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Are you having a laugh jay? when were you racing, in the 80's!?
RC Nitro buggy
- Thread starter MadMacs
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Nobody uses Tamiya on the tracks, its all hyper 7's-8's, xrays, crt's etc......
HPI and Tamiya have only really in the last couple of years released decent cars.
The Pro 2 was alright, the Pro 3 sucked, the Pro 4 was pretty good.
Tamiya have only really started to pile on the pro kits in the last two years with a new car at least once a year!
Associated, Corally, Xray, Yokomo among others have been making race cars for years!
The Pro 2 was alright, the Pro 3 sucked, the Pro 4 was pretty good.
Tamiya have only really started to pile on the pro kits in the last two years with a new car at least once a year!
Associated, Corally, Xray, Yokomo among others have been making race cars for years!
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MadMacs said:
That's a rip off. My Hyper 7 TQ Sport cost about £230 brand new. I've only used it a handful of times though so not really had my monies worth, I just don't get chance to use it.
Awesome buggy though, even for beginners with spares and hop ups in plentiful supply from any model shop. You can't got wrong with them if a buggy is what you really want.
Oh and they are very fast.
I wouldn't use it on the streets though as they are quite noisy but any park or wasteground will do. There might even be some enthusiasts in your area that might have a local track. You'll find that RC enthusiasts are always willing to help new people to the hobby learn all about them.
To be honest I would think about second hand first off because even though they are RTR (Ready To Run) you need a hell of a lot more gear to really get you going. Fuel +fuel bottle, Battery pack/hump pack, Failsafe (nothing worse than a runaway nitro car, very dangerous) battery charger, tools, filter oil, after run oil, glow plugs and a glow starter. All that stuff brand new will cost a small fortune, trust me! I've spent shedloads and mine sits going to waste cos I haven't the time to dedicate to it.
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I have Team Associated RC10GT2 RTR truck - see here
Their previous model (RC10GT) has been around for 14 years as well as winning major competitions etc so you can be sure that GT2 will be around for some years to come therefore better part support. Unlike other kits which can be short lived sometimes.
After owning a couple of 4WD nitro kits like HPI SNR and NMT, I got bored of 4WD so I went for 2WD which is more fun and challenging to drive, especially in the wet plus less maintenance.
However, Hyper 7/8 is a great quality buggy, you can't really go wrong with it.
For nitro fuel, go for 16% or 20%, I won't bother with 10% as I find it is too weak.
Fail-safe is a must-have, it will stop your truck in the event of radio interference or low battery instead of running away to the kerb or wall with wide open throttle!
Their previous model (RC10GT) has been around for 14 years as well as winning major competitions etc so you can be sure that GT2 will be around for some years to come therefore better part support. Unlike other kits which can be short lived sometimes.
After owning a couple of 4WD nitro kits like HPI SNR and NMT, I got bored of 4WD so I went for 2WD which is more fun and challenging to drive, especially in the wet plus less maintenance.
However, Hyper 7/8 is a great quality buggy, you can't really go wrong with it.
For nitro fuel, go for 16% or 20%, I won't bother with 10% as I find it is too weak.
Fail-safe is a must-have, it will stop your truck in the event of radio interference or low battery instead of running away to the kerb or wall with wide open throttle!
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Jay123 said:
With respect jay you dont see much tamiya anymore
and honestly i dont know much about the cars you listed JAMAL said:With respect jay you dont see much tamiya anymore
No .. I know theres no Tamiya .. But if you havent heared of Pro 2! or even the Pro 3 and 4 .. Then you cant call yourself a R/C Bighead
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Jay123 said:
I'm all petrol now, to be fair that style of car has never done anything for me As people have said, for a beginner its really between a Hyper 7 or Hot bodies lightning.
I was seriously into offroad RC racing a couple of years ago.
Still got my buggies and truck.
Cost me a lot of money for sure.
Have a Lightning Pro, but with all the hop ups, took the diffs out and replaced with Fiorini torsens, engine is a Novarossi P5, my other one is a Kyosho K3 with a OS V-Spec engine. this is fitted with limited slip diffs.
I also have a T-Maxx, which I hopped up to the max, replacing everything with 6061 or 7075 alloy.
Believe me, dony get into to serious or you will see your pockets very empty.
At the time I spent about 3k on those 3 RC cars, thats without the radio gear and starterbox, spares tools etc.
So my advice would either a hyper or Hot bodies as they are both well made, with the hyper maybee edging it, due to the engine being a little better.
A good forum to look at is
www.maxbashing.co.uk
I was seriously into offroad RC racing a couple of years ago.
Still got my buggies and truck.
Cost me a lot of money for sure.
