duratrax evader ST, top speed about 18mph

Since then:

Custom brass roll cage/tube body
Novak 5200KV brushless motor
Team Orion battery pack
Monster Moab All terrain tires
Ace hobbies steering servo
Futaba 3PM remote
Carbide differential and thrust balls
Constant velocity drive shafts
Custom front bumper
Venom speed meter
Front and rear sway bars for racing
Different weight shock oil and heavier springs for improved suspension movement
Changed gearing to allow for increased diamter of moab tires

Top speed now 50mph and handling way better. Also has increased run times and due to the roll cage is near indestructable.

Trying to obtain photos but my computer is being real dodgy with the internet