Thursday, March 23, 2006

Project: Mini-Z drift tires


We've been playing with these little R/C cars for a few weeks now. Even setup a nice track here at work! About 6 of us race regularly. But, I've started to favor a different kind of racing. Drifting! It's alot of fun on such a small scale. ALOT cheaper too when things go bad. Replacing parts are alot easier than their real counterparts. Heck, sometimes we'd just scratch build a new custom part. Couldn't do that with a real car.(well... you could. It just wouldn't be safe!)

Drifting is technically not a 'race'. Focusing and judging not on speed rather the performance. It's how you drive "sideways" into a corner. When performed right, it's simply the coolest thing on four wheels.

Now, I'm doing it on a 1/28 scale.

You can find the step-by-step here.





5 comments:

  1. err gaw, i would appear to me that you have wayyyyy too much time on your hands. very creative, but soooo unnecessary! join the gym or something, get married....

    i don't want to be old when i run around w/ my nieces and nephews!

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  2. Please keep these posts constructive or they will be deleted! 8D

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  3. And yes, those drift tires was necessary! C'mon, everyone knows you can't drift with grip tires! sheesh

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  4. and it is constructive...constructive criticism!!

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