R/C Car websites?

[yne721 10+ year member]

i'm kind of interested in getting a nice R/C car as a christmas gift, since i don't know anything about them, i would want it pre-built. anyone have any sites for some cars in the three to four hundred dollar range? if i could drift them, that would be a plus....i remember seeing a video on here once of drifting r/c's and thought it would be sweet.

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[90accordman 5,000+ posts]

traxxas.com or towerhobbies.com

myself i really want a minizilla brushless setup

 

[mattf 5,000+ posts]

http://www.towerhobbies.com

 

[90accordman 5,000+ posts]

jinx

 

[Crodski 10+ year member]

i have a gas RC10Gt, Miniquake, and RC18T that im probably going to end up selling soon the RC18T is brushless and will do about 55

 

[-Snowrider- 10+ year member]

traxxas.com or towerhobbies.com
myself i really want a minizilla brushless setup

Traxxas my friend you cant go wrong i got me the REVO its nice

 

[yne721 10+ year member]

traxxas.com or towerhobbies.com
myself i really want a minizilla brushless setup

Traxxas my friend you cant go wrong i got me the REVO its nice

a. how do i get prices for the traxxas cars?

b. what's fast enough to try drifting?

 

[90accordman 5,000+ posts]

get a street car if you wanna drift look at a RC10 tc3 or losi XXX-S

 

[Crodski 10+ year member]

Hobbypeople.net is a great site for RC enthusiasts....

for the more serious RC'er check out Ultimate hobbies

 

[yne721 10+ year member]

what's the difference between Gasoline powered, nitro powered and electric? i'm assuming electric would be the bottom of the line and gasoline top? that assumption is based SOLEY on the order they have them listed at towerhobbies.com

would an electric be fast enough to drift with?

somebody teach me stuff lol. my g/f wants to know what i want, so i don't want to just pick one and say "that one" and have it **** or something.

 

[Crodski 10+ year member]

Okay bottom line...Gas Powered touring cars go fast but with gas there is the whole tuning/cleaning up to deal with...

if ur new to RC, get an Electric touring car. They go just as fast and are easier to clean. the down side is that they can get a little expensive depending on which one u want and what options u are gonna get. O and if ur looking to drift with an RC car, u actually want to downgrade to a slow motor because the high power ones will be too hard to control

here, chedck this site out for a good idea of touring cars...It is also a monthly magazine soo u should go out and pick it up, it is very helpful

http://rc411.com/

and the Ae TC4 is a very good beginners car

 

[Crodski 10+ year member]

Here is the page for the reviews of different type of cars

http://rc411.com/pages/reviews.php

and here is the new Team Associated TC5

http://rc411.com/pages/reviews.php?review=60&page=1

the X-ray is also very good but is fairly expensive, but it is good.

best thing to do is go down to ur local hobby store and ask around...but u should pick up that magazine because it has a lotta good reads

 

[04_edge 10+ year member]

gas=nitro, well kinda, when most people say gas in rc cars they mean nitro, but in the bigger 1/6 cars and stuff you actually use gas in them...

id go with nitro, its not hard to tune them once you get the hang of it, and because the exhaust smells good //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

but i have no idea about drifting cars...........

 

[yne721 10+ year member]

Okay bottom line...Gas Powered touring cars go fast but with gas there is the whole tuning/cleaning up to deal with...if ur new to RC, get an Electric touring car. They go just as fast and are easier to clean. the down side is that they can get a little expensive depending on which one u want and what options u are gonna get. O and if ur looking to drift with an RC car, u actually want to downgrade to a slow motor because the high power ones will be too hard to control

here, chedck this site out for a good idea of touring cars...It is also a monthly magazine soo u should go out and pick it up, it is very helpful

http://rc411.com/

and the Ae TC4 is a very good beginners car

is this the car you were talking about? http://www.hobbypeople.net/gallery/383342.asp

4WD drift?

 

[Crodski 10+ year member]

well u see, u can get a 2 if u want but most touring cars are 4wd becaus they handle a lot better

o and with rc it really doesnt matter because on all four tires, u will have to either make drifting tires out of pvc or u can buy them for all four tires

if u only want to drift buy this

http://www.hobbypeople.net/gallery/261463.asp

But i do warn u if u ever want to get serious down the line, ie race or even take ti down to a local track, then this isnt the right type of car

 

[DeViOuSoNe 10+ year member]

If I was you I would Get a Nitro 4-tec One of the best there is really. If you want anything to drift DO NOT GET A Belt driving car...like a RS-4 or anything like that, I would stick to traxxas though, There motors are the Best if going Nitro, and they offer replacements for Cheap....As Long as you follow Break in Instruction's you will be good, I was and still am in the hobby for the last 5-6 years, If you have any ?'s PM me!

-Jon

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[yne721 10+ year member]

well u see, u can get a 2 if u want but most touring cars are 4wd becaus they handle a lot better
o and with rc it really doesnt matter because on all four tires, u will have to either make drifting tires out of pvc or u can buy them for all four tires

if u only want to drift buy this

http://www.hobbypeople.net/gallery/261463.asp

But i do warn u if u ever want to get serious down the line, ie race or even take ti down to a local track, then this isnt the right type of car

i don't think i ever want to get serious, but i do want to have a car i can take down to the parking lot down the street and have lots of fun with. i just don't know what i need, and i don't want to tell her to get me some piece of **** car that will only last for like a week or something.

 

[DeViOuSoNe 10+ year member]

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[yne721 10+ year member]

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[ALHII303 10+ year member]

If you want to drift look at a yokomo prebuilt or a tc3. To drift get an electric because they have the upper hand in torque by far in the lower rpm range. Also an electric is easier maitnence and require less as a battery will last years while a bottle of nitro will go bad after about 6 months depending on your humidty. Though if you don't mind the lack of tunability get a tamiya TL01, though i am partial to it as it is what i have i must admit the car is bulletproof and is built for begineers to get used to the controls.