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The *Unofficial* GPF RC Thread



I'm totally a noob when it comes to RC's. I've owned a couple in the past, but nothing fast. I would like to own one that goes at least 30mph+. And I'd like to keep it around the $50 mark. Anybody know where I can get an RC that meets these constraints? $75 is the absolute max I would spend for one of these.

And what's the cheapest gas powered RC I could get?
 
I bought one for $70. Reviews say it's pretty good. Goes about 30mph which is what I'd like. Might have to buy a 2000mAh battery to replace the 1100mAh battery to get a longer run time, but I don't think it's gonna fit. Apparently there are a few suspension things that break if you crash it a lot, so there are aluminum replacements. I think this is one thing I can safely mod lol.
 


SubwayGirl said:
I'm totally a noob when it comes to RC's. I've owned a couple in the past, but nothing fast. I would like to own one that goes at least 30mph+. And I'd like to keep it around the $50 mark. Anybody know where I can get an RC that meets these constraints? $75 is the absolute max I would spend for one of these.

And what's the cheapest gas powered RC I could get?
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Never going to happen.
 
SubwayGirl said:
I bought one for $70. Reviews say it's pretty good. Goes about 30mph which is what I'd like. Might have to buy a 2000mAh battery to replace the 1100mAh battery to get a longer run time, but I don't think it's gonna fit. Apparently there are a few suspension things that break if you crash it a lot, so there are aluminum replacements. I think this is one thing I can safely mod lol.
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What did you buy the wltoys A959?
 
Good about that car - Its cheep, fast for its size ~30mph, fairly durable, 4WD, metal drive shafts, aluminum shock caps, and the parts are stupid cheep for it.
Bad about that car - All the parts ship from China so expect to wait 2-3 weeks if anything should break. It's 1/18 scale so keep it off the grass. The car is not easy to control. Expect run times of about 5-6 min on the stock battery.

I do not think they make much over 1500mah in that size of battery.

All the replacement parts you will ever need http://www.gearbest.com/wltoys-a959-_gear/
Aftermarket parts and stock parts http://www.banggood.com/buy/wltoys-a959-rc-car.html

I have not really done much with my 1/18 Ruckus since I got the 1/10. The 1/10 is just so much more fun to drive 1/18 gets boring fast.
You should save up some money and get a 1/10 scale rc from Tower Hobbies. You could have taken that $70 and used the Easy Pay plan to get a good rc.
 
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So I purchased that motor from Towerhobbies on Friday, Saturday I get an email saying that my order is on hold until they can verify my information, and that I should call such and such number and ask for Kim, so I call the number and get a voice message saying that they are closed. So I guess I'll have to call them tomorrow.
 
Slick2500 said:
Good about that car - Its cheep, fast for its size ~30mph, fairly durable, 4WD, metal drive shafts, aluminum shock caps, and the parts are stupid cheep for it.
Bad about that car - All the parts ship from China so expect to wait 2-3 weeks if anything should break. It's 1/18 scale so keep it off the grass. The car is not easy to control. Expect run times of about 5-6 min on the stock battery.

I do not think they make much over 1500mah in that size of battery.

All the replacement parts you will ever need http://www.gearbest.com/wltoys-a959-_gear/
Aftermarket parts and stock parts http://www.banggood.com/buy/wltoys-a959-rc-car.html

I have not really done much with my 1/18 Ruckus since I got the 1/10. The 1/10 is just so much more fun to drive 1/18 gets boring fast.
You should save up some money and get a 1/10 scale rc from Tower Hobbies. You could have taken that $70 and used the Easy Pay plan to get a good rc.
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For $62.99, it was the best RC buggy I found. I know it's small and yes it is a bit hard to control, but all the other $70 RC's were either not work it, or just really slow. I never planned on driving the buggy on grass, just cement and gravel. I know to get aluminum parts and I considered just doing them right off the bat, but didn't want to spend the extra money. I'm just getting into this hobby and this seemed like the best RC car to start with. It's fairly cheap compared the real hobby grade RC's out there, and it's fairly customizable. Everyone has to start somewhere, right?

Also, if I spend enough time with it, I will be able to control it more easily.
 
