hi guys new guy from tampa fla u.s.a

[cosworth34677]

hey im new to the group but i've been into r/c for about 30 years i raced buggies back in the day and touring cars about 6 years ago.

but then i moved to crawlers and now im into the trucks and construction machines. i've built a few rigs and now i got a tamiya scania and custom trailer
and working on my custom made excavator turning it to pneumatic power. some pic's of my builds







i hope to learn alot around here and make new friend nice guy just having fun!
talk soon i got tons of questions

[Mama Sue]

welcome to the forum. You've come to the right place. Lots of experience and a great group of guys and girls...Nice pics

Susan

[Smiley]

Welcome to the forum

Keith

[dabears]

Welcome! Great looking trucks you have built!

[1985 kenworth]

i second that..we welcome you from the great white north here in canada.glad you are here ,we love pictures and we try to help out any and all fellow r/c er's any way we can

[JoseFL10-4]

Welcome to the forum

[plow jockey]

Welcome!! Great job on your builds!!

[cosworth34677]

thanx guys looks like this is a cool place .

[Tamiya Cowboy]

Thanks for coming on over Cosworth you will get a lot of great info and feedback over here..

[doodlebug]

Welcome aboard!

[Cammo]

Welcome, I am new here too but you will find everyone is really helpfull and full on knowledge!

[scalelover]

Welcome to the good side Cosworth. You'll find a great group of guys here with a wealth of knowledge and skill. Take some time and go through the threads and you'll see what I'm talking about. You could spend days looking at the builds and still go back and look again and see things you didn't the first time around. You'll find a quite a bit more info along the lines of the big rigs and construction stuff here than the other forums.

How's the excavator build coming along? Did you check out those links I posted over on scale for the retracts?? I'm looking forward to the rebuild of it and some input of what you think of those rams you have coming.

--Dan

[cosworth34677]

Originally Posted by scalelover

Welcome to the good side Cosworth. You'll find a great group of guys here with a wealth of knowledge and skill. Take some time and go through the threads and you'll see what I'm talking about. You could spend days looking at the builds and still go back and look again and see things you didn't the first time around. You'll find a quite a bit more info along the lines of the big rigs and construction stuff here than the other forums.

How's the excavator build coming along? Did you check out those links I posted over on scale for the retracts?? I'm looking forward to the rebuild of it and some input of what you think of those rams you have coming.

--Dan

i looked at them. i like thoughs sites i think i need to spend so time looking on this site.

i'm waiting on hobbyking to get the parts here. its been about three week come monday i hope they come this week .

[edwalsh18]

I seen that you plan on converting your excavator to air. I am interested in seeing how the hobbyking cylinders you ordered perform. If i recall correctly from back in the days on rcmt and rccrawlers they tried those air cylinders in place of axle mounted servos to mimic real monster trucks with axle mounted hydraulic steering. Their performance did not compare to servos.

But i did find these today... 100psi capable, 4" stroke
http://www.amazonsupply.com/dp/B005J...sp_dp_g2c_asin

I think you were talking about a pump or compressor like this one from harbor freight but it seems like it would be too big and not powerful enough.
http://www.harborfreight.com/12-volt...ssor-4077.html

[cosworth34677]

Originally Posted by edwalsh18

I seen that you plan on converting your excavator to air. I am interested in seeing how the hobbyking cylinders you ordered perform. If i recall correctly from back in the days on rcmt and rccrawlers they tried those air cylinders in place of axle mounted servos to mimic real monster trucks with axle mounted hydraulic steering. Their performance did not compare to servos.

But i did find these today... 100psi capable, 4" stroke
http://www.amazonsupply.com/dp/B005J...sp_dp_g2c_asin

I think you were talking about a pump or compressor like this one from harbor freight but it seems like it would be too big and not powerful enough.
http://www.harborfreight.com/12-volt...ssor-4077.html

thats the one. i just tooking ti out of that case its pretty small once you remove it .

[wingnut163]

welcome

skip

[cosworth34677]

thanks for all the replys and welcomes

i need some advice, if someone can comment on the post i made in Construction Equipment. thanx

[Radio Control Trucker]

Welcome to the forum As you can see by the greetings from everyone here,,, You're presence is wanted

- RCT