drifting zipzaps?

[spoonjpn]

is there anyway to do this? if so what kind of setup do you need?

[isk8blind]

well they dont really "drift" but you should use a r-spec motor(from tinyrc) and the red zz gears and add 2 more cells and use hard tires

[Zephyranthes]

I just dual celled my completely zip and it drifts.

[Aquarius]

Yup I run a 28,000 rpm motor(waiting for ff2 kit to come in), red gears, and a dual cell mod and mine will draft on wood floors and marble type counter tops.

[chelboed]

I don't wanna bust your bubble, or call you guys liars or anything, but you can't drift a Zap, or a bit, or any of these little cars. I mean not properly, anyway. Sure you can slide the rear end around and skid around and stuff, but that's not drifting. Drifting is a controlled slide enabling you to enter a turn fast and exit faster. You can't control a Zap well enough to do this. Why? It's not proportional.

Anyone who say's otherwise, I challenge you to post a video of your "drift" and I will conceed. It's easy to slide a car around, especially when you add cells to it. But to be consistant enough to use drifting techniques in a race setting is pretty unatainable with a car this basic.

But hey, donuts are fun right?

[TypeZer0]

yeh, that skidding your rear tires aroudn to make the turn faster is more of a power slide. a drift woudl be all four wheels skidding in a controlled manner so that you coudl take a turn while maintaining a high speed.....that and to impress the crowds someone at the *other* forum made a challenge for one month for ppl to show a vid proving bits and zips can drift controllably. i rmember a couple people claiming they made a video but they never posted it. we might have better luck drifting that new propo bit, i'm sure once ppl mod it to handle like it should, it'll probably drift

[Aquarius]

Thats what i meant the closest thing to a drift on any 1:64 is swingin the back end around. I thought thats what he meant by drift.

[chelboed]

Originally posted by TypeZer0
we might have better luck drifting that new propo bit, i'm sure once ppl mod it to handle like it should, it'll probably drift

Or a 3 cell puchi.

[Zephyranthes]

Yea, drifts are usually long. In real life you can drift at speeds around 100 mph, and that's how fast a 1.0 is.

[cowfish_29]

Originally posted by Zephyranthes
Yea, drifts are usually long. In real life you can drift at speeds around 100 mph, and that's how fast a 1.0 is.

i would have to see the math for that....even scale, a 1.0 single cell feels like 20 mph or so stock...anyone got the math?

[spoonjpn]

Originally posted by chelboed
I don't wanna bust your bubble, or call you guys liars or anything, but you can't drift a Zap, or a bit, or any of these little cars. I mean not properly, anyway. Sure you can slide the rear end around and skid around and stuff, but that's not drifting. Drifting is a controlled slide enabling you to enter a turn fast and exit faster. You can't control a Zap well enough to do this. Why? It's not proportional.

Anyone who say's otherwise, I challenge you to post a video of your "drift" and I will conceed. It's easy to slide a car around, especially when you add cells to it. But to be consistant enough to use drifting techniques in a race setting is pretty unatainable with a car this basic.

But hey, donuts are fun right?

yes, i should have called it powersliding instead of drifting. It is nearly impossible to maintain the force to propel the car sideways and control it. Mini r/c's are too light. Grip driving is much faster than drifting. Drifting is all for show