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Remote Controlled Car Wltoys A979 1/18 Scale 4WD - $75.83 AUD Delivered (44% off) @ GearBest

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Remote Controlled Car Wltoys A979 1/18 Scale 4WD - $75.83 AUD Delivered (44% off) @ GearBest
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w1nta on 04/08/2015 - 10:46 gearbest.com (248 clicks)
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Wltoys A979 1/18 Scale Realistic 4WD 2.4GHz RC Truck Monster Racing 50KMH High Speed Car Model - BLUE

PayPal added $5 at checkout for currency conversion. I went back and got it for $75.83 by paying directly with VISA.

I just purchased one of these. I have been watching the price and this seems good. I've never used one so can't vouch for them but it looks good in reviews and on YouTube. Very fast (probably not good for under 12 YO kids) but reviews say it's fragile. Spare parts are available.

Other models are available but this is the cheapest one. Same model is available from banggood.com for +$5

http://www.gearbest.com/r-c-cars/pp_136292.html = $79.75 AUD

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  • RideCurbs on 04/08/2015 - 11:07
    +4

    Hobbyking is having a sale
    http://www.hobbyking.com/hobbyking/store/__910__908__Cars_Pa…

    Lots of cars here, ready to run, for similar prices, tonnes of spares available, and I expect they might be a higher quality (all brushless motors, not brushed like the gearbest one).
    1/18th 4WD buggy, with controller, AU$56.46 (you have to add postage, but it's reasonable).
    1/18th 4WD Short course truck $57.29
    1/18th 4WD Stadium truck $72.80

    Or my pick, with great videos of it racing online.
    1/16th 4WD buggy, $99.26. Very fast well setup car.

  • abhi900 on 04/08/2015 - 11:18
    +1

    1/16th 4WD buggy, $99.26. Very fast well setup car

    i looked at the reviews as well, just wondering if they are sturdy enough or too be treated as delicate darling ?

  • SteveAndBelle on 04/08/2015 - 11:21
    +10

    Be careful here! The single most important thing about buying most RC Cars, Trucks, Planes, Bikes, Helis etc. is the availability of spare parts. Build quality and other features are important but it's all meaningless after the first crash if you can't get the parts to fix it as they'll be rendered useless and end up being chucked out! These generics are most probably based on Tamiya or Traxxas or Associated designs so in most cases you could possibly use other branded parts to fix them up however as per Jusdrifns comment above it would be far better to buy an RC vehicle that has every single part available as a spare so you can keep them running over a longer term. I'm no longer in the hobby but when I was I was into it BIG time and actually judged the vehicle more on the availability of the spare parts and mod/hack-ability than what the manufacturer offers 'out of the box'. Running one of these into a kerb at 50kph would nearly guarantee a repair bill of at least half the purchase price (chassis, drivetrain, suspension & steering parts and only if they're available!) so unless you're a very good driver I recommend you buy something else. Get something with a Brushless motor and LiPos as a good staring point too.

    • abhi900 on 04/08/2015 - 11:48

      I am relatively very new to this, Can you advise on some models that we can look into ? Sturdy / has each part available / not gonna cost double than what one pays for a new one in repairs etc.

      Degree of easiness in fixing.

      • SteveAndBelle on 04/08/2015 - 12:04
        +6

        The sky's the limit and you'll need a LOT of play money to fund repairs & upgrades especially if you're a beginner. I assume from your last comment that you may not be mechanically minded and that's perfectly fine however you really do need to learn & understand what each part does so you can repair, modify and/or optimise it. Best to buy a kit and build one up yourself IMO as you're forced to learn as you go! Running even a basic car such as this and even in a large, flat area without any obstacles can result in flips & cartwheels which can severely damage steering & suspension parts. I too was only a beginner when I got into the hobby several years ago but learnt so much from modifying and upgrading but especially from repairing damage caused by not being able to control my cars ;) I went all out when Brushless motors became cheap enough and mixing them with a LiPo battery I managed to build a car capable of 101kph: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eF_E65RM0Y4 That video was taken as part of the eBay description when I decided to get out of the hobby and find something else to fill my time. Awesome hobby and very rewarding BUT can end up draining your bank account ;)

