Best toy ever..!

arghhh I'm soooo wanting another one

I got fed up with nitro cars and went back to electric, just as fast, much quieter and easier to look after, i will get another petrol one but i want one of the big marder 2 stroke ones.

Charging the battery up every 7 minutes?

Yeah, I found that a battery lasted about the same time as a tank of fuel. Although bear in mind that my electric drift car was at full throttle a lot of the time to get it sideways.

Nitros are more for people that like to tinker/tune and enjoy the sound/smell of a nitro engine. Electrics are more for people who just want to drive them. Electrics also feel more responsive both in the throttle and in the cornering, which is why there isn't many nitro drift cars. That and overheating of nitro engines in drift conditions.

And get a video of that thing doing 65mph! I remember back when I was into nitro cars the Schumacher Menace was the benchmark at 75mph. Also remember someone launching one off a ramp at top speed. Then engine fell out and actually stayed running for a few seconds.

Well since everyone else is posting theres!:

Thunder Tiger DT10. My first one. Was a bit poo really:



Soon upgraded to a Hyper 7. This was its "shelf queen" getup. Ran it with standard shell, spoiler and wheels round the park:



Then got fed up with nitro and went for an electric drift car. Yokomo drift kit if I remember right. Can't remember what motor and electrics I put in it:



Alternative getup:



Better shot of the bumper:

This was my most recent one. I smashed the $#1t out of it last week doing banger racing, it was sooo much fun! It was originaly built as a shelf queen but now ive got other ideas i thought 'sod it'!

Its based on a mardave V12 and ive got into it so much second time around that ive decided to do a shelf queen properly. Carbon fibre chassis, ally bits and pieces, a very loopy motor and even traces of titanium! Its all very ott, and alot lighter than standard. Shame i cant give it a thrash yet, ive just blown my speed controller! Ive got a very tasty body for it comming, and some rather special wheels too.
Ive realy got into the rc stuff because of the hassle ive had with real cars latley, and after 15 years of show cars on the road it was time for a change. Good thing is i aint got to worry about insurance and all that rubbish!

heres some of mine, not all runners yet

cant remember the years of most of them but ill try.

mid/late 70's tamiya ligier

same but JPS lotus 79


Also have a williams fw07 but no pic

Tamiya TA03 drifter

same car with earlier skyline body


Inside, all carbon and alloy


schumacher cougar


monster beetle, ive robbed its body


for this, polished alloy and carbon sand scorcher



first gen kyosho ultima


re-issue hornet


1/5 nitro bike



used and abused 3.5hp savage (bad pic)


I also have an origional wild willy, a hopped up boomerang and a few other bits and pieces.

I really must sell some, got way too many!

You want to turn right say, when you push the stick right the wheel goes left, that throws the bike onto its right hand side, you then let the steering self center and its cornering to the right all by itself. You vary the angle of lean and therefore the turning radius by adjusting throttle, acceletare and it stands up.
It doesnt ride on the side wires, there just there to protect it a little when you lowside.

It takes practice ;D
Crashes are always expensive but spectacular too.

It'll pull wheelies, flip backwards on the power, do tank slappers, lowside, highside, everything a real bike will.
It is a real bike really, chain drive, disc brakes, proper suspension/forks etc.

There finiky, tricky to master and more fragile than cars but when its screaming across the car park at 40mph throwing a rooster tail of water spray out the back it looks ace!

Tried track racing with it but i need more practice, got various wet/dry tyres in different compounds n everything ;D