Derka Posted September 6, 2015 Share Posted September 6, 2015 (edited) Hi, Some of you may be familiar with my username when I purchased the Helion Dominis 10SC v2. After that saga which I sold on eBay I saved up my hard earned pennies and bought a Blitz Flux new from Model Sport. All good, loved it. Bought an Overlander charger, camber gauge, shock oil, 2s and 3s LiPo etc etc. Then the novelty wore off. I live just north of Inverness and in 5 months not met anyone with another RC. The nearest track is over an hour's drive away. I'm lucky that I have a large grassed back garden to run it but it's boring after 25 mins of doing figure eights. There are a few spots I can go on road and forest walk tracks but it's so boring. I've not used the Blitz in over a month now and just have lost interest to charge the batteries. Do I sell up my rc gear and try again a few years down the line? Do I sell the Blitz and try crawling or scale crawlers which I may get into as it's more technical and would be a good companion to my real life Disco 2? How much would a used Blitz Flux bring in? Sorry to moan, just on a real downer and don't know what to do. Edited September 6, 2015 by Derka Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thedrum2010 Posted September 6, 2015 Share Posted September 6, 2015 Without wanting to sound funny, not being into rc or a particular car is hardly something to be down about. Either sell it and try another rc or hobby or put it away and try again sometime. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stilli Posted September 6, 2015 Share Posted September 6, 2015 I would suggest that not much is going to change in a few years and maybe you should consider racing. An hours drive is not really a big deal to get several hours enjoyment and racers regularly travel much further than that to get to meetings, it can't hurt to try. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tug Posted September 6, 2015 Share Posted September 6, 2015 I love to trail walk my rigs, I never tire of that. Maybe you need a car that's bigger and ballsier to get more of a kick out of? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derka Posted September 6, 2015 Author Share Posted September 6, 2015 Before I got either Short course I wanted a scale crawler. D90 for example or Axial stuff. Quite like the Ascender kit but not sure what the Blitz would fetch. I'm happy to buy used. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cookie666uk Posted September 6, 2015 Share Posted September 6, 2015 I'd keep the batteries and charger if your staying in the hobby. I've got an ascender. Good models. Build is simple enough apart from one bit in the manual. Build thread in the rock crawler section 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andythecrane Posted September 6, 2015 Share Posted September 6, 2015 Im a bit like you, i stay in the sticks in aberdeenshire. Its easy to lose interest, as i have only met one fellow member. There is a track about half an hour away from me, but my job negates trying racing. I have just looked my gear back out from the garage after 6 months of inactivity, bought spares and upgrades and while its quiet at work, i'll explore RC again. My next RC will probably be a crawler, so i can build a course somewhere on the farm and not to have to worry about space for the truggy and Monster Trucks. ANDY Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derka Posted September 6, 2015 Author Share Posted September 6, 2015 Thanks Andy. I think a crawler would be better suited to my terrain. Its just whether I get bored of that again. I work 7 days a week also so like you finding 4 or 5 hours to try racing isn't really possible as I can't make regular meetings due to work. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andythecrane Posted September 6, 2015 Share Posted September 6, 2015 That's the good thing about RC. Box it away for a while, storage charge the batteries. And come back to it later on. Andy Sent from my Nexus 5 using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evssv Posted September 6, 2015 Share Posted September 6, 2015 I loose intrest sum times for a month or so..then I get bak into...I'd never sell up completely. ...as it would cost to much to replace it all.... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomlad Posted September 6, 2015 Share Posted September 6, 2015 As others have said try a crawler. I got my firestorm and as much as I love it, it is hardly used. I bought a maverick scout then recently got a scx10. It is really a lot of fun just driving your car through the woods and streams. The maverick scout is an excellent car with a few low cost/cheap mods. Sent from my HTC One_M8 using Tapatalk 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andythecrane Posted September 6, 2015 Share Posted September 6, 2015 I've been looking at the maverick scout. Sent from my Nexus 5 using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derka Posted September 6, 2015 Author Share Posted September 6, 2015 Maverick scout was on my original to buy list but wanted fast so bought the Blitz. I like the Scout, loads of cheap ish mods, can try different body and even do beginner scale crawling. I think I'd want an SCX10 though. It would have to be used looking at the prices. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
53HRA Posted September 6, 2015 Share Posted September 6, 2015 I'm fairly confident scaling/crawling will change your views on the hobby and it will keep you RC'ing.. I first started out about 8 years ago and my first interest was "speed". Looking down the line a few years later the phase became "realism" and i've not looked back since! The scaling side of the hobby never gets boring in my opinion and it's certainly worth a shot . 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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