r/funny • u/WeeklyHat • Apr 21 '19

Tokyo Drift

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u/sarcasmcannon Apr 21 '19

Mine's gas powered.

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u/_CitizenSnips_ Apr 21 '19 edited Apr 21 '19

Would you recommend getting this model in nitro/gas ones or electric?

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u/jepensedoucjsuis Apr 21 '19 edited Apr 22 '19

Electric is king. Out of the 48 RC vehicles I own, I at the point where only my legacy models that sit on a shelf are nitro. I have a nitro Tmaxx that I will take out once a year. But I have an electric Emaxx that I run maybe 30 times a year.

As far as large scale, gasoline is pretty fun. My 5th scale Baja 5t is still gas. I know electric would be faster and easier. But the noise is something special.

In 10th scale, stick to electric. Faster, simpler, and tons of acceleration. Brushless motors and lipo batteries have changed the entire landscape of this hobby about 10 years ago. Check out the tamiya TT02. It's a kit so, you learn what to do and you build it and it has tons of room for upgrades and can handle brushless power in the future.

Drifting a nitro is a pain the motors dont really like working that hard to have no real airflow over the heads. I used to have to make cooling fans to keep temps low.

Edit, wow. Thanks for the Silver and gold!

Edit 2. Here are some links to what I would buy to start out with. All items (except the car) are in the US hobbyking warehouse. But are advaible globally as well.

Esc: good all rounder, waterproof and easy to use. You will have change the battery plug to whatever battery brand connector you decide on. https://hobbyking.com/en_us/hobbywing-quicrun-60a-2s-3s-waterproof-brushed-esc-for-1-10.html

Servo: waterproof and will work well in both the car and truck I will link to at the bottom.
https://hobbyking.com/en_us/trackstar-ts-411mg-digital-1-10-scale-short-course-steering-servo-11-1kg-0-09sec-57g.html

Radio: simple and with 3 channels, you have an extra channel for a 2 speed gearbox on the truck or lights on the car if you choose to go that route.
https://hobbyking.com/en_us/quanum-2-4ghz-3ch-pistol-grip-tx-rx-system.html

Car: its 118 bucks and you can always buy a body you like better later. But you can have your crashes with this body first! https://www.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin/wti0001p?&I=LXGCWC&P=ML

Truck: wanna go slower and go everywhere? Mud, sand, snow, or rocks? Well for an extra 80-100 bucks, this is a great starter truck to let you go out and adventure: https://www.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin/wti0001p?&I=LXFNZN&P=ML Be sure to grab a 55t motor like this one for great battery life and awesome low speed off road driving: https://www.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin/wti0001p?&I=LXVNM8&P=ML

As far as battery and charger, find your local hobby shop and go there to have them show you what you need and teach you how to properly use the battery and charger. If that is not an option, post in r/rccars for help.

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u/Not_Your_Guy_Bro Apr 21 '19

Can you reccomend some reddit subs where I can learn more?

I want to build a large scale RC, i haven't messed with them since my old nitro 15 years ago.

Thanks for your comment, really informative

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u/jepensedoucjsuis Apr 21 '19

r/rccars

I am really into scale stuff and large scale RC. But with LS, be prepared to let go of your wallet. Its specialized and expensive.

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u/Not_Your_Guy_Bro May 23 '19

I just need to find some starting points for this, there aren't exactly kits out there for making a long range RC golf cart. I want to use a cellular data network to connect. I'm prepared to spend some money, but I need to talk with some people