Choosing an RC Car

Not sure what kind of RC car or truck is the right one to purchase? Should you get an electric RC vehicle, nitro RC vehicle or gas RC vehicle?

Well if you don't know anything about them then this could be somewhat of a challenging task.

On the other hand if you have an idea of how the different types of RC vehicles operate, it'll be easier to choose. So here's a quick look at the different types.

Remote Control toy cars and trucks range from the very basic on one end – which may consist of a simple throttle or push button to make the car go forward - this type is great for very young children say ages 2 – 4.

To the very realistic speed racers on the other end – vehicles that not only go forward, backward and hug the curve like any real racing car, but can also move at speeds of 70+ mph!

Like the brutally fast Jato 3.3 which goes from 0-60 in 4.2 seconds!

This RC nitro speed daemon has stunning, jaw-dropping acceleration and it's face-distorting top speed propels Jato performance into the stratosphere. It’s a power packed combination for pure hard rockin' excitement and fun!

Bury the throttle and 60mph flies by in a mere 4.2 seconds!. This bad little boy's top speed is over 65mph! 2nd gear wheelies? You bet! And the integrated wheelie bar is included!

Although this baby is Fully assembled and 'Ready-To-Race' it is level 5 skill level and is for expert RC drivers only.

The fuel used to run nitro RC cars, nitromethane - is also very expensive, costing about 30 – 45 dollars a gallon. Nitro RC cars however have a much longer running time, more then electric RC cars and gas powered RC cars so that gallon of nitro will go a long way.

Usually the smaller simpler remote control toy cars are powered by electric rechargeable batteries and these vehicles may not be as fast as their nitro counterparts and can’t come close to gas powered RC cars.

They are however becoming faster like the Rustler VXL RTR. This is the Fastest Ready-To-Race Electric Stadium Truck You Can Buy! The Traxxas Rustler VXL Brushless RTR. is the number-1 selling electric stadium racer. It's new Velineon Brushless Power System launches Rustler VXL.to new heights with speed potential that reaches beyond 70mph!

Out of the box the Traxxas Rustler VXL Brushless RTR is wicked fast and easy to use and it's hardcore, wheel-standing acceleration completely blows everything else away.

Electric RC cars are much easier to use and care for however nitro and gas RC cars have the ability to be refueled and put back on the road much faster then electric RC cars – unless you have another set of batteries, their batteries have to be plugged up and recharged which can take a while.

Brand new electric RC cars are usually ‘rtr’ which means they are ‘ready to run’ right out of the box. Nitro RC cars or gas RC cars may need to be tuned up before running. They are also much more expensive then electric RC vehicles, ranging from a few hundred to over a thousand dollars for a gas powered RC vehicle.

Most gas RC cars and nitro RC cars give the driver more control and have an unbelievable realistic sound, some even have smoke! What you should know and understand is that Nitro powered RC cars and Gas powered RC cars are different.

'You can not use gas in nitro RC cars or nitro in gas RC cars.'

Nitro RC cars use nitro, gas RC cars run on gas and oil and they are usually much larger. Like this Huge 1/5 Scale Gas RC Car that measures almost 3 FEET LONG. This large awesome RC gas car uses a 23cc Scooter Engine and runs on real Gas!

To get a better understanding of the differences between nitro and gas RC cars please read this short article – ‘What’s the difference between Nitro RC Cars and Gas RC Cars?’

If this is your first RC vehicle, remember that nitro RC vehicles and gas RC vehicles are more work to run, can be messier, more expensive to maintain and could cost you much more money to purchase then an electric RC car.

Usually people who just get into RC vehicles and decide to make a nitro RC car or gas RC car their first purchase become frustrated with all the work involved with maintaining these types of RC vehicles. Although you should clean any RC vehicle after use, nitro RC vehicles require a really good cleaning after use which will increase the life of your nitro powered remote control toy car.

Electric RC vehicles however don’t cost as much, are faster to get on the road and easier to keep on the road. There is very little if any frustration involved with an electric powered RC cars. Except maybe waiting for the batteries to charge which can be solved by purchasing extra batteries if you plan on running your vehicle for long periods of time, although this can become quite expensive.

