matt harvey Posted July 11, 2013 Share Posted July 11, 2013 Hi guys. I'm new to the rc car scene. I've had helis and boats but never a car. My dad is part of a model rc boat club but they have recently branched out and opened up a rc car track and club. It's not much and it's in it's very early days but its not a bad place to go and have some fun. My dad and most of the other fellas there have the 1/10 carisma m40s with various shells. I'm after some advice really on what car I should start off with. My son has a smaller carisma car I think it is a 1/16 but I found this a little hard to control but I really liked my dads m40s with the Quattro shell. But as I say I'm really new to this and have absolutely no idea where to start. My requirements are Cheapish to buy out right Modifiable Easy to fix Readily available spares and upgrades And something I can keep up with their cars Any advice would be great Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cabbagey Posted July 11, 2013 Share Posted July 11, 2013 (edited) On road (touring cars etc) or off road (monster trucks, buggies) Are you bashing or racing? (bashing is throwing it off ramps, driving round parks and the like, racing is pretty self explanatory) I'm guessing you want 1/10? Do you have a budget in mind? If you're looking for an off-road basher, truggy style cars perform well, the e-firestorm is a personal favorite. If you're starting up, a tamiya tt01 is a great choice, it's very versatile and can be turned into a wide variety of configurations Edited July 11, 2013 by Cabbagey 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matt harvey Posted July 11, 2013 Author Share Posted July 11, 2013 thanks for the reply mate. its a smooth racing track that they use no ramps, the odd car park would be good to practice too so something to fit that bill. yes id prefer a 1/10 seemed a nice sized stable car. budget, around Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wangerman69 Posted July 11, 2013 Share Posted July 11, 2013 You could do worse http://www.msuk-forum.co.uk/topic/175974-brushless-tt-01-sale-or-swaps/ Set up for drifting mind 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cabbagey Posted July 11, 2013 Share Posted July 11, 2013 A second hand tt01, or a kit one would do great. However if you're thinking of more serious racing you may want to stretch your budget and go for a race chassis, models like trf and Schumacher are popular, there are more but I'm not familiar with touring cars Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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