Who R/C Cars here?

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>>14035558
RC tanks>RC cars

Too bad these things costs more than most of the shitboxes people on /o/ owns.

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>>14035558
I wouldn't mind getting into RC cars, it looks fun doing them up and modifying them and stuff. But I dunno if I would ever go race them, and i think drifting around parking lots would end up getting boring after a while.

>>14035652
That is cool as fuck

>pic of my mates RC supra

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I was at one point in time. And getting to know the area of the city I'm in I found a RC hobby shop a few blocks from my house.

Might check it out and start up again.

>>14035967
do they not include inner chassis covers anymore to protect the drive gears/shaft/belt ?

my old HPI RS4 had an under tray with top that totally enclosed the electronics and drive belts to protect it from dirt/mud/stones

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>>14036001
I had a lot of RC cars, usually got a new one every 3 years or so to keep up with what was being raced. The 1/18th onroad was really popular here

One of my colleagues is very into RC cars.
He went into national championships and spends way too much money on those cars.

They are amazing little machines tho, the ones that are made to be competitive are as customizable as real race cars.
Camber, caster, ride height, kingpin, ackerman, fast and slow damping, weight bias, spring rates, tire compounds and additives to put on tires (which are accepted in competitions apparently), extensive engine tuning, extensive customisation of the way servos work, respond and filter your inputs. There is almost nothing that cannot be set up as you like, they even have fucking pit stops during races.

It's amazing to look at them racing, but as many hobbies it can be a money pit when taken seriously.

>>14038868
still 100 times cheaper than real car racing.

>>14038880
Oh well that's for sure.
Still pretty expensive tho, I've heard people racing RC cars in world championships spend the better part of $100k for each season on those things. Those are levels where you start having to deal with sponsorships and legit teams to even have an hope of being competitive.

I have a Tamiya Frog, love the little thing but always forget i have it. I like the classic ones more than the new ones.

>>14035558

R/C cars are hella cool to a point. If you've spent more than a grand on one, then you're moving into the territory where you could have bought yourself a real motorcycle which is infinitely cooler and more fun than a toy car.

>>14040624
i have both and get much more joy out of the R/C cars than either my vtwin or thumper bikes.

Who cares if you look like a child playing with a toy car if it makes you happy?

I was thinking of getting one for drifting while I wait on funds for a real drift car.
not sure how smooth of a surface you need though for it to drive smooth

>>14040673
Theyre pretty much ok on anything without gigantic cracks or potholes.
>>14040624
1200 bucks gets you a beat to shit dirtbike or a 1/5 scale (like 3 feet long) gas-powered rc.

>truck in op pic called "thunder valley"

I work at "thunder valley casino"

>>14040695
That looks like an HPI Baja 5t, probably a replica paint scheme of a real desert or short course truckm

>>14035745
Sounds like crawling is for you. No need for a track or even a lot of space to have fun. You can take it to any old outdoor area or just make obstacles out of furniture and shit inside.
What's more is the potential for modification is nearly endless.
>>14038970 This guy has the right idea.
Is that an SCX10?

I've wanted to build a Mugen E-Truggy, MBX7?, but $1200 for a RC car is a bit much right now.

What brands should I be looking at if I wanted to get into this? How cheap is too cheap for a first car? Checked Hobbytown's website since there are a couple near me and they have a couple 1/10 scales under $300 that I think look neat.

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I always wanted to get into RC cars, is this one good for a beginner? It has to be assembled

>>14040624
In my local RC club is a guy who sold his motorcycle and started RC racing.

Also I don't want motorcycle, or even fast 1:1 car.

I want to play with RC cars.

>>14035745
At first I didn't want to race either, now I bought chassis only for racing and another one for bash...

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>>14035558
I have one with a 3000kv motor
really to fast for me to get any use out of

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I used to own pic related a couple of years ago

well, i still do but it's all torn apart inside a plastic box somewhere beause of problems with the starter and a blown gasket for the exhaust manifold

Hella fun, but very fragile.

and parts are a nightmare to get, fucking kyosho.

