Wish

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Am looking at getting my son a RC car for Christmas, have seen this one
Bonzer R/C Truck - Electric radio controlled cars
But dont really know enought about them to know if its good or bad.
Ive got a about £150 to spend, has to be fairly quick and robust, and electric rather than petrol.

Can someone point me in the right direction of a good one ??



cheers

Pete The Biker

I used to have Tamiya cars several years ago - seemed quite well designed, and good spares availability. They are kits rather than ready-made.

Tamiya - RC racing at its best!

Have fun!

Pete

haroldhettaturbo

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Got a Tamiya TL01 of ebay couple years ago for about 100 quid. Good fun.

Tough also got it jammed under my old calibras back wheels had to boot it out.

They eat batterys though so by some extra one of ebay cheap enough and a fast charger. Charges a battery in something like 3 hours instead of 20.

You can alos get chargers to work of your car battery if you are out and about.

Hope this helps.

haroldhettaturbo

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Oh yes and its not just the big scooby that gives u the modifying bug.

Faster motor only cost me 20 quid and different gears, bushes ect ect.

Wish

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Thanks guys !

Would want a ready made one ..... as it would take me another 3 yrs to build it for him LOL

Brun

I was really into r/c cars a few years back and raced at various clubs. The tamiya cars are great starter cars and provide a good basis if ya lad decides to start racing in the future. Be careful though - it's a slippery slope and can cost a fortune as modding is just as mad in the r/c world as it is in the Scooby world
I would seriously recommend you build your own as you will then have a good knowledge of how to fix it if the car argues with a wall or similar.

haroldhettaturbo

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Bought mine premade, not got the patience to do it my self

Pumpkin

I had one years and years ago. I really enjoyed the build process - hardly complex, taught me a lot, including how to fix it...

I think I enjoyed the tinkering more than the actual driving of the thing

speedking

My son was bought a Tamiya Super Fighter G for his birthday. I'm really impressed. All in about £100 including radio control and charger. I used to race rc cars and agree with building it yourself. It only took three of us a whole afternoon , but at least you know how to fix it when things break, which they will. Also you can upgrade parts as mentioned above. Some ready builts will be glued or push fit so the parts cannot be replaced.

Enjoy.

Tidgy

got a tamiya 4x4 escort cossie rally car, as said above tis self build, but not hard (built mine easily in a day when i was about 16) also usefull cos it got run over (grrr dad and his v70 volvo) so i knew how to repair and rebuild it, still works, although i rarely use it (now 24 lol).

if you do go for it i would recomend getting 2 spare batteries and a fast charger (will wipe out a battery in 15 mins, and fast charger takes 20 mins to charge it again)

speedymonkey

Hi mate try this site,

British Radio Car Association

Its the british radio car association, with links to all sorts

Id recommend going to a local, decent model shop near you and having a chat with someone in the know, but buy a popular model (so if it does breaks, and it probably will at some point) then the parts are to hand.

Ive had a Hotbodies Lightening (nitro) for 2 years now and its very very fast, great fun and its easy to get parts, and if you dont mind tinkering its easy to fix too. Bit fast for a young lad tho, but it is soo much fun, would cream my scooby to 50mph big time

Wish

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Thanks for all the advice ! Keep it coming

Hes 6 yrs old so that will give you an idea of where im coming from. Im not getting to kinda like the idea of building it. As long as its not to complicated
I have enough trouble building his lego Ferrari's LOL

Tidgy

pmsl, tbh those tamiya might be a bit to advance for him, possibly anyway, they do up to 30mph as kit, then if moded then 60mph isn't that impossible.

but you get step by step instructions, saying grease here, screw here etc etc

speedymonkey

Here's a piccy of mine




Im 26 and always wanted one of these, some may say its sad, but thats just because they havent had a go
I take it out for a good rip on the local bmx track if im peeved or bored and after seeing it catching 10 foot of air i always come home with a huge smile arhhhh big boys toys

Tidgy

big kid at heart lol

Wish

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Ive been recommended this one ???

Tamiya XB Pro Overlander

Any thoughts ??

speedymonkey

Thats what the missus says, but she loves it too, ive seen her smiling when having a go Still got a rc plane to, but its not looking to healthy after numerious bad crashes its so bloody hard to control, still a good laugh tho

speedymonkey

Monster trucks can generally take much more bashing cos of their size, looks fine too me mate, but try to see one first if you can, and have a look at it with the shell off to see if their are any obvious flimsy looking bits that are vunerable, but to be honest that will probably be sweet for an intro into the RC world.
I know i would of been chuffed to bits if i got one of those when i was a kid

Wish

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Yes Speedymonkey, so would I.
I never did, so Its kind of nice to think we could share it

speedymonkey

Bet you spend more time playing with it than him
Rc cars are cool always were and always will be

Tidgy

couple of picturs of typical instructions, hardest bit is builing the diffs,



then suspension







ended up getting a replacement shell after the run over incedent, went for a bmw touring car

Wish

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ummm Thanks for that.

Maybe I better go pre built

speedymonkey

Looks mint, bet it rips up the carpet, got into rc by visiting an indoor electric club, was astonished at how quick they were much cleaner than nitro i have to say, but i dont mind a bit o filth

Tidgy

lol not too hard, if he was a bit older would have said help him build it, might be worth it though so you can repair as and when lol

that one is a ta 02 4wd electric chassis

Tidgy

tar, you should see my other shell that got run over, front end is mashed pmsl

think i might have to go hunting on ebay for a few bits and bobs for it

speedymonkey

Took me ages to decide weather to go electric or nitro, racer/buggy/monster truck
decided on a nitro buggy just for the bashing potential, much more assault factor ive had silly air with mine and it always comes back for more, well most of the time have gone through a few cracked suspension arms, but sod it they only cost a couple of quid, well worth it

Tidgy

lol, bit cheaper than running a normal car

got mine before i became aware of nitro, not sur if it was around at the time, might get a one now though, in the mood to build one again

would have to be a touring car though

speedymonkey

Nitro touring cars are mint, soooooooooo fast but big shortage of places to use them to their full potential thats why i went for a buggy, use them anywhere, especially after work in the massive car park and the bmx tracks for stupid air and big drifts

Tidgy

wheres the best place to buy one? (don't mind online) are they self build ones (would prefer that)?

speedymonkey

Use brca link
Find a good model shop and go have a gander.
I got mine from a model shop in chapel (manchester) they really know there stuff, but u'll find model shops near u using the link
Get a buggy, miles more places to use them and you can beat the hell outta them good for about 50 mph (in about 2-3 seconds) and can be modded for miles more