For your car

When it comes to deciding which RC car you’re going to spend your hard earned money on it’s a tough call, this is a short guide to first time buys, who I’m sure are overwhelmed by not only the choice but also the types of RC cars available. In a nut shell there are two basic categories:Off-RoadThis is generally considered to be the most popular, off road have several different sub classes like Monster Trucks, Rally Cars, Bashers and Truggies, with the latter being a kind of on/off-road On-RoadThis is my personal area of expertise, these are pure bred race machines built to eat tarmac, but it has to be good tarmac, even slightly ages parking lots will hurt these baby, the have the setup options that you’d expect to see on Nascar or F1 car, everything from camber to dampening can be adjusted. There are also two main sub categories. Electric. This is the starting point for most people, I would suggest that you give this a try before you dive into anything that has a internal combustion engine. They are easy to maintain, relatively cheap, don’t break half as much and are much, much cleaner. What these lack in power they make up for in precision, clip ever apex like a pro. Nitro (a. k. a. Gas or Petrol RC)The grand daddy of RC racing, these babies have incredible power, the Nitro engines also take a little getting used, unlike electric racers there is a slight delay in the throttle and breaking that you need to get used to, but if noise, smoke and power is your thing look no further. Nitro cars tend to not survive crashed as well as electrics due to the weight and speed at which the crash. The basic rule of thumb is to stick to Electric until you are ready to race the Nitro’s they are insanely fast and a lot can go wrong, run out of batteries for example and the throttle might stick open. While on an electric the car won’t have the change to run away, with internal combustion it’s a different story. . . So you’ve decided which...

Read more...