R.C. Cars

greeny · Post by **greeny** » Sun Feb 11, 2007 6:05 pm

Yeah took the Buggy out for a spin yesterday and had a bash. End result, Broken front left lower arm, bent a couple bolts and tore the rear suspension mount off the diff again. And the front diff is binding a little so i guess i am going to have to strip it too.
Sorry no pics, too busy driving or fixing.

Got to love off road rc cars.

WRT_GPX · Post by **WRT_GPX** » Sun Feb 11, 2007 7:27 pm

how much bashing did you do?

i have a cheap tamiya kit as my "basher" .. its dont everything with no breakages.

even 10 foot drops into concrete

Draven · Post by **Draven** » Sun Feb 11, 2007 7:28 pm

My rc goes pretty well i cant wait til i can get it out on a large area

greeny · Post by **greeny** » Sun Feb 11, 2007 8:00 pm

WRT_GPX wrote:how much bashing did you do?

Thats all we really do. Not into racing, most of the guys i have meet that race take it all far to serious.

Breakages happened mainly cause i was trying to get backflips sorted and looking at the pics i have posted you can see i am not afraid to hit a jump.

Draven · Post by **Draven** » Sun Feb 11, 2007 9:07 pm

wanna see RC bashing? Have a look at this lol http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QADldgFHvD4

al9 · Post by **al9** » Sun Feb 11, 2007 10:49 pm

cool vid draven, suprised it still ran after too lol

R3Dknight wrote:Yeah I do R/C drift racing, here are some pics.

Are they 4wd cars? i understand something is done to the rear wheels to make them slip. At the moment my cen had lost its 4wd and is only driving the rears at the moment. Impossible to control. Even at 30 or so kph i gas it and it spins up and trys to do its own thing.

Anyone bought the cheap nitro cars off ebay that are going for 250 or so? Im hesitent to buy one as they prob would be shit and not last long. And parts wouldnt be available. Im after a monster truck style rc and want to spend around 200 including the controller (not prepared to spend 600 again lol). So if anyone knows of any elictric or nitros that suits my needs and budget gives me a heads up

Draven · Post by **Draven** » Sun Feb 11, 2007 11:46 pm

Yeah if you watch the whole clip it shows him drive it as soon as it land lol

My nitro car is a cheap version of them, as usual you get what you pay for, but its a great car, and if you do buy a cheaper version of one and something does break on it, just go to you nearest hobbie shop or jump on ebay and replace the part with a better brand part...

WRT_GPX · Post by **WRT_GPX** » Mon Feb 12, 2007 12:43 am

drifting is just 4wd electric cars with pvc pipe for tyres. or electricaal tape. nitro gets abused too hard and is too fragile for drift.

and the cheap ebay cars... ok if you follow maintainance EXACTLY but fall apart instantly if you dont.

Draven · Post by **Draven** » Mon Feb 12, 2007 8:30 am

not just for electric cars, alot of guys prefer the nitro cars for drifting

R3Dknight · Post by **R3Dknight** » Mon Feb 12, 2007 11:12 am

WRT_GPX wrote:drifting is just 4wd electric cars with pvc pipe for tyres. or electricaal tape. nitro gets abused too hard and is too fragile for drift.

and the cheap ebay cars... ok if you follow maintainance EXACTLY but fall apart instantly if you dont.

No they are not, a fair few guys use nitro for drift

ozx6r · Post by **ozx6r** » Mon Feb 12, 2007 12:24 pm

is there any oil on that filter???

Draven · Post by **Draven** » Tue Feb 13, 2007 3:13 pm

nah that was when it came out of the box