B4.1 Brushless - First Car

[GFoz]

Hi Everyone,

Tomorrow I am buying my girlfriends 8 year old son a Team Associated B4.1 Brushless RC10 and I'm looking forward to having a go myself
Looking to get him into racing and visiting the track at Bury after some practice.
Also looking at Orion advantage IQ 605 charger and an Ansmann Racing 7.4v 5000mAh Li-Po battery pack.
I have been told by Ben at Bolton Model Mart that this is a great set up for a beginner.
What are your views on this car and set up for an RC Virgin?



Cheers,

[markwilliamson2001]

B4 is a great car to hone your skills with. Very strong and lots of spares available. Before you get out on track, I would just get it checked over by a local expert, just so they can give it the once over. This should help you enjoy the car more.

Happy racing!

[Whiskers]

There might be a couple of guys down at the Bury track at about 7 tomorrow night if you want to come for a blast around. Just check the Bury metro forum before hand just to make sure because of the rain and all that.

[GFoz]

Cheers lads. Buying it tomorrow but he is only getting the car on the 20th for his birthday so wont be at the track tomorrow but looking forward to checking it out soon.
I will keep an eye on the website for practice days.
Are there any other tracks in the area and are there any indoor tracks for when the british summer takes a turn for the worse?

Cheers,
GFoz

[Whiskers]

For indoors there is roundabout raceway and bury occasonaly do indoor meets in harper green leasure center near horwich.

[GFoz]

Cheers for the heads up Whiskers, just found their website:
http://www.roundabouttoys.com/store/.../34/RC-Racing/
Thanks

[peetbee]

Originally Posted by GFoz

I have been told by Ben at Bolton Model Mart that this is a great set up for a beginner.
What are your views on this car and set up for an RC Virgin?

I think it's a great setup and hopefully other than some tyres and maybe springs there's nothing else needed.

[GFoz]

Originally Posted by peetbee

I think it's a great setup and hopefully other than some tyres and maybe springs there's nothing else needed.

Thats a relief as it doesnt come cheap does it

[budgio]

The Ribble valley club run indoors just up the road from you near Darwen

http://www.mac-design.co.uk/style/MAP.html

im not sure how often they have their club meets though.

[ian h]

We have a couple of these running at our club and they are very good, as mentioned above springs and tyres are all that's needed at least for our track anyway, blue and silver springs and minispikes tyres.

[GFoz]

Originally Posted by budgio

The Ribble valley club run indoors just up the road from you near Darwen

http://www.mac-design.co.uk/style/MAP.html

im not sure how often they have their club meets though.

Cheers mate,
I will give them a call and see what they say about the Darwen venue.

[GFoz]

Originally Posted by ian h

We have a couple of these running at our club and they are very good, as mentioned above springs and tyres are all that's needed at least for our track anyway, blue and silver springs and minispikes tyres.

Why would the springs that come with it not be suitable?
What do the different colours refer to when it comes to springs?
Do you need to change the tyres for each race?

[shanks]

Originally Posted by GFoz

Why would the springs that come with it not be suitable?
What do the different colours refer to when it comes to springs?
Do you need to change the tyres for each race?

Spring colour refer to the spring rate i.e. stifness

The springs that come with it possibly would be fine for a beginer...

No need to change tyres for each race either...just as they wear grip falls away...

[GFoz]

Originally Posted by shanks

Spring colour refer to the spring rate i.e. stifness

The springs that come with it possibly would be fine for a beginer...

No need to change tyres for each race either...just as they wear grip falls away...

Thought it would refer to stiffness but how do you know which springs would suit your local track? Is it just trial and error?
Also can you get spoked wheels for a B4 in Black?
Cheers,

[ian h]

Blue front springs and silver rears will be about right for most Uk tracks either grass, astro or carpet. Never seen black spoked rims but the White JC rulux wheels are spoked and look good.

[GFoz]

Originally Posted by ian h

Blue front springs and silver rears will be about right for most Uk tracks either grass, astro or carpet. Never seen black spoked rims but the White JC rulux wheels are spoked and look good.

Thanks for the advice!
These yellow JC rulux wheels will look soooo cool on it:



On order! It's getting adictive already!

[GFoz]

Got it!

Team Associated B4.1 brushless RC10 buggy
Ansmann Racing 7.4v 5000mAh Li-Po battery pack
Orion Advantage IQ 605 battery charger
Deal = £350.00 (inc free Li-Po connection upgrades)
Shop = http://www.BoltonModelMart.co.uk

Lets get ready to rumble!

Cheers,

[ian h]

Good stuff, there is a certain fraternity on here that believe yellow wheels to be gay!

[mole2k]

Yellow wheels are gay! Although the JC Yellows probably would actually suit my shells...

Congrats on your purchase

[GFoz]

Originally Posted by ian h

Good stuff, there is a certain fraternity on here that believe yellow wheels to be gay!

If they are worried about yellow wheels making them look gay they have serious issues.
I did not say Pink wheels!