RC Chat and Opinions - Am I too old to play with a toy car? - Video 1

[@greenhawksrc6806]

Interesting little chat there fella! Im fast approaching the big 50 myself and can certainly relate to much of what you say. I was heavily into rc from 1985 to 1992 when i fell out of love with the hobby and discovered the early 90s rave scene,music,partying and girls!! Didnt even think about rc for nearly 30 years until covid struck in 2020! During lock down i decided to restore my original midnight pumpkin that i got in 1987.....and consequently got on KZbin and ebay and was shocked to see rc was still actually going strong,and all the vintage cars of my youth were getting re released!! Found so many great channels (rc kicks,Tamiya legends ,mark bryan rc,pete wylie rc etc) The fire had been re ignited! My original plan was to shelf my restored pumpkin.....but very soon started learning about the new generation of radios ,esc's,lipos,brushless motors etc. Before i knew it i had pumpkin out up our local park and had an absolute blast driving it! Yes,as an adult you do tend to get a few strange looks.....but at 48 years old you no longer care what people think,if they want to judge you for being young at heart then thats their problem not mine!😂 The funny thing is,people of my own age or older all tended to be interested ,and would come over and chat/reminisce !! The thing that surprised me was the kids of today showed absolutely no interest what so ever in general . Fast forward 4 years and i now have 40+ cars,most vintage re releases,or vintage ones that I have restored fully to their former glory! I started bashing /racing them with mates,and we started a figure of eight circuit night up tescos car park where we time trial against eachother regularly .....once again,not caring what people think about these grown men and women playing with toy cars at 10 o clock at night in supermarket carparks!😂 Somehow,before i knew it we started a KZbin channel to- Green hawks rc .....where we have forged so many new friendships with the awesome rc community ! Check us out mate,you may enjoy some of our stuff.....especially if you like the retro side of things. Great video fella,and keep driving those cars.....it keeps us young!😂 👍 👍 👍

[@racing393]

Fantastic story, and pretty much aligns my RC journey to a degree. I will defo sub your channel. It's good to hear your thoughts and yes, the younger generation nowadays have what seems zero "interest" in Rc cars. Most RC clubs I have been to are grown men, hardly any women or kids and the funny this is, without women and kids there would be no "Men playing RC" - cheers for watching

[@yodadarksideGreenHawksRC]

​Cheers for the sub fella..... Subbed back!! And yes, totally agree..... most of us of this age went down a similar path, and I think a lot of what drives us now is nostalgia based, a chance to re live our childhood from what was definitely perceived as a 'better time'. The modern tech, and having more disposable income also now helps as 'adults'!! It's great fun putting modern gear into retro platforms, retro mod as it were..... and pushing them to the limits, which are considerably higher than what they were designed for in the eighties! 😅 It's actually quite shocking how much faster electric rc cars are now in comparison to nitro! I also think the whole KZbin thing has given the hobby a whole new spin- Being able to film and share builds, restorations and racing, and even competing in worldwide speed competitions from the comfort of your own locality is a blast! Like I say, enjoyed the video..... and never feel embarrassed to run that hotshot etc..... your never to old to play!! 👍 👍 👍

[@AndrewBorrill1]

I remember buying a Mardave for one of my lads, it had the old mechanical speed controller, basically a large potentiometer! This was early 2000's. Then catching the bug myself in 2006 and buying a Tamiya M03. This was the start of RC racing for me. Joined a local club and I now regularly race a Tamiya M06 and when I can a GT12, usually with the LMP class. So have been racing, on and off for 18yrs, but now I go weekly. Still enjoy the whole experience. The only thing that worries me is the cost for youngsters to start up racing. Its not cheap and is one of the drawbacks of the hobby. The other worry is the lack of women who race. I think today we had two women and one girl racing, which honestly is quite unusual. Its usually just us blokes!

[@racing393]

Yeah, it can be expensive to race in the hobby from scratch, the lack of women in motorsport has always been there It interesting to hear how people get into the hobby