SubwayGirl said:
For $62.99, it was the best RC buggy I found. I know it's small and yes it is a bit hard to control, but all the other $70 RC's were either not work it, or just really slow. I never planned on driving the buggy on grass, just cement and gravel. I know to get aluminum parts and I considered just doing them right off the bat, but didn't want to spend the extra money. I'm just getting into this hobby and this seemed like the best RC car to start with. It's fairly cheap compared the real hobby grade RC's out there, and it's fairly customizable. Everyone has to start somewhere, right?

Also, if I spend enough time with it, I will be able to control it more easily.
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Do not just go buying aluminum parts for everything. Wait until something breaks then upgrade that part, but remember when you make one thing stronger something else will likely fail.
It was not the best rc car to start with. You should have gotten something that they carry at your local hobby shop like a Traxxas Rustler or Stampede. I made the mistake of buying a cheep lower end rc car and so far I have replaced the esc and motor twice, 1 rear diff, and a set of axles. Like I said that $70 could have been the first payment on the easy pay for a good 1/10 scale rc from Tower Hobbies like this http://www3.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin/wti0001p?&I=LXEVTL**&P=**Missing Data**
 
Slick2500 said:
Do not just go buying aluminum parts for everything. Wait until something breaks then upgrade that part, but remember when you make one thing stronger something else will likely fail.
It was not the best rc car to start with. You should have gotten something that they carry at your local hobby shop like a Traxxas Rustler or Stampede. I made the mistake of buying a cheep lower end rc car and so far I have replaced the esc and motor twice, 1 rear diff, and a set of axles. Like I said that $70 could have been the first payment on the easy pay for a good 1/10 scale rc from Tower Hobbies like this http://www3.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin/wti0001p?&I=LXEVTL**&P=**Missing Data**
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That's what I was gonna do, wait until something breaks. But I'd rather just pay $70 one time for a decent, first time RC car. I don't want to end up paying $150 for that Traxxas. Traxxas's are over priced in my opinion. Basically I'm looking for something with speed.
 
Yes cars like the E-Revo are overpriced, but the Rustler, Stampede, and Slash are not overpriced. http://www3.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin/wti0093p?SORT=A&CAT=CAI Just so you can compare the prices of the Traxxas trucks to others, side by side when compared to other rcs they are about the same price as their competitors. That's the thing that car is far from decent, a decent car has more than 1 option for upgrades. Traxxas makes decent rcs, WLToys makes cheep rcs.

I should have listened to Cory when he said not to get a 1/18 scale rc and that I should go with a 1/10 at least. I kick myself every single time I think back to how much of a better rc I could have gotten with my money.

The Traxxas Stampede after the $25 coupon code that you can get off Tower Hobbies front page is $174.95
 
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Slick2500 said:
Yes cars like the E-Revo are overpriced, but the Rustler, Stampede, and Slash are not overpriced. http://www3.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin/wti0093p?SORT=A&CAT=CAI Just so you can compare the prices of the Traxxas trucks to others, side by side when compared to other rcs they are about the same price as their competitors. That's the thing that car is far from decent, a decent car has more than 1 option for upgrades. Traxxas makes decent rcs, WLToys makes cheep rcs.
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I know when someone says RC's a person will instantly think of Traxxas. I just thought of way to think of this; Traxxas is like Snap-On. Pretty much the top gun, nothing else will really beat it. Then you have WLToys which is like Harbor Freight. Cheap, Chinese made, but gets the job done. I could be buying New Bright, but I'm not like that lol.
 
Traxxas is nowhere near Top gun lol. IIRC Traxxas was the ones to pioneer RTR rc vehicles and that is what made them what they are today, not them being the best.

Think of it this way, would you rather drive a 2005 Cadillac CTS or a 2001 Hyundai Accent?
 
Slick2500 said:
Traxxas is nowhere near Top gun lol. IIRC Traxxas was the ones to pioneer RTR rc vehicles and that is what made them what they are today, not them being the best.

Think of it this way, would you rather drive a 2005 Cadillac CTS or a 2001 Hyundai Accent?
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My bad, but I understand. Obviously someone would choose the CTS. I'm sure I will be buying more RC's in the future, I just want to dip my toe in the water of this hobby.
 
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