Really small R/C cars!

Toggle sidebar Toggle sidebar
C

cheesehead

Lifer
Aug 11, 2000
10,079
0
0
EDIT:
My computer must have borked, because my post never seemed to have appeared. Sorry!
Anyway:

I wanted to know if anyone else on this forum drove 1/27 sized cars (mini-Z), 1:43 sized cars (SuperSlicks or Epoch Indoor Racer), 1:87 (TTTT), or 1:64 (1:60) R/C cars, (such as Tomy's Bit Char-G (or, in the US, MicroSizers), or any of the ZipZaps cars from RadioShack). I personally prefer them to their larger counterparts, primarily because they're A. affordable and B. easily modded. They're also quite hard to break. (I currently only own 1:64 stuff though.)

As long as I'm asking this, does anyone know where to get some really thin metal tubing? I need to make an axle holder for my custom rally-style car?
 
E

Eli

Super Moderator | Elite Member
Oct 9, 1999
50,419
8
81
I'd like to get into 1/8 scale.. I go for the bigger stuff.
 
C

cheesehead

Lifer
Aug 11, 2000
10,079
0
0
The nice thing about the small ones is that you can take 'em out of your suitcase/backpack/briefcase and race 'em around wherever you are. 1/10 scale on-road racers require a specialized track if they've got a few aftermarket upgrades.
 
D

Dessert Tears

Golden Member
Feb 27, 2005
1,100
0
76
I have 2 LXX Boosters and 2 crappy Bit-Char As. I really wish I had them FET-modded before the micro-RC popularity waned. I also wish I had realized that there would be selling-off of collections when/before it happened.
 
C

cheesehead

Lifer
Aug 11, 2000
10,079
0
0
Originally posted by: mercanucaribe
Originally posted by: Eli
I'd like to get into 1/8 scale.. I go for the bigger stuff.
Click to expand...

The smaller the vehicle, the bigger the landscape is for it!
Click to expand...

I wholeheartedly agree. Most R/C cars travel at such absurd scale speeds that you need very large raceways to let them steer properly. (Case in point: 15mph ZipZap SE. 900 scale miles per hour.) Of course, a 1:64 four-lane freeway is still pretty darn small, so we're in luck. (Also, old slot-car tracks seem to work pretty well.)

To Flatscan, I'd like to point out that there has been a recent rennisance, albeit a very small one, in 1:60 sized R/C stuff. In the past month, I've seen:
-An overland Bit Char-G with articulation
-A monstertruck Bit Char-G with articulation
-A Brand-new bit char-G differential someone cooked up
-TWO seperate "rally" full-suspension versions of the ZipZap SE
-My own custom car, which is currently being slowly pieced together. (It will use a ZZMT motor, LiPo cell, and iWaver electronics. Needless to say, it will be VERY fast.)

Bitpimps.lixlink.com also has a guide to installing your own FETs, and a guy named Codesuidae can install 'em for about 20$. ZipZap SEs (the proportional ones) can be had for 12$; Codesuidae can also perform a "duty-cycle" mod that will give up to 40% better performance in conjunction with FETs for grand total of 30$ (10$ for DC mod + 20$ for FETmods).
Microrccenter.com/forum is a nice place to check out for this kind of stuff, too. It's a bit more performance-oriented, and less oriented twoards making stuff look cool.
 
Kaervak

Kaervak

Diamond Member
Jul 18, 2001
8,460
2
81
I used to. Right now all my ZipZaps stuff is collecting dust. Wanna buy them, cheap? :D
 
T

TitanDiddly

Guest
Dec 8, 2003
12,696
1
0
Getting a nitro stadium truck from this dude I know for $50. He says it's in good condition, but we'll see.
 
Captante

Captante

Lifer
Oct 20, 2003
30,353
10,876
136
I sold off all my Zip-zaps except for a Starsky & Hutch Torino.. I still have 3 larger (not sure of scale) PT Cruiser monster trucks which I blast around my yard with my kids, for
cheapo RC's those things are awesome... they just won't break!
 
C

cheesehead

Lifer
Aug 11, 2000
10,079
0
0
Originally posted by: Banana
Those tiny ones (ZipZap?) were fun.

3 years ago.
Click to expand...

You know, things are no less fun because they're old. I'm essentially building one up from scratch, and it's been a very interesting process, especially because I've never done anything like it before. It's kind of like Starcraft: RTS games like SC are really based more on solid gameplay than flashy graphics, which is why it's still so popular.

Originally posted by: Kaervak
I used to. Right now all my ZipZaps stuff is collecting dust. Wanna buy them, cheap? :D
Click to expand...

How much?

Oh, and a word of advice to Phasmatis:
Make sure the radio gear is included in your price!
 
Banana

Banana

Diamond Member
Jun 3, 2001
3,132
23
81
Originally posted by: Cheesehead
Originally posted by: Banana
Those tiny ones (ZipZap?) were fun.

3 years ago.
Click to expand...

You know, things are no less fun because they're old. . . .
Click to expand...
That is a good point. It just seemed like they were all the rage back then.

 
The J

The J

Senior member
Aug 30, 2004
755
0
76
My hobby shop back at home has many metal rods that you could use. You should try to find one in your area. The one near me is called Rider's Hobby.

I have two 1/10 scale nitro R/Cs: A DuraTrax Maximum BX and an HPI Nitro MT kit, both of which are heavily modified. The BX is a tank that moves at 45-50mph (keeps up with my brother's Street Force GP) and the MT I turned into a decent monster truck by using Maximum MT tires and modifying the truck to accept a Traxxas clutch bell and a Losi 72 tooth spur gear (higher gear ratio to give the truck better acceleration). It's pretty addicting, but I haven't been able to drive them because there's nowhere here at college to get them going. :(
 
C

cheesehead

Lifer
Aug 11, 2000
10,079
0
0
Once again, that's why micros are so great. :)
If you're really into the truck scene, there are some very nice 1:27 and 1: 18 trucks you can get, such as the Mini-Z monster, Mini-T, and the Mini-LST. (The mini LST is a 4WD monster truck running 2 370-class motors. It's 200$ RTR.) These can be raced in areas far too small for a real 1:10 nitro car, and they're much quieter.
I'm personally thinking about getting a SuperSlicks monster (1:24 scale, roughly 7 inches long) and installing full-propo electronics in it. After I'm done, it should have thirty-degree articulation on each side and locked 4WD so I can use it for 'crawlin.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.

TRENDING THREADS

COMPANY
RESOURCES
FOLLOW
Top Bottom