| As the name suggests, remote control rock | | | | real monster truck. The paint job and decals |
| crawlers are remote control vehicles that crawl | | | | would be even more important than its ability to |
| over just about anything from rocks to seriously | | | | perform. There are even toy grade crawlers that |
| vertical formations. | | | | are sold in mass market outlets such as Wal-Mart. |
| One of the most popular and fastest growing | | | | Many people build their own rock crawlers from |
| segments of the remote control vehicle hobby is | | | | scratch or using certain ready made parts and |
| the rock crawlers. A rock crawler is a monster | | | | building the chassis themselves. |
| truck designed to run in rough terrain including | | | | One of the big names in remote control rock |
| climbing up and over rock formations. There are | | | | crawlers is Traxxas. Traxxas has been making a |
| quite a few remote control clubs devoted | | | | RTR, or ready-to-run, fully assembled rock |
| specifically to running and displaying rock crawlers. | | | | crawler for quite some time. Most RTR vehicles |
| Rock crawler competitions are held world wide | | | | need only a small amount of assembly. Often |
| and have become extremely competitive. Like | | | | they need batteries. The tires might need to be |
| many of the remote control vehicles, rock | | | | glued to the rims, but beyond this they are truly |
| crawlers come in a wide variety of scale sizes. | | | | ready to run right out of the box. |
| There are several subcategories within the rock | | | | The building and racing of remote control rock |
| crawler classification. Some models are designed | | | | crawlers can be a very adsorbing hobby. The |
| for full blown competition and function is more | | | | construction methods and types of components |
| important than form. In other words, the | | | | used are built to very exacting standards to |
| appearance is of little or no importance as long as | | | | produce a competitive edge. The rock crawler |
| the machine climbs rocks. Another classification is | | | | might easily be one of the best built of all remote |
| the semi-scale type that is an equal blend of | | | | control vehicles because they are not designed |
| function and form. Although they are competitive, | | | | for speed at all, but rather they are built to be |
| they also pay a certain amount of attention to | | | | tough and to be flexible enough to climb over the |
| appearance. | | | | kind of terrain that would stop a normal remote |
| The scale vehicles are fully functional but the main | | | | control car or truck. |
| thrust is replicating even the smallest detail of a | | | | |