RC Magazines

There are magazines for the RC hobbyist, too. Here are websites for the ones I’ve found. Of course, you can usually subscribe to the print magazine on their website.

Car Action Magazine Online offers: free RC Car Action Insider e-Newsletter, the Table of Contents for the print magazine Car Action, RC ViewTube, RC Games, Pit Tips, Getting Started in RC, and more.

RC Car Magazine has Features (articles) with good pictures, Tech Questions, and News Flashes.

RC Driver has online articles, forums, wallpaper, and RC terms.

Radio Control Car Racer, a magazine from the UK, has news, events, and clubs, plus the option to read the site either in English or German.

Xtreme RC Cars has “how to”s, quick tips, videos, wallpapers and more.

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RC Racing Websites

I found this fun site last week. A place to upload your RC pictures, or download RC wallpaper for your computer, find or post the location of a track, read RC car articles, or ask a question in the forum. What a great resource! However, this morning the link wasn’t working… Hope it is back up soon.

RCRacing.com has RC news, information, race results and race coverage for RC events all over the nation with special attention to west coast events.

Aluminum RC Car & Truck Parts specializes in precision machined aluminum RC parts for Traxxas, Ofna & Team Associated cars & trucks.

Virtual RC Racing has realistic RC car simulation and is an on-line RC racing community.

And for casual online fun, here’s a free online game – each car has its own capabilities of top speed, cornering, and acceleration, plus you get to pick a track. Sound effects included.

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Build Your Own Track

Want your own track for your RC vehicles? Check out these resources for a variety of ideas on how to build your own. Included is info on temporary and permanent sites, inside and outside, and portable.

INSIDE TRACKS
Step by Step Guide to Building an Inside RC Race Track – this site has pictures, too.

Step By Step Guide On How To Build An RC Car Track – this site recommends an inside track unless you live where weather isn’t an issue. I’d suggest bookmarking this site, too. Tons of articles on lots of topics. They even have a newsletter.

Steel City Hobbies and R/C DCL Indoor Dirt Track – this site shows photos of the results of a club’s inside dirt track

OUTSIDE TRACKS
Build Your Own Track

Build a Temporary Outdoor RC Track

INSIDE OR OUTSIDE
How To Make A Micro RS4 or Mini Track – from least to most expensive ideas.

PORTABLE TRACKS
Build a Small Portable Indoor Micro RC Track – this article offers 4 different suggestions for track material.

Designs to Build Your Own Portable RC Radio Control Car Tracks – pictures and a video to show the results.

CLUB/COMMUNITY TRACKS
Want to build an R/C Race Track for community or club use? This site deals with some of the issues of a club building a track. Wish the font wasn’t so big, but still it has useful info.

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Nitro vs Electric

Don’t know whether you want to go with electric or nitro RC? Here are some articles to help you decide.

Before You Buy Your First Hobby-Grade Electric RC

Choosing Your First RC - Check the menu on the left of the page for more info.

This site has a video with their article on the topic: RTR Buying Guide

Nitro RC (Radio Controlled) Vehicles

Cheap RC Cars: Starting an RC Driving Career

NitroRC.com looks like good resource.

But you made need some translations/explanations for some of the terminology, so finally, here is RC Driver Magazine’s Radio Control Terms. P.S. This site also has videos!

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BIG RC cars

The other day I stumbled across Quarter Scale RC cars. Any we’ve talked about before were 1/8, 1/10, 1/14 or 1/18 scale. These ¼ babies are big!

Here’s a collector’s site with lots of info, including pics of vehicles no longer made: Quarterscale Legends.

In Celina, Ohio there’s annual Quarter Scale RC Drag Racing. Over for this year, but there are some videos. In the Tri-Cities area of Washington state, races are in progress now—check out the Washington State Quarter Scale Website.

Quarter Scale Auto Club has an interesting FAQ on these bigger RC cars. Check out this organization's website for more stuff.

Would be fun to watch these, dontcha think?

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Kewl post, keep it up. Ive started learning about rc cars so learning alot.

By  Anonymous, at October 9, 2007 at 1:31 PM