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RC Cars Online Guide

For truck lovers, a big section on remote controlled rc trucks, such as electric, nitro, monster and mini r/c trucks. Fast growing is the short course rc trucks... great for beginners and experts.

The fastest and most exciting category, gas powered rc cars can go as fast as 50 - 60+ miles per hour. The 1/8 gas cars go 70 - 80 mph in racing competitions. Cen CTR 5.0 is coming out with a 90+mph on road nitro rc car.

Also called nitro rc cars because the hobby fuel used contains nitro methane to increase speed and power. Popular are the 1/10 on-road nitro touring cars. Cen CTR5 (90mph), Nitro 4TEC (70mph), and more. Learn more by reading popular forum topics.

For beginners, electric rc cars are the best... easier to control, build, and maintain. New are HPI Sprint 2 Flux, Formula 10, Cup racer, Tamiya M05 and F104. Great reviews have been posted in rc car forums.

If you prefer playing or racing indoors or have limited space to play, there are small but fast micro and mini rc cars. Popular models are the 1/28 Kyosho Mini-Z and the 1/18 HPI Micro RS4. One of the hottest segment of the hobby, and companies are scrambling to produce their own mini remote control cars and trucks.

For exciting dirt action, the 1/8 off-road gas rc buggies are the fastest around an off road track. These 4x4 machines reach speeds of 40+ mph. Also truck versions called Truggies.

There are also 1/10 off-road electric remote control buggies such as the RC10B4 which are great racing buggies for beginners.

I've been subscribing to rc car magazines since 1988. You get great pictures, race coverage, reviews and performance tuning tips to make your car go faster.

And if you are ready to buy, there are plenty of rc hobby shops and stores to choose from. Local hobby shops have owners that can give you hands on help, while online rc hobby shops provide the ease and convenience of buying online.

Enjoy the hobby!

Joel M
RCCarTips.com

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Remote Control Car Articles and Tips

Best Radio Control Car Companies

Associated	SC10, RC8B Monster GT 4.60 SE, TC5, TC4, RC1018T, RTR TC3, Nitro TC3, RC10B4, RC10T4, RC10GT, Monster GT.
HPI Racing	Nitro RS4 Evo, Blitz, Cup Racer, Savage XL, Baja 5B, Savage 25, R40, Sprint, RS4, Micro RS4, Kawasaki ATV, Savage Limited Edition.
Traxxas	Traxxas Slash 4x4, Slayer,TORC, Revo Platinum, Nitro Revo 3.3, Jato, T-Maxx 2.5r, Stampede, Rustler, Nitro Rustler, E-Maxx, 4 TEC, Nitro 4 TEC 3.3.
Kyosho	Mini-Z AWD, Mini Inferno, V-One SIII, MR-02, VoneR, FW-05RR, Mini-Z Monster, Mini-Z, Overland, Giga Crusher Monster Truck. Kyosho World Cup racing.
Tamiya	F104 Ferrari F60, M05, Buggychamp, TA05 ver2, TRF511, Durga, TNX, TLT-1, Terra Crusher, Hummer, Grasshopper, Hornet, Mini Cooper, Subaru Impreza Drift. There are plenty of Tamiya rc cars for both beginners and serious racers. Tamiya World Championship racing.
CEN	CTR 5.0, Matrix5-MT, Matrix 5B, Matrix5-T, GST 7.7, GSR 5.0, Nemesis 7.7, Matrix R2, Matrix C1, Matrix TR Arena, CT5 dual speed.
OFNA	Hyper GPX4, CD3, LD3, Hyper 9E, Hyper Mini STe, DM-One Spec, Ultra GTP2, Picco, Hyper 9 Pro, Jammin X2, Mutilator Pro, Jammin CRT.5.
Losi	8ight T 2.0, Mini LST2, Slider, Strike, Speed-T, Drift-R, Speed NT, Raminator MT, Aftershock, Muggy, Losi Super Truck, Mini-T, Micro T, Mini LST, XXX-NT, XXX-S.

Sports Cars versus RC Cars

If you are looking for sports cars, you might enjoy this site. Here, real import cars are compared with very fast remote control R/C cars. You might be surprised at the performance results.

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