Hi guys,

Im jet and an RC newbie. I would like to try rc drifting since I've been riding superbikes as a hobby half my life i think RCing is alot safer than leaning in corners at 200kph. I need two things..
1. Where can i get a goot kit?
2. SHould I go electric or Nitro??

I hope i can join you guys every friday.. but definitely I'll visit you this friday to check the sport out..

Thanks in advance!

Jet

Welcome to the forum!

Superbikes eh? COOL.

Answer to question one..
There are a few hobby shops here. Toys and Us, Hobby Center, Speed Hobbies, etc.

Answer to question two..
Electric all the way!
Nitro is only good for bashing and offroading, and for expensive, messy and adrenaline purposes...Nitro drifting..Is just too fast, you can't really enjoy it and you need a toolbox full of spares. Drifting takes a toll on engines.

Forget nitro, we don't allow it at our meets anyway.
And you might not want to come on Friday...We neet on Saturdays

Now do a bit of chassis research. What you want to look for first, are two things...First, availability of spares, second, availability of upgrades.

You might find this helpful...
http://www.dubdrift.com/technical-discussion-f5/all-you-need-to-know-to-start-rc-drifting-in-dubai-t619.htm

AdBull.

hi biker_jet,
welcome to the forum i can give you a tip its better to get a electric kit because first of all it makes a lot of noise and the owners of the car park might not allow that and everyone of us is using an electric kit at the place.

hey there jet!

welcome to the forums..

as the first two have mentioned, we do not encourage bringing nitro kits in the meet place as it is a residential area and may face problems.

we have a market place where you can find used and brand new items which are for sale..
there are lots of potentials there.. and there are hobby shops like what abdul has mentioned..

feel free to drop by this saturday and for sure you'll be rushing to get your own drift car..

enjoy man!

welcome jet!

feel free to send us any questions you may have! hopefully we'll see you at one of the sessions soon.

this friday we're doin a trip to the race track out in al ain if you are keen to join us, otherwise we have the usual session every saturday afternoon from 4pm

electric is great! simple quiet and clean! and what you need if you need if you want to join the sessions.......but there are also some nitro offroad fans here too, who love the smell of nitro and gas with clouds of dust billowing past...

enjoy

i seconf the dust cloud statement there paul - but i looove the smell of gasoline hahah

anyway,

welcome to the forum, glad to have more members on DD, (thats dubdrift btw), as paul said, the guys are headin out to ail ain on friday, and we also have regular weekly meets on sat, im not sure how to post a location for you but im sure one of the other guys will do that pretty soon.

we run these categories of 1:10 scale electric RC cars

Drift
Touring
Mini GT

and we have also started an offroad crawling session that seems to be picking up

if your in the market for a new/used kit, feel free to check the "sell our stuff" section in the marketplace.

hope you have a great stay here on dubdrift

Sideslider

welcome biker_jet ..... you ride bikes too huh? i used to race professionally back in 2002-2003 in the Phils .... complete with all the NAMSA accredited race license and all that .... but fate has brought me here to UAE .....

i would say RCing has the same effect of releasing stress and tension as riding a bike .....

i have both nitro and electric ......and its the same as bikes ..... you cant just have one .....

welcome to our forum man :cheers:

im sure you will enjoy the club once you step in its very difficult to come out

BTW speedyadik is selling a almost ready to run drift kit all you need is battery to enjoy

feel free to ask all you question & we will answer it with all our best :cheers:

hi biker welcome to the forum keep slidin sideways!!!!!

Thanks for the warm welcome guys.. Saturday huh.. actually its perfect! so i'll ride this friday with my bike mates and I'll join you guys on saturday afternoon.. even the place is perfect since it's near my office.. I passed by one of the hobby shops in diera i think that's the one near ponderosa and the guy was very helpful and shown me a drift car kit.. I think it will cost 1450 all in. Not pretty sure about the shell though it looks like a lumina SS..


Strawb: I am from the PH too but I raced from 96 to early 2000 from 250's to 600's but I shifted to cars during the 2000's. Though i wont say what kind of racing we do on cars since I STRONGLY discourage doing such a thing now a days

is that a shop your talking about is inside the gas station?

if thats the shop hes offering you a hong nor brand it is quite good kit but the only problem for now is hopups parts.

better go with speedyadik just add some cash to reach 2K & the kit is fully uprgade to drift spec & a 2.4ghz radio system + Brushless motor

its a realy good deal, plus its pretty much all youll ever need to spend on a kit, you dont have to buy anymore hop-ups or modifications, its just bout at its limit, so what a bargain indeed

yup that's the one.. so where can i get this speedyadik car?

hmmmmm your talking about my kit ahmed and jon well thanks btw this tb03d that i have is Ready to run u just need to buy a lipo charger coz i'm keeping mine hehehehe