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>>14041857
from what I read they are good and sturdy but something of a money pit in hop ups to make them handle well
the main benefit is that lots of people have them so spares are easy to come by

>>14041857

Anything Tamiya is great, any of the TT0 (something) series 1/10's are perfect beginners cars all with mountains of upgrade parts available for when you break shit.

Pro tips, buy a 4000mah 7.2v Nimh battery, buy a alloy drive shaft and read up on how to shim the slack out of the front end.

Done, thats it.

>>14041857
>>14042185
>>14042204

I have TT-01E, it's good as baginner car, but nothing more. If you wan't more don't buy hop-ups, just save to buy better chassis.

>>14042217

Depends on what he/she wants to do with it, want to just drift, a TT01ED is perfect with those few hopups

>>14042223
As far as I know TT-01 even ED are too heavy, too much mass is located on front and rear and too much slack all around.
It's good as rally car, thanks to covered diffs and sturdy gears.

>>14042238

I've got a TT01ED and the only major difference is its factory roller bearings instead of the bush type plastic shit. So the weight difference is well worth it, mostly because when the bush bearings flog out (and they will) they will get replaced with roller bearings anyway. So a little more weight for MUCH better overall rolling efficiency

That and 'drift' style wheels out the box.

>>14042260
I mean that TT-01 is heavy in general. I have TT-01E and Space-R S2, and TT is heavy as fuck.
It's a tank, not a racer.

It's great for beginner, but not worth upgrading. Instead of hop-ups better save for better chassis.

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>stones keep getting caught in the steering links and prop shaft
>water gets in the engine bearing cap
REEEE

>>14042274
I thought you were describing TT-01 for rally.

I caught few stones with mine, but don't drive on water.

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>>14042279
they have very much same bell crank steering arrangement
and some of the problem is solved by adding extra baffles and grommets
even a little bit of paper over the lash inspection hatch helps extend gear life
I no longer drive in rain but sometimes there are puddles

>>14042310
I plan to convert mine for Rally, more clearance, innerbody to protect against stones, some rally tires.
Little personal project for fun and to dump some money on.

Too bad no one RC Rally in my city...

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I had a TTG Frog and a DF03 buggy a few years ago, but the Frog succumbed to the massive thrashing I gave it and the DF03 was driven full speed into a parked car by a friend and destroyed it's front suspension. The DF03 also liked to suck down batteries, while the Frog would go all day with RWD.

I didn't have the money to repair either, sadly, even though all the Frog needed were new wheels.

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>>14035558
Aww yiss.

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>>14042325
mine shares its chassis with a gas powered car so I use spares for that better suspension parts

long a arms are also available for the tt01 as I understand
http://www.rctech.net/forum/attachments/singapore-r-c-racers/184371d1164536488-1-10-rc-rally-tt01-buggy-15.jpg

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>>14042359
That looks like some kind od DIY mod, but thanks for the info.

I don't plan such drastic modifications, want it to look like scaled down WRC car.

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>>14042417
oops I got a bit confused
I must of been thinking off the buggy version of my car that has the same shock tower and lower a arm mounting points
http://samuraihobby.com/media/catalog/product/cache/1/thumbnail/9df78eab33525d08d6e5fb8d27136e95/k/s/ks-30930t2sp-pc6_l.jpg

as for body kind there is lots of choice in 1/10 scale and body shells from different brands can be mixed a matched by changing the hole spacing

what car would you like to make ?
https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7148/6557742987_70ca673252_b.jpg
I have been working on a vacuum plastic wood mold for an isdera for a little while

>>14042498
I almost bought mine with Celica GT-Four body, but they were out of stock...
I have Mercedes 190E Evo 2, but don't know what rally car use in future.

