ross121 Posted May 29, 2009 Share Posted May 29, 2009 what are the up and down sides to both electric and nitro ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
copeidge Posted May 29, 2009 Share Posted May 29, 2009 with drifting defently electric. nitro's can overhead quickly and tend to have to much top end power instead of bottom end torque needed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheLordOfHoard Posted May 29, 2009 Share Posted May 29, 2009 Yes would agree. Electric is best for Drifting. Dont need a powerful Nitro engine for drifting. You can drift well on a good Stock 27 turn electric motor. Instant puch required for tight drifts is always there with electric. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shocker3 Posted July 18, 2009 Share Posted July 18, 2009 You burn the clutch out using a nitro car to drift. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas98 Posted July 18, 2009 Share Posted July 18, 2009 +1 definitley electric cheaper to if your not looking at using low wind modified motors. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
midi-mania Posted July 19, 2009 Share Posted July 19, 2009 (edited) with drifting defently electric. nitro's can overhead quickly and tend to have to much top end power instead of bottom end torque needed. SO you just use a big engine? and use a reversed alloy clutch? Edited July 19, 2009 by midi-mania Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joebh123 Posted July 26, 2009 Share Posted July 26, 2009 Definitely electric. Low down torque needed. You don't get that with nitro. You will also burn out the clutch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirty Electro Posted August 2, 2009 Share Posted August 2, 2009 (edited) If your starting out then go electric, you'll be shredding PVC before you know it I've drifted nitro and I know quite a few others that have done the same, a good driver can drift anything, even petrol 1/5 cars can be drifted if you do it right, Baja's going sideways look nuts, as do 1/8 hypers etc. When my Rush decides to work properly stick bald rear tires on it, rear wheel drive and a T15 engine and guess what it drifts just fine!! Plenty of RS4's and TS4n's etc get drifted so to say nitro and petrol etc is no good for drifting is wrong, if you put slippy tires on a shopping trolley it'll bloody well drift Still not burnt a clutch out by the way Edited August 2, 2009 by Dirty Electro Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sphinx Posted August 2, 2009 Share Posted August 2, 2009 i can drift my eb4 as the fwd has been took out so i just have rwd, on half throttle to full the back end just kicks out and is so much fun lol. Gav Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tt01scooby Posted August 6, 2009 Share Posted August 6, 2009 after my experiance with nitro i will always stay lecky from now on and happy useing leckys Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turb() Posted August 6, 2009 Share Posted August 6, 2009 i can drift my eb4 as the fwd has been took out so i just have rwd, on half throttle to full the back end just kicks out and is so much fun lol. Gav Thats not drifting, its a donut. Drifting is more of a controlled slide - you need to be moving forward Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirty Electro Posted August 7, 2009 Share Posted August 7, 2009 Just took my nitro Alpha GP3 out, sideways round a corner on full revs, 4 wheel drift on full lock....no problem and with naturally made smoke Big fun and Big grin. I've got electric drift cars and even though i'm no drift king (except with the sushi's on ) the power of nitro means awsome 4 wheel drifts if you do it right, no doughnuts, leave that for the truggy's etc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turb() Posted August 7, 2009 Share Posted August 7, 2009 I think with nitros it means you can drift at a higher speed. And you dont need plastic wheels to do it XD But with electric its much easier - the motors can cope with spinning at max revs all the time (i can imagine if you are constantly on WOT with a nitro its gonna go bang), and you can swap motors to suit your style with electric (i.e. more or less turns) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sphinx Posted August 7, 2009 Share Posted August 7, 2009 Thats not drifting, its a donut. Drifting is more of a controlled slide - you need to be moving forward Ok but round corners it power slide guuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuud lol Gav Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirty Electro Posted August 7, 2009 Share Posted August 7, 2009 I think with nitros it means you can drift at a higher speed. And you dont need plastic wheels to do it XD It's definately high speed, and using plastic wheels on one is pretty close to bonkers Electrics are easier to drift though and your right about motor choice etc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ross121 Posted August 11, 2009 Author Share Posted August 11, 2009 tt-01 it is then Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HootMaRoot Posted August 11, 2009 Share Posted August 11, 2009 tt-01 it is then thats the same as me as i had been looking at the nitro side but thought the electric side would be easyer to control and will be able to drift @ a lot lower speed meaning you dont need such a big of an area Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigfoot75uk Posted August 12, 2009 Share Posted August 12, 2009 thats the same as me as i had been looking at the nitro side but thought the electric side would be easyer to control and will be able to drift @ a lot lower speed meaning you dont need such a big of an area If you want the drifting side of things get a TT-01D The D does indeed stand for drift! Its the tt01 chassis with a few mods for drifting! Take a look and see but indeed it will be easier with electric to drift! plus if u cash it dont cost so much! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ross121 Posted August 13, 2009 Author Share Posted August 13, 2009 so if the tt01d is for drifting what is the tt01e for coz iv got the tt01e Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirty Electro Posted August 14, 2009 Share Posted August 14, 2009 The TT01E is just an advanced/updated version of the TT01. The "E" stands for enhanced and basically Tamiya looked at the bad bits of the standard TT01 and made it better. The changed parts are: upper suspension mounts now have 2 mounting holes and are seperate from the gearbox. Front and rear gearbox casing made from glass reinforced plastic. Front and rear Front knuckle joints re-designed and stronger Steering linkage designed from TA series and so has much less slop and stronger Glass reinforced plastic battery bar. Theres a couple of other bits but these are the main differences, TT01E's drive better and are stronger than standard ones. They make a good cheap racer at entry club level, stick a 19T peak Dynasty or Orion Element V2 in it, descent ESC, ball race it and aluminium propshaft and enjoy some cheap easy to fix racing I've mixed the parts from a TT01/TT01D/TT01E and its a great little chassis, does all things really well but will never be a national levell race car HPI and others make dedicated nitro drift cars by the way, thay wouldn't do that if there was no market, Electric is the easy and cheaper way to drift, but you cant beat a nitro powered full lock drift, its just that bit more satisfying and the noise is fantastic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ross121 Posted August 14, 2009 Author Share Posted August 14, 2009 i think electric will do for how much i will use it . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simon515 Posted October 22, 2009 Share Posted October 22, 2009 I bought an HPI RS4 RTR3 nitro drifter. It was a pain. Overheating, messy, only ran for 7 minutes on a tankfull, used up the tires in no time. So I converted it to electric, and have not looked back. Much easier to drive, plus I can run it indoors..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onroad_mania Posted October 22, 2009 Share Posted October 22, 2009 So I converted it to electric, and have not looked back. Much easier to drive, plus I can run it indoors..... Hi Simon. Any photos..? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simon515 Posted October 24, 2009 Share Posted October 24, 2009 Here are some pictures of my HPI RS4 nitro converted to electric. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nut-nut Posted November 5, 2009 Share Posted November 5, 2009 Electric... need more control over low end than you can get with Nitro to do it proper! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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