Beginner in R/C cars

[mgllim]

hi guyz, im a begginer in R/C cars... can anyone help me?
im sori if i posted in the wrong section...
just wanted to ask.... what is the best car for a begginer?
tnx!!!:D :p

[XtremeCustomz]

matters if you want nitro or electric, touring or offroad.

[Tachikaze]

This all depends on what you wish to do with the R/C vehicle.
It is always more fun to race than it is to just run around in your yard. If you have the opportunity to race in your community, then I would check out what the guys in the club are racing and look to get involved with them.
Where I live we have just started a club, after 10 years of trying to get the LHS to get invovled. We have a lot of nitro off road ( HPI Savage and T-Maxx) because we have an off road course being built. We have a lot of Losi Mini-T's because of the indoor skating rink that we race on.
My first car was a Tamiya TA02 that was to be torn apart to build the APC in the movie Aliens, but I liked driving it so it did not get disassembled. It runs in the stock 1/10 scale races, only my driving skill ( which is bad, but much better than the competition) keeps it competative with the newer style cars.
So the question would remain, where do you plan to drive the car?:confused:

[mgllim]

i want to drive it cars on both on-road and off-road courses. do i need to have a totally different car for the different courses or do i just need to change the technical parts?
btw, tamiya TA02, where can i buy that kind of R/C?

[Tachikaze]

depending on what your off road track is like will determine if you can run the car on/off road. A rally configured touring car can run on road and on a well manicured off road track. If the off road track is very uneven and rough then you will not be able to run a touring car and you would have to run a true off road vehicle.
The HPI Rally is a pretty good car to run on road and to run well manicured off road. The HPI RS4 MT will run most any off road track and is very stable for on road. It is four wheel drive and fairly heavy so as an off road vehicle, there are few cars in its class for racing.
What is really popular here are the new little Losi Mini-T's. We are racing them on an on road track and on the same track we use for off road.
The Tamiya TA02 is an obsolete chassis. It is found now only on the Ford F-150, Chevy S-10. I would not recommend it in that there is stuff out there that is much better. It works fine but is heavy and there is just a lot better stuff out there now.

[mgllim]

oki..tnx... so the lighter the better huh?

[Tachikaze]

In the world of racing: Lighter is better. Wider is better.
Have you decided on what you want to do with the vehicle? Are you planning on racing.
As to gas or electric, that depends on where you live. I have electric primarily because I do model warships and they are electric. But I would not run a nitro in my neighborhood becuse of the noise. If noise is not a problem you might be able to consider nitro.
In the long run nitro is cheaper. The car and supplies may cost you more on the initial out lay, but you get more run time for you money, so MPG you get more from gas.

[mgllim]

HPI RS4 MT probably... i think its also the bst choice for me... ill chose nitro... noise is not s serious problem here... so whats the best price i can get for that kind of car?

[The Bunman]

get an RC10T4

[mgllim]

is there a car better than RC10T4? maybe for a beginner

[tamiyaS10]

I've got a TA02 in both off-road and on-road, the off-road one has higher shocks and slightly wider front hubs. The off-road car is a lot of fun and looks cool but probably not wide enough for serious racing.