My RC Drifter

[OzD1Rc]

havnt been here long but i havnt noticed anyone interested in RC drift so here is a pic of my Drifter..
Goes well in a skate park also hahahaha

Ross

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[James]

hey Ross, welcome! hehe love the paint and graphics on the shell! hardcore

[Matt]

like james said: welcome. the shell does look bloody superb! is it electric or nitro?

[BALISTC]

Nice shell!!!

Thats the same as my shell, except mine is blue with a black bonnet.. :)

[Ken]

Is that ABS I see?

[James]

ken, not far off...

[Jai]

and here's my drifter... just signed up.. and yeh, skate parks ARE fun! just not for your wheels :(

[Jai]

skate parks very dangerous to wheels...

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[Matt]

niiiiiiice.

you should start a new thread and post a couple of more pics, get the glory for your car that you deserve ;)

[James]

that wheels is rooted. hard to see in the pic, but half the spokes are smashed, hahaha. Got skate park AIR ?

heh

[Jai]

got siiik skate park air...
hahaha

[Ken]

If it's not ABS what is it?

[James]

a top secret wheel recipe...

[Matt]

whats ABS?

[Willo]

I don't see how you be able to properly use one of these at a skate park... Too low, no suspension travel etc...

[Jai]

hahah guess you havent tried it, OzD1RC got about 4 foot off the table top that i smashed my rim on. they get siiiik air, plus ground is nice and powdery so you car dift wiked

[Matt]

have you got any action pics?? piccies of these on-road cars drifting through a corner?

[Jai]

i would have from sunday only jim is tooooo slow to take pics..... hahahaha and my camera batteries were in my rc controller so cant take pics and drive

[Ken]

It's not PVC is it James?

Matto, ABS is a compound used for irrigation piping. You get some 50mm stuff(for touring cars) and cut it up to fit the rim.

Here's a video of a Pro3 with tape around the wheels in the wet. http://www.rcpics.net/img/11473 That's my Pro3 BTW when the previous owner had it.

I've got a few more of his vids on my computer if you guys want to see it.

Found more vids, http://www.frequency-rc.com/portal/home/ These guys drift on ABS.

[OzD1Rc]

hahaha Jai i cleared the half pipe by about 4 ft if u remember from the table top and landed on the flat ground so all in all was around 13-14 ft from ground and kept on goin hahaha ( no broken wheels either ) hahaha.....

Here is a pic of a new wheel n tyre combo im workin on..... hows the dish on these sukkers...
Gonna use my special recipie and have a groove machined into it then use a square section O'ring for that little bit o grip needed to gain a bit more control for linking corners better.

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[James]

these wheels/tyres combo sounds interesting. If you can get a good solution simular to what yokomo are doing with the ring's, that'd rock, only of course longer wearing and home-made = cheaper to run. I dont know how long the yokomo's will last.

ps. made your avatar a tad smaller, was massive before :)

[Ken]

I heard the yokomos with the rings don't last long at all, 20 runs or so for each set of rings.

[Jai]

yea and they only cost $25-$35 bucks a pair... its suck a waste of money..... i rekon ross starts cranking out the drift specials for $20 a set.... hahah why not?

[Jai]

that wheel i smashed.... i have now fixed using a special wheel repair device. mmmwwaaahhhaaahhhaaaaa