I bought a 1/6 scale pos off a friend years ago, just for shits and giggles to see how much power I could dump into it before it blew up. After a bit it got shelved, and sat in the garage for a couple of years. This spring I dumped another couple hundred dollars into it to get it running again.. new esc, brushless motor, batteries, some lights, and a new steering servo. Used it twice and now it's been sitting again collecting dust for the last 5 months.

[–] orca@orcas.enjoying.yachts 3 points 1 year ago

I have a cheap Arrma Voltage I did this with. It was my first RC car and I had a blast with it. Then I got curious about improving it and pushing it to its limits. I put better wheels on it, some lights, and dropped a Spektrum Firma Motor in it with the Smart ESC. The thing wheelies everywhere and basically becomes a missile lmao. If you turn it upside down and go full speed, the wheels balloon like crazy.

[–] netburnr@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Sounds like it's time to get into fpv drones next.

Granted I did actually use all of the rc cars this year, so I'm making progress.

[–] agent_flounder@lemmy.one 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Glances nervously between 3 dusty RC cars, 5 dusty RC planes and a dusty RC heli. Also quickly hides browser tab with a selection of RC crawlers to buy