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Originally Posted by mike the snake
I'm a lifer. Been flying RC gliders for over 35 years. My friends and I fly dynamic soaring, where we hold the world speed record for ALL model aircraft, at 499mph. These are sustained speeds. Check youtube for "dynamic soaring" and you'll find a bunch of crazy vids.
I started racing RC cars almost 40 years ago, racing the 05 pan cars, with the red NiCad cells than barely finished races.
In 05 I was ranked 20th in the US is 1/8 scale nitro Expert Truggy, and I was a paid, sponsored racer, racing 1/8 scale offroad buggies and truggies.
I raced T-Maxxes back in the day, and built and raced one of the very first truggies out of a Kyosho buggy.
Presently I race 1/5 scale offroad. Just placed 5th at the Nationals.
For me, racing is where it's at. SOOO much more fun than bashing. Just playing around got old really fast.
I make my living painting the bodies for RC cars.
These days I don't race so much, just the big races. Got kind of burnt out and got into racing full scale cars and motorcycles.
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Wow man, you got a lot of history in the RC seen. That's cool! I'll check the vids out for sure!