I thought this was absolutely hilarious! I'm not into radio controlled cars, but I have a few buddies who are and they defintely like drifting...
Drifting a Radio Controlled Fastback
Drifting a Radio Controlled Fastback
Radio Controlled Fastback
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My 3 year-old son has a X-Mod radio controlled '65 FB. They're not high-end RC cars, but they're OK. It was originally bluish- silver, but I painted it to look more like daddy's. 
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jes72mustang
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I had a couple of the higer end RC cars back in high school. They were the electric ones by Tamaya (sp?) and looked like dune buggies. I would like to try the gas powered ones. Maybe when my younger boys get a little older.
jes72mustang said:
The gas cars are a hoot! Especially the nitro moster trucks...very fun.
I raced a modified class 1/10 electric...blew the doors off of the gas cars. I used to love to line up next to the gas cars in the parking lot for a little drag race. They always thought it was a joke until they ate my shorts
Platonic Solid
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Interesting. I wonder how long before that statement holds true for full sized cars?68keyblr said:The gas cars are a hoot! Especially the nitro moster trucks...very fun.
I raced a modified class 1/10 electric...blew the doors off of the gas cars. I used to love to line up next to the gas cars in the parking lot for a little drag race. They always thought it was a joke until they ate my shorts
65ShelbyClone
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I have some old touring cars, an HPI RS4 (the old one with a rear gearbox) and a Tamiya TA02-FF (FWD). I tried the drifting thing with some home meade tires and it was fun for a while, but I got bored.
Back before I was even a teenager I was into the stadium trucks. I raced a Traxxas Hawk in stock class and actually won against a bunch of Losi and Associated trucks with much better equip. I had an off-brand motor, Dynamite and Duramax batteries, no peak charger, a semi-offbrand truck(with bushings, not bearings!), and a basic Futaba radio. Then I stepped up to a Traxxas LS-2, but lost interest in racing.
I also used to have a Traxxas Nitro Hawk, but That was back before nitro was widely accepted. There were no tracks around here that would allow gas R/C. I got rid of it because of the relatively high maintenance. I still have all of the R/C cars except the nitro.
BTW-like any hobby, R/C cars are definitely NOT cheap.
Back before I was even a teenager I was into the stadium trucks. I raced a Traxxas Hawk in stock class and actually won against a bunch of Losi and Associated trucks with much better equip. I had an off-brand motor, Dynamite and Duramax batteries, no peak charger, a semi-offbrand truck(with bushings, not bearings!), and a basic Futaba radio. Then I stepped up to a Traxxas LS-2, but lost interest in racing.
I also used to have a Traxxas Nitro Hawk, but That was back before nitro was widely accepted. There were no tracks around here that would allow gas R/C. I got rid of it because of the relatively high maintenance. I still have all of the R/C cars except the nitro.
BTW-like any hobby, R/C cars are definitely NOT cheap.
65ShelbyClone
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Yeah, it's great to do more with less. The second place guy behind me in a final heat said "Good race, I almost got you though!" Uh huh. He was at the other end of the straightaway when I crossed the line because he couldn't keep it on the track. He was sponsored by the local Nissan dealer while I was sponsored by Dad, hehe. My strategy was more of "slow and consistent wins the race" and it seemed to work.
Platonic Solid said:
it does already! It's just that the fast electric cars are rather expensive and still mainly prototypes.
Proof of a FAST electric car
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