The Gadget Show

[Welshy40]

Guys,

Just in case you didnt see it, channel five next monday, the Gadget show will be testing buggies and trying to break a jumping record (probably the one I saw on record breakers when Roy Castle was alive).

I did notice that the new Cat buggy was on it so should be worth a look.

[blitzboy]

guess who painted the shell errr me i ve been told by a relable source that they used leon morrel s cat for the jump as you ll know at worksop he s been playing a bit there too

[muzzy]

Yes your right, tune into The Gadget Show next Monday the 15th December at 8pm on channel 5, As you shall see myself, Leon Morrell, Andrew Carter, James Mac and Ben (rocketman haha) as we went along to film all this with The Gadget Show!!!
I'm not allowed to tell you what happened or any outcome but you shall see us teaching Suzi Perry how to drive the Schumacher Cat SX buggy, and teaching Suzi how to control the car as she attempted to jump the Cat SX and break the Guinness World Record for the longest official jump. (Not as easy as you might think!!!) Also I drive a Schumacher Mi3.5 with a Brushless motor and attempt a Fast speed run on a drag strip! We also attempt to run a Schumacher Menace Gtre 3 speed electric powered car up the drag strip with rockets attached to the rear of the car to help thrust it along when we launch the rockets!!!!
Tune in to see what happens, but Im sure you won't be disappointed with what you see and it was great fun filming it all. Looks pretty spectacular too when you have got lots of different angle shots from several tv cameras!!!!! :thumbsup:

Above all though it will be great to see some good Rc action on the tv for everyone to tune into and watch and hopefully it might encourage more and more people to get involved in the sport!! :D

[Crazy L]

I dont suppose you also taught that ol' bint Perry how to actually be a decent Moto GP presenter? I hate that bird, she gets on my tits:mad:.

Might take a look at the show If I get time though, I bet something breaks on the Menace:lol:

[carter_213]

We didnt teach her much to busy looking at her........................... well i was anyway lol :lol:

[leon morrell]

mate i cant belive you think she's so bad .
i would rather have her doing the moto gp than some fat bloke who sweats too much...

in person she's really sound down to earth and normal :) not stuck up at all...

she also picked up the driving pretty well to say she had never driven anything like that before
and she managed to get my cat through a gap were the timing beems were at very high speed that was only about 2 m wide

i will also say how cold it was it was -2 all day with ice on the run way i thought my hands and feat were going to drop off lol funny stuff

[Northy]

Nips out? :D

Will she remember you Leon?

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[Mike Hudson]

you got her number? :woot:

[carter_213]

Only numbers given out on that day were to Schumacher for some more spares! She could drive it, but jumping it was pretty eventful lol :lol:

[leon morrell]

northy i asked her to sort me some free tickets to moto gp catalunya.
and i emailed her three weeks after and she remember'd me no problem and got them sorted out for me and my gf. bonus:)


:) she said i made her laugh. lol so i said to her was it my teeth and she said no i was a funny guy lol pmsl

she was only after my sugar!!!!

[blitzboy]

so you did nt tell her about your 2 footer subway spacail then leon lmao :lol:

[Northy]

northy i asked her to sort me some free tickets to moto gp catalunya.
and i emailed her three weeks after and she remember'd me no problem and got them sorted out for me and my gf. bonus:)


:) she said i made her laugh. lol so i said to her was it my teeth and she said no i was a funny guy lol pmsl

she was only after my sugar!!!!

Good skills Leon :woot::woot:

G

[muzzy]

Some more info can be found here: http://www.racing-cars.com/products.asp?hideall=Y&partno=news989&templateid=18&pagewidth=550

[c0sie]

Wow...afew minutes of breaking cars off a big ramp...and now they are talking about Toys'R'Us RC toys that 'appeal to the RC enthusiast'

What a load of wank

[Spoolio]

Oh, I dunno. That indestructible buggy does 24kph so its "seriously nippy". I could use that round Worksop I could, it'd be faster than my B4 :lol:.