        Now I know this is old-skool and relatively expensive when compared to others but there's a reason Tamiya were king for so long, they just designed & made decent stuff! This is an RTR (Ready-To-Run) and newer version of the car I used to build my 101kph beast above: http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Tamiya-1-10-RTR-XB-Pro-Plasma-Edg… It would give you the instant satisfaction of being able to run it straight out of the box BUT as it's basically a factory-assembled kit it would still allow you to pull the entire thing apart, piece by piece & screw by screw when you need to repair it. This is a decent chassis allowing you to upgrade things like the motor and battery pack and even go all out with alloy parts but again you'll need deep pockets if you want to get into stuff like that plus 'upgrades' can sometimes be counter-productive too… cool looking alloy parts are only tough to a certain point but then bend, twist & break whereby the original plastic parts simply bounce back into shape. It's a steep learning curve knowing which parts are worthwhile upgrading and which parts are best left alone… but this can be just as enjoyable as actually racing the cars!

        As each of us have different expectations maybe your best bet is to jump on an RC forum, introduce yourself and put the call out for opinions on what you should invest in. Some people (such as myself) like the versatility of a 4WD buggy such as this, others prefer crazy high speed drifting on perfectly flat surfaces, others like slow speed yet very strategic Rock Crawling and others just like going as fast as they possibly can without steering at all, just round & round while attached to a tether wire! It's all about what you want to do, what you want to get out of the hobby and how much you're willing to spend at each stage. One example… my custom Tamiya DF-03 (Agent Orange) seen in the above video cost around $300 for the initial kit 'back in the day'. I blew another $1000 on upgrades to get it to 101kph and unless you knew how to program the ESC and/or control it you could literally rip through close to $100 worth of wheels & tyres simply by pulling the throttle to 100% while stationary. Soooo much cheaper to get an RC car up to and well over 100kph these days. Friggin' FUN though :)

        • abhi900 on 04/08/2015 - 14:15
          +1

          AWESOME write up !!..

          Cant thank you enough mate.

        • SteveAndBelle on 04/08/2015 - 15:00
          +1

          @abhi900: No worries at all. As you can see I can crap on about this stuff for days but I wont bore everyone else here at this stage ;) Just reply if you want to know anything else or if you need an opinion on something and I'll see what I can do to help. RC is a fantastic hobby, especially with all the amazing tech so cheap these days but it can also be very time & money consuming too.

        • abhi900 on 04/08/2015 - 15:05

          @SteveAndBelle: speaking of tech stuff.. so want to get my hands on these 2 items :-
          https://www.lily.camera/

          https://store.3drobotics.com/products/solo

        • SteveAndBelle on 04/08/2015 - 15:06

          @abhi900: Yeah, very cool stuff indeed.

        • cornbeef on 04/08/2015 - 21:19

          I remember the days behind the controls of my old beat up hornet. Fun times, always a couple of batteries on the go….I recently bought two in the Swann double pack for some nephews but neglected to buy every spare part available and a trashed silence from their support when I inquired as to them restocking.

        • SteveAndBelle on 04/08/2015 - 21:22
          +1

          @cornbeef: Hey, you should get a Hornet re-release and relive those times: http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Tamiya-1-10-The-Hornet-2WD-Off-Ro… Buy two and keep one as a shelfer and juice the other up with a BL Motor and LiPo combo! Nice :)

        • cornbeef on 04/08/2015 - 21:28

          @SteveAndBelle: gee that's a good price, and though more expensive, a good option in place of this deal. I see a grasshopper at $120 too. Checkout this as well

        • SteveAndBelle on 04/08/2015 - 22:04

          @cornbeef: Do it.. but be careful though, those Tamiya kits still need full radio gear, servos and batteries before they can be run which will bump the total investment up, in fact easily double it!

