radio controlled cars

[jabbawokkie]

gonna save for one .anyone have any or know anything about them .want a off road monster .
had a look on ebay and there is a porcshe that runs on 2 stroke and goes ****ing 70 mph :shock: :shock: you could race it down motor way :lol: :lol:

 

[gustie]

i used to own a tamiya bigwig - 8.4volt motor one 4x4 fast as hell for an electric one!

 

[Darth Wensleydale]

My brother has one of these. He's been collecting RC cars for years and restoring them but he reckons this is the mutts nutz 8) http://www.birminghammodelcentre.co.uk/HPI_Baja_5B.htm

 

[gustie]

vented disk brake on that and metal running gear - a beast indeed

 

[jabbawokkie]

just been to a model shop .its down to a choice of 2

1 £250 ,top speed 30 mph ,possible best off road electric one on market .looks great

2 £285 top speed 70 mph ,electric ,off road but not great for extreme of road as its low to ground .................oh and if you do some thing to battery it will go over 100 mph :shock: :shock:

cant decide number 1 looks great and is proberly best choice for young lad :roll: when he gets a little older but 100 mp ****ing h 8) 8) 8)

 

[weasel]

****, neither are cheap!

 

[gustie]

my old tamiya used to blow cars away up our old street - thing is if they can go that fast and you ram into a kerb its GOODNIGHT lol

 

[jabbawokkie]

****, neither are cheap!

mate he showed me one and when i asked how much he said about £4000 to build then you got the remote to get as well.they had some re issues of the old kit ones .can you remember the grass hopper

 

[gustie]

i had one of them and front ended it the chassis were weak!

my tamiya bigwig was much faster

http://classictamiyarc.com/tamcars03.html

 

[jabbawokkie]

my mate had that monster beatle

this is that one he showed me for £285 .i think

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9dkp_NoS1mM

plus you proberly need another 2 batteries at £25 a pop to get a good hours play out of it :evil:

 

[gustie]

i just checked this link

http://classictamiyarc.com/tamcars01.html

i had the hornet not the grasshopper similar tho!

 

[jabbawokkie]

this is the slower one ,but this vids won me over

http://www.marionvillemodels.com/radio-controlled-models/cars/electric-ready-built-kits/HPI-E-Savage-RC-Remote-controlled-truck---RTR/product.aspx

 

[Darth Wensleydale]

I'd say you want a Tamiya or Kyosho kit as half the fun is in building them. You can also get loads of cheap spares for these and believe me when you start hitting things at that speed you'll need them. Plus if you built it its easy to fix :wink:

My bro has quite a few vintage ones from the 80's 90's and newer: http://www.tamiyaclub.com/showroom.asp?id=8565

Check out his modified Baja (the one I mentioned above) he's spent a lot on it but it looks like a Stealth Fighter 8)