Any one race rc cars?

as the title says.


im thinking about racing 1/10 touring cars over the winter, wondered if any one else is in to rc cars?

scott

[Wideboy]

no but were you at hope farm on sunday?

[Skip]

I race Tamiya M03 Minis on a carpet track - here is my race car...



Its a tight circuit so only silver can motors allowed. Touring cars can get expensive with all the brushless motors, lipo batteries, tyres and additives etc - Minis are just good clean cheap fun! Tomorrow night is our first night back after the summer break Have a look here to see what's local to you.

[fizzwheel]

I used to, but 4WD buggies on an off road course. Be warned, its huge fun, but it can get expensive depending how sucked into it / how competative you want to be...

wideboy i wasny at the hop farm as i was working at the shop. i need as much moeny as i can get to fund the gsxr and the car racing hopfully.

im thinking i want to race the touring cars so i can go brushless eventually, ive got a brushless 1/16 running on 3cell lipo and its rapid.

cheers for the link skip, theres a club not far from me who have a practice all sat. how do the minis go? do you have any problems getting parts from tamiya. i work in a model shop on sundays and think im going to go with kyosho.

i thought about off road fizz but the local club just closed so its a no go now, plus i prefer the cleanness of electic on road.

[Skip]

Originally Posted by scottjames

cheers for the link skip, theres a club not far from me who have a practice all sat. how do the minis go? do you have any problems getting parts from tamiya. i work in a model shop on sundays and think im going to go with kyosho.

On our tight circuit in a village hall they are hugely fast - an M03 chassis needs no more than the kit motor to make it fast. Our top drivers car is totally standard as its all consistency that is the key. Hence a £100 kit can see you competitive straight away which I think is a lot of the appeal. There are a huge number of clubs in the UK who race Minis so if you are just after a bit of fun rather than emptying your wallet then I can highly recommend it.

Here is a Youtube video of one of our meetings - when you are not racing the cars can be hard to follow! Make your head spin!

My Tmaxx doesnt get raced but I have it 9 months and nearly compeltley re built it through some fantastic crashes.... I mean fantastic..

Unreliable bag o pooh though time to spend 1000£ on a new 23cc petrol one....

Originally Posted by 454697819

My Tmaxx doesnt get raced but I have it 9 months and nearly compeltley re built it through some fantastic crashes.... I mean fantastic..

Unreliable bag o pooh though time to spend 1000£ on a new 23cc petrol one....

why? you want a 1000£ bag of poo then?

seriously, unless your going to spend 2.5k and ace it the big petrols are a waste of time. get your self a 1/18 buggy or truggy. they are the most robust and will be as fast as a 1/6 monster. i can recomend kyosho, their inferno range is great and cheap to repair but you have to really try to do serious damage.

scott

Originally Posted by Skip

On our tight circuit in a village hall they are hugely fast - an M03 chassis needs no more than the kit motor to make it fast. Our top drivers car is totally standard as its all consistency that is the key. Hence a £100 kit can see you competitive straight away which I think is a lot of the appeal. There are a huge number of clubs in the UK who race Minis so if you are just after a bit of fun rather than emptying your wallet then I can highly recommend it.

Here is a Youtube video of one of our meetings - when you are not racing the cars can be hard to follow! Make your head spin!

i do like the look of it, just i have a few frineds in the 1/10 already so can steal bits when i break mine hehe. i think im going to have to go and have a look arace night before i make my mind up.

cheers