Drifting

[shami]

Hi All,

Anyone here into drifting RC cars??

[DUB 20V]

Hi All,

Anyone here into drifting RC cars??

hell yeah me and my mate have tc4's team acciated

[shami]

Hey Awesome!!!

I've a very basic setup, and i wanna get together with some people to give it a try..let me know when you guys are getting together and im there..

[Drift King]

Yeh i am, though i've never tried it, i would like to have a try and meet someplace.

I have a RC that reaches 35 k and i just bought it for $320. Im hoping to turn it into a Nissan Silvia S15 and transform more into a drift vehicle.

Tell us when you's are gonna go and meet

[Water Boy]

I just put armorall on my back tyres and go from there... Sweet for drifts on the local netball courts its about 100m by 20m and its heaven for RC cars

Pity my RC car is crap that i fopund in a dump matser

[Pullstarter]

PVC pipe glued to original wheels works well. Or there is many brands of drift tyres you can buy from HPI, Hotbodies, Tamiya and Yokomo which will turn any 1/10 RC touring car into drifter. I did have a Tamiya TB02R chassis with an AE86 Trueno shell:







Haven't got one at the moment but planning on getting this one:

http://www.rcmart.com/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=420_34&products_id=24480

All depends if I can talk one of my mates into getting one, pretty dull drifting by yourself otherwise.

[WEDEL.1]

Great to see some RC action here, but how is this relevant to VW Watercooled?

Should we have a thread for non VW model cars?

Maris

[Pullstarter]

If they made a rwd VW body I'd get one lol

[Mischa]

Great to see some RC action here, but how is this relevant to VW Watercooled?

Should we have a thread for non VW model cars?

Maris

does it matter

[WEDEL.1]

does it matter

Since this is a VW Forum, YES!

[99gti]

I think Andrew has a RC Mk5 that is RWD???

[Pullstarter]

It's not so much whether the chassis is a rwd that matters, most RC drifters actually use 4wd chassis. The bodies are just a lexan cover which you can mount on basically any chassis, i.e. you can mount just about any body, no matter what its final drive location, body shape etc, on any chassis. Most RC drifters prefer to use car bodies that are modeled on real life rwd cars for authenticity, hence most are Japanese; Skylines, Chasers, Silvias, RX7s etc. I can't ever recall seeing any VW being involved in a drift event, not that I'm saying it's never happened but it certainly wouldn't be common given that VW haven't made a rwd for how long?

[Mischa]

It's not so much whether the chassis is a rwd that matters, most RC drifters actually use 4wd chassis. The bodies are just a lexan cover which you can mount on basically any chassis, i.e. you can mount just about any body, no matter what its final drive location, body shape etc, on any chassis. Most RC drifters prefer to use car bodies that are modeled on real life rwd cars for authenticity, hence most are Japanese; Skylines, Chasers, Silvias, RX7s etc. I can't ever recall seeing any VW being involved in a drift event, not that I'm saying it's never happened but it certainly wouldn't be common given that VW haven't made a rwd for how long?

a few months... golf gti 650 ftw!

[Pullstarter]

a few months... golf gti 650 ftw!

Get me a GTI 650 body shell and I'll use it.......hmmmmmm........wonder if I could mod one up out of a stock GTI body.......dam you Mischa that's another project I gotta do!!!!

[static1800]

make an rc version of the General Lee Audi