New toy…
My son and I got a new toy today. Something we’ve been wanting for a really long time. It’s a Traxxas T-Maxx 1/10th scale nitro 4×4 truck. When I was a teenager I used to race RC-10s competitively. Back then the RC-10 was the car to have and I knew how to drive the hell out of that thing. It was an electric 1/10th scale buggy. Nitro cars were very expensive then. I still own that same car and we had gotten it running again last year and took it to a couple races. Competing with a 20 year old car was kind of fun. My car was older than most of the racers were. I had a few ask me what the heck I was racing. Watching the nitro trucks in action got us wanting an upgrade. I picked the T-Maxx because of all the available upgrades out there. It is the most popular RC truck around. Nitro engines are a whole different world compared to the electrics I’m used to. Luckily I was able to save a bit on the truck by using parts from the RC-10.
We brought it home and assembled the last bits that needed doing and took it outside to break in the engine. After that 2 hour process we were ready to put it through its paces. We took it to the park across the street and had a blast jumping it down stairs and chasing squirrels and grackles. It still needs a bit of tuning to run its best and we’ll do that over the next couple of days. It’s supposed to have a top speed around 40MPH. We’ll see how close we can get to the manufacturers claim. Once we’re comfortable running it we’ll take it out to the races some Friday night.
Now to find a Land Rover Defender body for it so we can paint it up to look like Shurfoot.
: Father of Mine from the album “So Much for the Afterglow” by Everclear