I got a new Traxxas Stampede

After no success with the RC heli, I decided to go to RC Cars. I bought my right “pro” RC car, the traxxas stampede. I love this truck, is so a lot of fun. I’m trying to convince my friend to get it so we can race each other, hehe. There is an story behind about all this, (my new rc car). Basically I was inspired buy a project over JBProjects.net (Wifi Robot). It looks so cool what this guy did with his car and some equipment. I like this idea a lot, so I want to do it. I wanted to buy a toy RC car (the one you get a toy r us) but then I decided to go with something more “risky?, fun?, expensive?”. Anyways I ended up buying the stampede for $150 plus charger and battery. In total it was around $250, so far this project is becoming way to expensive. However, one of the main reason I’m doing this project is for learning purposes as well. I think you can’t put a price to learning. So, I my first RC car, and I don’t regret it; this little beast is awesome. Poor thing it doesn;t know, it will be hacked soon. I’ll be posting the status of this Wifi controllable stampede.

Exceed RC - Eagle 50 v2 Helicopter

I wanted to get into the RC world (Helis), so I went ahead and bought this RC Heli model, Eagle 50. I should have read reviews first about this helicopter. It would have save me time and money. First time, I ever own a more complex rc heli, I was really excited. The heli comes assembled, all ready to fly, the only thing you need its  8 AA bateries for the remote controller. Then when everything was all charged up, I tried flying it in the living room. It was scary how cool it sounded. I got it off the ground for a few inches but it was too dangerous to fly it indoor. So I went to a grass field at my school and try this thing there. The first time I got the heli off the ground, more than 6ft it acted weird, so I pulled the throwle down and boom it did not landed as I wanted. I scratch one of the blade and the main rotor head was damage. I was very dissappointed, then read a bunch of bad reviews about this company. Apperantely, this company likes to sell cheap helicopters, or in other words, waste of mony helis.

In the end, I ordered a aluminum rotor-head and a anti-crash kit. I’ll be posting the result of my next fly.