Recommend me a RC off-road buggy/car please!
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Plenty of choice, but I'd get this http://www.modelsport.co.uk/traxxas-1-16-e-revo-xl...
I have a bigger version and it's great. I used to have a Tamiya years ago.
I have a bigger version and it's great. I used to have a Tamiya years ago.
Magic919 said:
Plenty of choice, but I'd get this http://www.modelsport.co.uk/traxxas-1-16-e-revo-xl...
I have a bigger version and it's great. I used to have a Tamiya years ago.
Okaaay - so why that one? (So I can work out what I should be looking for).I have a bigger version and it's great. I used to have a Tamiya years ago.
Magic919 said:
Plenty of choice, but I'd get this http://www.modelsport.co.uk/traxxas-1-16-e-revo-xl...
I have a bigger version and it's great. I used to have a Tamiya years ago.
good shout! I have a bigger version and it's great. I used to have a Tamiya years ago.
I hade the nitro version, it was awesome and tough as coffin nails.
always wanted the electric on though, the nitro aspect became a bit tiresome at times with the noise and restrictions on where you can run a something that makes such a racket.
stevo6 said:
Fancy a remote control off-road buggy in my xmas stocking... But rather bewildered by the choice...
Must be electric. Budget < £200 for everything if poss
Fancy a Tamiya for retro cool, but I'm not sure they're that good these days?
Any recommendations out there?
Ta
Personally I'd say avoid Tamyia, much better kits available.Must be electric. Budget < £200 for everything if poss
Fancy a Tamiya for retro cool, but I'm not sure they're that good these days?
Any recommendations out there?
Ta
Do you know where you'll want to be using the vehicle? As in do you have any place to use it?
Trucks with bigger wheels will work better than 2wd buggies on grass that is remotely long. 4wd is great, but can make the vehicle more complex.
For RTR (ready to run) kits Traxxas offer some superb vehicles. I'm still a fan of Losi and Schumacher make some good stuff too.
DoubleSix said:
Avoid Tamiya? My arse...
They look nice I agree. Are they matching the performance of other makes though? Even 20 years ago a new Tamiya was massively behind the times back then. Have they updated them since then?Running quality ESP's, brushless motors, LiPo cells and fully ballraced? If so, then fine. If not then you can do better.
No technically they are not on the bleeding edge (or even near it), but there is something wonderful about them that other companies just can't engender; that childish 'joy' factor.
The have made a few nice improvments in replacing weak points with machined parts and given carbon tubs instead of the brittle plastic stuff.
I only buy for nostalgia, not because I want to go and compete with some teenagers or anything. To draw an analogy a modern ford is far more technologically advanced than your average TVR - but which fires the soul?
The have made a few nice improvments in replacing weak points with machined parts and given carbon tubs instead of the brittle plastic stuff.
I only buy for nostalgia, not because I want to go and compete with some teenagers or anything. To draw an analogy a modern ford is far more technologically advanced than your average TVR - but which fires the soul?
DoubleSix said:
No technically they are not on the bleeding edge (or even near it), but there is something wonderful about them that other companies just can't engender; that childish 'joy' factor.
The have made a few nice improvments in replacing weak points with machined parts and given carbon tubs instead of the brittle plastic stuff.
I only buy for nostalgia, not because I want to go and compete with some teenagers or anything. To draw an analogy a modern ford is far more technologically advanced than your average TVR - but which fires the soul?
sThe have made a few nice improvments in replacing weak points with machined parts and given carbon tubs instead of the brittle plastic stuff.
I only buy for nostalgia, not because I want to go and compete with some teenagers or anything. To draw an analogy a modern ford is far more technologically advanced than your average TVR - but which fires the soul?
t performance is st performance though. And many other kits offer hopups and upgrades such as carbon tubs, parts, titanium or alloy bits.If racing you'd want to look at something designed for racing, but even for bashing there are other more viable kits (IMO).
