Simple Tips for RC Cars and their Drivers

Newbie's to the remote control car racing could always use a few handy tips, especially for those who do not posses an engineering background; people who want to pursue driving remote control cars as a hobby are the target for these handy tips. More remote control car tips.

One way to keep your radio from getting lost in the shuffle of a lot of items is by putting Velcro on the bottom of the radio and also on the top of the toolbox and then stick the radio on top of the tool box so you always know where your radio is when you want to join a race or take your car out for a spin.
One solution to the long standing problem of saving the paint on a race car is to put tape on the inside body where things might rub against one another causing the paint to chip.

If you are looking to save money and you have more than one nitro rc car that uses a removable radio tray like an HPI, don't purchase two sets of electronics, simply switching the radio tray in and out for each car does the trick. This may take you a little more time, but will save you money an in this economy, who doesn't want to save money?

Ceramic resistors, the 5 to 10 ohm's, used in a starter box, you could make your own glow plug driver. Anything over the time of 10 ohms had said to be good however degraded. By adding another one, parallel to the first should help increase the ohms.

It's a good idea to make a ponytail for all the charger cords and different connectors used with the remote controlled car. The TX, Rx, power pole, alligator and deans could be clipped all in one off the charger to be kept out of the way and all together. The use of a zip-tie or a regular clip works well for fuel tanks.

Once a chassis has been damaged, even if only a little bit, and you have purchased a new one, put the old one to good use – be creative with old rc car parts. You could use it as a radio tray or some other car part. Save the parts because you may just surprise some judge in a contest by your creative use of old car parts.

By flipping opposing planet gears, one can spool planetary differences.

Simple silly putty is a ‘must have' in any remote control racers tool box. Silly putty could server several different purposes from sealing the receiver from dirt, dust and moisture to insolating and holding car wiring in place. Silly putty works wonders as a different lock, helps make custom chassis and helps to mould out parts that need to fit in every time. Simply thin a layer of silly putty lay it down and press which piece needs to be fit into the putty, then lifting the piece off will leave an impression of the part and its bolts patterns. Then punch out the center and drill, the part will fit perfectly, every time.

Until a replacement screw can be found, a simple small piece of a zip-tie down the hole of a stripped plastic part will hold the screw in place.

If you are looking for increased runtime of your petrol remote control car, a simple trick is to charge them multiple times. Simply place your remote control car on a charger and then take it off the plug two to three times, this might give you a better running time because the battery gets charged over again; however, do not do this more then a few times because this might be deadly to the battery life.