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Allan

Allan

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Since a lot of people seem to have an RC car, get pictures posted up!

Associated TC3 is mine, pictured below.
 

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Hi,

Here are a few pics of my RC cars...

The Alfa Romeo bodyshell I used on my TC4 last sunday (and the mess its in after just 6 races...)

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And here is my TT-01 chassis which will be racing at Calshot Velodrome this weekend. Note the suspension setup because of the banked oval (click here for photos of that http://www.turtle.fotopic.net). Its got a ratio of approx. 4:1 and should get to about 35mph. The faster category gets to about 45mph.


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That Velodrome is mad. I have never heard of RC cars racing round something like that in my 12 years of racing RC cars.
 
aye its a good car. Going to buy a steel spur gear and a new set of stainless screws. Then im buying an OS 18 TZ. A .18 engine revving to 38k and produces around 2bhp :)
 
Here's a few pics of mine.

This isn't good guys, I really can't afford to race again but i'm getting the itch to do it! Nooo! It's all coming back to me now. *sigh*.

Last year I only did a bit of drifting (quite badly with the TC3). This year I think i'll use the Yoke and hit a few car parks. Here's a wee vid (11Mb). Sorry about the music I was in a hurry. :blush:
 
I'd suggest electric though for less problems and they are cleaner!

Mos - that is a very well presented Yokomo mate.
 
masterbiker said:
But i would say in the end cost less to run as decent batterys cost stupid money.
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Not true about the batteries, once you have a couple of decent sets you are sorted.

Do you think fuel for nitro cars grow on trees?? :D
 
I personally have had a tamiya Fox which i had when i was 7 and crashed when i was ten, repaired at 11 and completly wreaked at 13!

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My current one - which i bought off ebay last year then didn't bother finishing is a tamiya subaru impreza WRC 2003 with a TT-01 chassis

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The car it's self is finished but there is no electrics, hence it not being used. :(
 
How'd you guys get into stuff like this! I wouldnt have a clue what took look for if i was to get one. they do look like fun, but i wouldnt know where to start! price/spec/parts etc!
 
arnold - set ur self a budget. then add 10%! LOL

also think about what kind of car you want. my Fox was great for off road, long grass usage but i got the scoobie because i love them - granted i can't use it as "off road" as the fox but 70% of our garden is flagged anyway making it great as a small track!

Tamiya are peoples first stop, some "experts" say there no good and TBH they are entry level but they come with full instructions and everywhere sells them/supports them

If i was you choose what style of car you want them check ebay - some bargins are to be had on that site!
 
My Dad raced them so that's how i got involved. 12 years on and i'm still doing it!

A lot of people just use them for leisure, others take it more seriously and race at clubs weekly. I was racing my touring car 4 nights a week at one point but i have cut that down to one night a week.

Wilsonian - First touring car i had was a Tamiya. As you say, they are basic entry level cars but they are good for beginners. Although if you decide to take it a bit more seriously then a step up is required fairly quickly.
 
Yep totally agree with you there Allan.

I spent most my summer when i left school working for a model shop in ashton. we dealt with everything - planes, boats choppers even submarines!
 
Yep, buy a Tamiya TT-01 from your local hobby store tomorrow, build it (takes about 3 hours... although my record is about 30 minutes) and play about in your road...

Join a club, and go from there!

Ive just finished setting up my Velodrome car, took me 2 hours. Ive got a secret weapon too... I hope it works: I decided to take out the front drivetrain and just have rear wheel drive. This takes out a few gears and 4 bearings and I hope it will free up the whole car.

I also took off the back wing, usually it makes a big difference but I wont be needing the grip at Calshot.

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i got an HPI rush evo, its only a beginner one like - im just setting up - think i got it for about £120 off ebay for all the gear and that (had it run over but got it all back up and running). Im gonna buy a new engine, similar to Ian to get mine up to about 50mph. Theyre really fun - although the shells are a pain in the ass!

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one life saving thing you can/will buy is a failsafe, if theres any interferance or lost of radio communication or your batterys get low beyond a point it will kick in to failsafe mode and this is normally set to full brakes thus saving a £££££ worth of damage

for starters i would recommend this:
http://www.modelsinmotion.co.uk/product.asp?productid=1446&catCode=172&tamiya=268

^ thats the cheapest ive seen one thats not on ebay

with this:
http://www.modelsinmotion.co.uk/product.asp?productid=2271&catCode=&tamiya=268

^ some people say the fuel isnt all that but its good for beginners to break in the engine and run a few tanks though with, but when its gone i recommend you use tornado fuel and re-set up the engine with the new fuel

and also this is a must get:
http://www.modelsinmotion.co.uk/product.asp?productid=1206&catCode=386&tamiya=258

and i recommend a temp gun of some kind as this will help to set the engine up

The above is what i call a starter kit for nitro cars/trucks as the truck is well built and hardly goes wrong and if it does go wrong its so easy to fix, you also will learn how to break a engine in, tuning them by the needles, and over all experience with nitro cars, you also get a dvd on how to start them, run them, tune them and maintance from the maker of the truck HPI
 
Turtle said:
Yep, buy a Tamiya TT-01 from your local hobby store tomorrow, build it (takes about 3 hours... although my record is about 30 minutes) and play about in your road...

