The Two Fundamental Sorts Of RC Cars
Posted by Owen Jones, Jun 20, 2011 Car Racing No Comments 0 Views : 16 Print

Do you like the notion of taking part in a real car race? Many people do, but the number of us that get the opportunity to drive a real racing car is tiny to infinitesimal. Lots of individuals would be too frightened to get behind the wheel of a real racing car anyway because the power of these vehicles is really awesome. However, there is a viable alternative and that is remote controlled car racing.

RC car racing is highly exciting, but there is scarcely any danger to the driver or the spectators. The rest is all there: thrills, spills, crashes, speed, skids, fires, gambling, etc.. The best drivers and the best builders are well-known 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 types of RC cars which are differentiated by their power source.

Electric RC Cars: this is the most prevalent type of RC car, almost certainly because parents buy them for children and a newcomer to the sport might buy one to see 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 children use their cars in the garden. It is also important if you would like to attach a camera or a video recorder to it for filming timid, wild animals like birds.

They are also cheaper than other kinds of model cars and smokeless, which means that you can practice manoeuvres indoors if it is raining.

Some disadvantages are that the batteries of an electric RC car wear down. This means that the car will become slower and that the power of the car will be governed by the power of the batteries not the power of the engine.

Batteries are costly too and rechargeable batteries are very expensive to purchase. The batteries may run down whilst the car is some distance away.

Liquid Fuel RC Cars: there are two types of liquid fuel RC cars: those that run on a special mix called Nitro and those that run on petrol. These cars are much faster than battery cars and they run for far longer as well.

They are also cheaper to run. These facts make the liquid fuel RC car the choice of real aficionados, racers and car builders alike.

Petrol and Nitro are cheap in comparison with batteries and the amount that the engines of these cars get through is almost insignificant anyway.

However, they come with disadvantages too. They have an internal combustion engine, so they produce smoke, which means that they must not be used indoors and they are loud. Most racers would declare that this adds to the thrill of a race and they are probably right.

These model RC cars were meant to race and the public likes to watch them doing it.

Owen Jones, the author of this article, writes on numerous topics, but is currently involved with remote controlled cars as a hobby. If you have an interest in model or toy RC vehicles, just go over to our website now at 1/5 Scale RC Cars