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Rebelrc 30-04-2012 11:30 AM

What's the youngest Rc driver you've seen
 
As title says
Who and where are they now?

bigred5765 30-04-2012 12:14 PM

i believe dave bailey started out at 3 years old
though im sure someone in the know will correct me

tisher 30-04-2012 01:36 PM

my lad started at just before his 6th birthday:)

Mrs oOple 30-04-2012 02:09 PM

I'm in the process of training up my 2 year old nephew - he's better than me already :D

:thumbsup:

budfish 30-04-2012 03:20 PM

My little boy is 4 I want him to start racing but I don't think he is old enough to understand the format I've currently got him practicing with a tomy gx buggy just to get him use to the trigger and wheel I've got a losi mini8 for when he's competent enough to control it.

I hope it's sooner than later then I can race more often with out bearing a financial penalty off the mrs!!!!

Buds

Rebelrc 30-04-2012 06:54 PM

My little Man is now 6 months old ( Monty )
He can not walk , talk, or crawl but some how he knows that pull the trigger and the car moves
He was introduced yesterday to an old Losi miniT
His eyes lit up and he was shaking with excitement lol

Dudders 30-04-2012 06:58 PM

My Son Harry raced his first meeting at TORCH in late 2010 when he was 5!

lardy37 30-04-2012 08:45 PM

my 3 year old daughter has a 30yr old mardave and an ftx blaze but unfortunatly she just finds it funny to drive into things but she does do it on purpose so she knows what she is doing :cry:

nobby 01-05-2012 02:06 PM

David Spashett started when he was 5 years old.
He didn't do to bad:thumbsup:
He's racing 12th again after an 8 year rest, and he works at horizon hobbies.

rcpower 01-05-2012 05:26 PM

My son is 6 years and 2 months old, has already done 4 regional club races (and a lot of practice sessions) We live in Belgium.
Last weekend he finished third in the rookie class out of 6 drivers. His laptimes are still inconsistent, but from the other side, his fastest laps were only 5 sec slower than mine(I did 25sec laps, he 29secs) He currently drives an FS2 with an orion 8.5 motor and 45c lipos.

He was under 3 when I first bought him a Mini-Z monster for indoors. At 4 I gave him a losi mini-t, soon followed by an ansmann mad rat and quickly after that my old RB5 and with that car I took him to the local dirt track. The beginning however was really difficult(transmitters too big for his tiny hands, running into everything) He then started to drive in my backyard(almost everyday) I never let him drive into the wild - I always made some sort of track(sometimes just with buckets). At that point he had the basics you know(left seemed right when you are running towards you ;-) I bought him a new transmitter(spektrum DX3C and I modified the throttle trigger a bit too suit his little hands). At the buggytrack It was still a little difficult(2WD) with his point and shoot style so I gave him a lazer 4WD. From that point on he made huge progress. At my local dirt track with superjumps he currently drives an FS with a 7.5 orion and 45C batteries. I am a former national champion nitro onroad(only driving buggy since 2 years, I am currently ranked 5th in our Nationals). I expect my son, if he continues(you never know with young children, interest may vary fast) to be better than me within the next three years.

Rebelrc 01-05-2012 05:45 PM

Wow!
Sounds like a champ in the making!:thumbsup:

Tractor Boy 01-05-2012 05:52 PM

My son Klye Moon has been racing at FORCC since he was 6 years of age along side his twin sister Jodie Moon, he,s not to bad and maybe just maybe he will beat me one day but he is not that good just yet to race at my standard.

Regards Alan

Rebelrc 01-05-2012 06:52 PM

You wish Alan!
Kyle kicks maximum arse everywhere he races

Body Paint 01-05-2012 10:04 PM

My mum was racing a few weeks before I was born, does that count?

JohnM 02-05-2012 05:54 AM

I first met David Orbell back when he was around 5 years old, still looks much the same, just much taller:lol:

Cooper 02-05-2012 08:23 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Body Paint (Post 650366)
My mum was racing a few weeks before I was born, does that count?

like :thumbsup:

Smurfster 19-05-2012 07:02 AM

Currently getting my 2 year old daughter started.


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