So the choice is yours, although electric RC cars are highly recommended for beginners, if you think a nitro RC cars or a gas RC car is for you then make sure you read up on the one you wish to purchase before purchasing it and start out with one that doesn’t cost that much because they can be rather expensive.

T-Maxx 3.3 Monster Truck 4WD RTR - One Really Bad Ass 4x4 Monster Truck


The New T-Maxx is more of everything that has made the legendary T-Maxx the #1 best-selling nitro monster truck. It's the biggest, meanest T-Maxx ever.

The new T-Maxx is built with great big giant, 6.3-inch tall tires and a 30mm longer wheelbase. This huge dirt eating 4x4 has a very impressive stance that completely dominates big, rough terrain. With a 16% peak power boost from the dyno-tuned aluminum Resonator™ pipe and better breathing from the high-volume dual-stage air filter, the TRX 3.3 racing engine is packing more power then ever.

You know this engine is ready to unlock a whole new level of extreme power and monster-thrashing fun with it's massive wheelies and screaming 45+mph!

The new T-Maxx 3.3 driveline is refined and strengthened with Revo-Spec sealed front and rear differentials and beefy center driveshafts. A powerful digital high-torque servo drives the new bellcrank steering system with an integrated servo saver and meaty new chassis braces and an all new skid plate add rock solid rigidity.

The forward-only two-speed tranny is super strong with low-mass internals for high-revving performance. And best of all, it’s built Traxxas Tough! Traxxas engineers strengthened critical areas to further enhance their RC 4x4 trucks legendary toughness. The new T-Maxx 3.3 is the next BIG thing in high-flying monster truck fun!

This is a great video on 'How to Clean Your RC Car'









In order to make sure your nitro RC car continues to run properly for a long time, it's very important that you clean your vehicle properly after each use. This will ensure that your nitro RC vehicle will run great for many years to come. Proper maintenance of your RC vehicles will ensure that they have a very long and enjoyable life.

So be sure to always take proper care of your RC vehicles and clean them well after each use. Although the above video shows how to clean one type of RC vehicle, the same method can be used to clean many type of nitro RC cars, 4x4's, buggies and trucks.

Not sure what kind of rc car you should get?

By: JaMina M. EnGram

Remote Control toy cars range from the very basic on one end – which may just has a throttle or push button to make the car go forward (this type is great for very young children say ages 2 – 4) to the very realistic speed racers on the other end – vehicles that not only go forward, backward and hug the curve like any real racing car, but can also move at speeds of 50 mph or faster.

Usually the smaller simpler remote control toy cars are powered by electric rechargeable batteries and these vehicles may not be as fast as their nitro counterparts and can’t come close to gas powered rc cars. They are however becoming faster, are much easier to use and care for, and don’t cost as much as the others.

Nitro rc cars and gas rc car however have the ability to be refueled and put back on the road much faster then electric rc cars – unless you have another set of batteries, their batteries have to be plugged up and recharged which can take a while.

Most gas rc cars and nitro rc cars give the driver more control and have an unbelievable realistic sound, some even have smoke! What you should know and understand is that Nitro powered rc cars and Gas powered rc cars are different and you can not gas in nitro rc cars or nitro in gas rc cars. To understand these differences please read this short article – ‘What’s the difference between Nitro RC Cars and Gas RC Cars?’

Brand new electric rc cars are usually ‘rtr’ which means they are ‘ready to run’ right out of the box. Nitro rc cars or gas rc cars may need to be tuned up before running. They are also much more expensive then electric rc vehicles, ranging from a few hundred to over a thousand dollars for a gas powered rc vehicle.

The fuel used to run nitro rc cars, nitromethane - is also very expensive, costing about 30 – 45 dollars a gallon. Nitro rc cars however have a much longer running time, more then electric rc cars and gas powered rc cars so that gallon of nitro will go a long way.

If this is your first rc vehicle, remember that nitro rc vehicles and gas rc vehicles are more work to run, can be messier (especially nitro rc cars) more expensive to maintain and could cost you much more money to purchase then an electric rc car.

Csually people who just get into rc vehicles and decide to make a nitro rc car or gas rc car their first purchase become frustrated with all the work involved with maintaining these types of rc vehicles. Nitro rc vehicles require a really good cleaning after every use which will increase the life of your nitro powered remote control toy car.

