The Sportwerks E-Racers Tailwhip 1/14th scale RTR Drift car offers you an easy to use, full featured electric RTR at an affordable price.  The E-Racers Tailwhip includes all of the electronic components installed so you can get the car running in no time, plus a pre-cut and painted body with scale details adds style and cool looks.  The Drift compound tires are pre-glued on 10 spoke black wheels that are back lit with motion activated red LED's adding to the style and performance.  Other performance features including the 370 size motor, full bearing set and oil-filled, coil over shocks allow for complete and precise control. 
Chassis Overview

The overall layout and design of the chassis that the E-Racers’ Tailwhip uses is simple yet effective. Unlike smaller cars that can seem cramped for space and a pain to work on, the larger scale of the Recoil provides more room for mounting your electronics, while also being easier to work on and modify. The E-Racers’ chassis, brace, and upper deck are all precision cut from fiberglass and, once bolted together, provides the Recoil with an extremely rigid and sturdy platform. The optimized chassis layout accepts a variety of battery configurations, from in-line, 4x1, or 4x2 battery packs. Plastic side braces are screwed into the left and right sides of the car to help protect the chassis in case of an impact. The servo, motor, speed control and receiver are all mounted to the right-hand side of the chassis, while the battery pack is mounted along the left-hand side. The chassis has 7-battery slots along the left side, allowing you to shift your battery pack forward or back to alter the handling characteristics. This tunability provides for even weight distribution from the left to the right side of the car, which aids in the neutral handling characteristic of the Tailwhip.

Drivetrain

Let’s face it—driving your car is much more fun than replacing parts or having to wrench on your ride. For this reason, the E-Racers Tailwhip utilizes a simple, efficient, and durable shaft drive drivetrain. This is a proven design and is similar to those that have won many national and international 1/10-scale sedan races. A unique slipper clutch helps protect the driveline’s ring and pinion gears inside the gear cases from abuse and damage. And, if that weren’t enough, the Tailwhip comes equipped with beefy front and rear gear differentials that are simple yet effective. Each and every moving part on the Tailwhip’s E-Racers chassis spins on quality shielded ball bearings. This is an expensive and painstaking upgrade on other mini and micro chassis that, by being an included item, saves you time and money. The included ball bearing set helps to extend your runtime and reduces the wear and tear on parts as well.

Suspension

Many other mini- and micro-sized cars suffer from poor handling characteristics due to their limited or outright lack of suspension movement. This is not so with the E-Racers chassis, as it has many of the same tuning options found in most high-performance 1/10-scale sedans. You’re certain to drive your Tailwhip on a variety of surfaces, including driveways, parking lots, rec rooms, and more. Many of these surfaces are less than perfectly smooth, but the Tailwhip feels sure-footed, thanks to its supple suspension. The front and rear of the Tailwhip feature oil-filled shocks with aluminum caps as standard equipment. If the time comes when you want to tweak your setup to get the competitive advantage when driving with your friends, the Tailwhip’s suspension is fully and easily adjustable. While it handles terrifically out of the box, the E-Racers chassis will allow you to change the shock angle, wheelbase, inboard and outboard roll centers, Ackerman, anti-squat and more.

Electronics

Many micro cars use sub-standard or lower quality electronics. Even worse is when you discover that, once you have your car, you still need to shell out extra cash to purchase your electronics separately. That’s not the case with the Sportwerks’ E-Racers Tailwhip, as it comes out of the box with all of the electronics included and installed for you. Talk about simple, it doesn’t get much easier than this. The Tailwhip includes a proven 27MHz transmitter that features adjustable throttle and steering sub-trims. To keep things as simple and effective as possible, the electronic speed controller and receiver units have been combined into one unit that has a smaller footprint than two separate pieces. To keep the Tailwhip headed in the right direction, it uses a dual bellcrank steering system that is actuated by an industry standard 3-wire servo. Finally, you’re not going to go anywhere without a motor or battery pack, and you can’t really have a complete package without one. The Tailwhip includes a high capacity battery pack and overnight charger, along with a stout 370-sized motor for killer drift action. When you purchase an E-Racers Tailwhip, there’s truly nothing else that you need to buy in order to start having fun.

Wheels, Body, and Tires

The Tailwhip comes with a highly detailed, painted and decaled drifting styled body. To protect the front of the body in the event of a collision, a high-density foam front bumper is included. Along with supporting the nose of the body, the foam bumper also adds a layer of protection to the front suspension parts too. To get the sideways action started, the Tailwhip comes with some pretty trick-looking wheels and drift tires. The Drift compound tires are pre-glued on 10 spoke black wheels that are back lit with motion activated red LED's adding to the style and performance.

Official Sportwerks E-Racers Hop-Ups

The E-Racers Tailwhip is an absolute blast to drive out of the box, but you can unlock the hidden beast that lies underneath its mild-mannered appearance. By using some carefully placed option parts, the performance potential of the Tailwhip will become even more apparent. The standard tires rom the Sportwerks Recoil are a direct fit and will let you test your skills for grip racing. If you plan on driving on carpet for, a set of foam tires might be a perfect upgrade. Foam tires are lighter than rubber tires, and by making this swap your Tailwhip will accelerate harder, reach a higher top speed, and have more grip. If you enjoy tuning the suspension on your car, then a set of turnbuckles or aluminum shocks might be right up your alley. Turnbuckles will make it possible to change your camber and front toe-out settings at the turn of a wrench instead of having to pop the link off. Aluminum shocks operate with less friction than their plastic counterparts and add a bit of style to your car. Other tuning options coming from E-Racers include CVD’s, front and rear anti-roll bars, ball differentials, and more. The E-Racers Tailwhip chassis has nearly limitless potential.

Performance

Perhaps the most remarkable feature of the E-Racers Tailwhip is how well it drifts out of the box. The stock drift tires are absolutely dialed on just about any surface, whether it’s been prepared and swept or even if there’s some dust on the ground. The radio feels perfectly balanced and comfortable in your hands, plus the trim knobs are easy to adjust for fine-tuning too. The efficient shaft drive drivetrain makes excellent use of the included motor’s power, sliding out of corners and reaching a respectable top speed. You also can’t say enough about the stunning good looks and detail that has gone into the D-style body. The runtime provided by the stock battery pack is also very good, as is the punch. Overall, the E-Racers Tailwhip is a fun car to drive, that handles well and is remarkably fast—all right out of the box.

The Sportwerks E-Racers line of chassis is truly something to behold. Starting first with the Recoil, and now with the Tailwhip, there is a way for anyone who wants to get involved with quality RC vehicles to do so. Whether you’re someone who is looking to enter the hobby, an experienced racer who wants to try something different, or someone in-between, the E-Racers Recoil and Tailwhip are some of the most unique cars to come out in some time. Its excellent out-of-the-box performance, in combination with optional hop-ups, makes the E-Racers Recoil and Tailwhip huge fun in a small package.