What car for a newbie??

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My interest in RC has grown all of a sudden, don't we all have that ting http://www.rccaraction.com/ubb/smile.gif Anyway. I am looking for a car to begin with RC so nothing much just to play around with for a while. And I looked at a Tamiya and HPI. So far the HPI RS4 Sport2 is a car I would like to have. Is this a good car to start with. I am looking for a GT type car thought this would be a good choice. Any help appreciated.

[SteveP]

The HPI car is a good choice. the instructions are easy to understand, the quality and fit of the components is very good, and it's an inexpensive entry into the hobby. Let us know if you have any more specific questions.

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A whole lot of questions, hence the name http://www.rccaraction.com/ubb/wink.gif, I'll try to figure some stuff out for myself that's the fun of the RC or any other hobby. Where I live the car costs ~ 190 USD in your mag I've seen the same car for 140 USD, would it be wise for me to order online?? One last question for now, what is the advantage of a authorized dealer?

[Isky]

I would buy the car from mailorder catalog. If something doesnt work on an electric car, then its hooked up wrong. But if everything is hooked up and the car doesn't work, you are screwed...not. Your LHS would help, but they might charge you money. My LHS will not charge you anything if you buy the car from them if it needs repairs.

[Fergy]

The advantage of an authorized dealer is having readily advailuable replacement as well as hop up parts for the car.

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Mmm 'k. Let see. I would also need some advice on a 2 channel radio, ESC, and of course a motor. Any suggestions on those items? Heh, almost forgot a servo http://www.rccaraction.com/ubb/smile.gif. Thanks in advance.

[mexican_speed]

I don't quite now the availibilty of some radios in Netherlands, But you could probably buy a Sportman radio, that includes a decent ESC, servo , and radio. You want hop-ups, go from there. The servos in those packages are not that bad for bashing around, along with the ESC, good for stock motors, with everything in there you would have no problem with having fun. http://www.rccaraction.com/ubb/cool.gif

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Let's see. I can find, Hitec Lynx (HI L040 and HI L140), Futaba (FUT0109), Graupner (GR3116). Sorry 'bout the questions http://www.rccaraction.com/ubb/smile.gif. Might be a dumb one, I am Dutch http://www.rccaraction.com/ubb/biggrin.gif you know. What's the difference between a hand wound and a machine wound motor, besides the price?

[mexican_speed]

Hey, I'm Mexican, so are you trying to tell us to say things a little S L O W E R http://www.rccaraction.com/ubb/biggrin.gif(j/k)

You answered your own questions, a machine winds the the machine wound, better balanced, evenly wound, very precise. A hand wound is done by a person that takes much more patience and care to make that motor scream. I prefer hand wound motors for that one reason. I know someone took the time build that motor, Ya know what I mean. http://www.rccaraction.com/ubb/cool.gif

[Nairb]

Mexican, you're right about part of that. Machine wound motors are wound by machines, but that doesn't make them better balanced, evenly wound, or more precise. Have you compared two armatures side by side? Hand wound motors are carefully wound tightly and evenly, but machines don't wind them optimally. Machines wind the wires and they are just there, in whatever way they coincidentally go, but had ound wires are carefully lined up tightly and evenly. This makes them more balanced and more tightly packed together, which will be more efficient. Anyway, hand wound motors are more expensive because they take more human time to build and they're faster.

[mexican_speed]

Yeah, My bad, I have both types of winds. I can tell the difference, thank you. I was halfway out the door when I was writing this post, and didn't realize it till now. But I have seen some motors that are way off on the armature, the winding, and balancing, Human error. A machine won't get tired, it can however get broken. It can run for endless hours without complaining, sleeping, eating, etc.etc.etc....So yes I still beleive a machine wound motor is more consistant in the way it is built. Two hand wound motors are never the same. Yes they all have very small, minut differences, but that is just because it is human error. Now I speak from EXPERIENCE here, I bought a Hand Wound motor a while back, along with my buddy. Same everyting, same truck , same gearing, tires..... But mine seem to vibrate a little more than it should have been doing. My buddy was running circles all around me, how could this be? http://www.rccaraction.com/ubb/confused.gif I took the engine apart, man, the wires were all uneven, the balancing was way off, you get the idea. Well being mechanically inclined as I am, I took it "aprt" and reassembled it, balanced it and did all the goodies, man that motor is running strong in my TAO3.


Both types are great motors, It really falls down to preference. And Brian, thanks for catching my mistake http://www.rccaraction.com/ubb/redface.gif http://www.rccaraction.com/ubb/cool.gif