Local Model car club

Hesky82 · 31 Mar 2006 at 13:17

saitrix said:
Its a bit weak. I would personally say the best value for money for offroad nitro is the Hyper 7 TQ Sport. Only £245 for the RTR kit aswell.

http://www.benracing.com/acatalog/Hobao_Hyper_7_Sport_TQ.html

but you would always be lusting after the new Mugen Seiki MBX-5 prospec buggy

but then again it cost 500+ bux just for the chassis alone. im saving all my pennies for a Mugen MRX4-R 8th nitro onroad, but there so damn expensive

Hesky82 · 31 Mar 2006 at 13:18

saitrix said:
I know people have been able to get some to hit 70mph, but that speed isnt needed. Most are around the 40-50mph range now.

rc cars in general?

Kreeeee · 31 Mar 2006 at 13:21

Hesky82 said:
rc cars in general?

Pretty much all .21 nitro powered cars hit about 45 stock iirc.

Hmm... I see a hyper 7 truggy conversion project happening this summer

NightSt@lk3r · 31 Mar 2006 at 13:22

i have a savage 21 with a hyper 8 port conversion and monster pirate wheels and tires i imported from canada

Hesky82 · 31 Mar 2006 at 13:33

kreeeee said:
Pretty much all .21 nitro powered cars hit about 45 stock iirc.

Hmm... I see a hyper 7 truggy conversion project happening this summer

I cant keep my tires stuck to the rims when i use a real long 2nd gear and large pinion on my truck, probably about 55mph the tires balloon like mad and past that they just rip off cuz there so soft and heavy. tires really limit the top end for trucks.

right out of the box 8th scale on-roader nitros can hit 70mph gear them and use an outlaw motor they can hit 80mph with ease, these are still uncompromised racers mind. You could go crazy and put a big block engine in a little cheap 10th onroad nitro and give it 3 gears, oh wait a minute Schumacher already did that with there Fusion kit, 80mph+ with 3 gears

Kreeeee · 31 Mar 2006 at 13:43

I was just saying that pretty much all nitro cars will hit 45 fairly comfortably. Obviously there will be extreme cases liek those you mentioned

Now shoo... go on... stop trying to prove me wrong

Hesky82 · 31 Mar 2006 at 13:53

just to give you an idea of how trucks stack up against psycho onroad nitros :cool:

http://www.teamtrilordy.com/TOASTY.mpg

edit: err ah guys, just mute the music for the kids :rolleyes:

Zip · 31 Mar 2006 at 14:03

Hesky82 said:
oh wait a minute Schumacher already did that with there Fusion kit, 80mph+ with 3 gears

Do you have a website for one of these

saitrix · 31 Mar 2006 at 14:03

Zip said:
Do you have a website for one of these

They are fragile tbh.

Hesky82 · 31 Mar 2006 at 14:16

yeah most cars would be if they were sent flying into a parked car at 80+ mph

yeah like most Schumacher cars the belt drive system is a little weak.

just froogle "schumacher fusion .21" a complete ready to run kit is just a tad over 300bux.

Snaggle · 31 Mar 2006 at 14:18

Link for Fusion here .

I have sen the buggy version go (Menace) and its silly fast . But i would rather have something that does 50 and handles and stops than summit that does 80 and is nigh on uncontrolable .
The guy with the menace on wendsday was quickest on the night but only in a straight line and on the perfectly smooth parts of the car park .. Anything more than a pebble and it was all over the place . Where as the trucks and truggies were slower there was no breakages and they could use anywhere on the carpark .

Also the amount of room required for the faster stuff is mental and you can really only take it to super smooth clear carparks which kinda spoils it for me .

Persil

saitrix · 31 Mar 2006 at 14:23

Thats why i love my Electric 1:18 scale offroader.

Lots of fun and you dont need much room! Still hits about 25mph. Seems more like 45mph.

Hesky82 · 31 Mar 2006 at 14:27

yeah to much topend and not enough wheelbase. you just point and let it rip and hope to god it doesnt flip, hit a car or kill someone

pretty cool to watch though!

Kreeeee · 31 Mar 2006 at 14:28

There are load sof BMX tracks around my area where I take my buggy. Tis great fun.

saitrix · 31 Mar 2006 at 14:30

Really if i wanted speed i would just use my planes. A lot easier to get high speed from them, can get them going a lot quicker (120mph+) for not much money.

Hesky82 · 31 Mar 2006 at 14:41

or tether cars, a model car on a string that does 200+mph until it runs out of nitro :cool:

saitrix · 31 Mar 2006 at 14:43

Prefer planes, you control them unlike the tether cars.

http://www.greenairdesigns.com/F-1510cells.wmv

Thats only about a £150 setup there. :cool:

Rilot · 31 Mar 2006 at 14:56

I got me a Team Associated RC18T the other day (1/18th stadium truck). Chucked in a Reedy battery and Reedy Mini-Max and it goes like stink. So much fun in such a small package.

Don't get me wrong. I love my 1/10 Losi XXX-4 etc. but the 1/18th stuff is something else.

Hesky82 · 31 Mar 2006 at 14:58

saitrix said:
Prefer planes, you control them unlike the tether cars.

http://www.greenairdesigns.com/F-1510cells.wmv

Thats only about a £150 setup there.

yup electric planes have really took off thanks to brushless motors and LiPo batteries. light and quick.

Hesky82 · 31 Mar 2006 at 15:03

Rilot said:
I got me a Team Associated RC18T the other day (1/18th stadium truck). Chucked in a Reedy battery and Reedy Mini-Max and it goes like stink. So much fun in such a small package.

Don't get me wrong. I love my 1/10 Losi XXX-4 etc. but the 1/18th stuff is something else.

yeah there makin mini everything now!! xray now make 1/18th scale nitro on and off road cars called the nt18 and nt18t.

small is definitely cool