Seriously tho, I know they have to cater for the majority but why do they have to be so patronising about it.

[antnee]

How many newbies do you think are going to spam the forums in the next few days?

[Adam Skelding]

Good skills Leon :woot::woot:

G

Leon - RC Champion

You frikkin legend

[Northy]

Leon - RC Champion

You frikkin legend

Just what I thought! :lol::lol::lol:

G

[Bungleaio]

How did they manage to get a cat up to £1200?

[showtime]

How did they manage to get a cat up to £1200?


oh i dunno :eh?:


Bucket load of outdrives etc :woot:

[dan_kitty]

would easily clock up to £1200 with top notch electrics, radio, battery n charger i reckon. good to see rc on telly

be great if they covered a big race like a national one day

[MattW]

Quite easily i'd guess - if you buy car, b/l gear, lipo, KO radio etc.

[rowanp25]

good question! how do you make a cat 1200 quid? i mean the shell was still on tight so at most a 4 cell lipo saw the mamba in there....................still no where near 1200...........ah that it the accoms techniplus handset! thats some serious kit:woot:

[MRD]

I like how they're using cheapo rtr transmitters with a "£1200" CAT.

[mambamax]

what a load of crap were was they getting there facts and info from what made me laugh the most was the cost of the cars some one must be smoking some good cronic that day

[mark christopher]

to all the doubters/sceptics/wise asses
instead of knocking it why dont you all go out and do somin better............................................ .................thought not youd rather sit on your ass moaning bought what others have done!!!

see it for what it is exposure the the world of rc, on a high profile techno tv show, after all tescos do a tv for £60, but the review high end ones, so why not rc high end? it showed there is a technical side to rc and not just toys r us!(did i say it was on a tech tv show)
go check out prices rrp
car
brushless gear
lipo
servo
charger
radio

soon adds up despite what we tell our wifes!

[bondy]

Leon - RC Champion

You frikkin legend


Yes that bit alone had me on the floor laughing myself to death !!!!! :p

Tamiya's Jumping ????????? and not very far !!!! product placment me thinks!!!!!

Luckly everyone at work knows thats not the crap I get upto over the weekends !!!! thank god !!!

[dan_kitty]

not forgeting the servo probably costing over a tonne

[carter_213]

I like how they're using cheapo rtr transmitters with a "£1200" CAT.

Suzie used my KO radio all day,i saw more of that then i did myself! :eh?:

[Neil Skull]

Well i watched it and it was ok.

It really did not give a good picture or even recognise that the RCworld has a serious and strong following and that if they had tried hard they could have had some serious distance on the jumps and some serious speed with the right vehicles.

That said it is still exposure I loved the rocket car and the twin MP777 (now current guiness record holder)

believe me i have tried hard to get some more rc onto the show the best i have done so far is a review for a micro truck on the website:(

I have offered helicopters (not stupid toy ones they show every time)
Jets.
Micro racers.

It shows it is not what you can do but who you know.
All we need is a stud among rc racers to get Suzi on board! Trouble is we dont get many of those in our hobby!!!!!!

But i think we have to keep in context their reviews on stuff is always biased and does not give a complete list of stuff available.

So it is just for fun and did do a bit of promo for RC, even if they did manage to break every car they touched.

[Tim Ward]

We watched it - our daughter's boyfriend quite enjoyed it, and he has raced my spare B4 and driven my HN RX car, so he has some sense of what we do.

Exposure is always good - the only shame was a lack of mention of how to get into the sport BRCA etc. But having worked with the media a few times I know that they have a very fixed view of what they want from the item.

Well done Schumacher, Muzzy, Leon, Mac, Carter etc - any publicity at all is better than nothing.

[leon morrell]

oi you tails lol:) i pissed my self as much as you did when they said rc camp i laughed my tits off ..

but you no what tv people do with editing..

all in all it wont do our sport any harm.

regards cat price they asked how much to build my car from new to as it stood there...

tranny lipo and charger speedo etc

car £350 tranny £350 speedo £185 motor £80 lipo £75 charger £50 servo £100 pro painted shell £35


they were round figures!


if we had more than 2 days to desighn and build all three cars they would have been much faster

some good pr for schumacher and the sport in general ..

