A keen fan of RC vehicles I have been constantly researching the available options. I have to admit I am a great fan of the large 1/5 scale vehicles since they have a feeling of realism about them! At almost 1 metre in lenght and weighting near 20/30 kg these are serious bits of kit!
The particular car I will talk about today is the MCD-Rally! A Tarmac racer which can be purchased in 2 versions the 'Sport' and the 'Competition'. The sport being the lower model still comes well equipped however later on down the line you will probably find yourself upgrading the items to bring it up to a 'Competition' spec. So the advice is, if you have the money go for the 'Competition' version.
The cars are generally quoted as 'Rolling chassis' meaning you will have to fit the engine and electrics i.e servos for steering&throttle, a reciever and battery pack.
These cars are very well built and are made to be driven! I would say these cars are for the more advanced driver since we are talking of speeds of more than 50 mph! Quick!
The bonus with these cars is that they run on a mixture of Oil and Petrol which is very easy to get hold of and gives run times in excess of 45 mins!
These cars will require little maintenance and will give hours of fun!
Expect to pay around 1300-1500 USD for rolling chassis.
Different shells are available, I personally prefer the Mitsubishi Evo, however i have seen Peugeots and Seat Ibiza's Available.
Visit www.mcdracing.com for more info.
Pictures below are of a modified vehicle with the following items:
Parts include :
MCD 535mm Chassis
MCD Alloy steering supportMCD Alloy servo tray
MCD Alloy Center Diff brace
MCD Alloy Rear chassis braces
MCD Steel inner trans gears
Chrome GP290 28.5 cc EngineJetPro EVO3 design pipe
TGN X-can exhaust spacer
Elcon 4 shoe ClutchCat5 Cone air filter
Outerwares Pre-filters
Hitec 5745mg servos (3)
HPI 3000mah battery pack
