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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. 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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  2. Added weight by LeapingGnomeArs · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I'm assuming that he is only using the camera for fun, not during an actual race? In RC car races the weight is kept the minimum possible, I don't think adding the 5.8 ounces for this camera is going to help him get on the podium.

  3. 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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  4. If you can't make em fast... by GreyWolf3000 · · Score: 5, Insightful
    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.

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  5. 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!

  6. 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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  7. Re:Videos: What format? - Indeo by WD · · Score: 5, Informative

    They're Intel Indeo Video 4.1
    I had to run the Indeo installer to get the video to play on my system.

  8. How to make the 'Quicktime' movies run by bobdotorg · · Score: 5, Informative

    While the .avi played fine with QT6, the quicktime file did not.

    If you change the filetype and creator of the quicktime file to:
    VfW¥
    TVOD

    they'll work fine with Quicktime.

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  9. Linking on slashdot by Tuffnut · · Score: 5, Insightful

    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.