Are 1/5 PETROL R/C Better than Nitro? 

Morning All! So... a conclusion that I've come to is that despite their size and cost... a 1/5 might be a better choice for beginners! Let me know your thoughts :)

For me both are awesome and a lot of fun, electrics on the other hand I’m not really into

Hey i had a boat with a nitro engine and it was a complete disaster 😆 but i always wanted a rc car with fuel so this way better and more easy ? Is the marauder a good rc buggy ?

Small thing but thank you for calling it a strimer and not a weed wacker 😅

i mean yes.. technically.. petrol's are a lot easier. but then again -when they are easy, what is left to "learn" and, can you tune the petrol's like nitro engines? and does the general user like or dislike this? then there is the mmassive price tag for petrol rc's. nitro's can be expensive too but are still way cheaper in my country at least. for me personally i own a savage XL 5.9 i have yet to get a problem with it.. its just such a good nitro rc. a friend of mine has a baja B5 and.. the price was expensive even 2nd hand, and he had to rebuild the whole engine a couple of times before he eventually sold it due to being such a nightmare.

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Hiya they was a video from 10 years ago it was high speed needle tuning you seem to know the carb measurement on the hsp 1/10 scale would you mind checking and see if you know what the measurement on carb are

Tell me on thing, because my English is weak. What do you mean. Before you two Times pulled, what you make ON, and after that you make "this" OFF, and than the engine start quickly. What you make ON and OFF? :)

Hey mate, I have a nitro one I haven’t used in ages needs a new starter. Would you help repair or recommend anyone? I live in same town as you.

Louder than a 1/8 nitro MT ?

Where are you man, missed you

Hey , i got a nitro rc car that only respond to like 3 commands ( steering or acelerating ) then it just stops responding, what may be the problem? Considering that the receiver and controller are brand new

Do you also have idle, high speed and low speed needles? What kind of set up is needed? None ? Cool video btw 😎

I want one them petrol cars badly me

One major issue is where to run a 1/5th scale, how on earth peeps think it’s acceptable to run them in the local park is beyond me and then another can of worms is insurance. What insurance do you have ??

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I agree with this vid. I’ve been using nitros for 17 years and I just got into the 1/5 scale hobby 3 years ago. I like both. But The 1/5 is fairly maintenance free and very easy to maintain. If you have the space to store the 1/5 scale and don’t mind the loud noise, I’d recommend it for a beginner

I grew up on electric as a kid but man once you have a taste of Nitro or Gas you won’t even bother looking at electric cars 🔥⚙️

Same as a nitro, just without the stupid high prices for fuel. Bigger engine and easier use, just a weedwacker in an rc shell. Awesome!

The most important thing is no annoying smell in hands and body after playing gasoline 5th scale baja

I have the aowei Yama buggy 26cc 2 stroke it’s 12 years old but I’ve not used it since my dad lost the charger and I’m looking for a new one and some batteries to go with it do you know where I can find these? Any help would be much appreciated 😊

Couple of things about the 1/5 scale 2-stroke buggies.. you don't need to use the choke. Prime it first and the gently/slowly pull the starter cord and let the fuel mix into the cylinder. 3 gentle pulls and it will start after that by the first or second proper pull. Secondly, these buggies don't have reverse and have a poor turning circle so you will need a large open area to allow you to have some proper fun.

Hi brother hope your fine, we MISS U :)

my thoughts ? don't get 1/5 scale ! don't get 1/8 scale ! get 1/10 scale nitro touring car or buggy ! 1/0 scale nitro engines today are cheap $60 new plus can run with methanol "ZERO" nitro 0% with oil mix that only cost $39 for a 5 gallon can, plus bodys are available like mustang fire-bird and many more real life cars ! ,drawback of 1/5 scale gas is cheap but parts bust easily ,drawback of 1/8 scale good quality but suck up nitro fuel costing tons of $$$$

I have a over 30 years old nitro rc car and because of this i am pretty sure that i also can handle a new nitro car

You can see the passion in his eyes & body language when the engine starts up on the first pull!

Nitro slash 🏎️ is were the rc Power is If u want some real rc fun I ,🤞

All them radios! I thought I had a lot at five.

I'll get my nitro 3.5 buggy soon. I sold all my electric cars due to it's boring. Go back to old school nitro again. You know what I'm talking about...smell of fuel, engine sound....Oh boy!

