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About LinkBacksYou could do a lot of that on my old ESC, except you couldn't do reverse. lmao
You could do a lot of that on my old ESC, except you couldn't do reverse. lmao
You only have to do a very few things right in your life so long as you don't do too many things wrong.
Warren Buffett.
I've always raced nitro and can't really say too much about electric cars.Originally Posted by wayne451
Are you just talking in terms of petrol cars there?
I will happily admit that I have NEVER raced a petrol car, I have only raced electric and that is going back about 12 years ago (I did so for about 10 years).
I would agree with your comments on Tamiya as I personally think they are **** (have to buy a spur pack when you break the same part every time) but saying Kyosho are crap is very naive, when I used to boss my local circuits with one or two. Infact, my chassis was that developed back then I think I could now with the right technology banged in it.
Agree 110% on the local track thing as there is no point in being the only person racing a certain model because if you bash it your night is over.
Kerr, don't think I am pulling you up as I have posted most of the points you have over the years on here.
Electric cars offer that amazing punch off the corners but they can't replicate the noise or smell of.
That's another thing if you are wanting a car to drive around the block, nitro cars will piss the neighbours off. They are rather loud.
Some nice vids to watch Greatest RC Touring Car Race Ever! - IFMAR 1/10th World championships A final leg 3 - From RC Racing - YouTube Electric 1/10 scale touring cars.
Nice drifting RC Drifting - YouTube
or some nitro action 1/10th scale Rc Nitro Touring Car race - YouTube
I really enjoyed my racing over the years. Now it's just sim racing at iRacing.com
Yeah but I used to race indoors. That's something you can't do with nitro cars.
My cars are still MINT now as I used to race on carpet.
I used to get really pissed off if something scratched my chassis. lmao
You only have to do a very few things right in your life so long as you don't do too many things wrong.
Warren Buffett.
Some videos of indoor nitro racing on YouTube. Never heard of it before and it's stupid. The fumes are really strong.
First ever run in my old NTC3 taking it around the local car park I suffered radio runaway. Something went wrong(failsafe never kicked in) and I had to watch it fizz by me out the car park on to the industrial estate roads. After a bit of bumping and banging it went head in into the kerb flat out.
Saved the engine and electrics and not much else. Chassis was like a banana and most plastic parts cracked.
It's not a cheap hobby.
One guy came from banger stock car racing. He ended up going back as the models were more expensive to race at club level!
ive only raced in ther brca and still do
race on carpet with foam tyres as wayne said they dont scratch the chassis as mines real carbon fiber bout £350 rolling chassis lol
make the uk a better place, break a boat aka calibra :)
I used to race indoors on wood back in the day, I only had my Tamiya TL01, I could never afford to buy anything better, with some minor upgrades (oil shocks/M-Troniks ESC). I didn't even have the proper tyres so used rally blocks lmao. I used to get some really good results though and it was great fun, the cars were rarely in a straight line! I think it was about £5 a race night too.
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brca lipos
and big 5200 45c lipos for messing round lol
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make the uk a better place, break a boat aka calibra :)
are these yours ian?These are just great . . .
Loving the cav bodies..how cool. I've got a Tamyia Calsonic skyline with a gt tuned motor, oil shocks, 3500 racing pack ect...it's under the bed doing nothing at the mo.
Welcome to the jungle we've got fun and games.
these cav's are cool as.
I've got a 1/5th scale Petrol RC car with a German DTM Vectra shell on it (but of course!), they are great fun, quite big, but probably not for very young kids, definately for kids 11+ as they are quite powerful for their size and can hit 80MPH, seriously! There's a place in Germany where I got mine from, called Hobbythek rc-car-online.de - RC Car Shop Hobbythek - Startseite, it will come up in German but there's an English option and remember they charge in Euros, when I got mine it was very favourable but I'm not sure now with the crisis. I also have a Tamiya TT01 with all the upgrade bits on it, build it up from a kit, it can be fun to do!
Still got a brand new drift electric RC car up the workshop somewhere. About 5 years old and unused waiting for me to buy radio gear and a motor for it. Didn't know what I needed to buy.
Roll on Billing 2012 the dodgems are coming!!
Hell no Iain , I wish .
I canny invest in ya and for that reason , I'm oot .
After wanting one since the childhood one i had. A quick look on fleabay produced a second hand good condition tamiya ta-03. 4wd belt driven and plenty quick enough. It came with everything you would need and cost £50. Definitely recommend second hand for first car. You can get a feel for it and if you get bored with it not much spent. Also doesn't matter if it repeatedly hits several walls in short succession.
Agreed on buying 2nd hand, that's how i bought my 2wd X2C:
Over £600 worth, paid well under half for it.
Wouldn't be so willing to go 2nd hand with nitro/rallyX personally, i try to buy new.
Mk2 3.0 V6...13.907@100.66
14.166@102.97 D'oh !
I got a petrol rc Subaru just been rebuilt
It's a working progress!!
dug these out for show season to sit on ym rear shelf lol
make the uk a better place, break a boat aka calibra :)
Had a few of these, Nitro version ones... Great untill the batterys get low inside the car for the RC... Doing your last lap up the long straight and...... nope the RCs not working... neeeeeeeerrrrrrrrr BANG, Smash
LOVE VAUXHALLS, HATE THEIR GEARBOXES!!!!
That's all I wanted was these to go on my parcel shelf, your so lucky sim
It's a working progress!!
Then you buy a fail safe that applys the brakes in case of signal failure/low batteries.
That Cav looks ace!
One dog goes one way and the other goes the other.
And this guy's saying, "Whaddya want from me?"
yeah..... should really be built in on a £400 RC car though imo
LOVE VAUXHALLS, HATE THEIR GEARBOXES!!!!
^^^ youb be sursprised fella
make the uk a better place, break a boat aka calibra :)
My Traxxas Revo 3.3 had one built inAlthough for the sake of what they cost, they're very much worth it!
I've not used my RC cars in about 2 years
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ok ive just got hold of a nitro rc car but im struggling to identify it anyone on here got any ideas
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