Lightning Fast

I grew up in the 70’s. Like all boys I loved to play with cars. My favorite toy is my rc car. RC cars are so cool. My first RC car was slow moving one where the car is attached to a wire. Then my parents got me one that goes at a snails pace. [...]

It’s a Guy Thing

I overheard my husband and son talking the other night. I couldn’t get much of what they’re saying. But they seem to understand each other very well. I kept hearing words like shock towers, arm mounts, shaft sets, bar fixation sets and more.
I thought they were talking about a video game! But when they went [...]

Sweet Smell of Nitro

I migrated to the States when I was ten. When we moved there we stayed with my cousins in California. Every weekend, we would all go to the airfield and fly their RC planes and or go to the park and run their RC cars or sail their boats. They are into RC hobbies. Anything [...]

Dream Toy

Growing up I was a fan of remote control toys. I had a couple of RC cars and a boat. All were cheap toys that really didn’t go that fast. What I want is a precision machine. My dream RC toy is the electric RC helicopter.
For RC fanatics, the electric RC helicopter is [...]

Are Nitro Cars Better than Electric?

Nitro is short for nitro-methane. This mixture of methanol, nitro-methane and lubricants is the fuel and lubricant for “glow-fuel” engines, commonly found in model airplanes, helicopters, boats and more recently, radio control cars. The incredible power, combined with the ear-piercing mini-roar they put out has drawn an ever-increasing crowd to jump into this hobby. A [...]

Hobbyists

Do you know that even the big ones love to play with toys these days? It doesn’t take a genius to find this statement true. You can start by looking at your home. You see your 23 year-old son playing competitively with a kid using one of those high-tech gaming consoles. You might also see [...]

Types of RC Toys

Back in the day, toy cars, airplanes and trains had to be pushed or thrown up in the air to make it move or fly. Now, thanks to technological advancements, radio control toys have become the most popular toys for the young and the young at heart. This allows the user to make cars move [...]

RC electric motor

Get the most speed out of your stock or modified motors. Entry level kits usually come with “stock” or “closed end bell” type RC electric motor designs. You will have a hard time adjusting the timing or changing the brushes to gain more speed. So the best way to gain power from these motors is [...]

RC ESC

One of the most exciting electric remote controlled toys to be released in years are those that has more torque and top speed than previous RC toys ever produced. This is due to RC ESC or Electronic Speed Control which is very different from MSC or Mechanical Speed Control. An ESC has better performance over [...]

Megatech

Hobbyists of remote control vehicles are on the rise. More and more people are getting into it. With the influx of better technology remote control vehicles are performing like the real thing. At the helm of the remote control world is the Megatech brand. No one makes better remote control products than Megatech international. If [...]

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