My new toy (video)

Ok, some of you may have seen my other thread where I confessed to buying a petrol powered RC buggy on a complete impulse

I played with it for the first time today (only got it last night) and here it is (video) it's quite nippy for a cheapy! Cool bit of parking at the end even if I do say so myself

Now all I need to do is convince some of my mates to get one too!!

Looks pretty quick! What camera are you using?

Originally Posted by nick_1871

Looks pretty quick! What camera are you using?

I did set it up with the bullet cam set-up I use on my bike, but as soon as I was ready to start recording, the ruddy battery for the bullet cam went flat!! (it was only a cheapy single 9v, not the normal 8*AAs I use - I know it was only cheap, but I can't believe how little time the 9v lasted! ). So I ripped all that rigmarole off again ...

Anyway, so I ended up just using the inbuilt camera/camcorder function of my bullet cam recording device JDX 638 Obviously I normally use the AV-in function for the bullet cam, not its inbuilt cam function as the bullet cam is much higher quality.

The JXD inbuilt camera is not the best quality ever, but hey it worked - and as plan A had gone to rats, I had to move to plan B!!

I hope you used the correct running in procedure

[Wideboy]

i think i've got one somewhere, or did have

[northwind]

Did you see this?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cqVh4_Qc-ic&NR=1

Originally Posted by Tim in Belgium

I hope you used the correct running in procedure

You mean there is a running in procedure?!!?

Originally Posted by northwind

Did you see this?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cqVh4_Qc-ic&NR=1

Innit!

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Unfortunately boys and girls ...

I have very very sad news ...

On only its 2nd ever outing (about 30 mins go) ... I lost radio reception or the vibration turned the gear off and it went FLAT out into a high/solid kerb .... the front totally folded up bits of metal and plastic everywhere ... RIP little car

Sorry Blue a little giggle sneaked out then. That's pants. I can't believe all those others in the crashy video survived and yours broke after one good knock. Nice parking though. The little beauty is parked in a golden painted parking bay in RC heaven now.

Originally Posted by teriyakimonkey

Sorry Blue a little giggle sneaked out then. That's pants. I can't believe all those others in the crashy video survived and yours broke after one good knock. Nice parking though. The little beauty is parked in a golden painted parking bay in RC heaven now.

To be fair on it, FLAT OUT (and I mean on flat out!!) so 40odd mph, into a 12" high kerb and 2kg car with all that momentum at 40mph ... bits of plastic aren't going to stand much chance

The ones doing jumps etc had some lateral movement in the fall ... not coming to a dead/abrupt stop like mine did

I'll fix her up ... but I need parts and the place that sells them is out of stock of the parts I need. I intend to fashion most of the stuff as I just can't get the parts, but the steering bits that obliterated really need to be the proper ones . . .

Originally Posted by Blue_SV650S

To be fair on it, FLAT OUT (and I mean on flat out!!) so 40odd mph, into a 12" high kerb and 2kg car with all that momentum at 40mph ... bits of plastic aren't going to stand much chance

S'pose. Just been looking up your video set-up AGAIN! Is it a generic 480 line bullet cam you've got? Will a sport cam be the same quality? Have seen the link to the recorder. Nice price! No advantage in getting the next one up either apart from the screen if I'm right. How do you attach yours to the bike?

Sorry to derail.