[urq] Radio Shack UrQuattro RC car

[Brandon Rogers]

I was recently screwing around on the Tower Hobbies website and saw they
_still_ sell the same RC dune buggy I had back in ~1986 - The Tamiya
Grasshopper (w/ "hop up" kit - ie bigger motor).  I still have it but it's
in pieces and is fairly worn out....I also had a road car - Kyosho Plazma -
that thing was rippin' fast - used to drive it tennis courts.  I recently
got the cobwebs off my RC sailboat and take it to a local park with my
almost 4yr old son - he loves it....I also have a bunch of old airplanes my
granddad built - they are prolly from the 60' and 70's - along with vintage
mustard yellow Kraft radios..

Brandon
'84 urquattro 1:1 scale


-----Original Message-----
From: urq-bounces at audifans.com [mailto:urq-bounces at audifans.com] On Behalf
Of audiqtrocp at aol.com
Sent: Wednesday, October 29, 2008 9:10 PM
Cc: urq at audifans.com
Subject: Re: [urq] Radio Shack UrQuattro RC car


Tony, good to hear from you again!



I think we could start a whole new era of modded miniUrQs.

I got this thing a few weeks ago and it sparked my interest in RC cars
again, I still have a large bin full of toys form the old days  lol


-----Original Message-----
From: Tony Lum <tlum at flash.net>
To: audiqtrocp at aol.com
Cc: urq at audifans.com
Sent: Wed, 29 Oct 2008 9:56 am
Subject: Re: [urq] Radio Shack UrQuattro RC car








Mine was missing the transmitter/controller so I got it cheap.  With no 
standards to uphold, I got one of those basic R/C controller kits with a 
electronic speed controller.  A few hours with a dremel tool removed the old

guts and added digital proportional steering and braking.  A few more cuts 
allowed me to use a standard R/C battery pack, so I ran a charging connector
out 
to the back trunk.  I thought about doing an engine/chassis swap but the its
is 
a funky size (1/12).  One of these days I'll pimp it out with LED head and
tail 
lights :D

I've also got a 1/10 Tamiya AWD R/C to go into one of those NLA S1 body
shells 
from the group buy years ago.  Just need the time and skills to paint the
body 
correctly.

Tony
urquattro #302


--- On Tue, 10/28/08, audiqtrocp at aol.com <audiqtrocp at aol.com> wrote:
From: audiqtrocp at aol.com <audiqtrocp at aol.com>
Subject: [urq] Radio Shack UrQuattro RC car
To: urq at audifans.com
Date: Tuesday, October 28, 2008, 8:40 PM

I know there are a handful of owners out there with the Radio Shack radio
controlled UrQ.



I just got one and its in great condition.  I have a few questions about
battery combinations.




Is anyone using rechargeable batteries?  In the trunk of the car there is
what looks like a plug to recharge the batteries, does anyone have the specs
on the charger?  Maybe I could get a universal charger from Radio Shack and
use some modern rechargeable batteries?




Second, do I keep it stock and run the vintage Radio Shack livery?  Or
repaint it to mach my Helios UrQ??  ;o]




Thanks y'all
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