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Posted: Tue Jan 12, 2010 1:11 am
by tryg
dont see too many near-40 year olds with RC toys...
I have fun ruining rubber on my Ducati or Moto Guzzi... big boys toys!
Pity so far away, love to see those things going up close!
Posted: Tue Jan 12, 2010 1:06 pm
by driftnut((
there's a qld crew man
Posted: Tue Jan 12, 2010 1:53 pm
by bd-850
what sort of work have you done to the car?
Posted: Tue Jan 12, 2010 2:12 pm
by Ellimist
I picked up a cheap 4WD one from work a while back tryg. its a nikko one full function and so much fun. can swap everything on it as well. i wanna get a GTR or EVO body for it. it came as a WRX.
Posted: Tue Jan 12, 2010 2:56 pm
by driftnut((
ben its a pro chassis not one of those ones u get at kmart the chassis with out motor,speedy or anything cost me 500 carbon fibre, i put a 3.5turn venom motor with a 3s lipo
Posted: Tue Jan 12, 2010 3:14 pm
by bd-850
fair enough, ( i know about RC cars)
Traxxas Mini Revo (1/16th)
HPI Savage
Kyosho Inferno
Tamyia Mini
Tamyia VW
Tamyia Tamtec Frog.
Team Associated NTC3
HotBodies Cyclone
Team Associated RC18R (+ a 2 cheap copies)
and a few older Tsmyias and Kyosho.
Posted: Tue Jan 12, 2010 11:57 pm
by driftnut((
nice do u drift the cyclone??
Posted: Wed Jan 13, 2010 9:03 am
by bd-850
no, where i used to live we have a SMALL club, like 6 people. but for us racing its more of the fun factor we have. if someone crashes we will all stop let them catch, then go again. its just two familys having fun.
we did get a little into drifting and not bragging but i was the best drifter in the club
i had an old tamyia tt-01 set up for drifting, and i put the drift tyres on my HPI nitro RS4 and drifted that.
Posted: Wed Jan 13, 2010 9:48 am
by spunkybob
Thats pure awesome.
I have a TL01 with removed springs and custom duck tape on rear wheels for epic skidz lol
Also got a nitro off road which I haven't used for like 1 yr sitting in my cupboard... also with custom duck tape on rear wheels... for you guessed it... epic skidz
Posted: Wed Jan 13, 2010 10:40 am
by bd-850
lol. cant beat the ducktape, ive done thst b4
Posted: Wed Jan 13, 2010 10:43 am
by spunkybob
The best thing i found was to buy the cheapest rims you can get, then buying some PVC piping that almost fits (could never find the correct size) and making it fit, waste a full batt just doing doies on the spot to rough them up a bit then go drifting.
Stopped doing it coz it was a bitch to get them on, and the beauty with tape is that when it runs out just re apply
Posted: Wed Jan 13, 2010 3:31 pm
by driftnut((
@pierre if u still have ur drifter u should come to morriset we drift there full on copms man u'd like it
Posted: Wed Jan 13, 2010 3:44 pm
by spunkybob
yeah prob, but I'm not that good lol...
Id need to get some batts, charger, (gave them to a mate AGES ago) and a better engine just to keep up.
The TL01 was a great chassis back then but I don't know if its all that now.
Posted: Wed Jan 13, 2010 3:48 pm
by bd-850
its not about speed, i was drifting better in a stock $150 Tamyia than i did with a high powered $400 Yokomo
Posted: Wed Jan 13, 2010 4:07 pm
by spunkybob
yeah true that, its not like read drifting where you need the power to shift the weight.
Ill see if I can resurrect it and get back into it. The reason i stopped was coz I have no one to play with... yes WAY before having a car
It has excellent weight distribution, and isn't too heavy.
That pic isn't mine, I pulled out the springs and put in a small rubber spacer so it was JUST off the ground (like there not low enough already
) so it still has some cushioning.