FletchCossie

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Hi everyone, Im looking to purchase a radio controlled car for me and my son to play with over summer. We go walking through the local woods to walk the dog, so thought this would keep him entertained on the journey. My question is, is it any good? and is it worth the money?

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...m=390027436229

I want something we will have fun with that can go in the woods and over rough terrain. Would prefer it not to run out of battery life in 10 minutes and don't fancy carrying a bag full of batteries or fuel, etc unless really needed. Have £300 to spend.

Anyone got any other suggestions?

Thanks

nigel b

go for a petrol one
last longer on fuel as opposed to nitro
something like this
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/FUTABA-FG-MARDER-RADIO-CONTROLLED-PETROL-CAR_W0QQitemZ300311040965QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_Toy sGames_RadioControlled_JN?hash=item300311040965&_t rksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=72%3A1688|66%3A2|65%3 A12|39%3A1|240%3A1318|301%3A1|293%3A1|294%3A50

simon170

The Menace is a good option.

Your always going to have to carry some gear with you really mate.

sirrom666

dont know much about them but it looks like it'll do the job

pee vee

fukkin fast.. but they just wheelie all the time and tip over.

KW-rscos

Dont know much about this particular model, but schumacher tend to be pretty good in general.

Eagle

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yeah they are a bit fast, mate had one and kept crashing it....was very reliable though....
you will need to carry some things with you fuel, spare aa batteries for the radio, glowplug heater, cordless drill to start ...

YODI

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I dont like them myself, they are rrubbish and have a 21 size engine on it which isnt great.

You're much better of buying a 2nd hand car in my opinion, you'll get a 10x better car usually with toolboxes full of extras too...

What's your budget?

Yodi

999

the shumacher menace is an awesome bit of kit, its been around a few years, i had a spell a couple years back buying lots of nitros playing and reselling for profit on the net , i must of gone through 50 of them, i can quite honestly say of all of them i had the menace was my fav, brilliant all rounder, go like fook too as 3 speed

Dangerous Malcolm..

How old's your son? 'Cos they're fast. If he's quite young just get a Tamiya electric monster truck. They're cheap and fast enough. You'd only need to carry a spare 7.2v battery with you.

Toe Knee

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As above, petrol is all good and well but when they play up u end up getting proper stressed specially if your out somewhere!! more for someone whos used 2 RC cars.

As said a batt monster truck is a good idea, few spare batts and even if its not quite quick enough an eletric speed controller and uprated motor and should be fine!!!

Like yodi said thou you can get some good second hand ones out there that dont cost a fraction of what u would pay and have already had bits done to them etc!

95 fiesta si

I used to have an HPI Nitro car with upgrades 1BHP engine, big exhaust and 2 speed gears and that thing was like a rocket.

http://www.hpieurope.com/options.php...en&type=engine

Oranoco

My brother recently sold his one of these. Goes like buggery but seemed to spend more time on it's roof than driving about. Good fun but maybe a bit much for a kiddie to get used to.

neal666

get a hpi savage instead.

scoobypete

i use to work at shumacher, and i would say the shumacher rascal wou,they have an 18 engine and are quite small but very robust

JokerDisco

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Suggest you look on the Ansmann website, they are a relativley new company but are proving to be very good in the market. They are made in Germany but parts and spares are cheap and available on the Internet and many local Model shops.

I personally have had an Ansmann Virus and Ansmann Vapour - both excellent cars with .28 engines - very quick! As someone else said if the kids young anf your looking for a nitro car, make sure there is somewhere you can take it that is very open. Up the woods and down the local park can be nightmare for smashing into Trees and generally getting chased by dogs. HTH

See here....

http://shop.ebay.co.uk/items/_W0QQ_d...mann&_osacat=0

gramsey

Id go for the one your looking at. But they are fast and i spent more time reparing it than playin with it due too wrapping it around trees in the park I also used to have the schumacher nitro fusion. which are capable of 70mph but tarmac only!

Nick.

As above the rascal is very very robust and probably the best of the schumacher nitro cars.

I used to have the schumacher xtr3e which was mental and never caused me any trouble

wirralphil

If you do decide to go for the one you have mentioned then register on their website and you might get a bigger discount.

Remember when new to do the running in on the engine properly, also look into 1/8 or 1/7 scale. Easier to control than a 1/10 and they have a bigger fuel tank so more running time.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/HoBao-Hyper-7-...3A1%7C294%3A30

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/HoBao-Hyper-ST...3A1%7C294%3A30