RC cars

[Iain]

Anyone into RC cars? I've just bought one and it's great, can't be bothered to fix the Nova anymore

[Andy]

Same here im just building a team associated b44.2
What you got?

[Stuart]

any sensible suggestions for offroad buggy type things.
I had an HPI Savage which was great fun but I'm assuming electric is the way to go these days etc, and it rolling when cornering was mildly irritating

[_Tomiboy]

I have cars and boats. Tried the nitros, but the electric is my way. Now the new one is Kyosho Inferno 1:8 Buggy, with 6S.

[NovalutionGSi]

Nitro is only good if you have somewhere open where no one will moan at you about the noise!

Electric for me as well although I'm part of the committee for the local Touring car club. I've been racing for about 20 years now (god that makes me sound and feel OLD!).
Here is a short video from the start of the B Final a few weeks ago, Yellow, Black and White car is mine starting 2nd. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LnHvDcFi-mY

I'll dig out some pictures of my Touring cars, think it totals 4 1/10th Touring, 1 Tamiya M05 and for fun an Associated T3 truck.

Current Touring car, a VBC Wildfire D06, running a Dodge Dart shell in Power Maxed livery.





And with my M05 Tamiya Mini with Volvo C30 Shell



Driven hard both of them. Mini is good fun, we had setup class rules that only certain motors and tyres were allowed, resulting in good close racing.

[Iain]

I picked up this second hand at the weekend, it's a HPI E Firestorm Flux, waterproof electrics and brushless motor. Goes well on 2S batteries, 3S must be insane. Would recommend it Stuart. Did consider an Associated T4 but believe they're a little bit outdated now?

Broke it within 24 hours and just fitted a new spur gear and front shock mount, fail.

Hooked, just trying to not spend too much money on them

[NovalutionGSi]

3S would be good, but 6S would be better, only issue then is that you'll need a bigger ESC to take the current. What motor are you running in that Iain?

[Iain]

It's all standard, HPI MMH-4000, 4000kv motor. HPI EMH-2S ESC which can take up to 3S.

[Plug]

I've got a losi nitro eight, used to race it but it's died out down here like everything else in the south west.

and I blew the engine up and didn't want to fork out £300 to replace it,

[Andy]

any sensible suggestions for offroad buggy type things.
I had an HPI Savage which was great fun but I'm assuming electric is the way to go these days etc, and it rolling when cornering was mildly irritating

What i have or the newer model b44.3