Maybe Celica or Lancia Delta, something pre-2000 for sure

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>>14042523
I think my first rc car might of been a celica gt4
either that or a evo 6
all I remember is it being red and having oz style wheels

>>14042553
Damn I want to go and drive around...

Too bad that all my cars are missing some parts, and I still wait for my bash car to arrive...

Any good scale plastic model to put on the chassi?

>>14042648
There aren't many 1/10 scale models, the csrs are bigger than you think. Also anything that's not an R/C specific body can be destroyed pretty easily.

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>>14041039

>>SCX10?

Yep

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>>14042498

>what car would you like to make ?

Group 5 Lancia Stratos for my F1 "Pan" car (Pic Related) and a JTCC-Spec Toyota Chaser body for my Touring Car.

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>>14042984

>>14042185
>>14042204
>>14042217
nice, thanks for the help

Anyone here know of a battery powered 1/10 1999 Impreza WRC?
>got as a present off rich uncle as a kid
>thing was like a god machine compared to any other RC car I'd had
>took 10 hours to charge
>worthit.gif
>tfw it went missing when we moved house and I can't remember what brand it was now and my searching has turned up nothing

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>>14044749
Also it came with this remote which seems to be a generic model, could the car I had have been custom built?

>>14035558
>>>/toy/

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Who /VRC/ here?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hkI7hB7UA3o

>>14045243
damn that's awesome for practice.
looks fun as fuck.

I like rc cars better with onboard streaming like drone racing but steering is too binary for my taste.

I'd buy a good one but they're like $600 and that's an awful lot of real car parts

>>14045277
You can put streaming video cameras on hobby grades, those will get you nice steering, a lot of power, and durability.

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On Saturday I was at one of my little fishing holes over by these industrial buildings. There were a couple dudes getting ready for a little RC drag racing throwdown. Dude had the lights and laser timing and everything. Looked sweet.

He was running electric tho. Nitro cara just seem so much cooler.

>>14044749
Probably a Tamiya kit, they've put the wrx body on several cars I think.
>>14044866
That though is a cheap Futaba aircraft remote, most car ones have a throttle/brake trigger and a steering wheel.

>>14045302
Electric wipes the floor with nitro in r/c now, makes sense really.

>>14045243
VRC any good? Considered getting it a while back but the price deterred me.

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>>14035558
I used to be pretty heavy into drifting them.
Started with a TT-01 (full original spec, yee) and i think i've still got a team magic carbon fibre racing chassis sitting around somewhere with an expensive-ass dead brushless setup.
Was expensive but not ridiculously so.

Pic related, think this is what i've got.

So who else tried to take a camera to their RC only to find out that they're actually the roughest, bumpiest rides anyone has ever imagined?

>>14045330
I'd say it's definitely worth it.
Also, there is a free to play version now.
You only get the spec versions of cars, though.
The adapter to use it with your real remote costs like 12€, shipping included. Keyboard and regular controllers work too, though.

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>>14045320
This. Since brushless motors and LiPos became affordable, electric cars dominate nitros.
Pic related, my LRP brushless truggy.

>>14045391
I kinda figured. But there is something so cute about those tiny piston engines.

>>14045400
Cute until you're actually dealing with the little shits.

>>14045400
Absolutely.
Gotta love the sound and the smell of those little fuckers.

>>14045405
>fuck, it's 2° hotter today
>better completely reconfigure the whole carb

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>>14045412
>mfw have to recharge the battery for the hand held starter due to needing it so much

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>>14042739
Mah nigga

>>14045449
>not having a pull starter
Quite a good training for you're masturbation muscle until the fucker decides to tear apart.

>>14045412
Meanwhile with electric

>it's over 100 degrees f today
>I'll throw on a heat sink
End of tuning

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Who /RCbashing/ here
>have Stampede 2wd
>take muddin, jumps, burnouts, ect
>break part
>order $10 replacement
>repair and repeat following weekend

>>14045497
>2wd
nigga wat r u doin

Man I used to race these with my dad when I was like 15.. I'm fucking 30 now and this is the first time I've thought about them in forever.

