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.