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    my mates R/C car....1/5 scale

    him and his mate started them up in the carpark near my works...proper petrol and bloody fast....cost him 800 quid





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    Re: my mates R/C car....1/5 scale

    now thats almost what i call proper modeling... beaten only by 1/4 scale and glamour modeling

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    Re: my mates R/C car....1/5 scale

    what size is 1/4 scal then...these are the biggest ive seen....theres bigger...bloody hell
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    Re: my mates R/C car....1/5 scale

    Cool

    We had my sisters little boys 1/10th here running it in ready for tomorrow

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    yup 1/4 scale is fookin expensive. £100 for a set of rubber u can kill in a meeting. 2x £50 servo's to operate the steering. there's not much in it tbh....but it just gets more expensive when u wrap them up...and they are unboutably very very fast with either 1/5 or 1/4 scale.

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    Re: my mates R/C car....1/5 scale

    Tony,a SW migger races these.
    Heres his site
    http://www.ac-racing.com/

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    Re: my mates R/C car....1/5 scale

    John, id bet you would fit in thatlmao

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    Quote Originally Posted by jamie_f
    John, id bet you would fit in thatlmao
    Na, he wouldnt be able to reach the peddles

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    Re: my mates R/C car....1/5 scale

    im driving it to the next meet.....it accelerates to 40mph faster then my bosses vxt
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    Re: my mates R/C car....1/5 scale

    reason enough i think!

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    Re: my mates R/C car....1/5 scale

    What engines in one those beasts then ?

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    Re: my mates R/C car....1/5 scale

    and he has one if not the fastest vxt in the uk....so its pretty fast for a model.....when he masters it more i can see a bit of a race coming on lol
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    Re: my mates R/C car....1/5 scale

    i think his one is 27cc but you can get a 29cc engine aswell....well i think thats what it is....not an expert
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    1/4 racers use 43cc iirc. they are just plain mental... seen one at crystal palace...... just cant afford to run one.....they are mental!!!!!!!

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    cost more to run then the love bus eh gav....
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    Re: my mates R/C car....1/5 scale

    Wow , must really shift then

    Bet they sound ace too !

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    Re: my mates R/C car....1/5 scale

    sound brilliant...if you played out side your house soon would have the neighbours kicking off
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    Re: my mates R/C car....1/5 scale

    These are on ebay, seen a vid of them and there wicked fast and drift like a Jap
    http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...945028203&rd=1
    http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...945041017&rd=1

    But only £39 plus p+p

    Was tempted by one but gonna keep going at e turbo
    My mate reckons e only way at Santa gets all them presents delivered in one night is "cos hes got a 360bhp C20LET nova"
    Thought it might be true untill i remembered it SNOWS at Christmas , "MUST BE STILL IN A CAV"
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