Is Team Associated still the top dawg? Losi a shit.

>>14045502
It's all I could afford at the time. Been tempted to upgrade to a 4wd slash, but sunk shekels into
>>14045450
instead

>>14045514
Losi made the best chassis for drifting back in the early days

>>14045528
The 4x4s can be money pits, you're better off with a 2wd.

>Vxl-3S ESC a shit
>motor is too small for car, burns out
>breaks CV shafts like no tomorrow when you upgrade to a 4-pole
>upgrade to tekno driveshafts
And then you've sunk all that money into it and you still have the shit stock tires, stock servo, etc. 2wd is fine for most stuff, RPM front bumper, mg servo and ditch the servo saver, different tires, aluminum shock caps and ti-ni coated shafts and you're golden.
>>14045514
Losi and Associated are fighting constantly. Lodi revolutionized electric 1/10 with the 22 chassis, lot of nifty shit, associated stuck with the b4 for a long time, I think it's b5 or even b6 now.

>>14045553
Haha the T2 and B2 were the new hot shit when I was into it. I should check out craigslist and try to get back into it. I could use a new moneysink outside of alcohol.

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You guys seen this thing? Huge and seemingly innovative while not too overpriced. not sure if want..
Slash 4x4 is one of the most popular all around trucks for good reason, I haven't had to replace anything but shafts and spur gears since I got it 2 years ago. My old rustler took lots of modding and wizardry to be reliable but god damn is it a monster with the right mix of RPM plastic and aluminum. hick town cops thought it was awesome and gunned it at 90mph.
It's winter now, I use 2.2 ripsaws on the slash and it is hilariously effective. put 'em on a 2wd stampede and it'll wheelie on ice. The rooster tails are heavenly

>>14046891
>while not too overpriced
pham! that thing is 1000 after shipping and minor upgrades..the fuck you talking about

>>14035558
Imagine there was an entire board dedicated to talking about toys?
Oh wait there is...
>>/toy/

Now fuck off. This is even more pointless than the ausfag threads.

>>14049724
Not sure you can call RC cars of this caliber toys anymore. I've seen shit boxes go for less than some RCs.

>>14049821
Seriously, I've seen sets that go for almost 4k. I just thought to myself: "Damn, I bought an EK4 with under 150k for 2.5k and I didn't have to assemble that shit."

>>14049724
/toy/ has barely any RC users, though. I've tried starting threads there.

/o/ more likely has more people interested in terrestrial RC.

>>14049821
>>14049851
Yeah, your average competition-grade 2wd RC buggy or short course truck will cost you around a grand in total, all things considered.

Easily into two or three grand for 1/8

This isn't taking maintenance into account.

Even more for Nitro RC.

>>14049985
Isn't nitro cheaper than brushless overall?
Good motors and ESCs are expensive as fuck, as are decent batteries and chargers.

>>14050080
Not sure, I've seen some $300+ high end nitro engines alone, excluding fuel lines/resevoirs/the second servo you need for Nitro.

Also as a general tip to the drivers here, never buy Maxamps.

They're average batteries overall that went through the trouble of fighting to bring down a pretty thorough review on them because the conclusion was that they're overpriced.

Kyosho MP9 > all

>>14050421
>Kyosho
Mah nigga

>>14049450
At that scale the Losi 5t is king and it is over $1500
1/10 scale with upgrades is nearing $2k
shit-tier budget cars are at least 3-500

>>14045497
Holy shit yes. I've gotten that little fucker stuck underwater about 2 feet deep and it still runs like a champ.

>>14046891
Traxxas Maxx trucks seem to need a fair amount of work to be good from what I hear, bulkheads like to break easily.

>>14050080
If you buy big-name brands electric gets expensive fast, but if you're smart you go to hobbypartz.com or hobby king or wherever and buy cheap batteries and motors that are literally just as good.