TheX Posted December 27, 2018 Share Posted December 27, 2018 A VERY retro Miniature Aircraft X-Cell 60 R/C Helicopter. This will be a nitro burning, fire breathing BEAST. Found a brand new, unopened kit from almost 30 years ago. It will have a period correct OS 60 engine and gyro but a modern radio and servos. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AntonioGG Posted December 27, 2018 Share Posted December 27, 2018 I wanted an x-cell in the late 90's as the next step up from fixed wing, but I ended moving to nitro on-road, first 1/10th touring but eventually going to 1/8th 4WD and 1/10th 2WD. I still have a closetful of the stuff: full car + spare car (I'd pre-assemble the corners for fast fixing between heats), spare engine, tire truer, setup board and fixtures, two painted bodies, 3 unpainted bodies. I even dabbled in 1/12th scale (incredible amount of fun), 1/8th buggies and probably some other stuff I'm forgetting about. I should get rid of it, but I can't, though I did sell my classic Associated RC10 (the gold tub with the white plastic pieces) to a French guy on e-bay years ago. I also have my airplane stuff. That I'd like to get rid of. I've tried donating it to the local club so they could maybe raffle it off to raise funds, but I got no responses. On my bench for the last 4-5 years: an Expobar Office Control espresso machine. It worked but I was trying to figure out a delay in the operation between the button being pressed and the pump actuating. I'll get it working again sometime..but now with kids and 7 bikes to maintain, I don't get too much tinker time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheX Posted December 28, 2018 Author Share Posted December 28, 2018 I've been flying heli's since '81. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheX Posted December 28, 2018 Author Share Posted December 28, 2018 I'm teaching a lot of people about fixed wing, and hopefully nitro. If you want to donate toward that cause I'd be glad to help put old planes to good use. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taco_junkie Posted December 28, 2018 Share Posted December 28, 2018 I don't have any planes that I remember but I do have a radio and a few engines. A 46 and a 18 IIRC. A few other odds and ends. Wife would be pretty happy if I could clear it out. I haven't touched that stuff in years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheX Posted December 28, 2018 Author Share Posted December 28, 2018 If anybody has stuff they want to clear out shoot me a PM. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheX Posted January 1, 2019 Author Share Posted January 1, 2019 On 12/28/2018 at 1:21 PM, taco_junkie said: I don't have any planes that I remember but I do have a radio and a few engines. A 46 and a 18 IIRC. A few other odds and ends. Wife would be pretty happy if I could clear it out. I haven't touched that stuff in years. Nice meeting you today! That radio got mounted in a plane for a 14 year old newbie flyer today. His dad said to thank you! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheX Posted January 1, 2019 Author Share Posted January 1, 2019 On 12/27/2018 at 2:55 PM, AntonioGG said: I wanted an x-cell in the late 90's as the next step up from fixed wing, but I ended moving to nitro on-road, first 1/10th touring but eventually going to 1/8th 4WD and 1/10th 2WD. I still have a closetful of the stuff: full car + spare car (I'd pre-assemble the corners for fast fixing between heats), spare engine, tire truer, setup board and fixtures, two painted bodies, 3 unpainted bodies. I even dabbled in 1/12th scale (incredible amount of fun), 1/8th buggies and probably some other stuff I'm forgetting about. I should get rid of it, but I can't, though I did sell my classic Associated RC10 (the gold tub with the white plastic pieces) to a French guy on e-bay years ago. I also have my airplane stuff. That I'd like to get rid of. I've tried donating it to the local club so they could maybe raffle it off to raise funds, but I got no responses. On my bench for the last 4-5 years: an Expobar Office Control espresso machine. It worked but I was trying to figure out a delay in the operation between the button being pressed and the pump actuating. I'll get it working again sometime..but now with kids and 7 bikes to maintain, I don't get too much tinker time. It was great meeting you the other day, and thanks for the stuff. Keeping the hobby alive is tough, young people are too busy with other things to think flying RC planes is cool, but we are reaching some of them. Thanks again! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
larlev Posted January 1, 2019 Share Posted January 1, 2019 On 12/27/2018 at 2:55 PM, AntonioGG said: I wanted an x-cell in the late 90's as the next step up from fixed wing, but I ended moving to nitro on-road, first 1/10th touring but eventually going to 1/8th 4WD and 1/10th 2WD. I still have a closetful of the stuff: full car + spare car (I'd pre-assemble the corners for fast fixing between heats), spare engine, tire truer, setup board and fixtures, two painted bodies, 3 unpainted bodies. I even dabbled in 1/12th scale (incredible amount of fun), 1/8th buggies and probably some other stuff I'm forgetting about. I should get rid of it, but I can't, though I did sell my classic Associated RC10 (the gold tub with the white plastic pieces) to a French guy on e-bay years ago. I also have my airplane stuff. That I'd like to get rid of. I've tried donating it to the local club so they could maybe raffle it off to raise funds, but I got no responses. On my bench for the last 4-5 years: an Expobar Office Control espresso machine. It worked but I was trying to figure out a delay in the operation between the button being pressed and the pump actuating. I'll get it working again sometime..but now with kids and 7 bikes to maintain, I don't get too much tinker time. You reminded me of all my 1/8 stuff, electric and nitro sitting in a bin wasting away. I was into it yrs ago. We built a track at a VFW only to see it gone months later. I'm glad I looked. Lipos were a little swollen. Damn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheX Posted January 1, 2019 Author Share Posted January 1, 2019 4 minutes ago, larlev said: I'm glad I looked. Lipos were a little swollen. Damn Little fire bombs waiting to go off. They only lose about 1% of their charge per year but they go bad just sitting if they have a full charge to begin with. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
larlev Posted January 1, 2019 Share Posted January 1, 2019 11 minutes ago, TheX said: Little fire bombs waiting to go off. They only lose about 1% of their charge per year but they go bad just sitting if they have a full charge to begin with. Yep, it's been so long forgot they were in there. They are out and in safe spot now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taco_junkie Posted January 1, 2019 Share Posted January 1, 2019 Yeah nice meeting you too. Glad the stuff went to a good cause instead of collecting dust in my garage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AntonioGG Posted January 2, 2019 Share Posted January 2, 2019 Nice meeting you too! Yeah my stuff is old enough that the best batteries I have are 3300mAh NiMH packs I made. The LiPo was just coming out and I remember lots of people loosing planes because of them and recommending to charge in a ceramic pot. People were mixing batteries with different chargers though, and that is a recipe for disaster. I miss the smell of the castor oil and nitro and the foam rubber tires. I may start-up my MRX3 again just to get he smells! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anita Handle Posted January 2, 2019 Share Posted January 2, 2019 I pilot a 1/1th scale Unleaded Subaru Outback. Pretty wicked. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chongo Loco Posted January 2, 2019 Share Posted January 2, 2019 I pilot a 1/1th scale Unleaded Subaru Outback. Pretty wicked.I heard you do all the sound effects too. [emoji15]Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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