AC48
Hardcore RCTalk User
Hi all,
For a long time I have been collecting 1:18 scale Diecast Models of various sports and super cars. I have always wished that I could drive one that is this small, so, I ordered up a Duratrax MicroStreet Force RTR.
I must say the value is great. The entire car RTR cost me 80$. Although some of the parts, like the shocks, kind of suck it still gives decent performance. Its well beyond what I thought it could do. (It also comes with 8 AAs for the Tx)
Well, I opened her up this afternoon and just couldn't wait for the battery to charge so I snagged the supplied 4-AA holder and tried her out. (Antenna still flopping around on the ground, no body, etc...) I was pretty impressed with just the 4-AAs. If you do it just right you can get the tires spinning on hardwood floor. The AAs last a ling time. I used it for like maybe 40 minutes and after that they started to wear out. A few things I noticed were the ESC wasn't working quite right with AAs, it was kind of glitchy. All of this was fixed when the battery charged.
I pluged in the supplied 6-Cell 600 mah NiCd battery and was ready to go. During the charging I had also decaled it, set up the antena etc... With this battery on hardwood floor doughnuts are easy with a pull of the trigger. The torque on this thing is incredible (I'm a Nitro guy). Although it burns out nicely, it doesn't have great traction on hardwood floor lol.
I find the best place to drive it indoors is on a nice hard carpet. It needs to be the indoor/outdoor type carpet or it doesn't do so well. On this carpet the traction was awsome. I could fly around shoes, chairs, or anything else I wanted at full throttel with no loss of control.
Its a real blast to drive, most definetely worth 80$. There is nothing else you need to buy, it coems with 8 AAs, Tx, ESC, charger, Rx, everything...its awsome.
For a long time I have been collecting 1:18 scale Diecast Models of various sports and super cars. I have always wished that I could drive one that is this small, so, I ordered up a Duratrax MicroStreet Force RTR.
I must say the value is great. The entire car RTR cost me 80$. Although some of the parts, like the shocks, kind of suck it still gives decent performance. Its well beyond what I thought it could do. (It also comes with 8 AAs for the Tx)
Well, I opened her up this afternoon and just couldn't wait for the battery to charge so I snagged the supplied 4-AA holder and tried her out. (Antenna still flopping around on the ground, no body, etc...) I was pretty impressed with just the 4-AAs. If you do it just right you can get the tires spinning on hardwood floor. The AAs last a ling time. I used it for like maybe 40 minutes and after that they started to wear out. A few things I noticed were the ESC wasn't working quite right with AAs, it was kind of glitchy. All of this was fixed when the battery charged.
I pluged in the supplied 6-Cell 600 mah NiCd battery and was ready to go. During the charging I had also decaled it, set up the antena etc... With this battery on hardwood floor doughnuts are easy with a pull of the trigger. The torque on this thing is incredible (I'm a Nitro guy). Although it burns out nicely, it doesn't have great traction on hardwood floor lol.
I find the best place to drive it indoors is on a nice hard carpet. It needs to be the indoor/outdoor type carpet or it doesn't do so well. On this carpet the traction was awsome. I could fly around shoes, chairs, or anything else I wanted at full throttel with no loss of control.
Its a real blast to drive, most definetely worth 80$. There is nothing else you need to buy, it coems with 8 AAs, Tx, ESC, charger, Rx, everything...its awsome.
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