Look at these mini drifters

[Blackdragon]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IekVQkS2QBA

[Skv012a]

Neat, but I'd take an xmod gen 1 over those if not mini-z. To get the same results with these you'd need much more skill than with that Tomy thats designed and pre-set specifically for drifting.

[TheB1GDude]

Does anyone have one or plan to get one? I would be interested to see what they have under the hood....

[EDIT] Nevermind... found them on eBay:

http://cgi.ebay.com/Tomy-Drift-Packa...31142007r11535

Look like just another cheap xmods wannabe copy.....

[firebird999]

but their commercial is japanese, so they must be good. they problably have built in fire hoses or microwaves or something else useless the japanese like to cram into stuff.

[FloydfanYodaman]

i have a 2 wheel drive version, got it for $5 so it was worth it, fun to put together and cool, different bodies....but the driving control has much to be desired...maybe the drift version has more control?...i'd love to get the red toyota levin body tho...

[Blackdragon]

They do look interesting though. I would like to try a hybrid and mix a xmod or mini z with one and see what you would come up with. Imagine one of those with a board upgrade, fet upgrade, and motor upgrade. It would be crazy if you could control it. A couple of atomic standards with liths????????????? I may get one just to try it. Might be a big waste of money but it would be interesting.

[Skv012a]

Originally Posted by Blackdragon

Might be a big waste of money...

Just another xmod or a Z, I'd say AWD Z, and get a camber kit and other suspension upgrades. Liths are waaay too much for a drifter, you won't have much control imo.

[merc3des]

Originally Posted by Skv012a

Just another xmod or a Z, I'd say AWD Z, and get a camber kit and other suspension upgrades. Liths are waaay too much for a drifter, you won't have much control imo.

Have you even tried liths on a drifter? It performs much better than Ni-Mh if you have an FET upgrade because you have a much bigger speed spectrum. Don't say things if you haven't tried it yourself.

[taiwanesekid05]

I believe I've seen this before... I got a ChoroQ from Tomy and got bored and decided to look at their site for stuff...

[FinalGear]

hmm....looks like Revell RPMZ all over again....and beside you can drift anything of smooth surfaces....

[color0]

For cheap fun drifting, I'd actually take this over a Mini-Z. The AWD system looks solid, and they're relatively VERY cheap, you can buy several for the price of one Mini-Z AWD. I actually want two, can't wait till I get some more income.

[kendallcschm]

Originally Posted by Skv012a

Neat, but I'd take an xmod gen 1 over those if not mini-z. To get the same results with these you'd need much more skill than with that Tomy thats designed and pre-set specifically for drifting.

i agree with you... i would rather drift an xmod... or a bigger RC car... then its more like drifting a real car...

[TAKEO]

i think i would step on it hahaha

[nw~hummer]

Originally Posted by kendallcschm

i agree with you... i would rather drift an xmod... or a bigger RC car... then its more like drifting a real car...

how big of an rc are you talkin about? cuz unless your sittin in it, its never like driftin a real car, trust me! i took drifting lessons in my old mk2 supra and its way more of a rush then playing with an rc!


yeyeye i know drifitng lessons blah blah blah i wanted to learn how to drift for REAL lol

[vietnamezerice]

yeah but it's cheaper to buy tires for our RC cars than your mk2 lolz

[BulletsRain]

I'm pretty sure DIY Mini Tuner has a review on it's blog. They do look like cheaper xmod's, but the chassis looks like full plastic, I mean the crappy plastic.

[c1v1c]

Originally Posted by idreamz

I stumbled across one of those videos and was like instantly sold. Could a non-proportional RC really work that well drifting? How did they construct it? So I got a couple from Toy East and thought I might write a brief review of this.

For a price of 30 USD I thought it as a bargain, but shipping and local taxes will double the cost, ouch! Nevertheless, when they arrived my expectations were high. The packaging was neat and sorted, the material felt like it was of MiniZ quality, and the construction looked smart.

So it's a kit!

Not what I'd expected that from a toy but makes if feel more serious somehow. The instructions are in japanese but you won't need that really, however there are som drifting tips on it which is a shame to miss.


Ever wondered why the video said Aero RC drift _LIGHT_ package? I saw no LED kits included. Though it comes with an ad poster that tellls you about the 1/10 Yokomo drift package. What, did I just pay 30USD for a promotion toy?!

Putting it together requires no tools and takes about 15 minutes (however inserting the batteries requires a philips screwdriver). The chassis is a bit unusual in the way that you mount the stuff from beneath, so in goes one motor for propolusion and one for steering. The motors gets their electricity by contact patches. There are no suspension mechanisms at all, so no off-roading ambitions here, especially not when the ground clearance is like 2mm.

The steering is handled with gears and a return spring. Center point is adjustable and the whees turns about 40deg. The front wheels also have about -5deg negative camber. As for the driveline, there is a center axle driven by the motor, a solid axle in the rear, and a one-way forward solid axle in the front, transmitting to the wheels through dogbones. Wheelbase is adjustable, between 98mm and I guess 94mm. When the parts is in you snap on the lids to secure them in place.

The wheels are tapered, so depending how you mount them you get either a flat contact with the ground, or a cambered.


The body is a Nissan 180SX, and has 98mm wheelbase. It'll propably fit a MR015 chassis with 2mm offset quite well, but you have to modify the mountings. This one mounts to the chassis with notches in front and rear. It comes with decals, a snap-on spoiler, sets of headlight cover in different positions, and a complete 2 pairs of spare side mirrors! Lol, not that I believe I'd snap any of them as the material feels hardened, I'd worry more about the furniture.

For power the transmitter needs 2 AAA and the chassis 3 AAA, not included with the kit. Running weight is about 200g.

Now how's the driving experience (do I have to write about it)?
Box-stock it's actually a mild dissapointment - I could pull off a couple of powerslides with it, but it has a nasty habit of constantly pulling to the left, which sort of ruins the steering, and the rest as well. A closer inspection shows that only 3 wheels touch ground, leaving the left front in the air, which makes the right front wheel turn left. Until I find a way to lower the left front wheel solving the problem I won't know how well this car really could perform. Shame really that such a smalll fault would ruin the experience totally. Maybe this was a bad sample.

Final verdict? Smart package, but potentially flawed.

Quoted from idreamz on R7R.
http://ripper7racing.com/r7rforums/s...ght=aero+drift

I personnaly like this setup since it has a lower COG than an xmod has, but I'm pretty sure the gears will worn out rather quickly.
Add a torquier motor and swap the cheap return spring suspension for a micro servo and cut yourself a custom chassis and i bet it could be a good 1:28th scale drifter!

[mustanglover]

old news, i think this was also found in the other fake xmods/mini-z thraed