Buggys or Touring for Beginner Racing?

Tempest501 · #1 13-09-2010

Hey Guys

I am new to R/C cars. Had a few when I was a kid but nothing really decent. At the young age of 29 =D I have decided to give it ago. i dont really have any experience building kits or anything like that.

I would like to get into racing of somesort whether it be indoor touring cars or buggys outdoors or even both later on.

My question is what is best to start out on? and how easy are the kits to make?

I was thinking of Indoor at mo since winter is coming lol.

Any suggestion on what to buy for starting out? dont want to break the bank incase i damage my first model. I saw on Donny Racing site tehy all run Xrays but these seem quite expensive for a newbie.

Ty for any advice you guys can give a newbie =D

mark christopher · #2 13-09-2010

where are you based? im guessing doncaster?

i would say off road is cheaper and you will learn more about car control

the rtr b4.1 is ideal as an off road buggy, your problem is if your in doncaster is there is no loacl off road club, the nearest track being blyth the nearest club would be york/batley

if you want some costs contact Micheal at mbmodels in leeds (google rccarshop)

Matt Airbrushing · #3 13-09-2010

Touring car is probably a bit easier to drive, but can be more expensive.

I would visit all the clubs that are within sensible travelling distance and pick the club you feel the most comfortable with.

I think you will learn alot more if you dont have a stupidly fast car when starting out, you will also break the car less.

If your thinking of going for touring car then you could pick up a second hand car pretty cheaply. Although it often feels like you need the latest kit you dont really. Im racing a 8 year old car onroad and its perfectly competitive (at my ability level)
A good quality servo is the most important thing IMO.

Offroad a B4.1 RTR is great value and will be competitive.

Tempest501 · #4 13-09-2010

Hi guys thansk for advice.

I am actually in the Leeds Area but Doncaster not to far away and it was only indoor place i could find online so far.

I was trying to find secondhand stuff on ebay bit was a nightmare because there are so many diffrent types.

Anyone know if the HPI sprint 2 is ne good for a starter car?

sldmodels · #5 13-09-2010

Just to add what others have put, see what's in your area. You will break things on the car, and while that might be obvious with off-road cars that are jumping all over the place, you can just as easily break things with on-road cars, so don't let that put you off either.

Matt Airbrushing · #6 13-09-2010

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Originally Posted by Tempest501

Hi guys thansk for advice.

I am actually in the Leeds Area but Doncaster not to far away and it was only indoor place i could find online so far.

I was trying to find secondhand stuff on ebay bit was a nightmare because there are so many diffrent types.

Anyone know if the HPI sprint 2 is ne good for a starter car?

I wouldn't bother with ebay for second hand stuff.

Better to buy from the oople classifieds, at least that way you should get a honest advert.

If your buying a car you want something that other people in the club are racing, or at least have raced in the past. The sprint2 could be raced, but its not a good car to start with.

Whats your budget?

mark christopher · #7 13-09-2010

if your in leeds then your not far from batley and york off road club.
have a look here for clubs www.brca.org

Tempest501 · #8 13-09-2010

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Originally Posted by Matt Airbrushing

I wouldn't bother with ebay for second hand stuff.

Better to buy from the oople classifieds, at least that way you should get a honest advert.

If your buying a car you want something that other people in the club are racing, or at least have raced in the past. The sprint2 could be raced, but its not a good car to start with.

Whats your budget?

I was thinking of spending between 200 - 400. Dont want to go crazy at first incase i dont get into it or I struggle to build something. The idea was to try get something to start off with then once i get going buy a kit to attempt to build myself. Having never really built anything like this not sure if I have the aptitude for it lol, hope I do as seems like a fun thing to do.