Re: The difference between a toy and a model

WingingIt74 Mon Jan 13, 2014 9:52 pm

My boys had one but destroyed it years ago.... wish I would of kept the engine though Smile

roddie Mon Jan 13, 2014 10:06 pm

RknRusty wrote:That Air Hog is pretty cool. Cool kid too. I wonder if it would run on CO2 or if the thermal stress would destroy it. Probably ice it up.

Rusty

I was curious about that too Rusty... I think I remember the little Gasparin CO2 motors could get frost on them while running... (maybe I'm thinking of something else)

I think the Air Hogs model uses a PET tank... Remember the horror stories years back; of some modelers who were using soda bottles as tanks for their retracts' air supply? Like any pressure vessel; it'll explode if over-pressurized... with DISASTROUS RESULTS!!! I remember seeing a photo of a model that suffered this fate. There was literally nothing left of it... not to mention the danger involved with being right there next to it... when the shrapnel flies.

Roddie

WingingIt74 Thu Jan 23, 2014 8:52 pm

Horizon Hobby did put it a good way today in an email.

Horizon Hobby wrote:Horizon Hobby has the parts and hop-ups for all our cars, trucks, boats, helis and planes.

That means if you break it, you can fix it with genuine parts. So, that sinking feeling of breaking the remote control car you got for your birthday has been banished forever.

We aren't a toy company.

We sell the parts you need to keep you in the air, on the road and in the water. And that makes all the difference.

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