RCCarTips is a free online r/c magazine to help you buy radio controlled toys such as rc cars, trucks, helicopters, planes and boats. Over 300 pages to help you choose, build, race and enjoy remote control cars.

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Photo: Popular are the realistic looking Tamiya radio controlled cars.

You will find photos, price comparisons and buying recommendations to help you choose and buy for fun or racing. Shop from popular online hobby stores.

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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.

Photo: HPI E-Revo Radio Controlled Monster Truck

The fastest and most exciting category, nitro 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. These are sometimes also called gas powered rc cars.

Photo: On-road nitro rc car models from CEN racing.

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.

Photo: Tamiya and HPI Racing electric powered r/c cars.

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.

Photo: Tamiya BMW mini remote controlled car next to a full sized BMW.

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. Fast gaining popularity are the 1/8 E-Buggy

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 stores provide the ease and convenience of buying online.

Enjoy the hobby!

Joel M
RCCarTips.com

P.S. Enjoy other rc hobbies such as remote control airplanes, remote control helicopters, and remote control boats.

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Associated	SC18, SC10, RC8B Monster GT 4.60 SE, TC5, TC4, RC1018T, RTR TC3, Nitro TC3, RC10B4, RC10T4, RC10GT, Associated Monster GT.
HPI Racing	HPI Nitro Rush,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, Traxxas Rustler, Nitro Rustler, Traxxas 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	TRF 416X, F104 Ferrari F60, M05, Buggychamp, TA05 ver2, TRF511, Durga, Tamiya TNX, TLT-1, Tamiya Terra Crusher, Hummer, Grasshopper, Hornet, Mini Cooper, Subaru Impreza Drift, 414. 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	OFNA Titan RTR,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.
XRAY	T3 EU, T3 US, NT1EC, NT1, XB 808, XT8, X11, M18, NT18, M18T.

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