New Free rc

[hmmwv15]

A buddy of mine came through and gave me his old radio shack H2. The body is trashed, but the chassis is in okay shape. Has one motor on it, and it's 4x4. Only bad thing is that it ins't locked front or rear, and I don't have a battery for it.

From what I can remember, this thing had a fairly decent range and top speed. I may have to take it to a hobby shop tomorrow and see what they have to offer in means of upgrades if any. Here's some pictures of it, and I know some of you xmod crawler guys will want my tires.







I plan on modifying this thing to go a bit faster, and make it more of a baja rc than a crawler like I wanted to. Enjoy!

[amorton94]

im certain there are no upgrades for it. so the only upgrades are going to have to be custom upgrades that you make.

[hmmwv15]

So I couldn't get a new motor or "higher powered" battery for it?

[Tmaxxn3]

dude i have one of those ther awsome
it the mattracks hummer from radioshack..
but what i did is took the diffurentals out and super glued them together to lock them turning sucks but itll climb over most anything..

[snowboi1289]

Yes, you can find a motor that fits it, and re-solder the motor wires to the new motor. I would recommend a high torque motor.

I think I might have a 7.2v battery that will fit that. I might be able to sell them, if you want to buy 1. A charger may be included too.

[amorton94]

if you do like tmaxxn3 said, don't lock the front diff. your turning will suck giant eggs! lol

[Stampedekid]

No parts will be available for that and the guys at your LHS will laugh at you because that's no hobby-class machine. Its a toy. A better motor will fry the board so you are better off dropping in Hobby-grade electrics. What scale is it, do you know?

[bosco72]

i would take it to the hobby store.Match up some nice oil filled shocks and a good battery pack.If you can't get one there go to cheapbatterypacks.com and pick the one you need and they will build it.The better battery will make it go faster then the cheap one they give you at radioshack.It looks like it has some nice aarm set up.

[XMDrifter]

get a whole new radio system. the toy electronics just don't do the chassis justice.
hobby grade esc like a Novak or maybe even brushless like the castle-creations Mamba+futaba 2PL system+lithium
that would be sweet

[hmmwv15]

I didn't get a chance to go to the hobby shop today, was too busy working on my real trucks, and also went to work on a rock crawler of my buddies.

I think I'll keep the motor stock, and just wait till it craps out to get a new one.

If I fry the board with the better battery, I guess I'll just be out some money.

I do need a longer lasting battery if possible, the run time was crappy from what I remember, somewhere between 5 and 10 minutes.

Snowboi you've got a pm.

[Stampedekid]

Brushless would shred it to pieces. So Mamba or Novak BL wouldn't do too good XMDrifter. If BL Shredded my Micro DT's tranny, it would tear one of these to bits.

[mustanglover]

Originally Posted by xmodracer1

Brushless would shred it to pieces. So Mamba or Novak BL wouldn't do too good XMDrifter. If BL Shredded my Micro DT's tranny, it would tear one of these to bits.

do you know what it looks like... no...

[Stampedekid]

Originally Posted by mustanglover

do you know what it looks like... no...

Do I know what what looks like?

[mustanglover]

Nvm...

[Stampedekid]

What. There was obviously something that you said I just didn't understand.

[hmmwv15]

I just scored a battery and charger on sale at radioshack for $15.00.

I'm not sure if it is better than what was in it, but it's better than nothing. I'm not planning on seriously upgrading this thing unless it fries, so a new radio system will not be in the works. I have no idea what the hell any of you are talking about when you use all those abbreviations, I'm a super newb to rc vehicles and upgrades.

I'm about to tear it apart and lock the rear, wish me luck.

[Stampedekid]

Originally Posted by hmmwv15

I just scored a battery and charger on sale at radioshack for $15.00.

I'm not sure if it is better than what was in it, but it's better than nothing. I'm not planning on seriously upgrading this thing unless it fries, so a new radio system will not be in the works. I have no idea what the hell any of you are talking about when you use all those abbreviations, I'm a super newb to rc vehicles and upgrades.

I'm about to tear it apart and lock the rear, wish me luck.

Good luck ! Personally I think you would be better off getting a better RC but that's just me.

[hmmwv15]

Nah. I'm not looking to get seriously involved in this thing, Just something to keep me occupied when I can't wheel my 4runner.

Almost into the rear "diff" and gearbox. Can't be too much more difficult than rebuilding a craburetor right? ....right?


My current status:

[Stampedekid]

Wow it actually looks built well for a Radio Shack RC.

[hmmwv15]

Well, truck is back together and waiting on the battery to charge. I glued the tiny little spider gears together, I never would have known that they had spider gears.

I'm anxious to see how well it does. I'll have to wait till tomorrow. I may even post a vid of this thing.

I know it's not nearly as good as the ones yall have, but hey, it was free not including the $15 battery. If I do spend any kind of money on anything, I'll get one of the two shown here: http://www.trail-gear.com/rc/kits.html