Reach Your Limits.

If you ask me to give you an idea of what to do over the summer or what would be a nice and fun hobby to follow I will tell you hey buy a RC car and relive moments of your childhood but in a more extreme way. This hobby for me has been an excellent experience and I don't think I’m ever going to let it go or stop doing it, as long as i have the money and the passion to do it I will do it. I have learned a lot of things over the past year. I have a HPI Baja 5b which is a buggy RC car with a small 2 stroke engine which is a 23cc fuelie. This little machine can go up to speeds of 55mph. The vehicle itself is about 60 pounds and for that weight it’s pretty fast.

         There are a lot of upgrades you can do to this car. Tons of new parts keep coming out every 2-3 months online. The parts can be very expensive but it will make a huge difference in your cars performance. For example changing just the exhaust would improve the power in your car. I wanted to buy a new exhaust muffler for my car but it was like $210 which was pretty expensive since I don’t work full time and my parents won’t give me the money. As time passes your pocket won’t hurt you knowing that you’re spending little by little. Later in time you're RC car would probably be worth twice the amount you originally paid for.

          People that are really into this hobby would do drag racing with their cars that are tuned up to the fully extended. It’s a ¼ mile race that cars can reach up to 70 mph. This event takes place in Floyd Park in Brooklyn. People bet money on who would win. Others would bet there cars on the line to see who has a faster machine than the other one. That’s why the hobby gets fun and it would never end because of people like that which keep it alive and play with these RC cars. The park has enough space to race. I think it’s very legal because a lot of people come with their RC cars to play and race. It’s very official how they set it up; it looks pretty real on how they set it up with the start lights and the checker flag on the floor at the end of the road.

          To make it more interested there has been more different RC models that work in the same concept but have different bodies and it’s built to run on some places only. Like a nice RC car I would want is a GT which is a small Ford that has a bigger engine and better upgrades than a regular Baja 5b would have. This means it can be faster and stability wise very reliable. I will recommend if you’re going to start this hobby to start from low with a small car like means with a 23cc engine which is not powerful and can make a day very fun.  I bought mines for 500 dollars online (eBay). Then from there just start it up but don’t accelerate to much when using it because you can mess up the engine because it’s brand new so you want to ease up on the gas. I would let the engine run for a few minutes like 10-20 minutes so the engine gets lubricated and warmed up before putting it to use. Then after that you can play all day long without any problem. 

          I encourage the fans that look at the RC cars that you should get your own and go and show off on the park that you aren’t just an expatiator at the park looking at them. It’s a fun activity you can do with your kids and teach them how one of these machine work because later on life you can make a living fixing these for customers. FYI there’s a lot of stores out there that have parts for these cars, and also are willing to explain you how the stuff on it work.

          For my conclusion I would like to say that in my opinion this epic adventure going throw difficulties not knowing how this RC car works has been able to teach me some big boy things. I promise you that as soon as you get used to playing and knowing what’s going on with what you’re doing you won’t be lost in any moment.  

CHEERS AND HAVE FUN WITH YOUR CHILDHOOD! =)  

Baja Mania

If you have a RC car from HPI that is a Baja 5b or 5t (5t is the truck form) anyways Baja mania is held every year and its a time when everyone gets together to show off there RC car and you can see at least 100 different r c cars that would make you say wow what a beautiful machine. Its almost the some thing as a tuning show where you can go around and watch all these RC cars tuned up with nice upgrades and exclusive parts. i would go but i wouldnt take my car because it wouldnt be compared to none of them there. People invest so much money on them that the prices on the cars can range from 1000 to 2000.