RC cars?

[false_aesthetic]

Anyone fiddle around with em?

Thoughts for someone who has only played with Toys R Us versions?

[stnphoto]

We have four in the family, all off-road traxxas, three 1:16s, one 1:10. They are very fun. I recommend getting one with a limiter on the radio as repairs can be costly and there is a bit of a learning curve to driving at speed. Also get lots of spare batteries, an extra charger and a parallel battery cable if your model allows for it.

[Badonkadonk]

as a pre-teen i spent time with a tamiya fox and a marui ninja
those things still look like fun to me... although dont the big boys now all play with gas power and team associated trucks and buggies?
please acquire the toys and send them down kenter coaster in brentwood...post video!!!

[Bobonli]

Another happy Traxxas owner here. Agree with stnphoto, above, get the best charger the shop offers so it charges quickly. They move like a bat-out-of-hell and could easily break a leg if you bash it into someone at speed, so take the time to get familiar with the controls. Equally important to buy from a brick and mortar shop that you trust since these things turn into a relationship when they malfunction. My hobby shop has made countless little repairs to my RC truck gratis rather than sending it back to the manufacturer.

[false_aesthetic]

Start with electric or move right into gas/nitro?

[Jason Musgrave]

Stay electric imho.

I was huge into it back in the day (~20yrs ago). Things have changed so much (battery/motor technology) it's amazing. Heck, you don't even have to build your own car anymore!

Was at the hobby-shop when they were racing a few months ago...the Losi Mini-8ight looks amazing (I was always an Associated guy but these are wicked cool).

[Bobonli]

Batteries unless you have a burning desire to maintain a small combustion engine.

[Jason Musgrave]

btw, what exactly are you looking at? Touring Car? Buggy? Truck?

[stnphoto]

Batteries. And brushless motors.

[false_aesthetic]

btw, what exactly are you looking at? Touring Car? Buggy? Truck?

I do not know. Just saw some kids playing with one and remembered that I really really wanted a gas one when I was about 10.'

Seeing that I can start at around $60 and go into the thousands . . . really not sure where to start.

I figured one of you would give me a direction

[Jason Musgrave]

I'd def stick with battery powered units.

IDK what your ultimate end-game is (racing or not) but I'm told by the guys at the hobby shop that something like the Mini-8ight (smallish off-road buggy) is a jack of all trades and is competitive in touring-car racing in all but the highest categories (of course with the right wheels/tyres). I'm bent toward buggies/trucks (off-road) myself but there is some pretty cool touring and drift cars out there.

If you haven't been paying attention to this stuff for the last many years you will be blown away by what a modern brushless motor and modern battery can do!

[false_aesthetic]

Thanks. THe Mini-8ight looks rad!!!

I might be more into the RC part than the car part but I figure that a car is a fun and awesome place to start.

[Christian Fox]

I do not know. Just saw some kids playing with one and remembered that I really really wanted a gas one when I was about 10.'

Seeing that I can start at around $60 and go into the thousands . . . really not sure where to start.

I figured one of you would give me a direction

My son's pal has one of these: Redcat Racing. It's one of the cheapish battery powered models. The thing is an absolute hoot. It is very fast and recovers well from driver error. You need a few battery packs, though. It'll eat through a charge in no time. My son is inventing new chores around the house hoping I'll buy him one.

[Jonathan]

as a pre-teen i spent time with a tamiya fox and a marui ninja
those things still look like fun to me... although dont the big boys now all play with gas power and team associated trucks and buggies?
please acquire the toys and send them down kenter coaster in brentwood...post video!!!

We had the Tamiya Frog, Hornet and Grasshopper. I'd like to have a modern buggy for my back acre.

[jerk]

as a pre-teen i spent time with a tamiya fox and a marui ninja
those things still look like fun to me... although dont the big boys now all play with gas power and team associated trucks and buggies?
please acquire the toys and send them down kenter coaster in brentwood...post video!!!

i always wanted a ninja. i had a tamiya falcon, then i got a schumacher cat- then i had a bunch of team associated rc10s-. i had some weird 1/10th scale road car too.....

[nahtnoj]

RC10T here. Did some racing, never all that good at it.

Also had an ancient RC10 that I converted into a road car of sorts.

Sold it all to upgrade my Raleigh M50 to 8 speed LX and equip it with a Manitou Mach 5.

[Jason Musgrave]

I too started on a Tamiya Hornet that my father hopped up wicked fast (grew up in Asia - he picked up some fancy stuff for that thing in Japan/Hong Kong). I remember watching him mic all the bushings in that car and then taking a trip to the local market in Taichung where he bought high-grade bearings to replace them all with. Later I had a slew of TA RC10s.

I've no interest in RC drifting, but those cats are building some fantastically accurately detailed bodies for their cars.

[Badonkadonk]

i always wanted a ninja. i had a tamiya falcon, then i got a schumacher cat- then i had a bunch of team associated rc10s-. i had some weird 1/10th scale road car too.....

i craved the tamiya 959 in paris dakar colors. oooooooohhhh.....

[zachateseverything]

I had a Losi XX as a kid that I never used for anything beyond tearing around my back yard. I still have the chassis and bust it out at work every once in a while for classroom discussions on vehicle dynamics.

[PGSmith]

I knew it would be a mistake to read this thread. These things look like too much fun.