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The RC Car Guide – Complete Guide To Buying And Maintaining Your Remote Control Car

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Are you thinking of entering into the world of Remote Control Cars? There are probably a lot of questions you will have about which car is best for you. The RC Car Guide will help you decide. Are you a current owner of an RC car? You need The RC Car Guide to help you maintain and speed tune your RC Car!

The RC Car Guide is packed with information you need on choosing an RC Car and keeping it running it’s best after your purchase. Here are a few of the chapte… More >>

The RC Car Guide – Complete Guide To Buying And Maintaining Your Remote Control Car

A Beginner’s Guide To Buying And Racing Radio Controlled Cars

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Boys of all ages love radio controlled {RC} cars and this guide will help you to make great decisions on topics such as which cars to choose; FCC regulations; electric RCs or nitro RCs?; fuel; two & four stroke engines; maintenance; what you will need if you decide to build your own; on-road or off-road, with even brief descriptions of RC trucks, planes, buggies, helicopters, boats & watercraft; standard, micro or mini?; costs, where to race; online sources for ROAR… More >>

A Beginner’s Guide To Buying And Racing Radio Controlled Cars

5 Quick Factors When Buying A New Or Used RC Model

Buying a new or used RC model car is a rewarding and exciting process. Gas or electric? Truck or car? Helicopter or plane? There are many considerations you must address before making these decisions. However, there are 5 top factors that will help you on your decision.

Battery or gas?

The major factors determining your choice here are run time and noise. Gas RC cars, trucks, planes, or helicopters are usually loud, even with a muffler installed. The advantage of gas RC’s are that they can run a lot longer with a tank of fuel versus a battery powered RC. The average battery life on a RC vehicle will give you roughly 10 to 25 minutes of run time – at full speed. Some radio control trucks and cars deplete energy faster due to accessories like lights, horns and other gadgets.

Kit vs RTR?

When buying a new RC car or truck or even a plane, there are 2 directions you can take based on your patience, budget, and skill level. If you’re the adventurous type and enjoy working on a project from beginning to end then a Kit package is your best option. Kits involve putting together the entire RC car, truck, or plane together from a box of pieces into the final product, which you can be proud of your accomplishment! Kit packages are usually more expensive but are more modifiable. RTR or “Ready to Run” packages are ready to go outside of the box. Charge the battery or fuel up the tank and you’ll be enjoying your new RC within minutes, versus hours or even days compared to kits.

Location, Location, Location

Gas powered RC cars and trucks require space and are not ideal for apartment complexes or homes which could have neighbors calling in noise complaints to your local authorities. Radio controlled planes and helicopters need wide open spaces with little obstruction for safe operation. Electric RC’s can normally be operated anywhere as they are considerably less noisy than gas RC’s. Another consideration is terrain. Is your RC truck or car an off-road buggy or stomper truck or is it a track racer? For example, street RC’s perform better and tires last longer on pavement versus asphalt.

Wear and Tear

There are great deals out there on unwanted RC models, however it is important to understand the wear-and-tear of these vehicle before you shell out your hard-earned cash. Start with the heart. That is check the motor, the most important piece to the model. If it’s gas, check for oil leakage around the head and base of the motor. Shocks when worn out tend to leak oil as well so look at these with a close eye as well.

What’s your Budget

With prices for used buggies around $75 to fully loaded USED RC Helicopters peaking over $1,500, it’s best to have an understanding of your purchasing budget, but also your operational budget as well. After you buy your new or used radio controlled model the spending doesn’t stop there as you will have maintenance costs for tires, batteries, fuel, bushings, blades, servos, and more. Depending on how serious you are involved with your RC model will determine how much of an operating budget you will need.

What to Consider When Buying a Radio Controlled Boat

Radio controlled boats are a fun and rewarding hobby, that could be ether relaxing or exhilarating depending on your needs. Best of all it doesn’t have to be very expensive. RC boats come in a wide variety of forms and types ranging from small and steady cruisers to lightning fact racers. You can either buy one already built or you can buy it in the kit form and assemble it yourself.

Buying a ready build radio controlled boat is by far the easiest option. But building your own boat can be much more satisfying. This decision is dependant on your reasons for taking up radio controlled boats as a hobby in the first place. It is easy to find all of your RC boat parts either on the internet or at your local RC hobby store. You may be worried about the amount of work involved or think that it will be to hard to get a good result, but in the end you will be glad that you put in the effort, after all this is a hobby and what’s the point in finishing it in 5 minutes? Anyway these RC boats come pretty comprehensive instructions that make it real simple to achieve a great result in next to no time.

The next decision you need to make is what type or radio controlled boat would you like.

Radio controlled boats are built in electric, nitro, and gas variants. Electric RC boats, Nitro RC boats and Gas 

Electric are more popular because they are cheep and easier to run strait out of the box. Electric radio controlled boats come in a number of sizes, from the very small and slow pool toy RC boats to the very fast medium sized RC boat. The main problem with the electric boats is that as the batteries loose power the boat become slower.   

Nitro boats utilize Nitro-Methane fuel which is very powerful and makes for a fast boat, but the main problems with Nitro powered radio controlled boats are that the are a little more complicated to run as you will need to use a special starter kit to get them going and the fuel is about 4 times the price of a gas boat.

