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Post by 2strokd on Nov 30, 2011 10:54:28 GMT -5
Anyone into it or tried RC drifting? My son is interested and is wanting a R/C drift car for X-mas. I was just looking for any input on the subject? Ive been looking at the HPI Sprint drift. Seems affordable and very upgradable... www.hpiracing.com/kitinfo/758/ |
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Post by 90GTVert on Nov 30, 2011 12:42:16 GMT -5
Sorry, no real useful input. I know it looks cool. lol A bud had a nitro RC that would smoke the tires and I watched it "drift" (slide out of control actually) into a curb at a high rate of speed and kill it. Expensive hobby if you learn that way. Heck, RCs are expensive period... but you already knew that.
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Post by lbo on Nov 30, 2011 13:11:17 GMT -5
I have a nitro powered Lost LST truck I would drift around a dirt track, then take off jumps, then drift around truns, then jump again. The hobby was expensive and started with 10th scale nitro cars from HPI. These nitro engines are what got me really interested in 2T engines. Now it just sits in the garage, along with all 3 engines I bought for it.
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Post by 2strokd on Nov 30, 2011 13:29:35 GMT -5
Thanks guys. The LST is one of the best Monster nitro trucks IMO. Same with the Aftershock from LST. Its just a LST with less options.
We have been into R/C for some time now. Me since i was a lil tot. So i guess you could say he was born into it. I have a nitro Touring car now that drifts like no tomm. But for almost $40 a gallon for fuel. That thing just sits on a self. Ive never bought a car and set it up specifically for drift tho so this should be fun. Im getting the feeling i will want one too? With todays lithium and brushless motor technology, electric just seems the way to go these days.
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Post by ososlow on Nov 30, 2011 14:50:05 GMT -5
true, but you cant add nitrous to an electric motor ;D
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Post by lbo on Nov 30, 2011 15:12:50 GMT -5
I have been out of the hobby for a while, do they still make kits or is it all RTR? I understand the "drift" style cars move the engine up some so you can swing the rear end out better. Kits are fun to build, should get back into it but I was always either crashing and replacing parts or hopping up parts for better perfomance.
I did see traxxas just came out with a car that will hit 100+MPH!!!! Electric have come a long way but nitro is much more fun to tune.
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Post by 90GTVert on Nov 30, 2011 16:02:12 GMT -5
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Post by 2strokd on Nov 30, 2011 16:45:39 GMT -5
You can still get kits but the RTR,s from all the big name company,s are build very well these days.
I agree, nitro rocks when it comes to it, but the ele,s are freeking crazy fast nowa days!
Got the itch with all this talk and went digging around and foudn a half gallon of fuel and some good glow plugs and igniters. Now im gonna flush the tank and get this thing fired up!
I also have a Kyosho Inferno that runs around 70 the way its geared. The fastest one ive ever driven. Too fast for me. If ya wreck it, it COSTS!
Heres one laying the smack down on some 1/5scale HPI Baja buggies. They have bigget 2T chainsaw style engines.
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Post by 90GTVert on Nov 30, 2011 17:47:14 GMT -5
I think I'd put the RCs away and ride the scoot around there. Tracks around here that I've seen are tiny. Like 30ft straightaways.
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Post by 2strokd on Nov 30, 2011 18:39:53 GMT -5
Me too! Paxton and i said the same thing lol!
There are places to run em around here but those fast ones cost allot to run and way much more to wreck. Ive found the slower the RC, the longer it lasts lol. My rock crawler is TUFF! Ive rolled it down 20ft rock covered hill without damage. Crash my Nitro truck into a nothing at 40+ and it uhhhhmm, BROKE! I think the drifters will be cool in the attached garage this winter and work real well on the ball court at the school a block away. Even in the street with the hard drift tires.
RC,s can be expensive as anything but if you find the right combo and arent real hard on it, it will last enough to be well worth it IMO.
We had a Traxxis Stampede i gave around $150 for and that lil truck was tuff too. Used to jump it, race it, wreck it, and it stayed strong for long! We even made a jump that sent it so high we decided it would be better to catch it instead of land it. We missed allot and it never broke. Lexan bodies and antenna tubes but nothing major.
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Post by Tweak09 on Nov 30, 2011 18:53:21 GMT -5
Stay away from nitro with drifters. I had a rs4 hpi build and I was rebuilding my OS motor every couple months. They sound sweet but don't get enough cooling going sideways.
The sprint is a good RTR car that's been re amped many times. I had one back in 05' when they first came out. I personally have Tamiya cars and a couple of Mini-Z's. The Tamiya cars are kits though. TT01 kits are shaft driven and IMO the best haha. Mini-Z's are fun to but pricey. They really have a nice scale look and performance is amazing for such a small package. (thats what she said?)
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Post by Fox on Nov 30, 2011 18:56:48 GMT -5
My buddy had one of those years ago and man things are expensive if you crash 'em so make sure you run it in a huge mall parking lot so there's nothing to hit or at a bonafide track with soft things to run into.
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Post by aeroxbud on Nov 30, 2011 19:18:38 GMT -5
tell me about it i have a tamiya dirt thrasher in bits needing parts right now. Fantastic fun though my mate wanted me to bring it round so his son could have a go and ripped my mates grass up lol
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