| When you think of remote control cars, the first | | | | shop. Make sure if you do buy a petrol car that |
| type of car which people think of are the toy | | | | you read the instructions, most do but just to |
| electric cars which as we mentioned above, are | | | | make you aware either way. Whereas nitro cars |
| usually found at Christmas or Birthday time and | | | | are at scale size of 1/8th, 1/10th a petrol RC car |
| mainly for boys but there are a increasing number | | | | usually comes in the scale of 1/5th therefore |
| of girls who enjoy these types of toys. It does | | | | around a meter in length so much bigger than you |
| not just stop at cars, you can also get | | | | may expect. These are defiantly not entry level |
| helicopters, planes, tanks and obscure varieties | | | | cars, and defiantly for people who have |
| such as robots. Most of these are electric but you | | | | experience of the full range of RC cars but wish |
| do get another line of cars which run on nitro fuel | | | | to take their hobby to the next level. |
| and have very strong similarities to petrol RC cars | | | | Many websites and companies which sell these |
| but also many differences which we will point out. | | | | cars have videos of the cars in action such as the |
| Nitro Cars run on nitro fuel, which is found In | | | | very popular XRC Buggy or the ShengQi monster |
| most model shops with the cars mainly purchased | | | | truck, both of which are impressive and show |
| by long term hobbyists as the cars need looking | | | | what they are capable of even on rough terrain. |
| after both maintenance and repair wise with a | | | | What may surprise you is that these cars do not |
| running in procedure to give optimum | | | | cost the earth as they used to a few years ago |
| performance and making sure the car is not | | | | where they were over £700, but now can |
| pushed to its limit before it is ready. These nitro | | | | be purchased for under half that price. This is due |
| cars have a very fast acceleration and most are | | | | to the manufactures being able to design, produce |
| designed for performance either for speed, | | | | and collate the parts in the same factories |
| power or both depending on if the car is a buggy, | | | | whereas before they used to be made in several |
| truck or a bespoke design such as the Bug | | | | different places. Another main reason is the actual |
| Crusher or the Lightening strike which are very | | | | demand, and the research which has gone into |
| similar to ACME-TECH cars but with their own | | | | the cars themselves. |
| features and spec's. | | | | All in all this leaves a fantastic range of these |
| On the other side are the petrol driven cars which | | | | petrol rc cars which experienced fans can enjoy, |
| use the same unleaded petrol you fill your normal | | | | knowing they have a high quality car which will |
| family car up with at the local garage, combined | | | | give the same performance than with more |
| with 2 stroke oil which you find inside the garage | | | | expensive cars. |