Where are the new vidddds 💙💙

Very informative and nice content mate. Kudos to your brief but beefy explanation. I've been an avid watcher of your videos about RCs especially nitro. But in my case, I also had petrol bajas in the past, for me if a nitro engine is well looked after, 2-3 pulls it fires up easily, even been sitting for months. I have a 3.0 losi truggy with a.21 B7 nitro engine, and tell you what, I never bashed with it for 2 years straight because I mostly played with my SS truggy with a bonito engine on it. And yeah, after 2 years I decided to fire it up to see how it'll behave right from the tuning, servo settings etc. It fired up less than a minute pushed in the starter box, without changing even the glow plug, and the tuning remained as what I left it on. And I mentioned well looked after, I remember I put like massive amounts of after run oil in it, before shelving it. I think it all depends on what brands of nitro engines you have. More reliable brands, the better expectations.

Completely agree. It comes down to glow vs spark ignition. Spark ignition has more energy to get that fire going and is much less fickle 😄 love both though. Just put a new Force 25 into the ol 1/8 Caster Truggy today. Breaking it in tomorrow and trying out new engine heater 😎 as usual, great work and look forward to your vids 😀🇦🇺

Hello, can you please help me? When i start my rc car, candles spins, and after 15 sec motor stops

My god that’s a beast ! Looking well buddy ...🤙

nitro breaks real fast,better go gasoline or electric...

I don’t speak English well, but I’m watching the video well 👍👍👍

Hi bro it's been a super long time getting my cars ready again

I’m thinking of buying a KX125 what are your opinions?

Hi, i want to buy some petrol rc but I don't have big budget. So I wanna ask you if you know about some really cheap petrol rc😁

There great but too loud

Never had any issues to start my nitros. Just Keep the igniter loaded, Check the glowplug, preheat and prime the engine( dont flood it) and you are good to go🤷‍♂️

Petrol ones are so insanely noisy, it's impossible to drive them anywhere

What size glow plug work into the VRX HR 1006

Are u ever goong to comeback to rc

For me I run alot of nitro. But petrol also specially in the really cold months.

I bought 2 of these 1 worked fine for 3 runs then the carb broke. Then I paid 500 for the upgraded version. Came out of the box broken also wasn't happy got refunded wouldn't mind another

cant beat the smell of nitro burning though even if it is a carcinogen

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Ive had both in the past and ive just bought another nitro. I loved my hpi baja but missed the tinkering that was required with nitro. And i always found that the baja just ripped up its wheels and rim locks all the time!

Hey man I have a problem with my nitro car. The car pull left if I drive try to drive straight. Any suggestions

My nitro buggy been sitting for 7 years had to take it apart and give it a nice clean got it running bout a week ago and its been running decent I do need to get a clutch for it tho the one it has is a little worn.

If it wasn’t for 1/5th scale. I’d never get back into r/c despite how cool nitro is. My patience isn’t what it use to be. Gas is more convenient than nitro for me.

Can you sell me a nitro car

Mine starts 3rd pull without the choke. And the HPI clone HPI parts bolt to it, I have a Baja 5B clone made by Rovan RC, and I usually buy either the Roven parts if I can't get them HPI does the job.

Can you sell me a second car

Hey The RC biker i need help tunning my buggy right

Great that was a nice intro

%100 agree with you 1/5 gas is the way to go vs nitro for beginners all day! There both exciting and a blast but with nitro you need more tuning skills and starting can be a hassle at times! Great video! I should do one on the big bore engines for 1/5 Bajas since im building 2 Rcmax beasts on my channel👍

Great video they still sell the Maverick blackout I thought that was discontinued

I just ordered one of these last week, 36cc one. A video about first startup, running it in and general mentanaince would be great.

Brilliant channel. Just subscribed. Just took my Inferno Neo out today. Been in storage with after run oil for about 6 years. Was an absolute pig to start. Eventually realised that the old fuel had gone off. New fuel and boom. I thought that I was the only person still running Nitro cars. Seems like everyone else has gone over to brushless/lipos.