Gas radio controlled boats run on regular car gas with oil combined in the fuel. Also known as 2 stoke fuel. These engines are larger than the other types and therefore need a larger hulled boat to accommodate the engine. With the larger hull comes some advantages such as a more stable and easier to handle craft and mixed with the cheaper fuel, makes the gas RC boat (in my opinion) the best of the three types of radio controlled boat.

Then there is the radio controlled sail boat.

The radio controlled sail boat is the ultimate RC boat if you are looking for relaxation or stress relief. The radio control is there to control the sails and the rudder and naturally the wind acts as the engine.

Nitro Rc Car “buying Your 1St Rc Nitro”

 

Nitro RC Cars are great fun to use but they are also a committed serious hobby that will need some time to – Maintain, fix and clean a nitro car. But this does not take too long to do and is a requirement to keep the car working properly and to maximize the performance.

Here’s what you need to know about starting out with nitro rc cars. Firstly there are some adjustments when you get a new nitro model even so they are sold as ( RTR) ready to run, on a nitro car there is a engine needle setting sometimes there are 2 on pro versions and the instructions you get normally have details on this for that particular model and is pre factory set but these often need to be adjusted and fine tuned regularly. With the needle it only needs to be turned a little, about a mm or so counter clockwise at a time and this should get you started and can be fine tuned until the nitro car runs smoother.

Also check all the screws are tight as these DO come loose all the time and if you lose a screw the car might not operate properly or worse you could lose a small part and then the car will need a spare part and be hassle for you.

As any new nitro radio controlled car there is an engine Break-in procedure for the engine. This means as it is a new engine you have to slowly run the first 4-6 tanks of fuel and no more than a few minutes each run, also make sure the body shell is off when doing this so it allows air to flow keeping the engine cool .

Also a important note is to make sure you only keep it at half throttle, with no revving the car or you will damage the engine and limit the performance as the engine must not get too hot, which is why you have to be patient and follow the above.

This is only a short time to do and believe me it’s worth the extra little effort.

Priming the engine with nitro fuel is quite easy and there are a couple of ways to do this. As you pull-start the engine on the nitro car, look at the clear fuel line this is a clear plastic tube so you can check to see if the fuel is reaching the carburettor, if the fuel does not flow all way though then first check there are no kinks in the pipe anywhere, if this is ok then you can prime the engine by putting one finger over the exhaust or air intake for only a few seconds ! While pull-starting the car until you see the fuel reach the engine. Make sure finger is not over exhaust for long or you will flood the engine and lock it up.

If this does not work then i find this option easier :grab the fuel line end that connects to the exhaust and wiggle it off and blow down the pipe and this will force the fuel in, push the pipe back on and that’s it.

If you do flood the engine on your nitro rc car the pull-start will become stiff and hard to pull.

Do not pull until you have unflooded the engine, now to do this you simply remove the glow plug from the heat head sink and turn the car upside down, then pull-start the engine a few times to expel the excess fuel out of the combustion chamber. Replace the glow plug and start over again.

Nitro rc cars are fast and can hit 70 mph and can do flips and jumps and great fun to race with others.

I have done a review on some nitro radio controlled cars and below are some great examples of nitro cars and what you get.

The cyclone nitro rc car is made by ACME Racing and is a outstanding model, a 1/10th scale car which is good quality made with features such as  – 18. Powerful Nitro engine with a simplified carb that makes these one of the easiest to start, also these engines are reliable . Also you get 4WD shaft system, oil filled shocks, metal brake system and a choice of body shells.

This is a great nitro rc car to start with and comes complete with a quality 27mhz controller. Want a PRO nitro car ? then acme racing have the cyclone Pro nitro rc car, which has all the above + a 2 speed gearbox and tough aluminium shock absorbers, fully raced bearings and a powerful nitro engine that hits 35 – 40 mph ! out the box.

I have one of these nitro cars and parts are always easy to get and this is great value for money, and an awesome fast rc car.

This next nitro radio controlled car is a massive 1/8th Scale and this can race at the highest level.

The VRX 1/8 th scale nitro rc car. This is a fully built 1/8 scale radio controlled rally cross nitro buggy that is packed to the hilt with features and would have to pay
extra for. This is a race proven model and every part of the design has been carefully thought about to make this a winner and remember this is not a entry level
or a 1/10 scale model .

 This VRX-2 is a serious bit of kit featuring
3 shoe aluminium clutch
Front cvd shafts
Tough aluminium parts throughout
it goes on &on.
A very powerful GO. 21 rear exhaust engine is installed which is from the newest engine manufacturer
in Taiwan that already has a excellent race track record. A high quality nitro rc car for the big boys or someone
looking for a pro “all done” buggy with carbon upgrades and all the spec the standard VRX has.

This PRO version comes with:
Carbon fibre center diff upper plate
Carbon fibre steering upper plate
Carbon fibre radio tray
Billet rear shock tower
Billet front shock tower
Billet front chassis brace
Billet rear chassis brace

 

Whatever nitro rc car you get, one thing is for sure you’ll have fun and enjoy the rewards this great hobby brings.

 

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