Who's in to electric RC cars?

Confused said:
Well that's my Christmas money spent!

2x HPI Plazma 3300mAh NiMh battery packs
1x Fusion Vector NX85 charger
2x HPI TE37 Wheel 26mm White (6mm offset)
2x HPI T-drift Tire 26mm
1x Traxxas front bumper
1x Losi body clips
1x Traxxas body washers
1x HPI Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X body (200mm)


So that little lot should be arriving tomorrow with any luck :)
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Good choice :) You can't go wrong with what you've bought there. With the stinger the 3300's should last a while
 
The bits have arrived, and I've got the battery/wheels/tyres sorted on the car.

The body shell, well, that'll be a longer term project, need to decide on colours and decals etc - do I want it to look like a stock Evo X, or sticker it up like a proper drift car? ;)

The HPI T-drift tyres are a pain to fit, though! The instructions say to warm with a hot air gun, so I tried a hairdryer, but no dice, they just didn't get soft enough to push all the way on.

So, in the end, it was using this technique, which worked really nicely:



I then spent a couple of hours fitting the new bumper, which involved taking apart half of the front suspension, as the newer design of bumper sits over parts of the chassis, rather than being held just by the two screw holes - so hopefully this means it'll stand up to some knocks much better than the older design did.

Whilst I had it to bits, I then tidied up a few parts, checked everything was tight and aligned, and re-attached the radio receiver in a better position, using cable ties rather than duck tape! ;)


I then threw a battery in, and had a bit of a play with it in the kitchen - I need more space I know!

I've also noticed that my ESC has about 3-4 different forward speeds, but only a single reverse speed... full power! So that's not ideal, but it's working for the moment, maybe in time I'll get another ESC, but pair it with a brushless motor instead?

And, a short video!

 
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I thought I'd drop these in here. I found them by chance while looking for something else :) Image of the Hyper 8 shell that I commissioned from AbsoluteControl in 2006. Guy did an incredible job. Company is still going but I don't think he does the shells any more :( I did keep this when I sold everything up but I have no idea if I still have it or if I threw it. Only have one image of it on the car too (at the bottom). Why I deleted all my own photos of my RC stuff I don;t know, have loads of other peoples stuff!

The reason for the "Bat out of Hell" reference btw is that it was an RB WS7 III engine in there that had been ported/polished and balanced. Frankly it went like stink.

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Great thread guys even if it is getting on a bit, it is a great read especially for old racers like myself.

It was all Rough Rider's and Holiday Buggy's in my day. The last one i had was a Kyosoho Beetle.
Costly hobby but great fun.
 
Yrkoon said:
brushless ones can out run nitros and with lipo batterys they get awesome run times.
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20minute runtimes on my old short course truck and that weighed around 3kg, it went around 40mph aswell but the motor and esc could have handled a lower pinion/spur ratio
 
Mark A said:
http://www.modelsport.co.uk/hpi-mini-savage-xs-flux-2.4ghz/rc-car-products/40100

Are these any good? Just looking for something to have some fun bashing on a bmx track.

I have radio gear if I can get anything better for that money in kit form with just the motor and esc.
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They are pretty good, you'd need 3s to really get it going. To be honest i'd choose the mini revo over that, its a bit smaller but cheaper and on 3s it'll hit high speeds. Also lighter and will withstand crashes better. but if you wanted something a bit bigger might not be what your after.
 
Great thread, I've been back into RC for around a year and have built up a little collection. First up is my nitro HPI Savage that I've spent far too much money on. It has a spec list longer than your arm and is an absolute blast:

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Next is my Losi Muggy that I have converted to brushless, also spent a fair bit on this, it loves huge ridiculous jumps and it pretty much indestructible :D

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Then there's my Tamiya Stadium Blitzer, pretty much stock apart from a brushless combo, this is great fun on things like loose dirt and the beach:

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Then my Tamiya TT-01D Drifter. A few choice hop-ups on this, good fun to drift about in my local Tesco car park:

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Last but certainly not least, my Axial SCX10 trail/crawler. Relaxed and chilled out compared to my other stuff:

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I've only just noticed that this thread is about electrics. Apparently in my sleepy haze while on night shifts my reading comprehension failed and I spammed the wrong thread with images of a Nitro buggy lol.

I used to wonder about going electric, but I liked just being able to keep pouring juice in too much.
 
I was very tempted buy a 'firestorm flux' brushless motor RC about a year ago but i never did. . There isn't really anyway i could use one. I am getting rather jealous looking at these pics though.
 
Building Candy said:
They are pretty good, you'd need 3s to really get it going. To be honest i'd choose the mini revo over that, its a bit smaller but cheaper and on 3s it'll hit high speeds. Also lighter and will withstand crashes better. but if you wanted something a bit bigger might not be what your after.
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Thanks. I will check out the revo, I think I was looking at them a while back. Dont mind it being smaller really, just want something that is nice and fast and fun on rough terrain.

I was toying with the idea of fitting larger wheels to my Tamiya TB-01 1/10 scale rally car and adding a brushless motor and esc, but i think that could be more trouble than its worth and maybe better to just buy a car that's designed for big jumps etc.

If I could find one in a kit form that would be great as I love building them :D.
 
My first tentative foray back into RC cars for many years.

As it's brushless it's way faster than anything I had as a kid but obviously nowhere near as fast as some on here. It's a pure toy, not planning on racing etc. Just car park fun for when I want to be a kid again!

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DreXeL said:
Yeah definitely, the carpark under the new Tesco is ideal for drifting :)
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Excellent :)

I have, however, managed to wreck my front diff :( It's a ball differential, and I loosened it up a bit too much - just had it all apart to try to put it back together, and it's now ended up stripping the thread on the bits that hold it all together :(

So... only place I've found the bits I need is on eBay in the US - so it's ordered, and hopefully on its way to me!

Then, yeah, definitely we'll go :)

Don't think mine would do very well as purely RWD for the moment! A touch uncontrollable, maybe!
 
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