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Old 04-09-2007 | 02:39 AM
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Default RE: any 1:1 drifters?

I know the difference between 4wd and AWD, I just reffered to it as 4wd cause that's what most r/c cars are classified as, even though they are actually AWD. I just wanted to hear what you guys had to say on the differences between rc drift and 1:1 drift. I knew the differences already, I just wanted to confirm that I was right. And I wanted to know about AWD vs RWD for full scale. Domokun has it in that the reaction time of the driver, and the servo speed would have to be lightning fast to properly drift a rwd rc car, and you don't have the same level of control because you don't have that "seat of the pants" feel that you do in full scale. I suppose that MAYBE if you had a crazy powerful rwd rc with tons of steering throw, a really fast steering servo, plenty of room, and the right tires, you could drift it. It would take MUCHO practice, and a drift track that is much larger than what is normally used for 1:10, but I suppose that could not be what is technically termed as rc drifting, but getting it around the track by linking together controlled powerslides, which is what full scalers do. RC drifting is getting all four tires to slide, and using the traction of the front tires to "pull" the car through the slide then out of it, which in technical terms is what constitutes a drift, while in 1:1 the only tires that really lose traction are the rears, and the front tires are used along with the throttle to "steer" the car through the slide and out of it, which is the technical definition of a powerslide. You know, now that I think about it, there is a form of full scale drift that VERY closely resembals rc drift. Ralley Racing. If you think about it, the only real difference is the track surface, and the fact that rc drift doesn't have jumps. Which leads me to another question. How come there is no real following of rc rally racing? You hear about every other form, drift, drag, on road, off road buggy, truggy, and mt, oval, and dirt oval, but you rarely hear of actual rc rally. Rally and drift are my favorite forms of full scale racing, and drift is quickly becoming a HUGE thing in rc, but rally has been left out. I have heard of it, but it's not nearly as popular. I think I might try to get into that. What do you guys think of it? Well, I've said enough. Peace!