what r/c should i get?

[youngvr4]

hey guys, i want a cheap but upgrade able electric r/c whats a good one that is in the $100 range that i should get. also is there a r/c car that i could get with a remote control and batteries for no more than $120 please help with some advice.

[lc boi]

i will assume your talking us dollars, and even then i will say NO. save up a bit longer mate, you will not regret it.

[DSMDude]

120 will get u a walmart rc lol..... that goes 5mph........ save u there are some good electrics in the 150 - 200 dollar range

[youngvr4]

thanks for the help! also what else beside's the engine can you do to your r/c to make it faster?

[DSMDude]

u can change gears/ratios for torque or speed depending on wut u wanna do and the theres allot of frame mods you can do to make it lighter depending on the car u get

[youngvr4]

how do i get a electric r/c to do 60mph?

[lc boi]

piss easy. get a pan car chassis, bolt on a micro switch to turn the spinny bit on and off, 12 cells, and a 8 single, should do bout 80mph with the right gears

want more info just ask

[kobe]

hey, i am looking for an upgradeable eletric car for around $150
i am thinking about the Tamiya R/C Supra 2000 TL01 4WD
what do you guys think?
i want something fast

[MarkRiccioni]

lc boi, an 8x1 motor will not power you upto 80mph

i have a trinity P94 7x2 which i geared incredibly high on very powerfull matched 3300 cells and it only recorded just under 50mph

that motor has an rpm of 54,000 and i was geared at an 84 tooth spur gear with a 24 pinion which was quite high

so to get an Electric rc car to do 60mph, its no easy task, the current fastest electric rc car to be recorded was 54mph

[Psman32@af]

what MarkRiccioni said isnot entierly true. yes the fastest electric car on record is 54 as reported in guiness, but that record was set in a pure legal race ready car with 6 cells. I have had my own personal pan car up to 60 mph, with a motor that was rated at only 27000 RPM and a 6 cell battery. RCCA broke 100 mph with a vehicle they did, it was a 24 cell oval carfrom associtade if i remember correctly. If speed is the only thing that matters to you, get a pan or oval car, a pan car would be more stable in a straight line. so, to break 60 mph, all you need is a pan car, a decent motor, and some tall gearing. For that run, my gear ratio was an extremely tall 2.6:1 final gear.

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