| It doesn't matter if you are eight or eighty, if you | | | | smooth, paved surface rather than the road |
| love cars and enjoy tinkering about, then racing | | | | itself) are designed for speed and are clearly the |
| radio controlled cars can provide you with endless | | | | option if you wish to race your car. |
| hours of fun and excitement. But there are | | | | If, however, you are not principally concerned |
| hurdles that you have to cross before you get to | | | | with racing then there are a wide variety of |
| the race track and, if you are a newcomer to the | | | | off-road vehicles available including trucks and |
| world of radio controlled cars then there are a | | | | buggies which can provide immense fun |
| number of things that you will need to think about. | | | | negotiating rough terrain, obstacle courses and |
| Many people are amazed at just how exciting the | | | | even jumps. |
| world of radio controlled car racing has become in | | | | 3. Do you want an electric vehicle or a nitro |
| recent years with modern hobby cars reaching | | | | powered car? |
| speeds of 60 mph and featuring complex | | | | Electrically powered vehicles provide the simplest |
| suspension systems that can be tuned in much | | | | option and use rechargeable batteries. They are |
| the same way as those of a real car. But perhaps | | | | both clean and quiet but, for many hobbyists, |
| the best feature of today's radio controlled cars is | | | | they lack the realism that gives radio controlled |
| the wide variety of different vehicles available. | | | | car racing its true excitement. |
| When the time comes to buy your first radio | | | | Nitro powered vehicles, on the other hand, offer |
| controlled car you will need to begin by considering | | | | the sound (tuned pipe), sights (smoke) and smell |
| three things: | | | | (exhaust) of a real car. They do however require |
| 1. Do you want to buy a ready-to-run vehicle or | | | | considerably more maintenance than their electric |
| to build your own car from a kit? | | | | counterparts and this is something that the novice |
| There is no doubt that building your own car has | | | | needs to take into consideration. Although the |
| many advantages, not least the fact that you will | | | | quality of nitro powered cars in the past left a lot |
| find it easy to maintain the vehicle and to make | | | | to be desired, in recent years they have been |
| alterations to it if you choose to, but this is | | | | greatly improved in terms of not only their |
| certainly not an easy option for the beginner. | | | | performance but also their safety and reliability. |
| Although they are a little more expensive, for | | | | Having considered the options of ready-to-run or |
| younger racers and to get you up and running | | | | kit cars, on-road or off-road and whether you |
| quickly, you would probably be best advised to | | | | want an electric or nitro powered car, the next |
| start with a ready-to-run car and then move on | | | | step is to visit your local supplier and take a look |
| to building your own radio controlled car at a later | | | | at the huge range of cars available. |
| date. | | | | Then its time for some practice before you head |
| 2. Do you want an on-road or an off-road vehicle? | | | | off to the race track. |
| On-road vehicles (on-road here refers to a | | | | |