Electric RC vehicles however don’t cost as much, are faster to get on the road and easier to keep on the road. There is very little if any frustration involved with an electric powered rc cars. Except maybe waiting for the batteries to charge which can be solved by purchasing extra batteries if you plan on running your vehicle for long periods of time, although this can become quite expensive.

So the choice is yours, although electric rc cars are highly recommended for beginners, if you think a nitro rc cars or a gas rc car is for you then make sure you read up on the one you wish to purchase before purchasing it and start out with one that doesn’t cost that much because they can be rather expensive.

JaMina M. EnGram is the owner and author of Fast Gas Remote Control Cars and other websites.

Article Source: JaMina M. EnGram is also An Ezine Article Contributor

Nitro vs Electric vs Gas Plus the RC Scale

By: JaMina M EnGram

Remote Control Car Toys

One of the most popular types of remote control toys are remote control car toys which are also called RC cars, radio controlled cars, or remote control cars. Remote control car toys are one of the most popular remote control toys and can be either:

• Electric
• Nitro
• Gas
• Mini

Electric remote control car toys - these battery operated cars may have a shorter run time then their counterparts and some may think they are not as fast. But I'll have to beg to differ.

I purchased one for one of my nephews for a Christmas present one year and it was too fast to play with in the house! If it had hit your ankles, it would have crippled you. If (and when) he hit the wall, he cracked the body of the vehicle. It still worked and you really couldn't see the crack, but none the less it was there, letting us all know that we didn't want it to hit our feet.

"Take it outside!"

Nitro radio controlled powered toys - nitro remote control cars are not gas RC cars and do not run on gasoline. Nitro RC cars use nitro fuel which is a mixture of oil, methanol, and nitro methane. Although nitro is no where near as volatile as gasoline, it is still flammable and should be treated as such. Never use gasoline in a nitro RC car engine.

Nitro RC cars give the driver more control, have a longer run time and an unbelievable realistic sound, some even have smoke! They are also faster then electric RC cars although electric RC cars are getting faster and faster.

Nitro fuel is very expensive costing about $30 - $45 dollars a gallon. Nitro RC cars however have a much longer running time, more then electric RC cars and gas powered RC cars so that gallon of nitro will go a long way.

RC nitro powered cars are a lot messier then electric RC cars and involve a lot more work, having to be cleaned off after every use in order to increase their run life.

Many first time RC users have a problem with all that is involved with a nitro RC car however if you are so inclined, don't hesitate to explore the world of nitro radio controlled cars.

Gas powered radio controlled cars- Gas powered RC cars usually are much larger then electric RC cars and nitro powered RC cars. They are usually in the 1/5 scale size and they run on a two stroke motor. They run on a mixture of gas and oil, which is usually one small bottle of oil to about 2 ½ gallons of gas,

RC Minis - these little cars are fast and fun and come in all makes and models. Mini RC cars are most always electric - which means they run on batteries.

Radio controlled vehicles are modeled after full-size cars, trucks, boats, and aiRCraft. The scale of a radio controlled cars is its sizes compared to the real, full-size vehicle that it is modeled after. Therefore a 1:10 scale race car would be 1/10th or 10 times smaller than the size of the real thing.

Understanding the RC Scale

Remote control car toys come in different scales such as:

1:6,
1:8,
1:10,
1:12.

Mini-Remote control car toys have a much smaller size scales such as.

1:28
1:64.

Because the scale of the remote control vehicles are relative to the full-size vehicles they represent, two vehicles of the same scale may be very different in size to each other. A 1:8 scale sports car will be much smaller than a 1:8 Army tank because a full-size sports car is much smaller than a full-size tank.

The terms scale model, scale RC or large scale RC not only describes a scaled down model of a real vehicle, it also means that the RC model is an authentic realistic replica in the style of the body, the paint job and the RC cars performance.

Nitro RC vehicles and gas powered vehicles are much more expensive then electric powered remote controlled vehicles.

Many first time RC users have a problem with all that is involved with a nitro RC car however if you are so inclined, don't hesitate to explore the world of RC nitro powered cars.

JaMina M. EnGram is the owner and author of Fast Gas Remote Control Cars and other websites.

Article Source: JaMina M. EnGram is also An Ezine Article Contributor