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