What RC rally car

[wildoliver]

I've put this on here instead of oople as it's not really their sort of thing, we are off skiing in Feb and I fancy taking a RC car with me for arsing around in the snow, I've considered allsorts including Kyosho Blizzard snow cats but ultimately want something I can enjoy when I get back too, I don't want a monster truck or SCT and I've got buggies coming out of my ears.

I reckon a rally car would be ideal, I assume they are all pretty much 1:10 scale which would be ideal, size isn't a problem as we are driving down in a big car. I do have a vintage tamiya celica gr.b but it's too good to be a basher.

I would prefer a kit instead of a rtr, budget of circa £100, I won't need any electrics as I have them all.

Any ideas?

[sandman77]

I have a few rc rally cars and by far the best one is a Tamiya XV01. It was a great build and handles very well and seems to be pretty strong. You can get it with the intrgrale body which looks great (as does the GT86 version).

[wildoliver]

You utter bugger, it's way over budget but I'm rapidly convincing myself I need it now!

How does it realistically compare to the earlier Tamiya rally chassis tt-01 etc?

Do you have any experience of these carisma models? They look cosmetically very nice but I'm generally very unimpressed with the build quality of "cheap" models.

[C.A.R.]

The TT01 is very basic in comparison (it's entry-level rc) to the XV01, which is far superior out of the box (well, once assembled!). Hence there's quite a price difference.

Enclosed belt-driven with integral mudguards and sealed electronics compartment - it was made for dusty off road use. I think the pro version falls foul of that being more geared towards a touring spec. There's also a long-travel suspension version which might be worth researching.

I'd love to add one to my collection but I don't have the finances just now!

[sgrimshaw]

Just a thought .. you'll either need hard packed snow or a "dusting" on a hard surface for a rally car otherwise it will just bog down in the snow and go nowhere, and even on hard packed snow grip is likely to be an issue.

I know the original ask for a Rally car, but a monster style would run better.

If you have buggies, what about slapping some Sand/Snow tyres on one?

http://www.modelsport.co.uk/pro-line-sand-paw-fron...

[wildoliver]

I did consider slapping some sand scoops on a buggy and having fun on deep powder, but I'm after a rally car anyway and reckon it will be fine out on the piste outside the apartment on a night when it's empty.

I'm now hunting an xv-01.