The Two Basic Kinds Of RC Cars Do you like the notion of taking part in a real car race? Many individuals do, but the number of us that have the opportunity to drive a real racing car is tiny to infinitesimal. Many people would be too frightened to get behind the wheel of a real racing car anyway because the power of these vehicles is really tremendous. However, there is a practical alternative and that is remote controlled car racing. RC car racing is extremely exciting, but there is hardly any danger to the driver or the fans. The rest is all there: thrills, spills, crashes, speed, skids, fires, gambling, etc.. The best drivers and the best builders are famous within their sport and are treated like mini stars. Some of these RC cars go really fast and they can accelerate and take corners faster than their full-scale counterparts. There are two basic sorts of RC cars which are differentiated by their power source. Electric RC Cars: this is the most common sort of RC car, probably because parents purchase them for children and a newcomer to the sport might buy one to find out whether he likes it or not. The largest advantage of the electric RC car is that they are silent, which is a big plus point if your kids use their cars in the garden. It is also vital if you would like to affix a camera or a video recorder to it for filming timid, wild animals like birds. They are also less expensive than other types of model cars and smokeless, which means that you can practice manoeuvres inside if it is raining. Some disadvantages are that the batteries of an electric RC car run down. This means that the car will become slower and that the speed of the car will be goverened by the charge of the batteries not the power of the engine. Batteries are costly as well and rechargeable batteries are very costly to purchase. The batteries might run down while the car is some distance away. Liquid Fuel RC Cars: there are two kinds of liquid fuel RC cars: those that run on a special mix known as Nitro and those that run on petrol. These cars are a lot faster than battery cars and they run for a lot longer as well. They are also cheaper to run. These facts make the liquid fuel RC car the choice of real enthusiasts, racers and car builders alike. Petrol and Nitro are cheap in comparison with batteries and the quantity that the engines of these cars use is almost irrelevant anyway. However, they have disadvantages as well. They have an internal combustion engine, so they make smoke, which means that they should not be used indoors and they are loud. Most racers would say that this adds to the thrill of a race and they are probably right. These model RC cars were intended to race and the public likes to see them doing it.
Owen Jones, the writer of this piece, writes on many subjects, but is currently involved with remote controlled cars as a hobby. If you have an interest in model or toy RC vehicles, please go over to our web site now at 1:5 Scale RC Cars