Advice and tips to help people learn more about this exciting RC hobby
 | View Show | Create Your OwnLet us help you get the most out of your RC experience and make it as enjoyable as possible. So, you have your first RC truck or car? Or, are you thinking about a RC hobby? I am glad you have stopped by. You have come to the right place. My goal is to explain all aspects of the radio control hobby. Our conversations will be focused on RC trucks and cars. Plus all the tools and other equipment that is needed. Let me introduce myself. I am Douglas, my friends call me Doug. This website is the start of a new part of my life. I drove over the road trucks for over thirty years and needed a change in lifestyle. Some health problems dictated this change. I am not going to bore you with the details, just letting you know a little history.
Let us get to know each other. Since you are here indicates to me that you have some interest in the fun RC hobby. I will do my very best to try and help you in any way that I can. Hopefully you can learn from my experiences and mistakes. Maybe even get a few laughs from my screw ups. I know I do!! What is more fun than laughing at yourself. Well I am getting off course some and that can happen from time to time. So bear with me as I get back to the task at hand the radio control hobby. I will be the first to admit that my experience with radio controlled cars and trucks is limited. I bought my first RC car, a 1/8 scale buggy just a few years ago. Then added a truggy to my stable just this year. I know what you are thinking. What, if anything can this clown help me with? I will tell you my mistakes that have cost me hard, earned dollars. So hopefully that will not happen to you. I have done extensive research and reading that I will share with you.
You want learn how to maintain, setup, repair and hop-up your RC truck or car? You have come to the right place. One of the first things I will do is to help you get the most out of your RC truck or car. My goal is to explain all the different aspects of this part of the RC hobby. Rc trucks and cars are great fun, but do require a lot of work. They do break and you will break yours. It is not a point of if, just when. You must be prepared to do some wrenching. So one of the many things will being helping you set up your toolbox and even some ideas for a work bench. Do not get overwhelmed!! We will go at this at what ever speed you want. We do have many things to talk about. So, pick just a topic that you are interests you from the navigation bar. I will be here to help you get through each and every one. Our conversations, remember, are going to be about all the different aspects of radio controlled trucks and cars. 1. The different types of motors and engines. 2. The different types of vehicles. 3. Maintaining all the various batteries and the huge diverse line of chargers. 4. Tuning your suspension and chassis to suit your driving style. 5. Maintaining and tuning your differentials and brakes. 6. How the various tires and compounds work on different surfaces. 7. The electronics that make it all happen. Our talks will not just be limited to these categories. We will discuss what is your way of enjoying this hobby, bashing or racing. A place for show and tell, post pics of your pride and joys and tell us about them. So let us have some fun. One of the great things about this hobby is that it is for any one that is interested. Just that you enjoy the same hobby as I do. One thing for every one to remember - THIS IS A FAMILY PLACE - so let us keep it that way. After many years of watching from afar, there were many different things that drew me into the hobby. It is like owning a race car. Yes it is some scale 1/18th to 1/5th and many variances in between. Yes we can set them up just like a race car to handle all different conditions. There is all kinds of maintenance that has to be done after each day of racing or bashing.
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For those of you that are wondering what in the world bashing is. Bashing is just going out and having fun where ever. Depending on your type of truck or car, it could be a large packing lot, construction site or empty lot. Just always remember to get permission to use private property. Also respect your neighbors. Nitro cars and trucks can be very noisy. You do not want to have conversations with the local law enforcement or mad neighbors.
Where RC racing is an organized event. Races being held on some type of track either dirt, pavement or carpet. The style of racing depends on the kind of car you have it could be road course, oval or straight line.
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