Fastest RC Cars

Some of the fastest radio controlled cars and trucks as posted on Youtube. Click on the links in the RC Car column to watch the video of their top speed run. Disclaimer: Please never run your rc car on the street. Safety first.

Fast RC Car - Associated 167mph

Date	RC Car	Motor	Battery / Fuel	Top Speed
18 Mar 2011	Associated TC3	?	?	167mph
15 Oct 2008	Schumacher Mi-3	Neu 1521	12s 4500	161.76mph
1 Nov 2009	Unknown	?	?	157mph
23 Dec 2010	1/10 Associated TC5	Losi 4800kv	6s 22.2v	135mph / 218kph
5 Sep 2008	1/10 Associated TC4	Mamba 7700	5s 25c	126mph
21 Aug 2011	1/10 Traxxas Rustler	Mamba	?	114mph
1 Apr 2011	1/10 Exceed RC	Mamba 9000kv	4s	112mph
20 Feb 2010	1/10 Kyosho TF5	Mamba 7700	5s Zyppy	110mph
30 Apr 2011	1/8 Ofna DM1	Neu 2200	6s	109mph / 175kph
1 Aug 2011	1/8 MBX5	Leopard 4282	9s Nano-tech	106mph / 170kph
15 Oct 2011	1/10 Traxxas Rustler	Mamba	?	104mph
31 Jan 2009	1/8 OFNA GTP	n.a.	4s 8400	103mph
2 May 2011	1/10 Traxxas Rustler	Mamba	?	101mph
29 Nov 2011	1/7 Traxxas XO-1	Mamba	3s x 2	100mph
30 Dec 2006	HPI Super Nitro RS4	Rossi .21 nitro	40% nitro	100mph
26 Nov 2009	1/10 Schumacher Mi3	Mamba 770	Akku 3700 35c	98mph / 157kph
15 Sep 2008	1/10 Tamiya TA05	Neu	?	88.5mph / 143kph
20 Dec 2010	1/10 Associated RC10 B3	Lehner XL 4200	3s 25C 4900	86.8mph
9 May 2009	1/10 Rustler VXL	Neu 2200kv	5s KongPower	81mph / 130kph
24 Jul 2011	1/8 Xray XB808	Mamba 2200kV	6s	70.83mph / 114kph
18 Sep 2007	1/18 Xray M18	Mamba 6800kV	4s	62mph / 100kph

Fast RC Cars - Traxxas Rustler 114mph

Lipo battery are designed with "s". 1s = 3.7v, 2s=7.4v, 3s=11.1v, 4s=14.8v, 5s = 18.5v and so on. Surprising to see Traxxas Rustlers (an off-road stadium truck chassis) do over 100mph.

Archived Fastest R/C Cars

Here was my research done some 9 years ago.

How fast can an rc car go? Very fast. Gas powered RC cars can accelerate for 0 - 60 mph in less than 2 seconds.

How many real cars can do that?

My rc hall of fame is based on my research. However, I am sure there must be some cars who should be on this list. Kindly let me know... and I will update this page accordingly.

Do you have a fast rc car? Let me know and I will post its speed and details on this page.

Which is faster, gas or electric cars?

Based on what I know... the hall of fame cars are all electric cars. So for ultimate top speeds... electrics seem to dominate.

But if we are talking about racing over 30 to 60 minutes long, gas cars can consistently post the fastest lap speeds.

How fast can RC cars go?

Stock electric trucks (10 to 15 mph)

Stock electric buggies (15 - 20 mph)

Stock electric pan cars (25 - 35 mph)

Modified touring cars (30+ mph)

Nitro touring cars (40 - 50 mph)

1/8th scale off-road (40+ mph)

1/8th scale on-road (70+ mph)

Dragsters (70+ mph)

R/C Speed Hall of Fame

Rank	Speed
1.	111 mph Team Associated L3 Oval racer
2.	105 mph Georg Estere RC electric dragster
3.	87.41 mph Joel MacGregor HPI 10L
4.	86.9 mph Team Associated TC3
5.	85.02 mph Gary Hamilton HPI

Fastest According to General Category

Rank	Category
1.	1/8 scale on-road gas
2.	1/10 scale on-road gas
3.	1/10 scale on-road electric
4.	1/8 scale off-road gas
5.	1/12 scale on-road electric
6.	1/10 scale off-road electric

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