Evening all.

Having had a few years away from this RC lark, I've decided to make a return.
Whilst trawling the WWW, I happened to stumble on this fine site and decided to sign up and say hello.
After sifting through the various posts and topics its clear there's a wealth of knowledge to be gleaned from the fine folk of RC-RACING.ORG.UK to help me get back in the saddle. You'll be glad to know I've lost absolutely every motorfunction when it comes to controlling an RC car as I discovered when I took control of my son's cheapie monster truck but I'm sure it'll all come flooding back.
I'm Matt, old enough to know better and live 30 miles north of Newcastle but please, don't hold that against me.

Well, thats me. I look forward to joining you all on this site.

Matt



"Remember: If it isn't lying in a thousand bits, you're not trying hard enough."

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welcome aboard mate :thumbs_up:
your in the right place for help and advice the guys on here are great and everyone is very friendly.they have helped me out no end!!!!!!

im chris but im in northampton not to close mate.

aint that the truth!!!!lol :joker: :joker: :joker:

Hi Matt, well i'm also called Matt as you prob guessed already :D

welcome to the site, what kind of cars do you prefer? on road? off road? electric? nitro?

Too mamy Matts ;)
Just kidding welcome aboard, me in York and Scoobster in Durham way are your nearest, and Andy in Beverley, who guys has found a field to rent to make a track hopefully :thumbs_up:

Hi matt,
Im Marc welcome to the site mate :thumbs_up:
Im sure your going to enjoy being a member to this site, its a very friendly and usefull place. And for getting knowledge or help on RC stuff this is one of the best places to be B)

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hello and welcome

Hi Matt, I'm another Matt but I don't use my first name so call me Luke. Makes my Tag kinda obvious! :joker:

I was a newbie not long ago myself, but the guys on here have looked after me well and we've hd some cracking laugh's at the bash's that I've been to. a top bunch of blokes who really know their stuff. :clap: :clap:

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Thanks chaps (and chapesses if there are any).

Its good to know theres a few good people outstretching the hand of friendship but its going to have to stretch quite a way if my nearest bash is going to be York or Durham!!
Ah well, I'm sure it'll be worth the travel.

To answer your question Matt, I'm into the off road RC scene and this brings me neatly to a question I'm sure has been asked of this forum 100000000000000000000000 times. I don't have a car at the moment but its coming very soon; I'm just waiting for the right one and doing a bit of homework too. I'm set on a Nitro vehicle and the eye has been wandering towards the stadium racers and have a few lined up to consider such as HPI's Firestorm or MT2. I'd considered the Evo Rush but I've told its being discontinued and I'll struggle for parts if anything goes belly-up. Also in the running is Schumachers Riot or the Hot Bodies Lightning Stadium. I'm certainly open to suggestions but feel this is the genre for me. It has to be capable of taking a bashing on a daily basis, cheap to run when it comes to parts/fuel/etc. I would rather buy new as well as I don't want to buy someone else's problems.
I've done the electric buggy thing in the past and have the funds to up the ante a bit. I have a budget of £250 - £300 to get fully kitted out as a starter and as yet I haven't been swayed by any shop talk or marketing jargon. I hoped the good people of this forum would help me make the right decision.

Matt you have listed some good cars there, my recommendation from those would be the hpi firestorm if you want 2wd or the mt2 if you want 4wd, they are both excellent, the other cars are good also but one of those hpi's would be my choice :thumbs_up:

Welcome to the Forum Matt.

Yes, you Will find Lots of Help here and at the same time have a Great Laugh !!!!!!


Think i'd edge towards the Lightening Stadium.

And the Riot looks pretty Good from what i've seen, And they're British !!!!

I knew Matt would say the HPI's... lol

Shame you've not listed a Traxxas there...


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yeh they are all pretty good trucks matt mate, i think the best one is the lightening aswell.

But also as russ said its a shame youve not listed traxxas, But im a bit one sided when it comes to traxxas I think traxxas are the daddy of rc cars/trucks,lol :clap:

But im sure whatever you get your going to love. :thumbs_up: :cheers: :thumbs_up:

iv heard the hpi savage is a good nitro truck and is cheap to fix if anything breaks..
and welcome

Welcome aboard m8 :cruising: :cruising: :thumbs_up: :thumbs_up:

hi mate

welcome to the site :cruising: :cruising:

merry xmas & happy new year

steve :thumbs_up: