How to Drift RC Cars

Since rc cars do not have a clutch or ebrake like a fullAs soon as your sideways you need to begin to
size car does it is all about throttle and steering controlmake a ton of small adjustments to the throttle and
to get your car to drift. That said it is much easier tocountersteering. By countersteering you prolong the
drift an RC car than a real car since a real car will notdrift much further than it would be if you just steered
have special hard compound drifting tires on the rearinto the turn. This is the part of RC Drifting that requires
to make sliding around easier.the most practice. The better you get at throttle and
The easiest way to get your car to drift is to do whatsteering control the longer and more precise you can
is known as a feint drift. A feint drift involves severalmake your drifts.
steps. The first is to get your car up to a fast butTo exit the drift smoothly and drive away, punch the
comfortable speed as you approach the corner. Oncegas. This will cause the car to shoot forward out of
you are about to where you need to begin turning, flickthe drift. Another way to do it is just use extreme
the car wheels out away from the turn. This preloadscountersteering till the car rights itself. If you have an
the suspension and cars weight so that when you turnS-curve turn to navigate though, do not do this. With a
back the car will easily break grip. Once you havelittle practice you can easily link both drifts together into
flicked one way, slam the wheels hard in towards theone seamless drift. This skill is vital if you wish to
inside of the turn. The car should quickly flick sideways.compete in drifting.