Curious, what sort of speed controller and motors do you get in a Tamiya these days? Surely they aren't still standard sealed under powered stock motors and mechanical speed controllers are they?
These are meant to be quite good I believe, although not for longer grass. Being a micro you can use it in smaller spaces however.
http://www.racing-cars.com/pp/Manufacturer/LC_Raci...
http://www.racing-cars.com/pp/Manufacturer/LC_Raci...
I love the way PH responds to things...
So guy has £200 and wants something to play with
Which immediately becomes a c0ck waving session as to why mines better than yours, and you're wrong.
The sensible answer here is:
Walk into a shop
Buy the one which looks cool and reminds you of being a kid
Go play with it, don't research why it's not the best and why you've paid too much
Have a pub lunch and go play some more
THEN
Sure if you get right into it, come back and listen
For goodness sake, get out and have fun.
I've owned from Tamiya basic £80 jobby to schumacher, kyosho £600 jobbies back in the day and to be honest, if you're looking for a muck about in the park, buy the one which looks cool!
But hey, like everyone else, just my two pennies.
So guy has £200 and wants something to play with
Which immediately becomes a c0ck waving session as to why mines better than yours, and you're wrong.
The sensible answer here is:
Walk into a shop
Buy the one which looks cool and reminds you of being a kid
Go play with it, don't research why it's not the best and why you've paid too much
Have a pub lunch and go play some more
THEN
Sure if you get right into it, come back and listen
For goodness sake, get out and have fun.
I've owned from Tamiya basic £80 jobby to schumacher, kyosho £600 jobbies back in the day and to be honest, if you're looking for a muck about in the park, buy the one which looks cool!
But hey, like everyone else, just my two pennies.
DoubleSix said:
Avoid Tamiya? My arse...
BTW - what model is that one exactly? Does it normally come with the alloy shocks, or are they hopups?Don't get me wrong, I certainly don't hate Tamyia and remember being envious of people having them when I was at lower school. My brother had a nice Mini Cooper and my cousin had a 4wd buggy of some kind, these where all 540 motored and mechanical speed controls and 27Mhz radio gear. However moving up to a Traxxas SRT or a Losi XXT was a world of difference in performance, ability and parts.
It's a RE RE of arguably the best buggy Tamiya ever made; The Avante:
http://www.tamiya.com/english/info/avante2011/
All standard in those pics... It is a work of art and an immensly enjoyable boxing day build with all the retro blister pack packaging etc - could only dream of such a thing as a kid with my lowly grasshopper.
Brushless motors and electric speed controllers all part of the modern Tamiya offering, with loads of fond memories thrown in. Personally have no interest in all this modern stuff, purely a nostalgia kick.
http://www.tamiya.com/english/info/avante2011/
All standard in those pics... It is a work of art and an immensly enjoyable boxing day build with all the retro blister pack packaging etc - could only dream of such a thing as a kid with my lowly grasshopper.
Brushless motors and electric speed controllers all part of the modern Tamiya offering, with loads of fond memories thrown in. Personally have no interest in all this modern stuff, purely a nostalgia kick.
Umm, well found one of the Tamyia models I always wanted.
Still looks great:
But fk me it's pricey....
http://www.modelsport.co.uk/tamiya-bullhead/rc-car...
£375 RRP (available at £299).
And in return you get the most basic and limited of ESC's, plastic bushes (no metal ballraces), plastic shocks, plastic motor mounts and wheezy crappy 540 motors.
Such a shame, had this have been modernised a bit and sold at sensible money I might have treated myself.
Still looks great:
But f
k me it's pricey.... http://www.modelsport.co.uk/tamiya-bullhead/rc-car...
£375 RRP (available at £299).
And in return you get the most basic and limited of ESC's, plastic bushes (no metal ballraces), plastic shocks, plastic motor mounts and wheezy crappy 540 motors.
Such a shame, had this have been modernised a bit and sold at sensible money I might have treated myself.
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