offroad car for 6year old

[jayst]

my boss at work is after a rtr offroad buggy for his 6yr old son , so any recommedations . i think his limit is 100 pound . must include battery and charger. cheers

[sosidge]

Do Kyosho still do Mini Infernos? I have an ST and it is a very decent little truck out of the box, they were well under £100 when I got it, runs on AAs or you can upgrade to a rechargeable pack. Only real issue I have with it is that the standard steering servo doesn't reach full lock so the steering is a bit poor indoors.

Other than that the only other thing I have had that is small and cheap is a Losi Mini-T, they handle very well out of the box and also run on AAs or can be upgraded.

Unfortunately all the decent 1/10th RTR's are in the £150-£200 mark.

[peetbee]

Or how about the Thunder Tiger ZK2, they're £68 RTR, ok it's another micro, but it's pretty strong.
Most RTR only come with a slow charger tho, so could be worth him getting a fast charger in his budget too.

[Doomanic]

A bit over budget, but this might do it...

http://www.mirageracing.com/piw.php?partNo=HP10793

[jayst]

we have been lookin at the hpi 10b @ modelsport all ready to got for 125
but we think the motor will be a bit too quick for him. been lookin at this aswell http://www.modelsport.co.uk/?CallFun...n&ItemID=31511 . 84 for complete package including fast chager

[qatmix]

The smacker is a good car for a youngster, its pretty tough and its quite quick. (probably too quick still for a 6yo)

You could get a cheap tamiya like the grasshopper (the combo deals are around £99 at most retailers like dms / fusion etc). The grasshopper comes with the 380 motor and its plenty fast enough for a 6yo. It does mean building the car, but the grasshopeer is soo easy to build. (1.5 hours). It would be a far more interesting for the father and son to build it together.

[jayst]

we did look at them but they have no knowledge of the rc world . and does not have the time for the building part , so hes gone for the smacker rtr but hes goin to get a fast charger .

[jim76]

how about a Maverick Atom, micro car? They are around £70 all in and pretty capable. Or go for the blaze RTR but they are around £120.

Micro's are ideal for yougsters as they aren't quite as quick and the strength for their size is much better than a 10th scale.

Does he intend to take his son racing? If so what clubs are in his area?

[jayst]

his son didnt like the look of the micro's . the car will be for bashin in the garden . i dont think he intends to race but we have locals clubs if he takes to the sport .

[jim76]

how about one of these then? pretty much on budget

http://www.mirageracing.com/piw.php?partNo=MV12201

they also do a trugy version for £115 which would be better for garden bashing, and to convert it back to a buggy for club racing would only require the wheels/tyres as the chassis is the same as the buggy.

[low13]

ive got a b4 with everything u need to go for that much its barley been used once or twice was built but barley run because i prefer the build process i can mail u pictures if he or you want

[rcluke]

tamiya lunchbox !!!

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