Your recommendations for a beginners gas powered rc car?

[TheNeck]

im just starting, and i will get a new gas powered rc car, today or tomorrow, and i was wondering what is a good beginners gas rc car for a reasonable price.

also any links about rc cars that has alot of good information for beginners would be helpful.

thanks

 

[ElFenix]

if you've never had an rc car before i would suggest electric.

 

[TheNeck]

i had an electric grasshopper, many years ago. now its time for some gas power, any suggestions?

 

[LongCoolMother]

i feel nitro is okay for beginners too. its not that much more difficult, plus its more fun . for beginners you could probably take a look at hpi rs4 3. those are rtr and parts are available cheap at most places for them. you can bash around and hop up or upgrade if you want to race later. if you want to spend a little more, an rs4 ss might be good. if you have a store that carries parts for it, a yokomo gt4 rtr would be a kicka$s beginner car. you'll have to change the motor to being race legal though if you want to race.

otherwise other ones to ceck out for beginner nitro:

ofna ob4- not greatest parts, but cheap, and easy to hop up, plenty fast
try to avoid the 4tec
nitro tc3 rtr- make sure you get 2 speed tranny
id recommend the nitro rs4 rtr the most though. easy to get going, great beginner car.

 

[stev0]

screw that. get a truck so you can play around in the dirt and mud

hop on ebay and find a RC10GT truck combo. people get out of the sport and sell eveything they own for cheep

 

[EngenZerO]

get a Nitro TC3...(what I have, )

Nitro is easy to get into and fun. Its really not that much more complicated than electric. With electric you have to worry about peak charging, matched cells, brushes, etc...bleh (well that is my opinion). Nitro, you just tune the engine and go (but sometimes your engine does not like to start, ). Also the clean up is a little more messy with nitro, but that is why they made SimpleGreen, . Just shoot that on yer car (dont aim for the servo's) and blow dry with a Air Compressor, .

Ozzie

 

[Antisocial Virge]

Tmaxx 2.5 is a great truck but maybe not for someone just getting into it. Tmaxx line of trucks have a huge aftermarket support for parts.