Any hobby R/C GEEKS in here?

OneLeggedRider · 01-04-2020, 10:01 PM

When I was a wee youngin (early 70s) my father had an RC that I was absolutely fascinated with. It was orange and brown and looked like the car from Speed Racer, and infact wasn't RC. It was controlled by a tether which looked similar to a handle for waterskiing, and the only thing you could control was the throttle. It also had the troublesome .49 engine (I think) and was a bear to start and keep running.

But the interesting thing is it was prop driven from the rear! So you would stand in the center of the yard and this thing would do a 50 foot circle around you and just kept going faster and faster. I have no idea who made it and haven't seen another one since. In my recollection it seemed like a 5th scale but it was probably 10th scale.

01-04-2020, 10:01 PM	#10
OneLeggedRider Join Date: Nov 2018 Location: Stockport, Oh. Posts: 1,442	When I was a wee youngin (early 70s) my father had an RC that I was absolutely fascinated with. It was orange and brown and looked like the car from Speed Racer, and infact wasn't RC. It was controlled by a tether which looked similar to a handle for waterskiing, and the only thing you could control was the throttle. It also had the troublesome .49 engine (I think) and was a bear to start and keep running. But the interesting thing is it was prop driven from the rear! So you would stand in the center of the yard and this thing would do a 50 foot circle around you and just kept going faster and faster. I have no idea who made it and haven't seen another one since. In my recollection it seemed like a 5th scale but it was probably 10th scale. __________________ ~ Don't poke the bear ~ M.M.I. Dean's List graduate class of '95 and Specialty welder 2020 Ice Bear Terifecta 150cc Trike 2011 Honda Foreman 500ES 4x4 2001 Polaris Scrambler 400
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