kongman28 on "Offroad RC Cars..."
I've got a Rustler and Slash, and just picked up a 1/16 Ken Block replica too, all Traxxas. When I was looking it was at Wheelspin where a guy told me even though the shop was full of HPI advertising,...
View Articleslimjim78 on "Offroad RC Cars..."
Just go balls out and pick up an HPI Baja in kit form. Massive, fast, uses a hedge trimmer engine so utterly reliable and runs straight unleaded fuel. None of the nitro down sides all of the nitro...
View Articlejulians on "Offroad RC Cars..."
I bought a traxxas bandit xl5 for my son for xmas( and then shortly after bought a maverick strava xb evo s for me :-))The traxxas is really good, very tough,decent handling, well made, well thought...
View Articletwonks on "Offroad RC Cars..."
I have a Nitro Traxxas revo 3.3 that I converted to brushless.No doubting that the nitro powerplant was immense. The noise was like a mini old school F1 car but equally as annoying and tempermental so...
View Articlezippykona on "Offroad RC Cars..."
Those 2 stroke ones have the world's most annoying noise. The electric ones are not so bad but still make me want to kill.
View Articlev8ninety on "Offroad RC Cars..."
Traxxas have a really good rep for resilience, as has been mentioned above. It's just a case of pick your preferred style and price point really, and you're good. And go brushless if you can afford it,...
View Articletimber on "Offroad RC Cars..."
That was one of the ones I was looking at, ended up with HPI e-firestorm as that was the first thing I won on ebay of the few models I was bidding on. Fine for just mucking about with, LiPo battery...
View Article2unfit2ride on "Offroad RC Cars..."
I have a Thunder Tiger ST4, it's mental fun, but has limited appeal for me, yes it can do mad things with it, but take it to the local woods rather than a nice track & you'll probably break it I...
View ArticleDrP on "Offroad RC Cars..."
Twonks - Any idea on the cost and parts list please???I've a revo 3,3, that I often toy with swapping the motor out for a brushless...DrP
View Articlelesgrandepotato on "Offroad RC Cars..."
I'm currently enjoying a monster beetle and building a pumpkin. There's a lot of fun to be had with these old tamiya..
View Articlestumpy01 on "Offroad RC Cars..."
I recently bought a Tamiya Neo Fighter (just before Christmas) and it's pretty good fun albeit at the more budget end compared to some of the options being mentioned above. It's seems like a good car,...
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DrP - Member Twonks - Any idea on the cost and parts list please???I've a revo 3,3, that I often toy with swapping the motor out for a brushless...Sorry I missed this.It was a while since I did it and...
View Articlepapamountain on "Offroad RC Cars..."
So I bought the Traxxas Rustler. It's here and looking good. It comes with their 7 cell nimh battery. I have a nice 2s lipo coming for it. Will try that for a while before thinking about the 3s lipo...
View Articledlr on "Offroad RC Cars..."
Waiting for more daylight/dryness to take my 1/10th out for some bmx track action, race it indoors atm. Wallride last time out was fun/carnage...[video]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wnf4cNKzEPs[/video]
View Articledlr on "Offroad RC Cars..."
Not drifting as such but I have raced my 1/10th Touring Car in a wooden surfaced sports hall with narrow mini pin tyres, this was essentially drift racing just at a higher speed Quite a few dedicated...
View Articlejacksprogis on "Offroad RC Cars..."
Some interesting advice here.I've got 14 cars at the min but riding has took over. If you're having a baja, go brushless. Mines around 7HP
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slimjim78 - Member anyone dabbled with drift RC? I work with a chap that was the UK champ a few years back, he has moved on to full sized drift cars now but we were talking about it the other day, it...
View Articledemonracer on "Offroad RC Cars..."
Axials are good dependable cars, I have a wraith and some SCX10s at the moment ... The wraith is good fun and will go almost anywhere with the right setup.
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