        • cornbeef on 04/08/2015 - 22:12
          +1

          @SteveAndBelle: tempting…but must invest in curtains on the reno as opposed to "honey guess what i bought 'for the kids'"

        • SteveAndBelle on 04/08/2015 - 22:17
          +1

          @cornbeef: Well you could RC the curtains with 2.4G, Brushless & Lipos ;)

        • UFO on 05/08/2015 - 11:09
          +2

          @SteveAndBelle:

          Thanks for the link SteveAndBelle… re-released 1980's radio control car kits from Tamiya… wow!!

          The "Hotshot" was always the dream car on the shelf I could never buy. Then when "Supershot" came out I almost died.
          I settled for a "Fox", but lovely to see "Grasshopper", "Frog", and "Hornet" again.

          Ahh memories. I just can't get over how much technology has changed in 30 years.

          Can't wait till my kids are old enough to play radio control. Will ease them into cars, get them hooked, then airborne!

          Woot! (yes that's why I had kids, to relive childhood) :)

        • SteveAndBelle on 05/08/2015 - 20:49

          @UFO: Do it UFO! You know you want to ;) I'm happily child-free so every day is an opportunity to relive childhood ;)

    • SteveAndBelle on 04/08/2015 - 11:48

      Well, they're a very different scale to begin with!

      • Willis Vo on 04/08/2015 - 11:52

        looking for beginner but not sure which one will get

        • SteveAndBelle on 04/08/2015 - 12:50

          Sorry to say but don't get either of them! Refer to my huge post above. These are really just toys and would be perfect if that's all you want one for… but if you really want to get into RC Vehicles you need to spend a bit more and look elsewhere for something that wont just end up collecting dust on a shelf because it can't be repaired. You WILL break it, I can guarantee it so you need to know ALL parts are available as spares.

  • ytb on 04/08/2015 - 11:47

    I have one of these , its lots of fun and fast for its size , and yes you do go through parts ..
    luckily all parts are available from bangood.com as well as many upgraded parts (plastic to aluminium)
    I would suggest extra batteries from banggood ,
    a spare motor (killed one by driving through too much dirt that can get in through ventilation holes)
    and wheels .. the rims get smashed up pretty quick , as the rubber compresses too easily ( might try some filler for the wheels)

    • abhi900 on 04/08/2015 - 11:49

      are these waterproof ?

      • ytb on 04/08/2015 - 12:16

        semi waterproof … the esc is covered in goop so its basically waterproof , but there are two ventilation holes into the motor .. where dirt and water can get in .. ran it through a lot of puddles while it was raining and it kept going .

  • ShipShapeRC on 04/08/2015 - 12:04
    +1

    I am thinking about that plastic hitting something at 50km/h - you better have spares. Think, spares, spares. spares! By the way I get almost all my modelling gear (boats, planes and cars) from Hobbyking.com because of the brilliant everyday pricing and availability of spares for most models. Plus HK don't filter the reviews, you say something is junk, it gets posted. Few chinese etailers do this.

  • fchis on 04/08/2015 - 12:17

    its worthwhile to get a brushless one to be frank.

  • morpheu on 04/08/2015 - 12:52
    +1

    you can get the Turnigy for less than $99.26, i was on the page for a while and it offered me to add it to cart for $92.17, not sure if it works everytime

  • benllben on 04/08/2015 - 15:13

    These are quick and fast.
    If you decide to get one after reading the above comments then follow this following advice. If you reverse and then accelerate forward quickly you will very quickly strip the gears or snap some of the parts on the back. I have seen so many destroyed like this. However it is similar with most rc cars.

    • SteveAndBelle on 04/08/2015 - 15:47

      Yes & no. Most 'proper' RC vehicle ESCs are user-programmable nowadays, especially the Brushless ESCs. If they allow you to jump direct from full forward throttle to full reverse throttle then they're not programmed correctly. Of course you can override the default programming to allow this if so inclined but due to the high power of these new motors they will definitely strip gears and destroy diffs etc. let alone wear down tyre tread in seconds!

  • hawkeye on 04/08/2015 - 15:24

    Just bought some stuff off G.B and saved $10 using visa but you have to take a photo of licence and Cc for verification. The next day I was approved they're pretty fast.
    http://www.gearbest.com/about/verify-payment.html

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