[HELP] Drift Car

[Renamed99]

Hello, I started building new MOC i wanned it to be a drift car.

I was done building a chassis,but when I tested it, it didn't drift only drove normal.

what I did to my car:

put duck tape on rear wheels

use one and two xl motors

tried to gear down to 40:8(1xl motor) | 20:12 (2xl motors)

rear wheels spins faster than front

front wheels with diff

Edited December 23, 2014 by Renamed99

[Eraman]

try to use only rear drive! And the center of mass should be on the front(the back have to be light)

Edited December 23, 2014 by Eraman

[Petter]

Try gear it up even more (5:1 or higher). Should work fine since your rear tires are taped. I have never built a 4x4 drift car using xl-motors, but some time ago i did one with a buggy motor ( http://www.mocpages.com/moc.php/401227 ). When using the slower output, the rear didn't slip at all, but after gearing it up, the vehicle drifted quite well.

Edited December 24, 2014 by Petter

[Doc_Brown]

Deff try gearing it up at those XL's they can take a lot more! Especially at that low weight. Use the large black gear. Good luck.

You will need 2 differentials if you want the front and rear to go the same speed.

[filsawgood]

the best friend of drift - Buggy motor

[Nalyd997]

I wish I had a buggy motor... *sigh*

[Saberwing40k]

You will need 2 differentials if you want the front and rear to go the same speed.

Actually, having the axles go 2 different speeds helps the car drift. If the rear axle is going faster than the front axle, than it wants to walk out in turns, creating the drift. Our main problem here is that the car is a little bit too slow.

Also, I have 4 buggy motors, but I have only built one drifter, and I have no pictures of that. The primary reason I'm not building another one is you can't really drift on carpet.

[anton1678]

Make the steering tighter on the front wheels and only use rear wheel drive

Gear those XLs up

That's probably the best way to achieve drift

[sm 01]

I had my share of experimenting with drifting cars and I had best experiences with:

Rear wheel drive, no differential, big power/weight ratio and very fast rotating drive axle – achieved by rc buggy motor (my example:

), or with combination of pf motors that must be geared up a lot (my examples: 4 L motors geared 9:1:

and 2 L motors geared 5:1:

), that is especially important if you are using XL motors (because their low speed/big torque). Narrow tires are helpful but it is not important if you are using duct tape - I didn’t use duct tape in those creations so, I think, you will achieve drifting much easier.

[Russel75]

i want to get http://www.thehobbyworx.com/rc-cars/electric-cars/1-10-scale/green-nissan-skyline-electric-rc-drift-car-2-4ghz.html in lego, any idea guys?