E10 Drift

E10 Drift is an HPI remote control car built specifically for drifting. It is a one ten scale four wheel drive on road RC car with slick HRE wheels and Falken RT-615K drift tires allowing for easy drifting. E10 Drift also has waterproof electronics and 2.4GHz radio allowing the use of the car without interference from other remotes or RC cars. The car is powered by the high torque Saturn 27T 540 motor and has a foam bumper.  The car is modeled after the 2011 Ford Mustang GT and it costs around 210 dollars depending on where you get it.

Vorza

Awesome HPI racing RC car that is unbeatable in almost every way. It is an off road RC car with oil filled shocks and an amazing top speed of 73 miles per hour (117 kmh) though it requires two batteries to reach this top speed it is still amazing for an off road RC car. It also has a really high quality suspension system containing 16mm HB Big Bore shocks and Sturdy aluminum suspension mounts. Also has the D8 spiral-cut worm gear to transfer the power from the driveshafts and into the wheels this design is highly reliable and works great. The original version was discontinued but was replaced by almost exactly the same one just slightly better and it runs around 644 dollars.

One of the best RC cars for beginners

The HPI Racing Brama 10B RTR is a great RC car for beginners to start out on it has high quality parts its inexpensive and it has a top speed of 35 miles per hour (56 kilometers per hour). This car is four wheel drive and perfect for on or off road driving. The Brama 10B is perfect for beginners to master driving on all kinds of terrain and to practice tricks such as drifting on turns, and on top of all that its only about 175 dollars depending on where you buy it from.  

Rock crawlers

Rock crawlers are adventurous all terrain RC cars that although slow are capable of climbing steep slopes driving over large rocks or even climbing your stairs without trouble. Generally the larger rock crawlers are capable of climbing more difficult terrain but they are all fully capable of handling difficult tasks. Unlike most other RC cars which are aero dynamic and typically have low ground clearance rock crawlers have a small body and have large shocks and big wheels sort of like a monster truck and plenty of ground clearance, for this design increases its performance and allows it to tackle more challenges.  

Top two RC car brands

Two of the bet RC car brands out there are Traxxas and HPI Racing both make and sell high quality RC cars, replacement parts and accessories. Traxxas comes out with more RC cars than almost any other brand and have built many of the fastest RC cars in the world. Both companies have their RC cars start out with good components rather than most places where you have to upgrade a lot to reach the same quality. HPI racing is very similar to Traxxas in the quality of its RC cars, however HPI is often less expensive than Traxxas although they don’t make as many or as fast RC cars they are still high quality.      

Tower hobbies

Tower hobbies (a place that sells many remote control vehicles) is currently having a monthly drawing for a 150 dollar gift certificate all you have to do is sign up for their email news letter which you can do by going to their site and clicking on the link to sign up or you can click on this link E-Mail Newsletter Subscription. To sign up for the email news letter you must be 13 or older but you must be 18 or older to be eligible to win the 150 dollar gift certificate. These monthly drawings end August 2012.    

Traxxas Nitro 4-Tec 3.3 2.4GHz RTR

This nitro powered RC car can travel at speeds of up to 70 miles per hour (112 Kilometers per hour) on roads. The Traxxas Nitro 4-Tec is a 1/10 scale RC car at about 17 inches long (43 centimeters), and it is one of the fastest nitro powered RC cars out there. The engine used in this car is the TRX 3.3 Racing Engine and the Nitro 4-tec has oil filled shocks for smoother drive. You can get this RC car for about 400 to 450 dollars depending on where you buy it.

E-REVO BRUSHLESS EDITION (#5608)

This E-revo is another one of traxxas great RC cars similar to the  Traxxas 1/16 E-Revo VXL 4WD 2.4GHz RTR it is very power full but is 1/10 scale at near 2 feet long. It can be equipped with one or two batteries but with two NiMh batteries it is capable of 65 mph (104.6 kph). Depending on the site it will either say it can or can’t handle two LiPo (lithium polymer) batteries. It has similar statistics to that of the 1/16 scale version but slightly more powerful but it is a lot more expensive running at about 700 dollars.    

Mini car lots of power

Traxxas 1/16 E-Revo VXL 4WD 2.4GHz RTR is an amazing little car that is only about a foot long and is capable of reaching speeds of 50 miles per hour (80 kilometers per hour) and features oil filled shocks and water proof components. This car is also off road and four wheel drive. It contains contains a Traxxas Velineon 380 brushless motor and high rpm ball bearings propelling the car to its high speeds. Depending on where you get the Traxxas 1/16 E-Revo VXL it can cost as little as 320 Dollars or more.    

battery types and quality

NIMH

NICD

Lithium polymer

When choosing a battery you should probably go with an NIMH battery rather than NICD or Lithium Polymer. NICD battery’s tend to have shorter life spans and aren’t as power full, while Lithium Polymer batteries are defiantly power full but have many warnings such as you must charge the battery in a fire resistant container or if you crash your car the battery has a possibility of exploding and then that might damage your RC car which they tend to be expensive to repair or get a new one, so it probably isn’t the best battery to go for unless you don’t mind replacing damaged parts. Go to  http://www.towerhobbies.com/help/ama_lipo/index.html for more safety warnings for lithium polymer batteries       

RC car power choice

When looking for an RC car how it is powered is one of the most important things that should be looked at. If you get an RC car that is gas powered you’ll need to spend lots of gas to drive your RC car also Nitro powered cars require lots of money for the nitro fuel. If you want an RC car that you don’t continually have to buy fuel for get an RC car powered by a battery, and make sure the battery you get lasts a while before you recharge it generally the higher the number on the battery the longer it will last before it needs recharging.

XO-1

New Traxxas RC car 1/7 X0-1 2.4GHz 4WD on-road RTR with awesome top speed of 100+ mph (161 km/h) it can go from 0-100mph in 4.92 seconds claiming to be the world’s fastest RC car. This RC car is 27 inches (685.8 mm) long, is 5 inches (127 mm) high and has a Center Ground Clearance of 0.6 inches (15 mm). The only bad things about it are the price which is about $1000 changing slightly depending on where you buy it from, and that to actually get the 100+ mph (161 km/h) top speed you have to have an I phone or I touch with the Traxxas Link App.