Have a Lightning Pro, but with all the hop ups, took the diffs out and replaced with Fiorini torsens, engine is a Novarossi P5, my other one is a Kyosho K3 with a OS V-Spec engine. this is fitted with limited slip diffs.
I also have a T-Maxx, which I hopped up to the max, replacing everything with 6061 or 7075 alloy.
Believe me, dony get into to serious or you will see your pockets very empty.
At the time I spent about 3k on those 3 RC cars, thats without the radio gear and starterbox, spares tools etc.
So my advice would either a hyper or Hot bodies as they are both well made, with the hyper maybee edging it, due to the engine being a little better.
A good forum to look at is
www.maxbashing.co.uk
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Yeah brushless setups can do silly speeds
Ok i regestered on www.maxbashing.co.uk, but have to wait before I can post.
So looks like "Ho-Bao Hyper 7 TQ Sport RTR" with the 21 engine is a good buggy.
Ok i've seen talk about replacing the steering knuckles and getting a better steering servo.
Can anyone tell me what I would need/wan't to purchase for the hyper 7. Also could you link me to the parts as i havn't a clue what they are.
http://www.modelsport.co.uk/?CallFunction=ShowStatic&StaticPage=home.php
Do they come under the hop-ups section?
Thanks for all your help.
So looks like "Ho-Bao Hyper 7 TQ Sport RTR" with the 21 engine is a good buggy.
Ok i've seen talk about replacing the steering knuckles and getting a better steering servo.
Can anyone tell me what I would need/wan't to purchase for the hyper 7. Also could you link me to the parts as i havn't a clue what they are.
http://www.modelsport.co.uk/?CallFunction=ShowStatic&StaticPage=home.php
Do they come under the hop-ups section?
Thanks for all your help.
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Yes the steering knuckles that come as standard on the Hyper 7 TQ Sport are not great and will break if you bash them too hard. The best upgrade is to get the CNC knuckles (I have them on mine and are £30 a set) which are practically indestructable. Also the steering servo that comes with it is not great, I broke mine all too easily and replaced it with Hitec Servo which are £30 upwards. More expense, lol!
Also I personally would go for the Hyper 7 TQ Sport 28 (Orange one) as it has a better engine.
Also I personally would go for the Hyper 7 TQ Sport 28 (Orange one) as it has a better engine.
I disagree a .28 engine is not suited to a buggy, its more of a truck engine, thats why all racers use .21 engines as they rev higher, .28s have more torque but dont rev so high, a friend of mine put a .28 in his buggy, it was quite frankly rubbish.
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20 % nitro Pfffbarnettgs said:
I used to race a 1/8 scale delta many years ago, used to build my own engines fitted with self built fuel injectors with flat thottle slide , if i remenber they used to be about 1/4 inch bore not to bad on a 3 1/2 cc engine , they were fully ported and relieved .
fuel was a heady mix of 80% nitro ( good ol santa pod ) 5% caster oil BP and 15% methonal , the piston ring used to last about 1 hour then its a rebuild
top rev were in the region of 30,000 rpm , fuel consumption ran out at 4 fluid ounces in ten mins.
still got the silver cups that I won
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Heres my old girl. Kyosho 777SP1.
Can't believe I've been out the game for over 2 years. Keep seeing talk of RC so starting to get itchy thumbs again.
I would go for a Hyper unless you want to do serious bashing and some sort of truck would be the order of the day.
At least with Hypers you won't be stuck for parts when you break it (which you will, everybody does). And run in the engine exactly as your supposed to. Don't be temped to cut corners. One engine I bough from Florida was 2nd hand. I ran it in as if it were new and it was one of the most reliable in the club.
As for Tamiya - whats this about not seeing Tamiya anymore? They may not be too popular within racing circles but their kits are excellent to get started with.
I'm seriously considering treating myself to one of thier new "old cars". Infact I think I've got to.
Hot Shot 1
http://www.modelsport.co.uk/?CallFu...ID=53&CategoryID=1010&ChassisID=447&ShowCar=1
Can't believe I've been out the game for over 2 years. Keep seeing talk of RC so starting to get itchy thumbs again.
I would go for a Hyper unless you want to do serious bashing and some sort of truck would be the order of the day.
At least with Hypers you won't be stuck for parts when you break it (which you will, everybody does). And run in the engine exactly as your supposed to. Don't be temped to cut corners. One engine I bough from Florida was 2nd hand. I ran it in as if it were new and it was one of the most reliable in the club.
As for Tamiya - whats this about not seeing Tamiya anymore? They may not be too popular within racing circles but their kits are excellent to get started with.
I'm seriously considering treating myself to one of thier new "old cars". Infact I think I've got to.
Hot Shot 1
http://www.modelsport.co.uk/?CallFu...ID=53&CategoryID=1010&ChassisID=447&ShowCar=1