Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
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 ).
National Organization for Racing Radio Controlled Autos (NORRCA) was one of two premier sanctioning bodies for radio-controlled racing in North America along with Remotely Operated Auto Racers (ROAR) [1] [2] and at the time, the largest [3] boasting of 14,000 members according to the Los Angeles Times in 1994, despite a decline in participation by 40%. [4]
In it, Clint Eastwood as Dirty Harry is being pursued through the streets of San Francisco, California by a highly explosive bomb disguised as an RC car. The "bomb" was actually driven by IFMAR world-champion race driver Jay Halsey. The car was in fact an electric; the sounds of a nitro-powered engine were added in post-production.
Google Maps' location tracking is regarded by some as a threat to users' privacy, with Dylan Tweney of VentureBeat writing in August 2014 that "Google is probably logging your location, step by step, via Google Maps", and linked users to Google's location history map, which "lets you see the path you've traced for any given day that your ...
Buying a "beater" car -- typically an older, well-worn vehicle that may not be in pristine condition -- can have several benefits. Over anything, price is the main advantage to getting yourself...
The Nikko R/C line contained an expansive number of vehicles that ranged from buggies, speed cars and off-road vehicles to boats, special action vehicles, and air flight. An early Nikko design was the F10 series frame buggy, a 1:10 scale two-wheel-drive dune buggy and sold both by Nikko and RadioShack .
Modern tether car track surrounded by safety walls. Tether cars are often small (less than 1 meter in length), powered by a non-radio controlled model aeroplane engine (two stroke, glow plug, piston liner, etc.), and run on fuel supplied by a fuel tank within the car. Since 2015, electric motor driven cars, powered by batteries, have also ...
Researching old maps and cartographic records at the National Archives; NASA World Wind overlays satellite, aerial and topographic maps of the United States; Google Earth: a visual 3D interactive atlas. Atlas World: a directory of atlases currently in print. List of official state road maps of the United States; Scanned official transportation ...