[MRD]

Agreed. At least they got people in that know the sport rather than trying to blag it. It always makes me cringe when TV shows feature stuff that they know nothing about and get every fact wrong.

[leon morrell]

yeah nice people to work with but its a shame they didnt show the other
stuff we did muzzy drove an elctriccar we built to just under 100mph that looked fast.. and she did do jumps with the cat and they were good but never showed them.

i jumped the cat and went miles but the guiness bloke said it wouldnt count because the car bounced as it landed ...


the ramp was way to steep aswell but they had a expert work it out lol :)

oh well still good for the sport.

[Rich D]

What wind was it in the CAT for the 55mph run Leon ?

What became of the monster TC that i saw on the table at Worksop with the huge Lipo ? I thought that would be going for the record.

I had to listen through one ear as had guests arrive at last minute :cry:

[leon morrell]

monster tc did just under 100 but would o0f gone faster if we had more time only had one day to do it all ..

55mph was using a orion vortex race 3.0t

[antnee]

Looked like a good day, shame I didnt end up going. Like how you schuey lads only had 2 days, we at Team Modellinc knew about it about 2 months before! :p

It was funny how they called Chris's (twin engine buggy owner) passat estate a lorry van people carrier thing! lol

[quincey]

the bit that hacked me off was the presenters kept calling them "remote" controlled cars...

[Kecky]

the bit that hacked me off was the presenters kept calling them "remote" controlled cars...


:lol::lol::lol: That terminology still bugs you doesn't it :lol:

[rcluke]

speedo £185 motor £80

well who ever bought them got well ripped off !!

if they were mamba max system

seen as they are less than £160 posted

[Chrislong]

Stop splitting hairs! :lol: Any exposure is better than no exposure, and I have massive faith that the guys gave it all to support the show - what is shown is down to the editors.

I quite enjoyed it. Didn't show as much as I expected knowing how much the lads did there.

Leon, got any sugar? :lol:

[Northy]

I think Leon looked great on camera :woot:

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[leon morrell]

Quote:
Originally Posted by leon morrell http://www.oople.com/forums/images/buttons/viewpost.gif (http://www.oople.com/forums/showthread.php?p=187404#post187404)
speedo £185 motor £80

well who ever bought them got well ripped off !!

if they were mamba max system

seen as they are less than £160 posted

check the bloody video muppet. and you will see that the rocket car used a mambe max. the buggy had a nosram matrix evo istc and apex online price is 185.24 and rrp on the orion motor is 79.99 tail. when you are willing to do it out your own pocket then feel free to do so.

cock!

[leon morrell]

northy you cant have a 12" slong and have hollywood teeth can you ..:)

[mark christopher]

well who ever bought them got well ripped off !!

if they were mamba max system

seen as they are less than £160 posted

Quote:
Originally Posted by leon morrell http://www.oople.com/forums/images/buttons/viewpost.gif (http://www.oople.com/forums/showthread.php?p=187404#post187404)
speedo £185 motor £80

well who ever bought them got well ripped off !!

if they were mamba max system

seen as they are less than £160 posted

check the bloody video muppet. and you will see that the rocket car used a mambe max. the buggy had a nosram matrix evo istc and apex online price is 185.24 and rrp on the orion motor is 79.99 tail. when you are willing to do it out your own pocket then feel free to do so.

cock!
well said leon:thumbsup:

[Northy]

northy you cant have a 12" slong and have hollywood teeth can you ..:)

Fair play Leon, you're ACE :D:D:D

G

[rcluke]

i did say "if they were using a mamba max system"

[mark christopher]

i did say "if they were using a mamba max system"
but
1/ they wernt
2/ leon allready said it had an orion in it and he was there!!

[telboy]

pro painted shell £35



HOW MUCH!! :lol:

Only joking Graham.

