please help! general RC questions

[myunghoon]

I'm new to the RC scene, so i was wondering if anyone could fill me in with the basics.
For example...do RCs brake?
and can you powerslide and do donut holes on these RCs?

and, i've seen gas powered and electric powered. I'm pretty sure gas-powered is much more expensive, but exactly how much worse are the electric powered ones? And how fast do gas-powered and electric powered ones go?

I want the tamiya impreza model, but it's so darn expensive! are there any other brands that make fairly good impreza RCs offered at a...lower price?

please answer my questions, i'll have more in the future~thank you!

[God|Zilla168]

Well first off welcome to the rc scene.
Like any toys with use it will brake but thank to spare parts you can always replace them. Also One might think these are toys but these toys represent like a miniature car really. There will be time when everything runs smoothly and there will be time that nothing goes right.

Your second question can they do power slide and donuts and the answer is yes, depends how the set are on the car is. Also doing donuts will damage your tires and tires are by all means the comone parts you will need to replace.

third question gas and electric cars well both have a plus and negative and both are just as expensive. So there is no cheap ones. I have both gas and electric and each of my cars cost around 1,000 to 2,000 dollars. You have to remember you will need a fairly decent remote and I am guessing you don't have. For me I needed a remote with 3 car memorry meaning One remote I can control 3 different cars. Digital servos with metal gearing cost 100 bucks each and since you need 2 per car that 200 dollars. Of course you don't have to spend that much but that is around the top of the line. with gas you will need a fairly good engine that's another 200 bucks and a starter box 50 -80 bucks. Glow stick 20-30 bucks. fuel by the gallon. and tool box to hold your tools and different set of tires from sponge to rubber. with electric you will need a motor 60-100 dollar battery pack 20-60 bucks for a pack a good quick charger 40-300 bucks, and just like gas you need toolbox spare parts etc.

Then you have your bodies and trust me wanting one will not do you will be attempted to get more then one and they go from 20 bucks to the more expensive ones which are your tamiya and kyosho bodies which goes for 30-50 bucks.

Now all those price range is assuming you want to get a car that you have to built. You could got for the rtr type cars HPI has a rtr gas and electric type, Team Associate has another one the TC series which are better then the HPI. You really need to do a good research.

Also I tell this to all my friends who wants to go into this hobby. It is not a cheap hobby so I mean if you have a tight buget I really would not suggest you going into it. And when you say a tamiya is expensive you were probably looking at their rtr cars which is by all means cheap in comparison.

I hope this answer some of the questions.

[NFS_SRT-10]

i think he meant brake not break....but for both of those yes they will brake, just push trigger forward (pistol controller) or pull stick back (stick controller) as for everything else he more or less anwered it all. my suggestion though would be to get and RTR for a first car (unless you want to build it) because it will cost you less to get it up and runnin, plus you can get it there alot quicker. now i have seen RTR's as low as just over $200 and they just go up from there.

now there are some question you will want to answer first, like what kind of driving will you be doing, on or off road? do you plan to race or just bash? do you want nitro or electric? (its not gas, the ones that are gas are buggies and they are usually 1/6 scale or bigger) speakin of scale thats another thing to consider, they go from 1/12 (think thats the lowest) all the way up to 1/4 (think thats the highest) also do you paln on hoppin this vehicle up or leavin it stock for awhile, the reason i say this is because if you are wantin to hop it up right away you will want an r/c that has lots of aftermarket parts already out....but if you don't want to hop it up right away then it doesn't really matter.....anyway like godzilla said, do some research before you make a purchase and don't let anyone make the decision for you, listen to what they have to say and make the decision for yourself.

i'm done for now, lol

[Psman32@af]

everything sounds about right except for teh price of your motors. I have never seen a brushed motor at 100, that is what they list for, but ive never seen em unless they are less thana month old. Good stock motors range from 20-35. mod motors range from 30-65. If you want a brushless mootor system though, that is another story all together which i wont even start.

[irupp33]

Sounds like you should get a tc3 rtr kit. its more of a beginer car and you can have alot fo fun with it. if u want alot for speed check out the tc3 KIT with a 2 speed trans.