RC Car?

[x Alex x]

been offered a RS petrol car, audi A4, needs glow plug and pull starter. 40 quid. has 2 remotes, spare wheels and half a bottle of petrol.


for another tenner i can have an electric one off him that just needs a servo?

sound interesting, i've bought loads of stuff off him, will be going down soon, yeh i know its the early hours lol.

think it's worth it?

cheers

 

[x Alex x]

petrol audi

 

[StevenRB45]

I'd probably get the electric one petrol ones are annoying to keep running right, although servoes can be expensive, Get it and i'll race my tamiya impreza against it! although I should probably rebuild the gearboxes first it sounds like a bag of gravel in a washing machine.

 

[Xen]

both are easy to replace broken parts, but chances are with the electric one it *is* just a failed servo as theres not a lot that tends to go wrong with them. the other, once the glowplugs are replaced theres still plenty more that could be at fault, so id be careful.

 

[activematt]

Id never buy a second hand petrol car..........generally most are abused and not well maintaiend

 

[loudpunto]

leave the nitro get the electric my mates had nitro and they never worked properly and when they did my electric was just as fast!

 

[faster4_tec]

buying a used nitro car is generally not a great idea, and to say the least, that one looks abused as so many do.


also call it petrol and I'll burn you put petrol in it and see what happens

 

[x Alex x]

cheers guys, i'll leave it then, i can have the electric one for a tenner so i might go for it, i have an electric tamiya too which just needs A battery

 

[StevenRB45]

I've got 3 batteries....not sure if they all work like been about 2 years since I ran it.

 

[jug]

nitro cars are great to play with in your bedroom but not as good when you actually want to use them. battery powered cars are far more reliable, easier to use and maintain, have much more torque, the only disadvantage is you dont get the nitro engine noise, oh and tyres wear quicker.

 

[x Alex x]

well ive dug my car out, battery seems dead, stood for a couple of years, all it powers is the steering

 

[NumanR]

Check out ebay for all sorts of rc car stuff at the moment, BRCA has just effectively banned all of last years cells due to possible safety issues due to overcharging. Therefore most people who race competitively are having to change all the batterys with many changing to lipo cells, which need different chargers. So chargers, dischargers, and cells are a plenty on ebay. Also many people are going brushless so speed controllers and brushed motors are very cheap at the moment.

 

[x Alex x]

Check out ebay for all sorts of rc car stuff at the moment, BRCA has just effectively banned all of last years cells due to possible safety issues due to overcharging. Therefore most people who race competitively are having to change all the batterys with many changing to lipo cells, which need different chargers. So chargers, dischargers, and cells are a plenty on ebay. Also many people are going brushless so speed controllers and brushed motors are very cheap at the moment.

well my car isnt that fancy, quick and good fun, well it was when i was 13 lol. just need a 9.6v battery pack

 

[Focus Owner]

mine runs on 7.2
perhaps next meet everyone should being there childhood RC

 

[x Alex x]

mine runs on 7.2
perhaps next meet everyone should being there childhood RC

yeh i saw a load of 7.2s on ebay, sounds like a plan lol, mines an evo 7 i think

 

[Focus Owner]

mine a mapline

its in a dodge viper shell

 

[JFL]

i dont know what mine is but i have a mitsubishi lancer one and its huge

and i also have one of them tyco ones i believe, the beetle thats green and says canned heat

 

[Focus Owner]

1:10 mine

 

[col7104]

mine runs on 7.2
perhaps next meet everyone should being there childhood RC

Nothing "childhood" about RC!

Bit of luck I'm not planning any big meets this year, all I have is IB's that make me uneasy whenever I crank them up above 1C

 

[x Alex x]

Nothing "childhood" about RC!

Bit of luck I'm not planning any big meets this year, all I have is IB's that make me uneasy whenever I crank them up above 1C

mines 1:10. my mam just said im childish for digging mine out lol.

just got a battery for mine £3.98 delivered buy it now.

upon buying this i discovered an undiscovered £36 in my paypal account since last summer too