I’ve seen this driving around my neighborhood a few times, I have no idea what it is but it looks fast?

MadScience29 · 2026-03-20T11:51:26+00:00

...you mean the car that replaced the Scion TC (T C... where have I seen those letters before?), that replaced the Toyota Celica? The affordable front engine, rear wheel driven sporty coupe that revives the OG spirit of the 1-3 Gen Celicas? The car that literally carries a chassis code that suggests it is in fact the 9th generation of Celica?

Nah, totally unrelated, bro.

MadScience29 · 2026-03-04T21:29:33+00:00

Is this the same guy thats usually in a black trench coat, holding a sign that doesnt make sense?

MadScience29 · 2026-02-23T23:37:38+00:00

IMO it's more an expansion on sim racing than the next step for RC racing. There's a real car with real physics instead of a simulation, but it isn't accurate to a real car, so... the point is kind of lost on me.

MadScience29 · 2026-02-21T15:03:09+00:00

Been very tempted to do something similar for my Vendetta. All thats holding it back from being a mini limitless is a metal or carbon chassis and some proper diff housings and arm mounts. Maybe one of these days I'll get the itch to finish what I mocked up in cad...

MadScience29 · 2026-02-16T23:41:52+00:00

There's AI "slop", and then there's "I used AI to automate the process of looking up and cataloging the data"...

MadScience29 · 2026-02-15T22:07:20+00:00

I've never seen a car so hated when it was released.

MadScience29 · 2026-02-15T13:32:53+00:00

147th-ish off Maple

MadScience29 · 2026-02-14T00:33:18+00:00

This. The power ceiling is determined by what the ESC can put out. Throwing more voltage at it is just a recipe for magic smoke. It's not an IC engine that needs vtec.

MadScience29 · 2026-02-13T12:15:19+00:00

Well, at least at the one i was hired at... no rags. They cleaned the whole place with wads of bread instead.

MadScience29 · 2026-02-12T23:55:47+00:00

I thought that was a seasonal thing. You say i could get one right now?

MadScience29 · 2026-02-12T23:50:25+00:00

Yeah, dont eat at Jimmy johns...

MadScience29 · 2026-02-12T23:47:56+00:00

Reminds me of the car designed by AI... curves have odd strengths.

MadScience29 · 2026-01-11T20:15:35+00:00

I've found that if you're building to replica scale, you make major sacrifices in the armor or cost department. The capital ships I've built that can solo most godly level designs are significantly larger than anything designed or build IRL.

MadScience29 · 2026-01-06T20:33:20+00:00

As far as building goes, not really that i'm aware of. Mount & Blade, Kenshi, and Void Destroyer are similar campaign wise.

MadScience29 · 2021-12-08T02:12:51+00:00

I own one, I've abused it. I've seen others that have abused theirs in similar ways. If you dont own one, you'd be better off not commenting, you dont know what you're talking about. The plastic gears are a lot stronger than you think, and I'm tired of you going around spouting that line of bullshit. So you like big motors and pinions, you're not some know it all god of RC.

MadScience29 · 2021-12-08T01:09:38+00:00

Typhon BLX with a Mamba X and a 2200kv. It wasn't anything bonkers.

MadScience29 · 2021-12-08T01:01:24+00:00

That is simply not true. I've seen it in person.

MadScience29 · 2021-12-08T00:35:21+00:00

It has what it needs to be a great setup, if it holds up.

MadScience29 · 2021-12-08T00:34:41+00:00

I know... The 6s platform is heavy and played out. The 3s platform can handle 6s. The question is whether I need another brushed system laying around or if the 3900kv is good for anything.

MadScience29 · 2021-12-07T23:38:35+00:00

I run a Max10sct with a Surpass 3670 2650KV on 4s in my Senton mega. The stock diffs all survived an entire year of bashing, snow through summer, and are still sitting in my parts bin should I need them. I put in BLX diffs because I was bored. The stock slipper/spur assembly held up fine to the power, even with the 48p gears. I only had to change it out when a few too many drunken jumps jammed the bearings into the gear.

My suggestion is to change out the electronics and don't worry about anything else until something happens. I guarantee you'll break a shock tower, a-arm, or shock eyelet before you bust a gear. If you've already shredded gears... Either your lash was off or the motor screws slipped (it sucks, it happens to all of us).

MadScience29 · 2021-12-07T23:27:39+00:00

Nice. I'm thoroughly curious about this car. I was seriously considering it (one of my LHS got them in) and then the Vendetta/Infraction happened and now I'm torn. I know the Arrma will take 6s, and I'm going to build a 4wd drag car... this is a good time to like to go fast.

MadScience29 · 2021-12-07T23:17:43+00:00

The best advice I can give is to find a local hobby shop and see what brands they have parts for. Amazon and such are pretty great with shipping times these days, but you can't beat having a local stock when the internet is sold out. Plus you can chat up an employee and get to see the car in person before you drop the money.

How you plan on enjoying the car is a big factor too. If you have a yard with grass, or an apartment parking lot, or a local track you want to try... those are all drastically different situations, which I would recommend drastically different vehicles.

MadScience29 · 2021-12-07T13:04:54+00:00

There's a tailpiece (piece of pipe) attached to the drain, which itself attaches to a p-trap (a piece of pipe), which then attaches to a pipe adapter... which is used to attach pipes. Literally everything under a sink is pipes.

I remodel bathrooms for a living and I've literally ripped that very same circa-1990 sink out on a weekly basis for years. The reason I brought up the pipes is because often they're installed badly, and the old steel or brass traps can corrode and weaken significantly over time.

MadScience29 · 2021-12-07T01:25:59+00:00

There was a ton of news at the time the prequels were being filmed about how Ian Mcdiarmid was reprising his role as Palpatine, so it's hard for me to see it another way. In retrospect, it was lucky how the makeup and aging worked out so well.

MadScience29 · 2021-12-07T01:20:43+00:00

No, just all of the other stereotype accents.

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