YourMicro.com - HPI Micro RS4, Losi Mini-T, XRay M18, Forums, News, Pictures, Parts, and Shop
Forums, M18, M18T, RC18T, Mini-LST, Mini-T, Micro RS4, XRay, 1/18, 18th scale
M18 Hop-Ups, M18 Parts, Mini-LST Hop-Ups, Mini-LST Parts, Kyosho, Atomic, 3Racing, Country Alloy Works, Castle Creations, Trinity, Intellect, United RC, Battery Packs, 2/3A
  #16  
Old 12-03-2005, 04:53 PM
Akura2's Avatar
Akura2 Akura2 is offline
Registered User
 
Join Date: Feb 2002
Location: Los Angeles
Posts: 806
Quote:
Originally posted by oXYnary

http://www.intrepidrc.com/

jeff@intrepidrc.com
or
jeffc@skippercress.com

Also, I was wrong, looks like Oregon.

Jeff told me that he going to be selling off his site and his stuff a while back... even offered it to ME... so I guess he finally did it and he's gone....shame
Reply With Quote
  #17  
Old 12-04-2005, 02:01 AM
oXYnary oXYnary is offline
Registered User
 
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: Wa
Posts: 477
I emailed Jeff..

Quote:
I sold IRC sometime ago. The guy must have shut it down? The car sounds cool. IM sure you can order it fromWWS direct.

Jeff

However, RC Universe has a guy named "Pro" who says he knows the WWS guy and is answering questions about the car. I tried emailing WWS this thread in hopes it is forwarded to the Pro guy.

Akura.. you need to take those 1/10th whores by the ear and make them drive 1/18th!
__________________
Team RCS
Reply With Quote
  #18  
Old 12-07-2005, 08:05 PM
Intelligentsia's Avatar
Intelligentsia Intelligentsia is offline
Registered User
 
Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: San Diego CA.
Posts: 2,733
1/18 onroad is dead over here. All of the 1/10 guys knew from the start that this class would not survive. A lot of the 1/18 guys I believe were also a bit intimidated by the 1/10 cars especially at SoCal. I have seen a couple micros catapulted by 1/10 cars including mine!
__________________
Intelligentsia

"For Every Action There Is An Equal And Opposite Reaction."
Reply With Quote
  #19  
Old 12-07-2005, 11:35 PM
oXYnary oXYnary is offline
Registered User
 
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: Wa
Posts: 477
With that attitude displayed.. How could it? It was judged before acception. And people who laugh at the hypocritical statements from other scales calling theirs "toys".

It takes dedicated people to come out.

Its ok, if the economy keeps going the way it is, you will naturally be accepting the smaller classes.. if you can even afford the gas to get out.
__________________
Team RCS
Reply With Quote
  #20  
Old 12-07-2005, 11:37 PM
BLiND's Avatar
BLiND BLiND is offline
Registered User
 
Join Date: Jul 2002
Location: California
Posts: 7,543
Send a message via ICQ to BLiND
class was nice and big around here before I moved away...now that I'm back no more 18th scale class anywhere
__________________
Blind Batteries

-Intellect 1400mAH packs starting at $16!
Reply With Quote
  #21  
Old 12-08-2005, 01:11 AM
oXYnary oXYnary is offline
Registered User
 
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: Wa
Posts: 477
It only takes 3 (or 4 depending on the track). You know Radishack is willing Blind..
__________________
Team RCS
Reply With Quote
  #22  
Old 12-08-2005, 01:16 AM
BLiND's Avatar
BLiND BLiND is offline
Registered User
 
Join Date: Jul 2002
Location: California
Posts: 7,543
Send a message via ICQ to BLiND
no fun with 3 or 4 when it used to be enough for 2 8 car groups in mod and a seperate stock class
__________________
Blind Batteries

-Intellect 1400mAH packs starting at $16!
Reply With Quote
  #23  
Old 12-08-2005, 01:29 AM
Intelligentsia's Avatar
Intelligentsia Intelligentsia is offline
Registered User
 
Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: San Diego CA.
Posts: 2,733
Remember the good old days Blind when we had almost 30 micros out? It is really sad to see this class rise and fall the way it has. Now these little cars seem more like children's play toys. I would be more than happy to set up another micro if more people were willing to come out and race but I am not sure that this will happen anytime soon and by that time who knows if any 1/18 onroad cars will still be in production (except BRP of course!).
__________________
Intelligentsia

"For Every Action There Is An Equal And Opposite Reaction."
Reply With Quote
  #24  
Old 12-08-2005, 09:32 AM
oXYnary oXYnary is offline
Registered User
 
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: Wa
Posts: 477
Well if you are wanting these huge classes initially. Your not going to get anywhere fast. No wonder you all felt it was doomed.

Also, have you looked at the R/C Car Action front page survey? It would show that the interest in micros is still very high. Although 1/8th gas trucks (shudder) seem to be the biggest want.
__________________
Team RCS
Reply With Quote
  #25  
Old 12-08-2005, 01:54 PM
Intelligentsia's Avatar
Intelligentsia Intelligentsia is offline
Registered User
 
Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: San Diego CA.
Posts: 2,733
Who is you all? Who would want to race micro when they witnessed the class decrease from thirty cars to three? I don't and this is why I packed up my gear.

