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Model Forum / Radio Controlled / Land Models / July 2005What is a good RC car for fun driving?
I have raced a lot of RC cars when I was young. Even tough I have been out of the hobby, I have a lot of experience with RC cars. 3 of my friends and I would like to buy identical RC cars that we could run for fun racing on an asphalt parking lot. My 3 friends have no RC experience but are mechanically inclined. What would be a good reliable car? > I have raced a lot of RC cars when I was young. Even tough I have been out > of the hobby, I have a lot of experience with RC cars. 3 of my friends and I [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > What would be a good reliable car? 1/8th scale buggy nitro: <http://www.horizonhobby.com/Shop/ByCategory/Product/Default.aspx?ProdID= SWK1200> practically indestructible nitro Monster truck...see the RTR Savage 25: http://hpiracing.com 1/10th scale RTR Electric Stadium Truck: http://rc10.com/shusting/CatalogHub/kitspecs_t4/rc10t4_kits.htm If you want to run Stadium truck get a Losi! >> I have raced a lot of RC cars when I was young. Even tough I have been >> out [quoted text clipped - 20 lines] > > http://rc10.com/shusting/CatalogHub/kitspecs_t4/rc10t4_kits.htm Rick, It's called Team LOSER at our track Ha! > If you want to run Stadium truck get a Losi! > > [quoted text clipped - 22 lines] > > > > http://rc10.com/shusting/CatalogHub/kitspecs_t4/rc10t4_kits.htm > I have raced a lot of RC cars when I was young. Even tough I have been out > of the hobby, I have a lot of experience with RC cars. 3 of my friends and I [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > What would be a good reliable car? If they have no experience, then go with the Trinity T-Spec cars. They aren't as adjustable as the high dollar cars, but they'll be cheap enough to get into the sport, and you don't need to be playing too much with caster and camber before you really get the feel of the car. They also take standard electronics, so you can upgrade your electronics piecemeal before you decide to upgrade to a high-dollar chassis. Bear in mind that the high dollar chassis will only give you a few ounces weight savings, and they'll be much harder to keep the suspension tuned perfectly. The T-Specs are really good starter cars. Justin >> I have raced a lot of RC cars when I was young. Even tough I have been out >> of the hobby, I have a lot of experience with RC cars. 3 of my friends and I >> would like to buy identical RC cars that we could run for fun racing on an >> asphalt parking lot. My 3 friends have no RC experience but are mechanically >> inclined. >> What would be a good reliable car? >If they have no experience, then go with the Trinity T-Spec cars. They >aren't as adjustable as the high dollar cars, but they'll be cheap [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] >weight savings, and they'll be much harder to keep the suspension tuned >perfectly. The T-Specs are really good starter cars. The T-Spec looks good, but I have not seen the manual yet. I would suggest that you get some of the Tamiya Touring Car kits. The quality of Tamiya in lower cost kits is about the best you can get for the money. They are fairly uniformly well supported for spare parts around the world. If you guys get interested in hopping them up, the have pretty much the largest array of hop-ups available, and most of those hop-ups are in Tamiya's warehouse. Most importantly, the manual and available documents from Tamiya are pretty much a beginner's guide for building, maintaining, racing and upgrading. I would not necessarily buy all the Tamiya stuff, but at least you will have a good idea of what is worth doing. The T-Spec does not have any hop-ups yet -- only spare parts. For your use, from the currently available products I would guess that a TB-02 - based car would be a good starting car. However, I would add that by the end of this year I expect to see an new chassis which should be a bit better than TB-02, so you might want to delay for a while. I would really avoid any of the trucks that have been recommended. For asphalt, they will be fun for about an hour, before you guys realize how badly they handle. >>>I have raced a lot of RC cars when I was young. Even tough I have been out >>>of the hobby, I have a lot of experience with RC cars. 3 of my friends and I [quoted text clipped - 36 lines] > For asphalt, they will be fun for about an hour, before you guys > realize how badly they handle. If you get a chassis with hop-ups available, then don't be surprised when the money man comes to the track with a rediculously blinged out car, and struts it all over the place. Things like aluminum and graphite bits with titanium thrown in. Just remember that a new $20 body will make any car look as good as the one next to it, regardless of the expensive hop-ups under the hood. I personally hate hop-up wars, because all they prove is that money can buy you prestige. That's why I liked the T-Spec. Tamiya does make some great cars, and Jimomura's suggested car is perfectly good for startups also. Justin All RC stuff breaks! Find a hobby shop and see what they have the most available parts and upgrades for and then talk among yourselves and go from there! Not much fun if you can't get parts! All it will cost you is money! -- Steve I bought a Traxxas electric Stampede. I let my co-workers drive it. Within a week they both had one. We have a blast driving them in the parking lot, dirt fields, etc. Now its who can have the fastest truck. I chose Traxxas because parts are everywhere. I bought a Traxxas electric Stampede. I let my co-workers drive it. Within a week they both had one. We have a blast driving them in the parking lot, dirt fields, etc. Now its who can have the fastest truck. I chose Traxxas because parts are everywhere. How's that glitching issue doing? John >I bought a Traxxas electric Stampede. I let my co-workers drive it. > Within a week they both had one. We have a blast driving them in the > parking lot, dirt fields, etc. Now its who can have the fastest truck. > > I chose Traxxas because parts are everywhere. > How's that glitching issue doing? > > John I haven't worked on improving that as of yet. I am just driving it within the safe zone. Other than that, I really like the almost 0 mantainence of the brushless system. Find a track near you - spend a couple of hours checking things out and see what you like and what others are racing. I know you said running it on the road but a time will come where you might want to mix it up with others and you want to ensure you are in a class with other drivers and parts & advise will be there for you when you need them. >> How's that glitching issue doing? >> [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > within the safe zone. Other than that, I really like the almost 0 > mantainence of the brushless system. > Find a track near you - spend a couple of hours checking things out and > see what you like and what others are racing. I know you said running it > on the road but a time will come where you might want to mix it up with > others and you want to ensure you are in a class with other drivers and > parts & advise will be there for you when you need them. A little late for me to check around because I've already bought my car, it is a stadium racer by Traxxas, the Rustler. Is this a decent RC truck? Either way I have fun right now, but like you mention I wish I could race with others. >>> How's that glitching issue doing? >>> [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] >> within the safe zone. Other than that, I really like the almost 0 >> mantainence of the brushless system. > I have raced a lot of RC cars when I was young. Even tough I have been out > of the hobby, I have a lot of experience with RC cars. 3 of my friends and I > would like to buy identical RC cars that we could run for fun racing on an > asphalt parking lot. My 3 friends have no RC experience but are mechanically > inclined. If people don't have experience, start with Electric. Nitro just gives people another way to get things messed up. I'd go 1/10 4WD Touring because of the wide variety of car bodies available. Get a basic car that you can upgrade if that's what your group wants to do. Go for bearings and fixed suspension links to start. If people want, it's easy to swap the fixed links to adjustables and so forth at a later date. Pro kits will simply give a newbie more ways to screw things up. HPI makes a pretty good, reliable car. I'd probably go with HPI RTR Sprint cars.  Signature--- John Hwang "JohnHwang...@cs.com.no.com" \-|-/ | A.K.D. F.E.M.C. | Horned Blood Cross Terror LED Speed Jagd Destiny |
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