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Hirobo. Hirobo Electric Corporation (ヒロボー株式会社, Hirobō kabushiki-gaisha) is a Japanese RC model company best known for their line of high-quality radio controlled helicopter models, both glow fuel powered (also referred to as nitro powered) and more recently, electric powered. Its parent company is Hirobo Limited.
Radio-controlled car. For miniature car replicas or toys, see Model car. Radio-controlled cars, or RC cars for short, [ 1 ] are miniature model cars, vans, buses and many more (or buggies) Nitro powered models use glow plug engines, small internal combustion engines fuelled by a special mixture of nitromethane, methanol, and oil (in most cases ...
The Mini-500 has a tubular steel fuselage with a foam and glass-fibre structure cabin. It has a two-bladed semi-rigid rotor and a conventional two-blade tail rotor. The first Mini-500 flew in 1992 and the company delivered the first production factory-assembled helicopter in July 1994. Production of kits ceased in 1999 and the company claimed ...
Radio-controlled cars/trucks, boats, and quadcopters. Revenue. $25 million - $50 million annually. Owner. Mike Jenkins. Website. www.traxxas.com. Traxxas is a radio control model manufacturer based in McKinney, Texas. Traxxas offers electric and nitro powered radio-controlled cars, off-road and on-road vehicles, boats, and drones.
An RC flyer demonstrating knife edge flying. A radio-controlled aircraft (often called RC aircraft or RC plane) is a small flying machine that is radio controlled by an operator on the ground using a hand-held radio transmitter. The transmitter continuously communicates with a receiver within the craft that sends signals to servomechanisms ...
Helicopter flight controls are used to achieve and maintain controlled aerodynamic helicopter flight. [ 1 ] Changes to the aircraft flight control system transmit mechanically to the rotor, producing aerodynamic effects on the rotor blades that make the helicopter move in a desired way. To tilt forward and back (pitch) or sideways (roll ...
The popularity of the touring car class seriously affected the off-road world during the 1990s. Schumacher stepped down the development of this class throughout the 1990s. Schumacher then started producing niche vehicles in the "fun" car sector, with high-power/speed nitro-powered models capable of speeds exceeding 80 mph.
Argentina / Italy. Manufacturer. Cicaré Heli-Sport. Number built. c. 335 by May 2009. Developed from. Cicaré CH-6. The Cicaré CH-7 and Heli-Sport CH7 are a series of ultralight, kit-built helicopters based on a single-seat Argentinian design from the late 1980s. It was later developed into a tandem two-seater, and remains in production.