Archive for April, 2008

A Beginner’s Guide to RTF Remote Control Helicopters

A Beginner's Guide to RTF Remote Control Helicopters

If you are interested in purchasing rtf remote control helicopters, then you’ve come to the right place.  I personally recommend any type of rtf remote control helicopters because I have found them to be uniformly well made and durable.  When I was recently out with a friend flying our rtf remote control helicopters, she mentioned that she was upset because she had also purchased a non-rtf remote control helicopters, and simply did not get the Read the rest of this entry »

Tips on How to Buy Zipzaps Radio Controlled Cars

Tips on How to Buy Zipzaps Radio Controlled Cars

Technically every stage of the radio controlled car revolution has had its own killer power engines. Way back in the radio controlled cars’ early stages it was the “small, nitromethane-powered engine” car that got many people interested in radio controlled cars.

Then, the ZipZaps came along. These are diminutive radio controlled cars being marketed by Radio Shack. They are considered more as miniature monsters waiting for their o Read the rest of this entry »

Radio Controlled Devices – Their History Revealed

Radio Controlled Devices - Their History Revealed

Radio controlled devices have gained popularity as hobby items apart from being used for various other purposes. Building, modifying and driving radio controlled vehicles is a favorite pastime of radio control enthusiasts. The sport involves displaying the skills of the person in handling the device, efficiently.

Remote or radio controlled devices are controlled from a remote distance. Jagdish Chandra Bose was perhaps the first t Read the rest of this entry »

Dissecting Remote Control Cars

Dissecting Remote Control Cars

Electric remote control cars use high capacity compact batteries to drive brushed or brushless motors via an electronic speed control. They run on small but powerful electric motors and rechargeable nickel metal hydride, nickel-cadmium, or lithium polymer cells. Electric batteries take a while to charge, but quick chargers can help save time. High-performance motors must be allowed to cool down after use, in order to avoid demagnetizing the perma Read the rest of this entry »