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Radio-controlled cars, or RC cars for short, [1] are miniature vehicles (cars, vans, buses, buggies, etc.) controlled via radio. Nitro powered models use glow plug engines, small internal combustion engines fuelled by a special mixture of nitromethane , methanol , and oil (in most cases a blend of castor oil and synthetic oil ).
1:10 scale radio-controlled car (Saab Sonett II)A radio-controlled model (or RC model) is a model that is steerable with the use of radio control (RC). All types of model vehicles have had RC systems installed in them, including ground vehicles, boats, planes, helicopters and even submarines and scale railway locomotives.
In the 1950s and 1960s until recently, Cox has produced a line of hobby-oriented models of cars, airplanes, and other vehicles. The most noted are the .049 cubic-inch displacement glow fuel powered models, controlled by line (Control Line) or by radio (Radio Control). AMC Matador.049 engine police car from the TV series Adam-12; T-28 Trojan ...
On-road Cars: 4-tec 2.0, 4-tec 3.0, XO-1, Drag Slash, Ford Fiesta ST, Toyota GR Supra GT4 (Drag Slash is 2WD the rest are all 4WD) Flight: Alias (Drone) Boats: Spartan, Disruptor, M41, Blast (Blast is a nimh 20t motor vs the spartain and M41 having 6s brushless, Spartain has two versions: the Race boat, and the SR, Disruptor is 4s.)
By the end of the 1980s, the buggy class single-handedly turned the radio-controlled car market into a multimillion-dollar business [53] but in 1990, Tamiya, a market leader in off-road cars; shifted their attention toward on-road cars [54] when in 1991, they adapted their Manta Ray's DF-01 [55] chassis to a Nissan Skyline GT-R NISMO bodyshell.
It takes place biennially on odd years since 1987 in its current format but inaugurated in 1985 as a championship for Stock (stock handout motor) and Modified class (modified motors and seven cells) [1] It is considered by the radio-controlled modelling industry to be the most prestigious event in the calendar that a number of mainstream hobby ...
The Horizon Hobby logo. Horizon Hobby, LLC is an American multinational hobby-grade RC radio control (RC) model, model train manufacturer, and distributor.It was founded by Rick Stephens, Janet Ottmers, Debra Love, and Eric Meyers, [1] in July 1985, [2] and headquartered in Champaign, Illinois. [3]
Kyosho first introduced the Mini-Z in 1999, touted as "The RC industry's first palm-top size RC car". [4] The first 3 cars were Subaru WRX, Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI and Nissan Skyline GTR. Cars were on a MR-01 chassis. The formula racer F1 came next. The F1 is larger than a Mini-Z. Next, the Monster, then the Overland.