Philthy Posted May 17, 2014 Share Posted May 17, 2014 The boy is turning 15 soon and we are thinking of getting him a RC car. My question is do we start him on electric or nitro? He is "ok" when it comes to manuals, following proceedures, looking after his stuff etc but can be a little lazy sometimes (who wasnt right?) We wont, at this point, be racing its just for mucking around with at home and on the oval. He likes the sound and speed of my nitro but he is also really good at flipping it and making it do cartwheels so if we are going to spend some decent cash on it id want it to be pretty robust Looking for purchase suggestions and pros and cons. Cheers The Philth Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barnestah Posted May 17, 2014 Share Posted May 17, 2014 Do you have a spending limit? As it's a little hard to recommend anything unless we have an idea of how much you want to spend. Oh and type would help. As in road car, buggy, truggy, monster? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.K Posted May 17, 2014 Share Posted May 17, 2014 If its nitro you're after then I'd recommend the HPI Firestorm. It's solid as a rock and takes plenty of abuse. Parts are easy to get hold of if needed and the engine is a breeze to tune Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xristos Posted May 18, 2014 Share Posted May 18, 2014 What RC (brand) do you have? If you get the same you might be able to share parts. I believe electric a better option as an entry RC, he doesn't need nitro engine tuning knowledge. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colicab Posted May 18, 2014 Share Posted May 18, 2014 (edited) Firestorm without a doubt. Great 1st RC Edited May 18, 2014 by Colicab Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nitroholic Posted May 18, 2014 Share Posted May 18, 2014 When you say 'at home' .... if you are looking for a back garden car, go electric. Quieter and has reverse.... Otherwise....if you want to go nitro....go for a 1/8 buggy like the Hyper 7. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RCbutcher Posted May 18, 2014 Share Posted May 18, 2014 Nitro, he'll have his dad to teach him the tuning and engine maintenance. Ide get him the same as you have if its a current model with plenty of part support around. If not the hyper 7 never fails to please. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Philthy Posted May 19, 2014 Author Share Posted May 19, 2014 Thanks for the replies. Budget is going to be 250-350 - do you just order the stock standard, blow bits up and then order the better parts or trick it up from the start? Home is a reasonable big rural property so noise is not an issue i have a nitro tomohawk bx but am thinking something a little more offroad for jumps, airtime and cartwheels which i dont think my car is built for. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MugenSeiki Posted May 20, 2014 Share Posted May 20, 2014 Thanks for the replies. Budget is going to be 250-350 - do you just order the stock standard, blow bits up and then order the better parts or trick it up from the start? Home is a reasonable big rural property so noise is not an issue i have a nitro tomohawk bx but am thinking something a little more offroad for jumps, airtime and cartwheels which i dont think my car is built for. http://www.modelsport.co.uk/?product_id=379689 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr_Ambrosius Posted May 20, 2014 Share Posted May 20, 2014 If its nitro you're after then I'd recommend the HPI Firestorm. It's solid as a rock and takes plenty of abuse. Parts are easy to get hold of if needed and the engine is a breeze to tune Firestorm without a doubt. Great 1st RC another vote for the firestorm here,ive just come back to the hobby after many many years(and wasnt into massively just had a few rc cars and just drove them in carparks). ive just bought a firestorm flux this one here:http://www.modelsport.co.uk/hpi-e-firestorm-flux-rtr-2.4ghz/rc-car-products/39664 and its brilliant takes huge amounts of abuse and keeps going and is pretty damn quick too! i bought the elcetric brushless version but there is also a nitro firestorm depending on what u decide to go with power wise. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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