I don't really pay attention to what is in those magazines.

Even if there is an interest in 1/18th scale cars, the primary interest is not in racing them.

As far as the WWS is concerned the car looks really neat and I love their shocks. Hopefully they are consistent. If so, they would definitely have an advantage with this setup especially on bumpier tracks.
__________________
Intelligentsia

"For Every Action There Is An Equal And Opposite Reaction."
Reply With Quote
  #26  
Old 12-08-2005, 01:58 PM
BLiND's Avatar
BLiND BLiND is offline
Registered User
 
Join Date: Jul 2002
Location: California
Posts: 7,543
Send a message via ICQ to BLiND
Quote:
Originally posted by Intelligentsia
Who would want to race micro when they witnessed the class decrease from thirty cars to three? I don't and this is why I packed up my gear.
AMEN!

I still have my ARM chassis'd mRS4 and my penguin chassis'd M18 just in case a class opens up again, but so far I only see 10th scale sedan racing locally.

I haven't been to rialto or socal this year though, I imagine rialto still has a healthy micro class because the location is so perfect (except pit tables, heh).
__________________
Blind Batteries

-Intellect 1400mAH packs starting at $16!
Reply With Quote
  #27  
Old 12-08-2005, 02:13 PM
Intelligentsia's Avatar
Intelligentsia Intelligentsia is offline
Registered User
 
Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: San Diego CA.
Posts: 2,733
Rialto is also adopting a regular outdoor asphalt race schedule under the direction of Charlie Barnes.
__________________
Intelligentsia

"For Every Action There Is An Equal And Opposite Reaction."
Reply With Quote
  #28  
Old 12-08-2005, 07:18 PM
oXYnary oXYnary is offline
Registered User
 
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: Wa
Posts: 477
Quote:
Who would want to race micro when they witnessed the class decrease from thirty cars to three? I don't and this is why I packed up my gear.
I would for one actually, becuase there are recessions.. You cant just leave when the going gets tough.

Like I said.. with gas and money.. People will want to race this class.

(BTW I meant the sites front page, not the magazine itself.. Whom do you take me for a 15year fan boy? (Don't answer that))

Also, you might look over this site:
http://www.frappr.com/micro18thand16...rcracingtracks

Its more areas of the country where its more popular. I theorize more developed areas where everything is "close" together like the east coast work for the smaller scales because of the space cost for both tracks and individuals coming. While you on the west coast have whats commonly called "urban sprawl".

It also favors the north winter areas. Not only because of indoor tracks, but because again, the distance people will want to cart huge amounts of r/c equipment is reduced.
__________________
Team RCS

Last edited by oXYnary; 12-09-2005 at 01:18 PM.
Reply With Quote
  #29  
Old 12-08-2005, 08:31 PM
alfred's Avatar
alfred alfred is offline
Super Moderator
 
Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: virginia beach
Posts: 10,128
Send a message via AIM to alfred Send a message via MSN to alfred Send a message via Yahoo to alfred
This is what Homer and i talked about a long time ago....you have some areas where they do race micros...and in others you dont....Im not trying to argue the point of all this...but i seriously think OX is right on this one....Over here in VA...you have 1/10th racers own a micro of some sort and they do participate in the races on saturdays.....
__________________
Xray M18
MRS4-1
540 MRS4
Spektrumized
Reply With Quote
  #30  
Old 12-09-2005, 12:56 PM
karlo511's Avatar
karlo511 karlo511 is offline
Registered User
 
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: RANCHO BERNARDO
Posts: 544
paper cuts hurt.
__________________
Quote:
karlL
HOTBODIES ll AIRTRONICS ll NOVAK
Reply With Quote
Reply

Bookmarks

Thread Tools
Display Modes

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off
Forum Jump

Similar Threads
Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post
Micro On Road and 1/18 Off Road Nationals Thread Madness East Coast - US 6 03-02-2009 08:47 AM


All times are GMT -5. The time now is 08:37 AM.


Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.7.3
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.
Copyright ©2007 YourMicro.com
Mini Inferno Sale - Up to $85 Instant Savings!
Micro-T Hop-Ups
RC18R, M18, Micro RS4, Mini-LST, TamTech-Gear, Minizilla, RC18T, RC18B, RC18MT
Mini-Z, Mini-Z Racer, MR-02, MA-010
M18, M18T, RC18T, Mini-LST, Mini-T, Micro RS4, XRay, 1/18, 18th scale
XMODS, XMOD, Micro Flight, ZipZaps, ZipZaps SE, Bit Char-G, MicroSizers, TTTT, Plantraco Desktop Rover, SuperSlicks, Digi Q
Mini Inferno, Mini Inferno ST, half EIGHT, 1/16, 16th scale
Epoch, Indoor Racer, 1/43, 43rd scale
E-Savage, eSavage, eZilla, e-Zilla, HPI
Robots, Bots, Bipeds, Wheeled, Manoi, Roomba, NXT, Lego, Hacking
Crawling, Crawlers, Micro, RC, Losi Mini-Rock Crawler, Duratrax Cliff Climber
Mini-Z Hop-Ups, Mini-Z Parts, Mini Inferno Hop-Ups, Mini Inferno Parts, M18 Hop-Ups, M18 Parts