Good hobby shops in PHX?

[msd44]

Well it looks like I will be in and out of PHX for most of this month and next for Buisness. Any good hobby shops that stock crawler gear? "thumbsup"

 

[rock_starr]

i know national hobbies in mesa has a few good parts and if they dont have it they try like hell to find it for you close by or will have it for you in a day or 2.

 

[msd44]

Thanks for the recommendation. So far I have stopped by Quicks here in the west valley, along with hobby town and the hobby bench. Not much luck with any of them.

 

[rock_starr]

ive learned not to go to hobby town for crawler stuff.

what do you have?

 

[msd44]

Several different rigs, a ax10 sportsman, a berg, and several scale trucks as well.

 

[Big Daddy]

I think Joe was saying SRS carried some axial stuff now. I don't know about the westside (you know how you just said that) but the only one I've been to that has anything crawler specific is National Hobby. Not a lot but something...

You gonna make any of the GTGs? Some of us scalers go out about every weekend.

 

[desertrat55]

Warehouse 3 on peoria and 19th ave in phoenix has the most axial parts in stock that i have seen in one place so far "thumbsup" "thumbsup"

its about a block north of peoria on the west side of the street behind the pawn shop (602) 870-6680 good folks "thumbsup"

Hope that helps

 

[msd44]

You gonna make any of the GTGs? Some of us scalers go out about every weekend.

I'll have to it a shot. I fly in on wens and normaly fly out Fri or Sat depending on how thing go.

 

[Big Daddy]

I think there's a night run tonight..

 

[bmuzz1]

Where is National Hobby in Mesa? I went where I remembered them being in Chandler (Dobson and Ray) and it was closed down.

 

[Big Daddy]

They closed that one and combined it in the Ellsworth and Baseline store.
Google Maps

 

[bmuzz1]

Thanks Kevin

 

[MTHead]

They closed that one and combined it in the Ellsworth and Baseline store.
Google Maps

National or "The Art of Gaming" ??

:lmao::lmao::lmao::lmao::lmao:

Now I'll let you all in on why that's funny to me.. :mrgreen: Yes, it's totally off topic but relates to them.

I was in there last week checking out Heli's and Quadcopters, spent a few
hours talking to a very nice older gentleman who was extremely helpful and
offered to assist with setting up the Flight Control system and GPS for my new Quadcopter.

I wanted to get a LiFe battery for my new Turnigy 9x TX which I added
another board too, flashed to the er9x firmware and topped off with a FrSky
Telemetry system.
(basically taking a $100.00 worth of parts and turning into a fully computer programmable TX with a 2.5km range)

I walked in toady with the TX in hand and the first guy's eyes opened up and
he said wow, that's interesting and I handed the transmitter to him to check
out. He stated we should have something that will fit and set the transmitter
down on the counter.

The second guy picked the transmitter up from the counter and said "I learned something about these radios, they're ILLEGAL in the USA"
and proceeded to thunk my radio on the counter and walked off.

Now I remember seeing something about FCC when I was looking into this
setup but wasn't 100% sure what it was so I held back on a comment (I know, not like me huh?)

As soon as I got home I popped the module out and sure as sh!t there is an
FCC number on it, looking further into it just to make sure I checked FrSky's
website and behold they even have there certificates from our FCC on file to view
Certificate-Model designing and manufacturing | FrSky Electronic Co., Ltd. | professional manufacturer of transmitter modules and receivers

Now comes the good part, I went to send an pleasant email to National about
dissing a customers equipment without the facts but upon looking them up couldn't find a website, only a facebook page.. :roll:
I did happen to find them listed in the "National Retail Hobby Stores
Association" but they are listed as:

"TAG The Art of Gaming DBA National Hobbies"

Fawkers can't even run under their own name but can diss my equipment?

:lmao:

Rant off.. Well until tomorrow when I take the copies of the FCC grant to them.. :mrgreen:

Yes I feel better.. "thumbsup"

 

[joe daigle jr]

Wow some guys there know their stuff and others well... lets just say I held my breath especially when I asked the kid about a 48 pitch 5mm shaft pinion and hear umm I 'm not sure. At least he did look thru all the pinions and kept trying to give me 32 PITCH GEAR When I asked for a 48 pitch. And just like you john I didn't go off on him either we must be getting old lol

 

[jamesdicken]

Yes I feel better.. "thumbsup"

that radio is a piece of crap!