Tamiya RC Kits - what else do I need?

[iamrcb]

I've never bought an RC kit before, but fancy one. I'm just after a low price RC kit - half for the building/painting and then for playing with and then modifying.

I've got my eye on this:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Porsche-911-Carrera-RSR-Dr...

What else do I need to buy to run it and what is the correct terminology for what is missing from that kit?

Some sort of controller, battery etc?

Thanks

[Driver101]

You'll need to buy the radio gear which is a transmitter, receiver and servo. You'll also need to buy a 7.2v battery and charger. Maybe multiple batteries if you want to use it for any length of time.

The Amazon price isn't that good. I can see local models shops selling the car for the same price. Often when you buy the car many model shops will have a packaged deal with all the other parts you need at a slightly discounted rate.

Just in case you don't know, you have to build the kit and also paint the body too.

[iamrcb]

Thanks

Yes, the kit form seems like half the fun for me.

[iamrcb]

Are there any specifics that I need to know about a transmitter? I'd like a used, square, old-school type as I love a bit of an anachronism, like this:

[Driver101]

That's not far a car. You only need a two channel radio.

You've either got that style of controller(stick), or you have a pistol style controller with the trigger and a little wheel to spin. Some people seem to prefer one or another, but I always liked the pistol style.

Old controllers will be either 27 or 40MHz. You can change the frequency of the transmission to race against other people by changing the crystals.

Modern controllers are 2.4GHz and far less likely to suffer any interference.

[MBBlat]

From a web based model shop here
http://www.modelsport.co.uk/tamiya-porsche-911-car... or http://www.wheelspinmodels.co.uk/i/205160/
The combo price on the right or bottom includes everything you need. You can customise the modelsport combo to include a stick transmitter, personally I've moved over to the pistol grips as they are lot nicer to hold.

Whatever transmitter you get make sure its 2.4gz
Add a bearing set & install whilst building.
Consider getting oil filled shocks as your first upgrade

No connection other than customer with either shop.

manual available here
https://www.tamiyausa.com/items/radio-control-kits...

[ecsrobin]

Another happy customer of models port albeit 10+ years ago. I used to buy all my hop up parts from them and body shells. Although paints and the initial model were from the local independent.

The advantage of the Indy is you may pay slightly more but you can always take it back in and discuss any issues with them and they will be happy to help.

As said bearings and oil filled shocks prior to building is worth doing then an electronic speed controller.