What was your first RC Ever?

[Mud Creek RC]

Bit of nostalgia going on here-
What was the first RC you ever owned?
Do you still have it?
How old were you/what year was it? I'd love to hear about it!!
If you have a picture of your RC post it!
Mine was a Hornet - got it new in the late 80's -ordered it C.O.D. from an ad in an RC magazine.
Wish I had a picture of it but rarely took pictures back then - unlike today where we can take thousands per year/month!
Have fun with this thread!

 

[Billybob79]

I got the Nikko Turbo Panther for xmas 88, I was 9. Absolutely loved the thing and ran it for a couple of years with various parts glued back together! I still have it in its box although it has a broken front arm.

I recently ran my old Nikko Rhino for the first time in a bout 25 years and it ran great......for about 6 mins on the old battery! Heres a pic of an old Tamiya and the Rhino next to my Notorious.

 

[northeastflyer]

Road Raptor from Radio Shack was my second. First was the $30 green truck next to it.

 

[Mk_Rc]

I had this modster buggy dune racer

and sold it 2 days ago because i want a new buggy an this is arrma typhon 3s. i want to have all type of arrma cars, i already have Mt&truggy so i need buggy ✌

 

[roondog]

Mine was a Lobo from Sears. Cool little buggy I broke on Xmas day. Took it outside and broke front arm. Way too cold for plastic.

 

[Bearcats]

Tamiya Striker with a two stick radio

 

[SarsK9]

Mine was one of these bad boys. I’m not sure how
old I was, maybe 6-7 but I loved that thing. I’d flip it off of walls and keep going. I still believe it was a great idea and if someone made a hobby grade one of these, I’d buy it in a heartbeat!

 

[Spaz04]

Anyone remember the turbo fist.... definitely not hobby grade but it had a glove for a transmitter with a turbo button in the middle of your palm. Got one for Christmas in the early 90s. King of the block baby!! Lmao

 

[jeepnut]

My first hobby grade is a Traxxas Bigfoot I got in 2017. It was my only RC until I got a Kraton 6s yesterday.

I had several toy RCs when I was a kid. I don’t remember the specifics of any of them except for one. The Tyco Fast Traxx. I wish they still made them. I’d love to own one again. That thing was a blast!

 

[Mustangman66$]

Mine was a Traxxas hawk 2 that my dad bought me still have it. I am in the process of rebuilding now

 

[Phamous]

Back in the day, Nikko was my first rc that I can remember.

 

[Mongoose]

A Sears Die Hard MT. It seemed like it would go anywhere! Needless to say the bumpers were the FIRST part to go lol.

 

[LMC]

Bit of nostalgia going on here-
What was the first RC you ever owned?
Do you still have it?
How old were you/what year was it? I'd love to hear about it!!
If you have a picture of your RC post it!
Mine was a Hornet - got it new in the late 80's -ordered it C.O.D. from an ad in an RC magazine.
Wish I had a picture of it but rarely took pictures back then - unlike today where we can take thousands per year/month!
Have fun with this thread!

I think my parents sold it at a garage sale after I moved out (along with all my hot wheels, gi joe and transformers) I got in trouble for crazy gluing beer caps onto it to give it “sponsorship”. No pics of it but it was pic related, Sears special.

 

[CrashBoom]

Grasshopper

 

[Rainger40]

One year for Christmas my two brothers and I all got traxxas hawks. We ran the snot outta them and raced at the local speed shops. Back then it wasn’t so hard to find rc tracks. We upgraded them with “slot machine” motors and had custom painted bodies with my dads company logo on them. The good ole days for sure.

 

[chazekxt46]

I think my parents sold it at a garage sale after I moved out (along with all my hot wheels, gi joe and transformers) I got in trouble for crazy gluing beer caps onto it to give it “sponsorship”. No pics of it but it was pic related, Sears special.

I have the same buggy got it in 86 or 87 and still have it today just need's rear tire's

 

[LMC]

I have the same buggy got it in 86 or 87 and still have it today just need's rear tire's

I wish I still had it, and most of my other toys that are worth a fortune nowadays...I always kept my hot wheels mint and played with the crappy matchbox cars.

 

[suchtragedy]

All the RC cars I had as a kid were toys r us or radio shack cars, never had a serious hobby grade one until I got my Arrmas as of last year.

I've had a lot but these two are the only ones I can remember. Tyco Wild Thing buggy and Tyco Hammer truck. Each was 9.6v and we had both the 27mhz and 49mhz version so me and my little brother could always race and bash together.

 

[hobo]

grasshopper in 1990s

 

[Swampy1978uk]

First radio controlled was a knight rider from the mid 80s don't remember make
Killed it driving down stairs.
First hobby grade was a kyosho Lazer alpha from 1992 awesome belt driven 4wd.
Still have it. Kind of tempted to give it a brushless upgrade. But seems disrespectful to the old girl.

Don't miss the scorching hot resistor and heat sink.