Important things on 1/5 RC Car

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What are the three most important things on an 1/5 RC Car. One I believe is the tyres depending on off road & on road


Many Thanks as ever
 
Before you get to any fancy stuff you need a decent base car so for me it would be:
1. Quality base car from a recognised manufacturer
2. Set-up (even a stock car can make good progress)
3. Regular general and preventative maintenance
 
your gonna get different lists and reasonings,
what i think anyone should look at is
1. parts support
2. location to run
3. budget
1.you can have a high end 1/5 scale but if you have no parts support what good is it?
2. now again high end r/c with good parts support, where do you run it?
do you have anywhere to go to run? any tracks in your area? how far away is the closest track/bash spot? etc. etc.
3. get what you can afford don't buy something that is going to cost you way to much to repair, maintain, or even run.

my 3 important things anyone should consider before buying scale r/c
 
atom3624 said:
1. Money.
2. Money.
3. More Money!!

Plus the above of course!!!
Al.
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I waned some constructive advice. Please stop answering my question if you don't have anything positive to say

chitown joe- thank you for your good advice and also other forum members for their good answers
 
He is asking whats the most important 3 things on a 1/5 car

If i was to narrow it down to 3 things only i would choose the following

1 Killerbee killswitch
2 Quality Batteries and servo's
3 Quality controller and receiver

Also whats already been mentioned is also very important aswell

Troy
 
umeshg said:
I waned some constructive advice. Please stop answering my question if you don't have anything positive to say

chitown joe- thank you for your good advice and also other forum members for their good answers
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Somebody got out of bed the wrong side!!
It's the Festive Season - time for a little mirth.
There are plenty of constructive comments mate.

Al.
 
You need to decide what you want to do with it.

Race it - need to be very selective - bearings, shocks, oil, servos, radio, etc. - that they comply with the regulations of the track.
Bashing - need to isolate which parts are most likely to wear - I replace loads of bushes every couple of years on my MT.
Shelf - how blingy do you want it?

And YES - it all requires MONEY - this is an expensive hobby and can be very expensive for those a little less fortunate than others.
Remote kill is a definite YES, but check on the circuits. Mike1970 is not a fan, but perhaps there's a ruling against kill switches and their possible effects on others?

I was tired of re-gluing my MT tyres, and everything starting to look an absolute mess; cleaningm, trimming, re-gluing, only to rip the tyres off again, so I located a full set of new MCD wheels and tyres in Germany, de-glued - that cost big time (oven, boiling water, Acetone, etc).
Then I did some Google research and found an industrial strength adhesive good for alloy and rubber - still solid now after hours of bashing.

ONE FREE THING you can do is research. Use SEARCH on this Forum, and also my favourite, the Google research, then the bottom line ....... Who pays the bills? YOU - so at the end of the day, it's your decision.
Al.
 
atom3624 said:
You need to decide what you want to do with it.

Race it - need to be very selective - bearings, shocks, oil, servos, radio, etc. - that they comply with the regulations of the track.
Bashing - need to isolate which parts are most likely to wear - I replace loads of bushes every couple of years on my MT.
Shelf - how blingy do you want it?

And YES - it all requires MONEY - this is an expensive hobby and can be very expensive for those a little less fortunate than others.
Remote kill is a definite YES, but check on the circuits. Mike1970 is not a fan, but perhaps there's a ruling against kill switches and their possible effects on others?

I was tired of re-gluing my MT tyres, and everything starting to look an absolute mess; cleaningm, trimming, re-gluing, only to rip the tyres off again, so I located a full set of new MCD wheels and tyres in Germany, de-glued - that cost big time (oven, boiling water, Acetone, etc).
Then I did some Google research and found an industrial strength adhesive good for alloy and rubber - still solid now after hours of bashing.

ONE FREE THING you can do is research. Use SEARCH on this Forum, and also my favourite, the Google research, then the bottom line ....... Who pays the bills? YOU - so at the end of the day, it's your decision.
Al.
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That's a better reply- thank you. Go easy on the festive season but have also a great one too:):)
 
Not just a kill switch but wiring the switch and making sure the wires are taped together. In a bad crash the killerbee wire can come unplugged making u wonder why your killerbee isn't working. Little FYI.........
 
I have nothing against kill switches what ever make they are - a place for everything and so on.
I race on tracks and my car doesn't get run anywhere else and for this reason I wouldn't have on - just another thing to go wrong.
I would never use any sort of on/off switch no matter what I was doing with my car - yet again one more thing to go wrong, a quality battery connection like a deans plug is the best way to go by far in my opinion.


Umeshq - What car do you have and what are you doing with it? if you give us all the information then you'll find there is a better chance you will get more informative answers.
 
I have a 1/4 custom made car. I was just asking a general question. The answers in the forum have been very useful
Thank you all
 
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