Go X10 Speed Racer!

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!"

Comments

If you can't make em fast...

[GreyWolf3000]

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.

Just make them look like they could go fast if they wanted. Perhaps an offset racing stripe, or a "v-tec" sticker. Check out the official Rice Boy Page for more info.

Ever seen a colorfully decalled-to-death crap car (usually a Honda Civic) with no power under the hood, but giving off the impression like it's powerful? Well, most of our remote controlled cars arent either and we have no hopes of competing with this guy. Just put stickers on it and any idion who sees the thing will definately be as impressed as he/she would be if it were the real deal.

Note: "Rice boy" is not a derrogatory racist term; the website deals with this issue. Check it's FAQ before flaming.

I tried this.....

[Chris_Stankowitz]

with a Tiny R/C Digi Q Cars and a KY-D29UCH 3-CCD COLOR CAMERA not with quite as much success, but I promise not to give up.

Linking on slashdot

[Tuffnut]

I think it has really become a problem. Because for one, the victim didn't necessarily choose to be on Slashdot. Or for that matter even knows his server being ravaged by a million geeks. Slashdot's server is capable of handling the load, so what's stopping them from hosting a mirror on their site? With the exception of copyrights and such, I'm sure the admin would gladly have a mirror setup on slashdot in substitution for getting a $5k b/w bill.

Re:Linking on slashdot

[alonsoac]

With the exception of copyrights and such, I'm sure the admin would gladly have a mirror setup on slashdot in substitution for getting a $5k b/w bill.

I agree the mirror thing is a good idea. But in this case I get the feeling this guy is happy with all the attention he is getting and probably won't even take that bandwidth bill himself. How many sales do you think X10 gets now that geeks think that these cameras are cool despite the way they are marketed. And why so many X10 picutures and references? Seems a little too much. Reminds me of low-budget soap operas in my country. They are just a long and somewhat interesting add, interrupted only by shorter less interesting adds. But people do watch them and bussinesses do pay sponsorships to get on the show.

Re:Added weight

[Vess V.]

If they could just drop some more weight on a whim like that, don't you think that weight wouldn't be there in the first place?

even more fun!

[gol64738]

what about mounting a cam on a remote control airplane, you know one of the one's that can do like 70 miles an hour.
imagine how fun that would be!
you could have your car passenger search ahead for speed traps on the freeway or you could even fly the plane to the point where you lose sight of it.

ooh, with that right transmission control, one could fly drugs up from south america on a drone aircraft..

Re:Added weight

[dirvish]

If you read the site it says that his lap time with the cam was ~5 seconds slower than cars in races.

Total weight of body with camera and batteries is 11.8 ounces. Total weight of body before camera was just under 4 ounces.

Obviously it will be slower with a camera on top but I am sure the cam car is just for exhibition. He has lots of other cars for races.