RC Drift Cars... Drifting with Nissan Skyline's, 240sx, 180sx, Trueno and more.

Hi Guys... and Gals :)

I've been playing rc cars for over 30 years. Tried it all except for the drifting craze. But I am a fan of drifting such as the Anime Initial D, and have done a true 1/10 scale rc drifter replica of Takumi's Trueno on a Tamiya M04 chassis.

However it is very difficult to drift on just a rear wheel drive chassis. That is why I have shortened a 4wd TL01 chassis to a wheelbase of 233mm.

First is to shorten the Tamiya TL01 chassis from 256mm to 233mm. I used a metal saw and just hacked away.

I then glued the chassis using epoxy class material. It is clay then will harden after 5 minutes. Need to be careful to align the chassis as straight as possible. Put the shortened driveshaft in before adding the epoxy and check transmission is running smoothly without binding before the epoxy dries up.

See the Intial D AE86 trueno body in the background? You cannot buy that, I had to customize, sand, paint to replicate Takumi's panda trueno scheme from a toy kit made by Jada that was originally red and had a wild rc body kit.

Above is the work in progress body kit for the Trueno AE86 drift car.

Above is the video of my Initial D rc car drifting in my garage. Just having fun.

How to Drift

Here is a great pdf document from HPI Europe on how to drift. (Right click your mouse, the select save target as.)

And below is how to drift using rc cars by HPI racing from Youtube.

Related Pages

Toyota Trueno drift rc car of Takumi in Initial D

Radio Control Drift - Robinsons 09

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Thanks and have fun!

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