....wait 'til I've got mi shed sorted.:p



:woot:

I must admit, me and the missus had to rewind the sky+ when she said 'RC Champ!' and muttered the words..."Youuuuu whaaaaaat!" lol

Not a bad show though. Well done everyone involved.

[rcluke]

but
1/ they wernt
2/ leon allready said it had an orion in it and he was there!!

i know, i did read his post aswell, then i replied saying that

[Welshy40]

I was quite impressed that she almost hit 60, but then again its easily achievable as a lot of guys have done a lot more than that with a brushless system and is on you tube.

Then again as stated below not much was done in such a short time, the car didnt look like it was going that quick, it obvioulsy looked stable enough for a bit more power and would have been interesting to see how fast it would have gone if geared correctly with the correct wind (whatever that would be). It was well set up and thats why it looked like it had a lot more to give. Impressive.

[telboy]

I think it would have achieved more if there was a more experienced driver on the sticks too.

[leon morrell]

this is true i wanted to put a mamba in the buggy with the 7700kv motor and 6s lipo it would give about 150000 rpm enough for about 110 lol it was well stable at 60 when i tried it but it ran out of gear ratio..

again more time and we would have done stuff diffrent!!

[blitzboy]

HOW MUCH!! :lol:

Only joking Graham.

....wait 'til I've got mi shed sorted.:p



:woot:

I must admit, me and the missus had to rewind the sky+ when she said 'RC Champ!' and muttered the words..."Youuuuu whaaaaaat!" lol

Not a bad show though. Well done everyone involved.

mmmmmm its cold in them there sheds tel you d better wrap up warm mate or are you going fpr the sauna size shed mate :yawn: oh hurry up mate i need a holiday hahahahahahaaha

cheers fro the coverage guys nice one leon you da man

[MattADH]

After attending a previous day of filming for The Gadget Show with Phil Booth and Andy Wallis, you just know that a lot of it will be cut.

I think part of the problem is the time in which they have to film the programme and the fact that the presenters are learning all about the products. I have had calls from their researchers before the event but never after when details could be explained and put into context.

Slip-ups happen though like Suzi correctly referring to them as Radio Control car at the start...

That said, I also know Jason is a keen RC enthusiast (flyer I believe) and as excitable in real life as he appears on the TC too!

At the end of the day, TGS is trying to appeal to the newcomer and not the likes of people on this forum who can tell that the Acoms radio was not being uised with the CAT, etc.

[telboy]

mmmmmm its cold in them there sheds tel you d better wrap up warm mate or are you going fpr the sauna size shed mate :yawn: oh hurry up mate i need a holiday hahahahahahaaha

cheers fro the coverage guys nice one leon you da man

It gonna be a good un G!

I've done the shed thing before and it was a naff one and freezing in the winter. Thats why I ended up painting them in the kitchen, before our previous house move.:D

Don't worry matey, I'll be back sometime next year. At the moment then garden looks like a Jurassic Park set, so that needs sorting first.
I need to get some weed Killer off Mr Helliwell and just nuke the whole garden, before I even get any sheds on site.:lol:


Matt, did you get my change of address email?

[MattADH]

Yes I did thanks.

[IceMike]

i missed it, anyone got a link to where i can see it!!! i know there one out there just cant find it

[James]

I havent seen the show yet but reading through this thread jeez half of you guys are a whingeing lot, oh what fun it would be for a beginner reading this main 'Gadget Show' thread to buy a car and race with you.
Give the guys some cred, they made it onto a primetime show.. i'll try and get to watch it later but even if it is crap at least they got some exposure we dont get any on TV do we, i saw some of the vids before it came out which looked cool and pretty funny so the boys did sure put some time and effort in.

[JCJC]

i missed it, anyone got a link to where i can see it!!! i know there one out there just cant find it

Start here, http://www.uk-microrc.co.uk/forum/index.php?showtopic=12697&hl=gadget+show

[mark christopher]

re run on now on 5