Put a V8 Engine in Your Electric RC

Written on November 8, 2009 – 3:04 pm | by |

Ran across this when I was looking at the RC4WD Subzero. It’s a very realistic, silver edition 1/10 Fracture V8 Engine with built-in Transfer Case into which you can insert a 540 motor. Stick this in a scale RC for some major realism inside and out. Heck, I’d want to run my RC without the [...]

Wear Your Transmitter: RC Cars With Wrist Watch Control

Written on November 1, 2009 – 9:37 am | by |

Tired of lugging around big, bulky transmitters? Motormint has a couple of 1:32 scale diecast remote control cars (about 7 inches long) with wrist watch infrared control. When you aren’t playing with your 1996 Dodge Viper or 2000 Ford Shelby Coupe use the watch as a regular wrist watch with alarm. It’s also a stop [...]

See What’s Inside a Typical Radio Controlled Toy Truck

Written on October 19, 2009 – 12:11 pm | by |

Our toy RC collection has been shrinking, quickly. That’s because my wife decided to do something about all the non-functioning or neglected RC toys gathering dust around our place. I fully intended to get around to fixing them or maybe doing some fun project or upgrade on some of the ones that still ran.  But [...]

27.145 MHz RC Toys

Written on October 13, 2009 – 10:59 am | by |

You may already know that one of the most common frequencies for RC toys in the US is 27MHz. It’s also used for some hobby RC vehicles. But that doesn’t…
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