One thing I like about nitro, is you can be out there for hours, literally. No dead batteries to worry about, just fill it up and off you go again.

 

Thats if it stays in tune for that long lol

 

Lol, I always found if you got it running right on the day, it would be ok, but some days would be totally different.

The tune can vary massively depending on the weather.

 

Yeah if you got that magic spot it was fine, but 9 times out of 10 i never did (and boy i did try ), don't have any problems with lipo power and they are silly fast

 

do a search on youtube for hpi Flux cars, the cars running LiPo 6s batteries are mental.

running time you see about 25mins.

remember a 5litre can of nitro fuel is about £20-25!! more than SUL!!!!

least with batter its clean.. plug and play fun

 

do a search on youtube for hpi Flux Brushless cars, the cars running LiPo 6s batteries are mental.
http://youtu.be/2K7eVGWCyYQ

running time you see about 25mins.

remember a 5litre can of nitro fuel is about £20-25!! more than SUL!!!!

least with battery its clean.. plug and play fun

 

ive just got back into this. got a hyper 7 off flee bay with lots of spares and fluids for £102. ive easily spent that again on it already! the engine was tired so im just breaking in a ansmann force 21. its a pain in the *** cos they are so hard to start from new. recommend a roto start!

when i got it




now


got some nice wheels on back order from modelsport too

http://www.modelsport.co.uk/ansmann-...products/35897

 

i got a nice little Rc car that i have just started

its a 4wd drifter running full LIPO setup

THE DRIFT SCENE






darcy

 

^^
where do you drift it, do you need a really good flat car park?




happy new year

 

Happy new year to all

No mate they can pretty much go on any surface you can adjust the suspension ride hight to suit etc

 

mine after a new years day bash. - its still on run in but i couldnt help myself!
its had about 2.5 tank of gentle and 1 tank of full throttle with breaks.

 

im flogging my tamiya supra TT01D drifter if anyone wants it...just wants some lipos and your away as its now got a 10T brushless set init and NIMH's didnt cut it....

 

Got any pics

 

its forsale in classifieds granby, non scooby related items...

 

Does it have lipo safety cut off?

 

whats that when its at home? im not too clued up on the game i just bought it to **** about with and everyone has now sacked it off so i no longer use it...the motors not even been out of its 'beginner' mode

 

when you run lipo you have to have a saftey cut off.

Darc

 

well iv not run lipos on it so no idea. the ESC cuts when there not enough voltage

 

Some ESCs have onboard cut off, some don't so you should have an alarm cut off or similar.

 

Yep, on the HPI Flux stuff you set it to a cut off point so the battery doesn't run totally flat, the instructon book tells you, but I found a YouTube clip telling how to do it on my BULLET, so I followed it stage by stage, play/pause/play/pause etc till I was at the same setting the gy on the YouTube clip had
dead easy, once done you don't have to do it again.

For Lip's have a look on Ebay, look for the TURNIGY brand, you also need a Lipo charger.
again these are ££'s cheaperon ebay than in the shops selling the same thing :crazy:

 

Good site to get Lipo's from

www.hobbyking.com

 

mine did this, thats how i knew nimh's were not cutting the mustard

 

From about 3.40

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cL65rnXiQHg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8mbV4jMzMEo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zYFsMD_g-Js




(IMO, I suspect its a setup - cool though)

 

i bet he's loaded too lol

 

Just ordered one of these



Avante Black Special.

To be honest I was never going to because I already have an Avante 2011 but I decided never to build the 2011 I would never actually get to build a new Avante.

The Black Special has only just been released and at vast expense one is on its way from Hong Kong right now.

The car comes with black and pink wheels. The pink wheels will be going on my Egress which is due its restoration as soon as the Black Special arrives.

Hopefully will have my Optima Mid complete soon so will post pics up when its complete. Only taken a year!!

 

And it has arrived



Think I'm going to build this one.

 

was there shipping cost and VAT/Duty on that?



will you get it running too?

 

Avante looks good

I've just bit the bullet and ordered everything to do a brushless conversion on my Hyper. Will be running a Turnigy Trackstar 2650 motor with an Xerun 150A ESC on 4s, should be fun my conversion kit and ESC arrived in about 3 days from TCmodels in Hong Kong (excellent service) I'm still waiting on Lipos and motor from Hobby King, ordered at the same time as the TCmodels gear but only actually shipped almost a week after ordering oh well, you can't grumble at their prices!
I'll get some pics up when it's done.

 

For the first time in ages I didn't get charged. I got stung badly on a Tamiya 501x from the states because you have to pay all the fees plus some odd £10 to Parcel Farce for "handling"

On the suggestion from my wife its going in the loft with the 2011. I'll rob the pink wheels for the Egress but I'm going to hold off building until I know how limited this car is going to be. Some think Tamiya will only do one run and thats it. If thats the case I might build the 2011 and keep the Black Special.

I love nitro rallycross. Think I'm going to start racing 1/8 again this summer. I understand folk converting to brushless but for me its all about the noise and smell.

 

Bumping this to show off a couple of my recent builds

Tamiya Egress

The Egress originally came out in the late 80s and this car is made from almost all new parts.










And a few pics of the Avante Black Special. The Avante was another 80s Tamiya model. Over complicated and over weight it was never going to win any races but from a design point of view it is stunning. The Egress was actually Tamiya's attempt to make the avante competitive. It never really worked.

In other news Tamiya have re-released the Wild One. This was my first RC car so I have to buy at least one. The wife has promised me one for Christmas but not sure I can wait that long