r/c drift cars

[geoffersmasher]

i love rc drift been after an ae86 for ages but aint had the bunce

 

 

as for rc geeks

 

 

 

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GpbDqQq2ino

[omj624p]

you didnt get my old schumacher chassis as well did you, that was my first indoor touring car chassis, i did loads of events with that.

 

I missed this question first time round. Yep, I got the chassis too. It's running well still

[Daggle]

If I was to go for something as a bit of a first timer, then what should I go for, electric, nitro or petrol, just fancy building something up from scratch

[bmxdave]

Get a TT-01 on ebay for about £40-£60 (last time i looked) and build it up. You need to buy a controller too with that aswell as a battery and charger and sort some tyres out. You can buy full ready to go kits for the price of doing it yourself but youll have better gear if you do it yourself.

 

Have a few goes at it and if needs be stick some bluetack in a diff or two. Then you can start upgrading with adjustable suspension, spring sets, ali prop and running gear. Their just like mini cars underneath.

[X-pack-Glyn]

If I was to go for something as a bit of a first timer, then what should I go for, electric, nitro or petrol, just fancy building something up from scratch

 

Tamiya ellectric daggle, cheap and easy, trouble free build and ellectric is 100 % reliable, all the tamiya models are fully upgradeable.

up to you what model to go for but an off roader is far more versatile, the onroads needs a big smooth car park to run on.

for a first time car id sa the best fn you can have is a monster truck in 2wd format, but id recommend 2-3 3000mah NiMH battieries and a fast charger (the best betteries give 20 mins of run time so 3 will give you an hour), you can run these cars anywhere with no problems.

 

after that you can go for a nitro, the engines rev to around 36000 rpm and kick out around 2.5 bhp...they are highly over stressed bits of kit and nitro cars regualar shake all the bolts out, stall, pull starts break and they need constand fettling to keep in tune, on the upside they are stupidly fast and when they do run right are good fun, the glow fuel is about 10 quid a litre and you do get through it a bit, sadly most nitros are ready built so you do loose the enjoyment of building, these are fairly safe to run in the park but technicly illegal as they have an engine.

 

most petrols are ready built, chiniese copys (rubbish) start at around 330 quid for a ready to run, personally id go fr a propper german built FG car, be warned they are serious money, my largescale capri has had 1800 quid off me so far, has vented discs and a real LSD, and eats rear tyres at 60 quid a pop they aint cheap. the engines start at 23cc and go right up to 33, the states of tune are endless and these things should carry a goverment health waring at power to wieght ratios of u to and beyond 1000bhp per tonne, so dont run one of these in a public park, the cars wiegh around 50-60lbs and can do in exces of 60 mpg, hitting a person with on dont bare thinking about.

 

For a good starter car go to time tunnel models in stevenage, as they cater very well for the beginer to the sport and give good advice, if you wana know anymore PM me.

 

be warned, whatever you get these things are massivly addictive, i spent over £10,000 in one season of 1/8th scale rallycross racing before i got sponsorship in largescale RC, given it all up now due to family and lack of time .

[X-pack-Glyn]

you didnt get my old schumacher chassis as well did you, that was my first indoor touring car chassis, i did loads of events with that.

 

I missed this question first time round. Yep, I got the chassis too. It's running well still

 

Cool, well dont go glueing the diffs up, the diffs in it dont have gears, its got upgraded ball race diffs, very expensive

[cisco24uk]

We should get all these cars out next time we have a meet at boxhill or something and have a burn up.

[stevepeanut]

got an email off kamtec today

 

"Hi Steve, We do a MkII RS2000 in 1:12 scale, 5.49 in white abs plastic pluscarriage"

 

might get myself one

 

ps thats just the bodyshell

[X-pack-Glyn]

For the ultimate in RC drift cars you want an MCD on road, 4x4 shaft driven 26cc power... but, the basic model starts at a grand.

 

Update, you can now convert a marder to 4x4 using a kit at about 200 quid, im converting one right now for a customer, also using alloy split rims and a qtr scale mini hot rod shell, it will have split rims on it, discs all round and a 27cc upgrade and tuned pipe, will have an LSD in the rear and open at the front, will try and get some pics up soon.

[omj624p]

All you really need for drifting is a wood laminate flooring and an understanding girlfriend

 

 

[stevepeanut]

thats mint

[X-pack-Glyn]

Ive still got s sticker set for that shell mate for changing the grille and lights to the earlier type if you want em il post em to you...

 

Sorry about the paint, not sure what happened there as it was supposed to be bright orange.

[GT_lenny]

just read through this thread and most of may as well be in french

 

i like r/c cars though but no not a lot about them- i've got a tamiya lunchbox

[X-pack-Glyn]

just read through this thread and most of may as well be in french

 

i like r/c cars though but no not a lot about them- i've got a tamiya lunchbox

 

80s originals are worth good money now

or is uit a re release?

 

ive got original hornet, grasshopper and frog, and the original frog, hornet and brat.

got original in the box unbuilt scorcher that cost me a grand... i may build it one day but once built its value drops a bit, hard to know what to do.

[omj624p]

Ive still got s sticker set for that shell mate for changing the grille and lights to the earlier type if you want em il post em to you...

 

Sorry about the paint, not sure what happened there as it was supposed to be bright orange.

 

Cheers, I'll PM you my address.

 

The colour is fine It's usually 'wet mud' colour anyway.

[mk2Jordan]

is any 1 selling an electric car cheap cause i can not afford any thing in the shops

[tazrocks88]

personally i prefer this sort of drifting thats why i have a traxxas revo 4x4 nitro truck with the bonus of reverse as standard just need a bigger space

 

[NginEEr]

i loved my savage i had. i was always more of a fan of jumping them take them to a local skate park or make wooden ramps n watch em fly i got it into my head that i wanted to jum,p a house with it like this nutter did...

 

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=fd_nJLPa-CY

 

i also got a thunder tiger ssk v2 piece of crap i cant complain i got it off the snap on man for nothing and came with a fancy shell but my brother got his hands onm it and took the head off and i cant seem to make it get compression any more no matter what i doo :/. thats and the fact it eats drive shafts. i must have about £1000 in a free car that ive hardly used. ive now went and bought a helicopter but havent had the bottle to fly it quite yet

[omj624p]

ive now went and bought a helicopter but havent had the bottle to fly it quite yet

 

What one did you get? I fly helis all the time.

[D4N]

I have a tc3 for sale.. £50

Loads of spares

Needs a battery charger to work and a tiny bit of soldering.

Brand new never used speed controller worth £17.99

All the spare parts be nearly worth £50..

[X-pack-Glyn]

I have a tc3 for sale.. £50

Loads of spares

Needs a battery charger to work and a tiny bit of soldering.

Brand new never used speed controller worth £17.99

All the spare parts be nearly worth £50..

 

T27 tyres... someone was into indoor touring car racing then

 

the TC3 was a good chassis in its day too