young un Posted April 15, 2008 Report Posted April 15, 2008 i want to drift in my Tamiya TT01 rc car but i want to do it without spending any money! i dont want to buy expensive drift tyres and have tried the electrical tape round the wheels and all it does is make it do 360 spins - you cant hang it sideways. or is it just me and i need more practise?? the roads out side my house are quite smooth so i have an ok place to practise. cheers in advance guys
bmxdave Posted April 15, 2008 Report Posted April 15, 2008 Get on ebay and buy some pvc or abs tyres. Theyre not expensive at all. I think i got 12 for a fiver once. Unless you go out to b+q or somewhere similar and take a wheel and match it up to a plastic tube. Make sure it fits on but isnt too tight or too loose, then put some duct tape or glue on the wheel and stick the tube over it and cut it to length. The car will understeer but its far better for skidding, and the car handles a bit more realistic in my opinion. After that try blue tacking your rear diff to get more skiddyness and try the front and mix n match.
young un Posted April 15, 2008 Author Report Posted April 15, 2008 i was thinking maybe more it was my driving style i tend to have it on full throttle all the time
X-pack-Glyn Posted April 15, 2008 Report Posted April 15, 2008 Wrap PVC (ellectrical tape) around the tyres mate, we used to do this at some carpet RC events for drifting, works just as well as the propper wheels tou can buy
X-pack-Glyn Posted April 15, 2008 Report Posted April 15, 2008 Hmmm, just read you allreadt tried it, well, the trick is you are trying to hold it on full thrittle and steer, the right way of doing it is hold it on full lock for the whole drift and use the power to determine the grip level, the lower you let the motor revs drop the more it will grip... it can be mastered with practise.
young un Posted April 15, 2008 Author Report Posted April 15, 2008 but doing tht it just seems to do a 360 - or is because im starting of too fast??
X-pack-Glyn Posted April 15, 2008 Report Posted April 15, 2008 you giving it too much power mate, keep the revs low, and as you master it you start to raise em, drift RC cars are great fun but il tell you now to go flat out in a staright line is allmost impossible.... its all to do with polar linear motion mate just stick at it and use the power as well as the steering, remember the thottle on these cars is digital proportional, that means it variable, its not simply an on - off switch...
young un Posted April 16, 2008 Author Report Posted April 16, 2008 So do you think i should be pratising in my garden on the patio or out on the open road or going round corners out on the open road??
bmxdave Posted April 16, 2008 Report Posted April 16, 2008 Practice will help a lot. It is very much aboiut throttle though. The way i always did it was to go into the corner half speed, lift off the throttle and steer and just as it started to grip full thottle until it slides then gradually lift off the throttle and then balance it with throttle. You could try the old left right too but only if you can get grip, you can use less throttle too. Although these are 1:10 scale models, they dont behave completely like real cars, so you cant use the weight inertia to drift, but if you drive it in a similar manner you can get it to skid properly.
young un Posted April 16, 2008 Author Report Posted April 16, 2008 by left right do you mean i little flick?? i tend to do tht most times but i just end up drifting round in a circle on full opposite lock - perhaps wen someone next is drifting they could take a vid of wt they are doing on the controls and wts happenin to the car
young un Posted April 17, 2008 Author Report Posted April 17, 2008 And does anyone know of any rc car forums where i could perhaps get some advise about drifting and stuff. cus i also wanna start adding hop ups to my car
young un Posted April 18, 2008 Author Report Posted April 18, 2008 couldn't find the forum on tht one - or isnt there one are there any tht have forums
bmxdave Posted April 18, 2008 Report Posted April 18, 2008 www.drccentral.co.uk If its not .co.uk itll be .com. Thats where i used to go.
100e jake Posted April 19, 2008 Report Posted April 19, 2008 you should get a petrol car they are way easy to drift especially my one mine is a hpi rush evo its rwd and comes with a lsd i tightned my lsd and you just about rev it as it just hangs out if you got some spare money you should by one there also good for jumping aswell they go about 40 there a brilliant little car i paid 185 for mine
X-pack-Glyn Posted April 19, 2008 Report Posted April 19, 2008 you should get a petrol car they are way easy to drift especially my one mine is a hpi rush evo its rwd and comes with a lsd i tightned my lsd and you just about rev it as it just hangs out if you got some spare money you should by one there also good for jumping aswell they go about 40 there a brilliant little car i paid 185 for mine hpi rush is nitro though isnt it? the only petrol hpi make is the baja, about 700 quid, way overpriced compared to the superior marder cars. ive got a couple of petrols, FG marder and an FG sportline mk1 capri. nitros around a couple of hundred are ok, but petrol ones are very expensive, my largescale capri cost £1800 to build and the marder ready to race was a grand.
5hane Posted April 21, 2008 Report Posted April 21, 2008 lock up the rear diff. get some screws and snap en to little bits and cram em into the diff (should all be metal parts) but u will need to keep checking them as they do start to get loose
young un Posted April 21, 2008 Author Report Posted April 21, 2008 lock up the rear diff. get some screws and snap en to little bits and cram em into the diff (should all be metal parts) but u will need to keep checking them as they do start to get loose im not sure about the back but i know tht the front is plastic so dont sound like a good idea lol
5hane Posted April 21, 2008 Report Posted April 21, 2008 the surround (if same as mine) is plastic but the atuall diff is metal. also i removed the front one (rwd )
young un Posted April 21, 2008 Author Report Posted April 21, 2008 well all the gears and stuff in mine are plastic - well at the front they are
omj624p Posted May 19, 2008 Report Posted May 19, 2008 You car looks a bit like mine. Have a look at this vid, it's the best I've managed so far... http://www.steve-john.co.uk/escort-site ... drift3.wmv I found with the standard battery pack I wasnt getting the power, so I put in a bigger battery (2200mAh Lipo from my helicopter!!!) I didnt need tape round the tyres, thats just standard tyres on tarmac. It's not too bad really, but id really does wear them out quickly. Slightly damp tarmac also helps And as been said earlier, dont keep it on full throttle, you'll get the hang of it with practice. Steve
omj624p Posted May 19, 2008 Report Posted May 19, 2008 This is on carpet with tape round the tyres. It took me ages to get the hang of this in such a small area... http://www.steve-john.co.uk/escort-site ... doors3.wmv It's all to do with balancing the steering and the throttle, and not getting dis-orientated as it's spinning Mind you, it's easy compared to flying a helicopter Hope this helps. Steve
mk3tina Posted May 21, 2008 Report Posted May 21, 2008 get a nitro one, ive got 2 but the one im talking about is a thunder tiger TS4N, cheap to buy second hand off ebay and do the job, really easy to drift them and if you do balls it up and smash it to bits the parts are cheap, a new one ready to run is only about £180
X-pack-Glyn Posted May 21, 2008 Report Posted May 21, 2008 Get an FG, rwd and about 9 bhp at 21,000 rpm when tooned up, thats a power to wieght of around 1100 bhp per tonne
hotrodholty Posted May 22, 2008 Report Posted May 22, 2008 found this site, may be of some use to you mate http://www.rcdrift-fr.com/
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