d16forlife

Like stated, dont buy from ebay, I would stay away from Traxxas(I have read too many bad experience stories) and decide how fast you want to go. Out of the box, nitro will be way faster but will take some patience and tunning to get the motor to last. Electric, you will spend a fortune on batteries and motors if you want the speed and reliability of nitro but they are very quiet. So you have some choices.

As far as nitro cars, look at the ready to run 1/10th on road cars by Kyosho, Associated (Ntc3) or the HPI (rs4). Parts are cheap and readily available plus they all come with a different aray of bodies. nitro cars are built a little heavier and will take a crash with minimal damage. Most electric RC arent made to take abuse, they are more geared towards racing. Keep that in mind.

sikcrx89

i actually found this place on yahoo last night and found these 1/5 car with a 23cc motor. dont know if they are name brand or not but it looks cool.. also i found what they call a CT5 or something that is the fastest production nitro rc to date (from what they say) right out of the box at a top speed of 73.4 mph.. i am looking more for ON ROAD racing around burning tires up on it,drifting it,and racing anything that goes up or down my street.

examples of what i found

1/5 scale (50mph)
http://www.trendtimes.com/nipochssrmot.html

CT5 (73.4mph)
http://www.trendtimes.com/porsche-gt3-rc-car.html

d16forlife

The firts one is decent. Its modeld after the FG road car which is over $1500 just for the kit(no motor or electronics). The plus side is that its gas and gas is way cheaper than nitro. The gas motors are less of a pain in the *** to tune also. The second one looks like a CEN(pronounced SEN) knock off. Parts may be a problem for both. Might not. You take a risk buying cheap knock offs because they may need to change a few kwy components in order to not get into copy rite issues in the states. This means that you may have to waite for Donalds family members to ship them from china so you can get your car up and running.

Any of the kits I mentioned in my other post will be rite at or just a few $ above $300 ready to run(minus batteries and nitro fuel). Sometimes towerhobbies.com has coupons where you can get free shipping or up to $30 off. They will be plenty fast too(35-40MPH stock). Dont get too crazy with speed. Remember, that faster you go the more damage when you crash...and you will crash!!

Just remember, nitro cars are like real cars. They have cluthces, diffs, bearings(mainly inside the motor) and breakes that constantly need manitenance and attention.

sikcrx89

so your saying something like this would be something i could start with and be happy for a little while http://www2.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin...I=LXRSH9**&P=0.

i say some of there other stuff that was ready to run but to much $$ for me just to start. i am new to them and will learn as i go but i get tired of stuff really quick and dont really want to make an initial $500 or more investment only to play with it a month or 2 tops

sikcrx89

or even this one

http://www2.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin...I=LXNCA8**&P=0

its a traxxas

sorry linking skilz suck copy/paste

d16forlife

That is a great model. They offer it with many different bodies.

This is another one I would choosehttp://www2.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin...&I=LXGZJ4&P=ML

This one is also a good one. OFNA has great product support and their cars are awsome. But this one is 1/8th which is bigger than the other twohttp://www2.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin...&I=LXDPC2&P=ML
Here is a 1/10th OFNA car http://www2.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin...&I=LXHUD2&P=ML

And we all know you cant go wrong with Tamiyahttp://www2.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin...&I=LXLKY2&P=ML...http://www2.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin...&I=LXJHY9&P=ML


I would really stay away from Traxass. They put way too much ---- on their cars because they are made for dummies who want to just push a button and go. Too any things to break and I allways see them at most the hobby shops that I go to waiting to be repaird. Basically the more moving parts/electronics the higher tha chances of someting preventing you from having fun with it.

sikcrx89

those all look pretty good. that was kind of a round about figure i was looking for.. i really dont want to spend more than $450-500 to get started,thats with fuel,starter package and all. if i can get $500 dollars worth of fun out of it then i can see spending that much. now are all of those or nitro rc's period configured for 4wd or can you eliminate a diff. and make it 2wd? and what are the models you posted capable of speed wise?

N1ghtM0nkey

I don't really think Traxxas is that bad, I bought my T-Maxx used and I should have known better. The transmission and steering system is over-complicated though.

d16forlife

You contradicted yourself . Your statement backs up my warning to stay away from Traxxas .


Traxass has a big hold on the market and their RCs are "cheap"($) because the Hobbby shops make up $ on the back end in service. I go to 4 different hobby shops around me and each allways has at least 3 and i've seen up to 10 Traxxas RCs waiting to be worked on for some reason(mainly transmissions and steering problems).

sikcrx89

opinions??^^