- Joined
- Apr 11, 2002
- Location
- D.C. Metro
Ahem... Im gonna step on a few toes.... Technically fuel, paper, bombs, TNT, C-4, PETEN, SemTex, all explosives dont "Explode". they burn at an UN-believablely fast rate.
that said, Nitro fuel is nomore dangerous that normal gasoline. I hav been in to Nitro RC for about 7 years now, and never have I seen any explode. I crashend into a curb nce going Full Speed (about 55MPH) and my car caught fire and burned, but it diddnt "explode".
as to you not being old enough for a nitro, I agree, but not really for the point that the shop owner stated. Nitro cars ar pickey to tune. With my motor it normally take me about 10 mins of tuning once it is warmed up to full temp to be able to run it full out. Most younger people dont have the patience for that. Im not trying to rag on you or put you down, but working in a Hobby Shop for a year I saw lots of kids and thier parents buy a Nitro RC, and when I offered to teach them how to use it, show them how tto tune it and such they declined, only to bring it back the next week saying it was defective. Of course it only took me about 15mins to fix this factory defective POS and have it run around the parking lot. It takes PATIENCE and knowledge. Just lik OC'ing. I have patience, but not much knowledge.
tell you what, You buy a nitro RC, and Ill teach you how to run it, and you teach me how to OC the beeJeesus outta my PC.
oh yea, my truck ostabout $500, an I have put easily $500 into it in upgrades. My Notro RS4 Racer was about $350, with another $700-800 n up grades. My electric RS4 was about $250 with another $1200 in upgrades. before I retired it it was clocked at 71MPH by the local Sherrif on his Stalker Radar gun. then it hit a bump and performed a beautiful Blow Over, like the Mercades LMP cars are notorious for doing... I cried.
I am sellin my Savage right now for $500. I probably shouldnt say that here (Mods, please dont kil me. If this is bad delete this line).
Mike
that said, Nitro fuel is nomore dangerous that normal gasoline. I hav been in to Nitro RC for about 7 years now, and never have I seen any explode. I crashend into a curb nce going Full Speed (about 55MPH) and my car caught fire and burned, but it diddnt "explode".
as to you not being old enough for a nitro, I agree, but not really for the point that the shop owner stated. Nitro cars ar pickey to tune. With my motor it normally take me about 10 mins of tuning once it is warmed up to full temp to be able to run it full out. Most younger people dont have the patience for that. Im not trying to rag on you or put you down, but working in a Hobby Shop for a year I saw lots of kids and thier parents buy a Nitro RC, and when I offered to teach them how to use it, show them how tto tune it and such they declined, only to bring it back the next week saying it was defective. Of course it only took me about 15mins to fix this factory defective POS and have it run around the parking lot. It takes PATIENCE and knowledge. Just lik OC'ing. I have patience, but not much knowledge.
tell you what, You buy a nitro RC, and Ill teach you how to run it, and you teach me how to OC the beeJeesus outta my PC.
oh yea, my truck ostabout $500, an I have put easily $500 into it in upgrades. My Notro RS4 Racer was about $350, with another $700-800 n up grades. My electric RS4 was about $250 with another $1200 in upgrades. before I retired it it was clocked at 71MPH by the local Sherrif on his Stalker Radar gun. then it hit a bump and performed a beautiful Blow Over, like the Mercades LMP cars are notorious for doing... I cried.
I am sellin my Savage right now for $500. I probably shouldnt say that here (Mods, please dont kil me. If this is bad delete this line).
Mike
