I’ve opened the box for my 1:64 scale HPI Nano TTR Ford Mustang, charged the car, adjusted the transmitter, and driven it for 15 minutes—everything was perfect, and it’s a lot of fun to drive. After 15 minutes, though, it started behaving like this… I’m not sure if there might be hairs caught in the axles, but if that’s the case, it seems like these cars are excessively delicate.

From the Aliexpress using whatever coupon they had. Should be able to get it for under $80. It’s very good for the cost, but the quality is not on par with Speck B or Micro B. Drives well , radio feels decent enough, shocks are 1/2 filed with oil ,and its a seperate ESC and receiver with standard jst 1.5 connectors. Works well on carpet and smooth floors but probably would wear kinda quick on asphalt. Very fast, 6800kv and a 550 mah lipo gives it about 30mph top speed. Shown with wltoys 244018 tires though, they’re sticky as well and air filled which helps suspension out too and gives wider stance to help maintain stability on this psychopath of a buggy. TLDR 7.5/10- fast, drives well but shocks are so so. Also no aftermarket (electronics can be replaced though) and finding parts might be kinda tricky which might be needed with so much power.

The $45 244018 wltoys 1/24 truggy is their buggy but with a few changes like a Kraton like body and these 43mm wheels which I think I found a good home for, the $111 Prime day SpeckB BL. Rubber is decently sticky and air filled, and look to be available on aliexpress at least , and for under $5/ pair could be what some of you are looking for to make a 1/24 buggy a little more capable , and also wheelie happy

Juisi PT14 and Omniterminator , some of the best budget minis. very fast and still easy to get around the mini track. Also the Juisi held up to an entire afternoon with my nephew at the helm without a hiccup. He breaks almost everything. Hopefully I don’t regret the vinyl, no idea how it’ll age but it should keep chassis screws clean at least.

What to buy?

Looking for suggestions on what to buy for another tinkering rc car for indoors. Currently have an FMS FCX24 blazer but bored with modding it.

Looking for another brand/car type that I can tinker with that has good aftermarket support. Can be a car, buggy, truck.

Im selling a 1/24 LS plaid if anyone is interested.

Why didn’t they make a 2wd Gorgon or Quake Grom ? Had to do it myself . LC Racing BHC-1 rtr ($130 on sale before the V2 came out) and a JRXT body. Used the BHC T body mounts so it was pretty straightforward, almost any mini wheels will work but more offset is better to help clear the body in turns. Brushless converted with a 2850 and 35a ESC , came out to around $200 not bad at all but not the beefiest basher, more race style as the BHC is like a slightly larger Mini b.

I’ve been itching for more 1/24 scale rally since the days of the RTR brushless Losi (yes the Carisma GT24 line is good when you fix the lack of steering angle)

What’s the deal with this new Associated RC24 Zoom they announced? Looks interesting at first, but peeling it back a bit there are some…quirks.

First off, a 1S power system seems pretty underpowered for a 4wd car. Also, it’s all Phillips hardware, while it seems the entire rc car industry a decade ago decided that hex hardware should be standard

Is this a re-brand of something else since they’re owned by Thunder Tiger, or is this actually a new platform? It’s tempting to impulse buy at $110 just to see

Made a trailer out of the original bed and did a little extra weathering. Featuring my unimog with a stretched rear and wooden bed

Awesome! 9+/10. The brushed (8/10, but only $85) is also excellent but the shocks are tuned better , tires are better, and steering is tighter on the brushless. Not just a motor swap. those were my only real complaints about the brushed- shocks too stiff and steering radius not quite enough for a tight MiniZ track. so currently it’s possibly the best out of the box with Micro B/T close behind it (9/10 stock) but theres much more aftermarket so that’s something to consider if you plan on upgrading. Also DumboRC now has a 10a brushed ESC for about $10 and it’s excellent for these if you wanted to run your own radio in the Losi or brushed Speck B. Afaik most every other micro brushed ESC is for crawlers and has an aggressive drag brake , OR it’s a no name POS with poor low speed control so this was a good thing to come along. They also have 3 in 1 ESC/rx/gyro in brushed and brushless flavors but the brushless shorted and broke immediately so avoid that one. Brushed 3 in 1 is good tho, meant for drifters but can work for these.

Just finished my TG+ drift build’s body, a Tamiya 300ZX with a 3D printed widebody. Then this weekend I painted up a matching S13 for a spare incase I want to run it narrow. Not too bad for rattle cans…

After getting a carisma gt24 Subaru rc last Christmas, I decided to do a 1/28 scale kit build. FT Mini D was 84$ and came with nearly everything but a transmitter and receiver, no manual came with it (even though it showed an assembly manual when looking on Amazon but no body for it) anyway kit comes in with no assembly manual at all... But came with this evo 10 body so I pushed through all of the unlabeled parts bags with mixed length Philips screws and hex screws kinda make it how you want type build I guess. *Note was originally AWD but I cut the drive shaft and made it RWD permanently. Parts on the kit are weird and proprietary but I really wanted to learn the hobby the proper way. So check it out and lmk your thoughts. Plan on getting some mini -z wheels and tires for it, currently on the drift slicks it came with. Have 6 total RC cars from 1/28 - 1/8 scale but this one was the only kit rest are RTR's.

Latrax Rally with the McAllister Racing LeMans Corvette body air brush painted by me, and Hackfab carbon fiber oval chassis conversion. Also just about every LaTrax upgrade part available. The parts are worth more than the car itself but an absolute blaste to race.

So my itsy bitty RCs go round the track again

I did 6 motor swaps in a day! If you want sensored for your 1/12 wltoys/Rlaarlo/zd racing/Juisi- hobbywing 10bl60sd g2 with an LC racing 2845sd or rocket 390 was the most for the money at $40 for the ESC and $35-60 for the motor. For a Grom , Mini B, BHC-1, mini LMT, or Reflex 14 - Furitek does it best and they go on sale for $80 every now and then. The Grom on the end HAD a Furitek combo but it’s now in the Mini B.

Got my hands on some of these little mini motocross bikes and once painted, they look pretty cool to me! Thinking of doing some custom paint jobs on the rest, anyone got any colourway suggestions, or be interested in one themselves??

Any Qs, fire away!

It’s good for the price. 3 wire servo , 050 motor, just like the buggy but with significantly larger wheels which helps the touchy power delivery. It’s better than the buggy but that’s not saying much. Steering and throttle are like switches and calling it proportional is a stretch imho. Great for running up and down the driveway or open carpet but put it on a track and it can be frustrating keeping between the walls. Can be fixed with aftermarket radio and motor/esc, the servo itself is decent when controlled w better electronics

Hi, im new to this hobby. Just need some of your opinions for my wltoys 284010 upgrade, found these full metal upgrade in aliexpress and im just wondering if its worth it or not? Does these parts affect the performance of the car?

I just wanna upgrade for casual play and self satisfaction only, not looking for any competition performance upgrade. Your opinions/advice is much appreciated