Noob at R/C

[Sketchster]

I've never used R/C cars before, which car do you suggest i buy for starting off?

[freakray]

What's your budget?

[Sketchster]

Around £100 thats about $205

[pre98zetec]

traxxas rustler or a tamiya kit (both electric)

[Sketchster]

which tamiya kit should i get?

[freakray]

Are you looking for something to run on dirt(or mud since you're in the UK) or do you want a touring car?

Good lord man, tell us what you're wanting it for!

[Sketchster]

I just want it for fun and maybe for drifting not to run on dirt but i want it to be upgradable, fast and of average quality, by the way whats a touring car? i don't know anything.

[freakray]

Originally Posted by Sketchster

by the way whats a touring car? i don't know anything.

Clearly. Ever heard of BTCC?

For "fun and maybe drifting" you want a touring car.

Read the thread on drifting which is stuck at the top of the forum.

For general, you can use a belt drive 4WD which will allow you to remove the belt to make it RWD.
Tamiya makes some pretty dependable starter cars with belt drive.

Do you not have any hobby stores in the Midlands?

[Sketchster]

Yeh we do have hobby stores i think, i'm only 14 so i don't really know. So which kit should i go for, anything in particular or should i just choose one.

[pre98zetec]

i beleive losi has drift kits as well as hpi, set up for drifting RTR, there around 250

[Sketchster]

I'll check them out, anything else i should know?

[chato de shamrock]

yokomousa.com has many drift kits and the detail on the body's is very nice. I guess you can say that yokomo specialize in RC drifting because they have tons, and i mean tons of upgrade parts and accessories. They are pricey but you can find a decent deal if you shop around. $205 might bearly be enough or just short of being able to afford one, but just look around. I bought a yokomo 180SX for around $190 from rcmart.com. HPI, Losi and Tamiya can also do the job but I think you'd have to then purchase upgraded parts or make adjustments to these other brand kits so you can drift their chassis. If you dont know about the hobby it might be hard to figure out what you need to buy/upgrade to drift it. Tamiya came out with a ready to drive kit, the TT01D. I bought their original TT01 kit and made some minor modifications to drift it.

I'm new to RC's myself and was told by a sales rep at a local hobby shop to stick with a ready to run (RTR) kit but I did the opposite. Before jumping to the RC hobby side I built (and still do) 1/24 scale models so the way I see it is half the fun of these hobbies is in making the cars so I bought Tamiya's TT01 and built it. If you're familiar with scale modeling and want a do it yourself project then i'd say go with the unassembled kit, it wont be too hard even if you're a beginner to RCing. On the other hand, if you're new to all these hobbies then get a RTR kit, preferably one thats already made for drifting or whatever you plan to do with your RC and learn from there. It's much easier then buying a regular touring kit and having to make modifications to the chassis and to make things harder you might not know what you need to upgrade. A little warning, although Tamiya came out with a drift kit, they dont have many upgrade parts or their parts are hard to find. I tried searching for their S-15 Silvia body and came up unsuccessful.

You can see my car on the thread called X's TT01 S15 (or something like that). That's a Tamiya TT01 kit with Yokomo 10-spoke wheels and yokomo 2-ring drift tires. After taking those pictures I had help locking the rear differentials with super glue and need to make other upgrades such as aluminum shaft and ball bearings. If you didnt understand what I just said then i'd say stick with a ready to run kit. :P

[nicecar]

Hey i started R/C when i was 14. If you had a little more cash, you could have got a schumacher mission, unfortunately, they arent in production amy more, and you have to buy parts seperately.

I drift with All Wheel Drive, so RWD isnt nessecarily the best idea, it can cause too much oversteer. For begginers drift, i reccomend AWD.

(round my area, im considered like the drift king )

-Chris-