ow do you drift, what do you do with the controller. I have seen that people that use selotape say that smoke comes out of their car. It is a tamiya tt01 chassis.

Ben

I would imagine you do it the same way real cars would do it.

im only 13 so I wouldnt know how to drift a real car, please tell me how!
ben

when u get close to the conner let off the throtle and then turn and hit the throtle and u will slide if u have the right tires. its hard u got to patice i used cones and did a big wide corner with the cones and praticed for like 4 days then i got it

so just pratice

For me, this is my method...Say i wanted to kick the rear out to the left. I would flick the throttle to the left, and then punch it into full throttle while countersteering to the right to keep it sliding longer. It takes a lot of practice, and I can still only drift really well about 1 out of every 4 attempts. In RC it has to do a lot with feel imo.

yeah, trust me, it does with a 1:1 car too.

but thats about it for the r/c method, its all inertia drift. It sounds easy, but its not so easy to do it smoothly and consistantly through turns while still following a racing line. Basically, if you aren't countersteering, you aren't drifting.

in other words just spinning out isnt drifting........the entire car should slide sideways for a period of time wether u be in a turn or straight..........it all has to do with steering play and throttle control usually i pick up speed, approach a corner, let off the gas, then floor it......or finger it.....so that the rear tires break loose....then then just play with the steering and throttle........practice makes perfect

When using PVC, i can drift fine. The problem is that after I fniihs drifting, the car is almost stopped, so it can come out of a drift at a fast speed. How do you guys get around this

go into the corner faster viperspeed

ok ill try that, thanks

for a more indepth how too, tip and other great info check out the original r/c drifting web site and forum.

www.rcdrift.com

i think the pvc is to lose i like low traction rubbers and right after a rain foams are awesome[sm=thumbup.gif]

this is a bit of a stupid question but here it goes anyway... any way to drift something as big as a savage???

no monster truck can drift becouse they are so heavy and you need alot of power to move it

pvc tires will work no problem. you may want to use larger wheels and "tires" because it'll be much easier to spin them. that's what is wrong with nirto, the pvc or abs tires spin a lot easier, so you need to be a lot more careful witht he throttle, if you whomp on the gass it'll probably blow the motor from over-revving.

this is a bit of a stupid question i am new to drifting and wut do PVC MEAN and where can we get them link please

thanks

bader

I dont know what PVC stands for but it is the kind of pipe you use for sprinkler systems. you can buy it at any lawn and garden or pluming store. (I think)

The Doc.

u mean ABS, PVC is white, and ABS is is black. it is also softer and will also drift better imo

So people say that ABS has a bit better traction so u can drift at higher speeds. Also the problem with PVC is that the edges of the tire usaully get chiped up.

Drifting is 95% driver ability. You can drift any vehicle, you have to focus on what you're doing. Granted, you won't be drifting on pavement, you would need a loose surface, such as dirt or gas, plus the power to be able to break traction on rear tires at any speed. An easy way to get a decent slide going is to come into a turn real hot (meaning fast) and just crank the wheels. From that point it's all about throttle controol and brake control.

I can drift my 1:1 Blazer on wet pavement with no problems. It's all about driver ability, baby. Practice makes perfect.[>:]

If you put PVC pipe on the car/buggy, you can Drift ANYTHING!!!

PVC (Poly Vinyl Chloride) - polypipe from a plumbers merchant or DIY - grey, white, black
ABS (Amyl Butyl Styrene) - similar to above but softer being a styrene - white
There's also compressed air pipe which is very similar to ABS - blue

I don't know about you guys but I think drifting my real car is a lot easier than the small car. I can't feel what's going on in the RC car but in my real car, I can feel the car leaning, sliding, etc and have more time to compensate it seems.

Boy this drifting gig is fun with the RC cars though. I only do it in the rain with my real car and even at that I don't do it often because revving my motor is just asking for trouble. Plus, when you flip a real car you die.

there was a video i saw before with a savage drifting, i will try to find it

whoa, u serious???? I hope u find that vid.... I'd love to see it =)

drifting an RC car is nothing like a real car for whoever had that brains to say that. A real car is all brakes and gas controlling them and yes it is 95% skill and whoever said its easier to drift a car is full of crap. its a lot harder and why would u drift a blazer, i drive a mazda rx-7 and it has taken me over a year to be an "above average " drifter. sometimes i question if some people here know what a drift is.............