Yep I think he's left us again lads😪

For the roven baja can you find parts for it and can you put hpi parts on it

Pls more with this one ❤ I thinking about buying One (Rovan baja 5b) My "HSP Tornado" need a friend 😊

1/5 do require a lot of checkin and maintenance. All the gaskets will end up needing to be replaced, correct fuel mixture and correct tuning. Usually 1/5 are okay if the engines are kept well maintained :) Usually you can get a better start by turning the engine over 3 times and leave the piston at the top nearest the sparkplug so the first pull you do, your suckin in the fuel.

Hey, just want to say so glad you started posting videos again use to watch all your older videos have all really helped me with my hobby with nitro cars too. Love the baja 5B can remember the first day that came out what a machine. But I can beat that 7 months and starting the baja I own a Schumacher havoc monster truck with a big block .28 engine and I’ve had it sat in my room for nearly 2 years and started the hobby again in the first lockdown and it started fine with only 3 revolutions on the drill start. But that could just be my nitro engine they can be fiddly but this is one of the best nitro engines I’ve ever owned ever time you come to it not matter how long it’s been sat for it always fires with very little effort.

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Hi I've watch your channel a few times. I need your help. I'm new to the nitro RC hobby. I got from a friend a very old ONFA LX ultra comp. I believe it has a bad 26 motor. What you recommend as a replacement.

🙋🏾‍♂️I'm a noob and honestly nitro is just better for me I like the tinkering my brother had been into it for about 20 years and just watching him I appreciate the fixing and tinkering so I'll get both lol

I forgot to mention as well if you get one.of these depending on the model, for example, I have the Rovan 5b Baja buggy which is a HPI clone, you can get a Bolt on Conversion Kit to make it a Short course truck, and its quite simple to do with loads of fun.

I need to ask if I have a nitro bottle and the bottle was closed for like a month is it still good to use cuz it's like mostly full, and I watched your video and I'm going to take out the tank and clean it and dump all the access fuel that was already in the tank for like a month

Hey just got my first nitro. Very sad have to still buy 2 servos, nitro engine, and exhaust stuff but that's time to finish the kit setup. Any suggestions on nitro engines and stuff needed for 8ight xt ?

Heyi have a question I have a nitro buggy but I have a problem where the pull start slips I have took it apart and cleaned the one way bearing but it still dose it. I can get the car started but its a lot more effort then usual.

Where are the new vidddds 💙💙

bro which is more powerful

Thanks!)

Hey, when are you posting more nitro content? The weather has gotten a lot better and we love your content!

Hi there I was looking for a info on the mac star 28 6p with the bule insert or restriction on the net and no luck is it OK to take it out after break in and a few tanks i has had like 3L of nitro fule now

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Very weird comparison.

Can you help me do you hear a gear change on a two speed nitro engine if I don’t hear that change do I loosen the clutch

Have you got any tips on getting the outer wears cover on the air filter? I lost my rag and gave up with mine

No matter how annoying nitro is sometimes. Prefer it all the way. Btw I’m cousins with Jamie Clancy professional nitro racer and I’ve really interested in how to get me into engines and me being young it’s hard and I’ve find something to have fun with also my uncle who lives near me fixes my cousins cars so I’ve been getting loads of advice from you and my uncle. Thx

damn years :(

Hi, what would be a good servo upgrade for the vrx 1 nitro truggy.love the vids keep up the good work

And yeah agree 2stroke ones are so much easier

Are spares for the clones like the one you have readily available? I have a couple of nitros but always assumed 1/5 scale would be harder to live with. How wrong was I? Lol Great videos by the way 👍

I think even tho nitro is harder to work with etc it’s less intimidating. I can break a nitro engine and buy a new one and fit it in pretty easily. If something was to go wrong on a 2 stroke I wouldn’t even know where to start let alone buy a replacement part and I think you get much cooler shell designs etc with nitro then a 2 stroke which often tends to look like the one in the video 🤷🏾‍♂️

Great RC RTR Kit, thanks for the informative video.

Not sure if you now . But the law as changed on nitro fuel . Got to have a licence to handle over 25% now . Great vid 🇬🇧👍

Do you think the hpi g3.0 would fit into the ftx torro

I like your videos you put it in simple language

Where do you get your HPI parts from?

True, but nitro never dies!!!

What do you have to mix the fuel with?

I was just looking at one good timing

Awesome

I love my 1/5 short course truck

Is it me, or does this fella talk like he’s giving a weather forecast??? 🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️