help out a newbie

KAIKS · #1 12-26-2002, 06:03 PM

wassup guys,
im new to the hobby
i just ordered a modellist set, 3.5 motor and a 150 battery.
i was wondering what type of tires, gears and suspension i should use with that set up?
thanks

#2 12-27-2002, 01:01 AM

hey waz up man? im new 2. i dont know tha answers 2 yo questions but i was thinking maybe we can learn how to customize these cool cars 2gether?

tory_103 · #3 12-27-2002, 04:56 PM

aww how sweet! lol....... j/k...... im not an expert, but i know a thing or two, well ok just one thing not 2...... hehe....... yea anyways, good luck with the learning.......l8r

skater252000 · #4 12-27-2002, 05:49 PM

It all depends on what kind of racing your gonna be doing. Cuz if your racing on tight curves or long curves the tires r gonna be different, and if you got a small course or a big one with lots of straight aways different gear ratios would be needed.

KAIKS · #5 12-27-2002, 10:48 PM

thanks for the replies
skater thanks for the info

#6 02-17-2003, 04:26 PM

HEY OMG!!!

KAIKS!! hey man, im a complete newbie too, and i just 3 days ago orderd the auto modellista set,3.8 motor 160AH battery, Reinforced Metal Heatsink,Gear Set GS-03 or something, Tire SEt 0-2 (i think) an NSX mobil 1 bodyand a race course(after alot of research on the net)

just a 3 weeks delivery wait

(i live in England and parts and accesories are pretty rare here and V.expensive)
meanwhile though, i got a cheapo version of Bit Char-g and took it a apart a little etc, and checked on various websites. Thats how i managed to find this webby and its wicked forum and stumbled in here.
i hope i too can learn more about bit char-g with ya'll and btw, i found a few decent webbys:

www.toyeast.com is THE BEST for buyin cheap hopups
www.lik-sang.com is pretty cooel
www.action-pact.co.uk has some hop up info

(ill post them little symbol things as soon as my set arrives)

skater252000 · #7 02-19-2003, 03:06 AM

I don't think they're n00bs anymore lol. That post was made back in December. Just messin with ya!

#8 02-19-2003, 04:05 PM

Ah, we newbies are a rare breed. i race 1/10th scale normally but I found this a cool thing to collect.

Hey pirana, you found we live in "Rip off britain" as well then!

I got the race course as well, i found there aren't enough black hairpin markers. ah well, for £1.50 you can't complain

Heres what I got:
British spec char-g (1.0 motor)
Senfa (hong kong) char-g with 2.2 motor
All 4 special edition skylines (see my signature)
3.0 motor
bit racer tyres
racing course
digital lap counter
alternate gearing
Supra and NSX race colour shells

I should be getting some more stuff soon though

I got all my stuff from toyeast as it is so cheap
Have you heard of bitcharg.co.uk? everything is so expensive.

Where in the UK do you live? we should race. I need a rival brit.

#9 02-19-2003, 07:50 PM

Hey WRX Sti!!
We got quite a bit in common! I two was into 1/10th scale ( i own a 1/10 scale Tamiya NSX and and year after i got that, i got into HPI and bought a slightly bigger than 1/10 super rally petrol r/c(Pennzoil Skyline).
I am a mad car fan and at the Motorshow at the NEC i found this company claiming to sell the "official" item, miniture r/c cars, striaght from Japan, which were then a new thing which i never really looked into.
Recently, only whilst browing through my Ps2 mag, i read an article about cool gadgets from japan, and it featured the Automodellista cars (a game which i am a MASSIVE fan of) in a "bit char-g set". Looking among UK websites, i was quite put off with the extortionate prices, and yea, especially at bit char-g.co.uk. However, 2 websites: www.toyeast.com and www.lik-sang.com found the best prices on the net and, reading around on forums like this one, i ordered the AM set and some accesories. (Depending on the how good the service at toy east is, im thinking of making a track with my friend: thus buying some more track parts and a lap counter and maybe even an LED upgrade for my car)
ETA on the parcel is in around 2 weeks time - heres hoping!
ooh, and btw, i live in the North west (warrington)

#10 02-19-2003, 07:56 PM

The car i am (fingers crossed) soon to acquire:

Automodellista Edition Skyline R34

#11 02-21-2003, 03:06 PM

What a small world, I went to the NEC motorshow! Did you go in the live action arena? That was PHAT!!!
That was where I got my 2nd char-G (the senfa) that was probably the one you saw was there. There was a lot of clones for sale there as well. i went with my dad and my 1/10th racing mate, and we bought 3 Char-G's for £48! and I got a spare scoob shell there as well for £3

You can't wrong with toyeast. When I ordered my 4 special editions, it took only 9 days to arrive. And the worst thing, they arrived on a Tuesday, I was in Nottingham at the time! I couldn't drive 'em until Friday which was when I got back!
They are sound, plus, they gave me a free keyring to show their genorosity (i think thats how its spelt)

I was gonna buy a Tamiya NSX as a display car. At the moment I have 2x Associated TC3 (FT and team), HPI micro and a Kyosho V-one-S (nitro)

The next cars i'm gonna get are the Fairlady Z booster and the initial D set. I love to drift my nitro!

I will send you a E-mail for my address and maybe we can catch up once in a while to see how we are doing

If you dont know, Bristol is in the south west by Bath and not too far from Swindon if that helps