A little RC car hooning

"feather-throttle-not-hair" (feather-throttle-not-hair) 09/05/2013 at 20:00 • Filed to: None

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My friend bought a new house, so naturally I had to come by and drift around in his basement before he puts anything down there. When I got back to my house I discovered a bunch more footage on my camera, so I put it together and made a little video for you guys.

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THOMAS5 > feather-throttle-not-hair 09/05/2013 at 20:04

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Nice driving!

Shamoononon drives like a farmer > feather-throttle-not-hair 09/05/2013 at 20:07

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That's an interesting floor plan.

feather-throttle-not-hair > Shamoononon drives like a farmer 09/05/2013 at 20:11

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Well, only the first couple of shots are from his house. The rest of it is from this crazy resort place I was at like 3 years ago.

Its been a while since I used my camera....

BJ > feather-throttle-not-hair 09/05/2013 at 20:36

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Well done.

When I was younger I used to read RC car magazines all the time, so the technical nerd in me can't help but ask: Details, please? Chassis, drive, motor, tires, etc etc etc. Pure curiosity, that's all...

MountainCommand > feather-throttle-not-hair 09/05/2013 at 21:07

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Is that a tamiya chassis setup? Or yokomo? I almost bought a yokomo chassis set but flaked out. I almost regret it.

feather-throttle-not-hair > BJ 09/05/2013 at 22:50

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No problem, it's a Tamiya TT-01 chassis, which is one of their cheaper ones. It is 4wd though, with a locked rear differential. The tires in the first couple of scenes are actually pieces of plastic ABS piping, allowing the drifting you see on concrete. The later stuff in the wet are on a set of rally tires, also Tamiya brand and its got a standard (non-brushless) 21 turn motor.

I shot it with a camera that can shoot 60 fps, and then slowed it down to half speed at 30 fps (except one shot, which is quarter speed.) I find that RC cars look a lot cooler in half speed...they look less twitchy.

feather-throttle-not-hair > MountainCommand 09/05/2013 at 22:51

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It's a Tamiya TT01.

I've had it for about 3 or 4 years now and its been pretty reliable

MountainCommand > feather-throttle-not-hair 09/05/2013 at 22:55

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Yea, tamiyas of that chassis style are pretty rock solid. Im assuming youre running a brushed setup? I absolutely love the body selection for these cars.

Im looking into getting one of those 1/16 traxxas mini rallys and turn that into some sort of a drift thing now. I prefer the rocker arms suspension. Plus the ability to change it into a revo when im bored.

feather-throttle-not-hair > MountainCommand 09/05/2013 at 23:00

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Yeah, brushed motor, 21 turns i think. The Tamiya body selection is why I went with the TT01, it's weird with cars i'm all about what's under the skin, looks be damned. With RC cars its almost the opposite. I have a 350Z body, an S15 body and an Fd3S RX-7 body. The light buckets make the bodies look amazing IMHO.

Here's a picture of the R32 Skyline body when it was brand new.

MountainCommand > feather-throttle-not-hair 09/05/2013 at 23:10

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Ahhh, those bodies are beautiful. And the lamps really do make it look that much more realistic. Gives a a better perspective. That and the mirrors. The mirrors are a must. You just gotta figure a way to mount the body without topside pins...

And thats funny, the reason why i never pulled the trigger on the tto1 is because of its chassis. Its an awesome chassis no doubt. It does its jobs top notch. But its not interesting. I like things a bit more complex haha.

feather-throttle-not-hair > MountainCommand 09/06/2013 at 00:50

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Yeah, the TT01 is pretty unremarkable as a chassis, not particularly fast or interesting, but hey it was my first "hobby grade" RC car, it was 4wd and it drifts beautifully.

Since buying it i've definitely gotten more into the insides and such. Much more so on my rock crawler though, which I waterproofed and upgraded the radio for.

The lights for the Tamiya bodies are amazing though, check out the 350Z headlights compared to the real deal. They have LED's in them too, so they light up.

Also here's a picture of the S15, just for fun.

BJ > feather-throttle-not-hair 09/06/2013 at 11:26

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A-Ha! You slowed it down, that's why it looked so smooth. Tricky.

Still some nice driving there, and thanks for the info.

MountainCommand > feather-throttle-not-hair 09/06/2013 at 11:28

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i really admire the chassis designs on some of the rock crawlers. Especially the scale ones, with the solid axles. The design of those are absolutely brilliant.

Man those light housings are superb! They really are soo realistic its uncanny! The 1/10 scales are quite attractive for their wide selection of bodies.

Do you still paint those shells from the inside like a standard rc shell? Or do they come in parts?

feather-throttle-not-hair > MountainCommand 09/06/2013 at 15:18

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Yeah, the tamiya bodies come in clear plastic, with a precut set of masks for the windshield, headlights, windows and taillights. The headlights and tail lights are little plastic pieces with adhesive attached to them that stick to the inside of the body shell, giving a nicely 3d appearance. It's definitely an advantage to have a 1:10 body if you're going for looks.

My rock crawler is "scale" but its not particularly realistic. It's one of the cheaper models out there, an axial scx10 with a truggy body. It looks like this:

My longtime plan has been to get a more realistic Toyota cab and attach it to the rear cage, but I end up having to fix things on it so much that I'm constantly modifying it in other ways instead. Not that it's unreliable, but rather that it ends up tumbling down cliffs and the like on a regular basis. I eventually want it to look like this though.

So long as I'm posting shit, here's a little video of my friends tiny tiny losi micro crawler which is attached to a snap together S-10 model (actually I think technically it was a gmc syclone.) my crawler takes over after a minute or so.

MountainCommand > feather-throttle-not-hair 09/06/2013 at 20:26

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ahhh okay. So its just a mask off for the lights. I assumed they were, but sometimes you never know.

As far as i know, axial has always been, and if things havent changed, still is one of the best kits to be getting for the crawling niche. Man, you must have some serious cliff faces to be crawling on to do any damage haha.

I know the micros very well. I got the micro T when they first came out. Great little cars! I built a composite paper chassis for mine, just paper and glue! So many homemade mods are so easy to do on them.

Your car looks good there on those rock. I dont have anything like that where i live. Id have to turn it into a high speed crawler haha. Except i kinda already have that:

That body was the best paintjob ive ever done on an rc. But it was also the simplest.

Its been converted to electric from nitro, and still uses a 2speed gearbox on a 3s lipo. electric gear changes are sweet haha.

feather-throttle-not-hair > MountainCommand 09/07/2013 at 03:21

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Woah, that thing is rad. I've always wanted something with two speeds, and though nitro is cool, it's not something I'd ever go for with the amount of noise they make. You ever take that thing on a short course? Or is it mostly just for messing around with? when i get another rc car, I'm definitely going to go for "fast over all terrains" with some good suspension travel.

Crawling spots are actually pretty hard to find round these parts as well. I live in Seattle and everything is super alive here, there's dirt and lots of plants but hardly any bare rock. That spot in the video is actually a giant rock jutting out into a river. Still, I'm willing to get creative and from time to time I can get some pretty good results. (Apologies if this is a repost, just a crazy middle of the city crawling spot right by my house)

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