What RC (radio controlled) car do you have?

[slugma]

I used to have a Hobao Hyper 7 3.5cc 1:8 buggy.
In the gravel it did unreal driftys, and easy as hell to control bein 4WD.
I regrettably sold it not long ago for $50.
I'm looking to get back into it and hopefully within 12 months I should have myself a HPI Vorza Flux with all the hotted up options, hopefully!

[75wagon]

1:10 Satrion Rc drifter


If you just have to have on of these shells, here's a link http://www.rcmart.com/spice-spa007-mits ... h=438_1535

[bruggz351]

Love that Starion 75...

I've just put this on lay-by...



for some fun

[geezer101]

Oh man, I had no idea those kits were still in production! When I was at high school I had a mate who bought a Tamiya Hornet kit and the end caps for the shockers didn't have the threads machined into them. It put me off buying an expensive RC kit car...

[bruggz351]

geezer, I have wanted a Wild Willy since when they first came out in the early eighties. Just last year they did a second release, with a few improvements/changes, and I just had to get it I'm a big kid eh... My 15 yr old son is saying "where's mine dad?"

[geezer101]

geezer, I have wanted a Wild Willy since when they first came out in the early eighties. Just last year they did a second release, with a few improvements/changes, and I just had to get it I'm a big kid eh... My 15 yr old son is saying "where's mine dad?"

You don't stop having fun 'coz you got old - you got old 'coz YOU STOPPED HAVING FUN!

[75glnt]

Oh that's a good one geezer!

I have a traxxas race car converted for drift. But my parts went missing?? Wtf? So now it's a rolling chassis

[75wagon]

When I was at high school I had a mate who bought a Tamiya Hornet kit and the end caps for the shockers didn't have the threads machined into them. It put me off buying an expensive RC kit car...

Hornets have never been expensive.
They aren't good to drive, or a good car.
Some Tamiya cars are good, others are for little kids to drive.

[geezer101]

Hornets have never been expensive.

When they came out in the early 80's, they were expensive enough... And considering they were among the first of the 'off the shelf kits', they were good for their time. I remember the 3 popular models - the Hornet, the Grasshopper and the Wild Willy's jeep. You had one of these at school, you were a superstar!

[bruggz351]

You had one of these at school, you were a superstar!

OOOOhhhh yeahhh....

[Sparkington]

Well I bought another RC, Sakura Zero in the middle of doing Counter steer mod then I'm going to paint a shell and make it look good instead of crap :/ 75 that rc shell looks awesome

Well my updated list:

Tamiya-TT01 Drift mothballs
TA01 Rally
TA03 Drift belt driven
DF02 Buggy Broken
DF03 Buggy Broken
Sakura Zero which is part tamiya, xray and something else from factory lol

[75wagon]

Well I bought another RC, Sakura Zero

What's the build quality like? I've been thinking about buying one of these myself.
Do you have it together yet?

[Sparkington]

Well 75, they use good quality parts and they are cheap to mod compare to my fleet of Tamiya. I think there kinda better than the Tamiya to be honest but I wouldnt buy a Sakura Zero, I personal buy the Sakura D3 as it already set up for drift. The pros of the sakura zero it a hybrid so any part will fit into it. Once I done collecting parts this what it will be like: http://csjunkies.com/viewtopic.php?f=34&t=1475 Personal they are cheap well put together and if you have a crash it will be cheap to fix. I thinking buying this as my next one: http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/150987020530 ... 1423.l2649

I got another few more pieces to get then I will throw a photo up

[75wagon]

I wouldnt buy a Sakura Zero, I personal buy the Sakura D3 as it already set up for drift.

That's the one I was thinking about.

[amgis_obrut]

I have a HSP Nitro chassis, was all plastic when i got but i just went silly and bought every upgrade part i could find lol
Now its all sexy purple



a mate is almost finished building an MST MS-01d VIP, has some fancy Speed Passion Competition V3.0 Drift Spec 8.5R motor that can be programmed wireless via his phone, super fast savox servo etc, its a real nice set up

[lovesun]

Yeah fair enough

[75wagon]

I bought an Evo X shell off a local guy in the last week or so. Felt like a challenge, thought I could have a go customising it.
Here's a few pics of what I did to it.

I wanted the shell to sit lower then how it was made (I wanted the sills on the ground).


I also wanted to run larger offset wheels then the body was made for.


Guards chopped out higher (so body could sit lower) and flares made to suit.


Started painting, thought I'd do something a little bit more obvious on this shell.


All painted up ended up like this.




And I made logo up for my team name...


And reverse on the other side of course.


Any one else into RC Drifting?

Dave...

[Scorpma82]

Not a serious hobby of mine.....The RC i have is an off road truck (it was 4x4 but a took out the front tailshaft so it RWD now).....i've never really invested any money or time in it...having said that...I do like slot car racing (drag racing)which i dabble in every so often

[84GKSIG]

is that guy still selling his for cheap ?

[VGJONO]

Got myself a Tamiya TT-01 not that long ago for cheap, just for fun and for the occasional car meet/RC drift meet that a mate sometimes organises.



It came with a box full of spares, including a light kit, some adjustable coilover suspension and some wheels. Only thing I've fitted is the suspension as the original shocks and springs are no good if you are on anything but a perfectly smooth surface. I have also now locked the rear diff.


And after spending some time practising on the concrete slab out the front of our shed the tires got worn down, couldn't source a set of tires for the spare wheels locally so got a cheap set of wheels and tires for now.



Here's a little clip of it before I done all the mods to it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8XaJA9_klxM

Cheers
VGJONO

[75wagon]

You need countersteer in your life my friend.

I've just put together my first RWD RC drifter. Did my first real test/tune on Tuesday. It still needs some more work, but I'm getting there.

It started as this:


And ended up like this:


Enough steering lock?


And just this last weekend made a weightshift battery mount