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Go X10 Speed Racer!

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the airbags-not-an-option dept.

BoomZilla writes ""Speedy" Shayne Barr races Nitro RS4 remote controlled Racecars competitively. These cars are nitro fueled, 1/10 scale, and they can go as fast as fifty miles per hour. To make his racing more interesting, he has hooked up an XCam2 to his racecar so that not only can he race the car, he can also view the race from the car's viewpoint after the race is over. Speedy's posted a number of videos on his website where he describes the construction process. The vid where his car winds up on its roof is most entertaining. Go Speed(y) Racer!"

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  1. Yeah, posting the links to the video... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

    That's a great way of saying kill this site, please!

  2. I've always wanted to do that... by Jim+Ethanol · · Score: 5, Funny

    Now it's time to rig on to a kite at the beach ;)

    1. Re:I've always wanted to do that... by pyr0 · · Score: 5, Funny

      That reminds me of something that happened to me once. Myself and a friend used to go to a Best Buy parking lot around midnight and race our R/C cars until around 4am. Anyway, once a cop saw us up there, and he drove up behind my R/C car with his lights and siren on. I thought I was in trouble for loitering in a parking lot late at night, but instead when he finally got to where I was, he opened his window and said "I've always wanted to do that! Pull over an R/C car." He even was nice enough to clock our cars at full speed with his radar gun.

      Aside from that, I would really like to try and mount a camera to my car. I tried it with a small camcorder once, but it flipped the car every time I tried to turn.

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  3. The real question is by madsenj37 · · Score: 4, Funny

    are the racing groupies 1/10 the size?

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  4. drivers by jlechem · · Score: 2, Funny

    now all we need are 1/10 scale drivers. Can we say go speed midget racer?

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  5. x10.com by Uhh_Duh · · Score: 5, Funny


    I fail to see how can I use this to spy on girls in skimpy clothing. Is there a very tiny girl driving the tiny car I can watch somehow with the tiny camera?

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  6. Now watch his web site go from 0 to 60Gb/month by KNicolson · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...in under 13 seconds. Sadly, no X-10 camera is available to see that resulting crash!

  7. Re:WE MUST DESTROY X10 by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny
    Piece of shit link didnt work. I am weak human. Red Robot Crush Hu-man.

    http://www.kompressormusic.com/
    http://artists.iuma.com/IUMA/Bands/kompressormusic /

    PS Kompressor does not dance.

    (and yes, i know the fucking article isnt about the real X10)

  8. X10? I thought /. was better than that by Christianfreak · · Score: 5, Funny

    How much money did you get for the X10 Ad? When are the really annoying flashing ones coming?

    Okay I'm only kidding. Actually those camera's look really cool, I'd probably get one if their business model didn't remind me of used car salesmen.

    I also want one of these little cars.

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  9. Wow...a legitimate use? by jwlidtnet · · Score: 4, Funny

    *pondering*

    So it isn't being used for porno? Or spying on someone? Or tawdry videoconferencing?

    I think this guy should be recognized more for finally discovering a legitimate use for one of those cameras than anything else.

    -D

    Unless the cars are NUDE, of course.

  10. Good Use by nuxx · · Score: 3, Funny

    Imagine the possibilities of a small car (4" long or so) with a small camera (at a fairly high frame rate) racing in and out of dressing rooms or in a shopping mall. Sure, there's the risk of it getting stepped on, so be sneaky.

  11. Cool idea by Joey7F · · Score: 2, Funny

    I guess the X10 car idea just sorta "popped up" ::dodging tomatos::

    --Joey

  12. camsoncars.com by bobdotorg · · Score: 3, Funny

    step 1. mount X-10 camera to RC car
    step 2. drive through a crowd of skirts
    step 3. ???
    step 4. Profit!

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  13. Noooooooo! by Guppy06 · · Score: 3, Funny

    "he has hooked up an XCam2"

    He supported those pop-up bastards with his money? Say it ain't so!

  14. Re:If you can't make em fast... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    Speedy Shayne Barr races Nitro RS4 remote controlled Racecars competitively

    WTF, how can he race competitively? Wouldn't the pop up ads really slow him down?

    Just my .02 cubic inches.

    Beavis

  15. X10 Spam by macdaddy · · Score: 3, Funny
    In a related story: in an official press release "Speedy" Shayne Barr proclaimed he would "never use email again". This comes after Speedy was bombarded with spam from X10 Inc after purchasing an XCam2.
    "I thought their popups were bad but after buying something from them, the amount of spam in my mail box has quadrupled overnight! I can't eat, I can't sleep. My children are teased at school as 'the offspring of the X-10 sucker'. We're thinking about moving to Hoboken, New Jersey and changing our family name to Clinton."

    Here's at Nakes Slashdot News, we'd just like to give our condolences to the Speedy family. Our thoughts and spam are with you.

    Coming up next on Heraldo Rivera:

    Meet the man behind the spam

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