SURGEON GENERAL: Drifting is hard on your RC's health

[mike@af]

Just got in from drifting and busted a rear control arm. My road is smooth for drifting, I was sliding quite nicely at a fast rate and something caught. Im thinking it might be time for some new PVC, my rear "tires" are thin as paper and covering about 3/4 the wheel.

[mike@af]

Fixed it. Now I need more PVC. One of the rings is split in half width wise.

[Howielong]

Ah mike your drifting again. Long time to seeing of you.

[mike@af]

Got some ABS...work well, takes getting used to. Entirely different from PVC.

[aN4rK1]

whats better u guys think? PVC or ABS??

[Howielong]

I heard abs is alot better.

[mike@af]

PVC is better IMHO. With ABS you go to fast and turn more than 10degree you spin...its very tricky to do.

[Blacklabel21]

Is there a difference between powersliding and drifting or are they the same thing?

[gigglesnirt]

when you powerslide an rc, it'll only go about a foot, maybe less or a little more, drifting you can get up to 15 feet or more sometimes.

i know what you mean its hard on cars, i broke a rim in half from a crack in my drivway, i cried too :'(

[mike@af]

Originally Posted by gigglesnirt

when you powerslide an rc, it'll only go about a foot, maybe less or a little more, drifting you can get up to 15 feet or more sometimes.

i know what you mean its hard on cars, i broke a rim in half from a crack in my drivway, i cried too :'(

I slide any where from 10-35 feet. Depends on speed, and entry angle.

The other day (I wish I had my cam), I was drifting down a street, downhill. I was probably going about 20mph. Then boom, I hit a tiny lip and the car goes flying in the air tumbling...and back onto the wheels, and kept going.

[shi shi bog]

i can drift with rubber tires on a damp wet road.
i drift about 5-6 metres but im nitro. what happens if ur car gets wet (the chassis and electricals?)

[mike@af]

When its wet, I drift about 45-55feet. I have driven my truck through puddles and stuff with no problem. With my car Im usually going fast enough that the down force and vacuum (Bernoulli's principle) that the moisture doesnt touch anything.

[gigglesnirt]

hey with an electric rally car, you know the inner chassis covers that protect the chassis, do those actually work because im thinking of geting a rally car and want to be able to brush through some puddles or go ice racing but i only like electric

[shi shi bog]

whats the difference between feet and metres?

[Blacklabel21]

1 feet = 0.3048 meter
1 meter = 3.2808399 feet
Feet are imperial measurements. (Old type.)
Meters are metric measurements. (New type.)