Join a club, and go from there!

Ive just finished setting up my Velodrome car, took me 2 hours. Ive got a secret weapon too... I hope it works: I decided to take out the front drivetrain and just have rear wheel drive. This takes out a few gears and 4 bearings and I hope it will free up the whole car.

I also took off the back wing, usually it makes a big difference but I wont be needing the grip at Calshot.

:love:
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Hmm. I'm not sure if that will work or not. You would probably have been better off getting a one way or fixed diff for the front.

It may work but i think you will have a nightmare to get the car moving without it doing donuts. Once it's moving at speed it might be fine.
 
Fordy said:
one life saving thing you can/will buy is a failsafe, if theres any interferance or lost of radio communication or your batterys get low beyond a point it will kick in to failsafe mode and this is normally set to full brakes thus saving a £££££ worth of damage

for starters i would recommend this:
http://www.modelsinmotion.co.uk/product.asp?productid=1446&catCode=172&tamiya=268

^ thats the cheapest ive seen one thats not on ebay

with this:
http://www.modelsinmotion.co.uk/product.asp?productid=2271&catCode=&tamiya=268

^ some people say the fuel isnt all that but its good for beginners to break in the engine and run a few tanks though with, but when its gone i recommend you use tornado fuel and re-set up the engine with the new fuel

and also this is a must get:
http://www.modelsinmotion.co.uk/product.asp?productid=1206&catCode=386&tamiya=258

and i recommend a temp gun of some kind as this will help to set the engine up

The above is what i call a starter kit for nitro cars/trucks as the truck is well built and hardly goes wrong and if it does go wrong its so easy to fix, you also will learn how to break a engine in, tuning them by the needles, and over all experience with nitro cars, you also get a dvd on how to start them, run them, tune them and maintance from the maker of the truck HPI
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what a legend - thats my car and thats what im after, one of them failsafe things! How do you fit them G is it hard?
 
not hard at all, you connect it between the throttle servo and reciever then set it up by turning off the transmitter and turning the screw will adjust the failsafe so the throttle servo is on full brakes

this is how it should be connected



also you can get the failsafe inside the radio box on the rush evos as my lil brother has it inside it


heres a few shops i get all of my parts from:

http://www.hobbieguyrc.com/shop/ - this ones in the states, which i use for the hpi savage parts as its alot cheaper
http://www.microtechracing.co.uk/
http://www.modelsinmotion.co.uk/
http://www.apexmodels.co.uk/
http://www.modelsport.co.uk/
http://www.wheelspinmodels.co.uk/shop.php
 
Joining a club and racing is absolutely the best way to get the most fun out of these things. It doesn't matter if you're a beginner as you'll be put in the bottom heat and as you improve you'll move up. It get's your skills up real fast and you learn how to set the car up to suit the track.

I love carpet racing as the track's pretty consistent and you can see what effect small changes to the setup make. It's clean and doesn't have to be expensive (unless you drive a Yoke and stack it regularly!)

Go to a local club and just soak it all up, see what kit people are using, what tryes and motors etc. Don't be put off racing with a stock motor as they're still very fast on a track. If you think you'll take to it then buy the best kit you can afford. I've seen so many good drivers, usually kids, held back by poor cars and bad maintenance.
 
Your right allan, the advantages of cutting out the front drive train will be so small compared with the disadvantage of not being able to get the power down at the start...

Once its going it should be good though!

I'll try it in practice and if it backfires i'll be rebuilding it VEEEERY fast :laugh:

I'll take some photos on sunday and let you know how it goes. :grinning:

As for a front one way, yeah thats a good idea but I dont have one for a tt-01. Someone tried two-one ways yesterday in practice... he spun and ... well, one ways dont do backwards :glance:
 
heres mine :p rb concepts .12 plus a rb innovations s/c :p

ballsack i cant post piccys anymore :S

ian mate buddy :p

btw goin down to neer leeds to pick up nye on 300 quids worth of bits for it at the weekend
 
Big_ben said:
whats the battery for though?
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sorry i got the picture from a rc forum it must be to show the size of the failsafe or something


there has been alot of talk about superchargers on nitro engines and the answer is that they just dont work, the reason they dont work is because the little nitro engine dont have valves so it just wont work on a 2stroke due to it having no valves. basicly as the air is forced in, it blows the fuel out of the exhaust port.

as the old saying goes, aint no substitute for cubes. buy a bigger engine if you want more speed.

the other waste of time mods are: NOS, K&N filters and cold air piping that runs from the front of the car to the engine

if you want a good air filter get a hpi performance one, K&N air filters let fine dust and deris into the engine which isnt good for a engine so small

this is the hpi one for a rush evo - http://www.modelsport.co.uk/?CallFunction=ShowSpecification&ItemID=17696
 

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