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R/C Driver did a story on the Steelers Super Truck this year. Owner Mike Rooney had been wanting to do a Steelers Theme Truck for years. It was not until Mike saw someone else doing it - “Hardcore Racing”, which is a leading aftermarket parts company that supplies high-end metal replacements. Mike phoned up Damon, the owner of Hardcore Racing, and together they designed a very cool truck. Mike unveiled this at Superbowl XL two years ago - and since then it has been featured in a few stories such as this one in “RC Driver”.
Read the RC Driver story here:http://rcdriver.com/articles/06-23- 07_mettle_and_steel.shtml and the real story at www.steelcityhobbies.com.
RC Toys: A better idea of gifting
Article by Judith Peterson
Gifting some one is a great idea to express your feeling to them. But what to gift them always put you into hassle. Gifting toys is one the most common instances with any one but even there you puzzle with the varieties and keeps thinking for the selection of type. Today, market is full of varieties of toys. But if you are thinking of gifting some one with rc toys then certainly it could be a unique and great idea. Yes! An rc toy can certainly create adventure before your loved ones and let them feel a unique gift finder.
You can go for any model. Models for rc toys are more than your choices and it can be anything like rc trucks, boats, planes buggies and a lot more that can appeal to hidden interest of your loved ones. With the varieties of models and colors you have now much benefit of getting desired RC toys which gives you much freedom to fulfill the specific need of your gift receiver.
Getting a rc toys in RTR form or build form quite depends on you. If your gift receiver is a beginner then rtr is goof option there. But, if the gift receiver is going to enjoy assembling or tweaking the parts of a RC toy, choosing a build form of rc toys is a better idea to increase the pleasure of your loved ones.
If you are not an RC hobbyist or somewhat a beginner at it, you may be puzzled for the complicated technicalities of RC toys. But you can sort out the best one out of them by exactly knowing the right need of the receiver of the gift. Though durability ad simpler playing options are most common factors one need while buying these toys. So always check for the specification as they are meeting the feasibility of your requirement as well as the return on your investment there.
An online search can help you much toward this. There are many specialized websites for these products who use to provide relevant information and describe each model with the help of perfect information and photographs. There you can also access the video display of the different RC toys and models to get a clear view of their usages with you.
Though there are many sites who just promote their products. So surf only those who work for product reviews and keep vital feedback from the potential users
In sum whatever the models of type of RC toys are available in the market has unique advantage and usability. Now it's your need which will decide them better or not for you. Apart from checking the specification of a RC toy you have to also see the playing option with you. An RC plane is best if you have outdoor plying purposes while a rc car can be run on any smooth terrain even in your home lawn. Similarly RC trucks are best for rugged terrain and RC boats for doing adventure in a swimming pool or in your back door garden pool.
About the Author
Judith Peterson is an expert web writer and has niche in online shopping tips and buying products online. Currently he is associated with Twift.com which is an online shopping venture and has amazing product range on best rates. To view quality products in a wide range, you can feel free any time to click on http://twift.com
Question by jrdrager: whats a better nitro rc truck?
The hpi firestorm or the traxxas nitro rustler (new one 2007 model) which one is faster and better handling? which one is there more parts for? Which one is cheaper to maintain? Which one is just better? THANKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Best answer:
Answer by Y!Arnlady
Have you found out about RC Universe yet? They have some great forums for people who are interested in all forms of RC, at the link below.
Also, type nitro rc in the Yahoo!Answers Search box above. there are a lot of similar questions and answers there.
What do you think? Answer below!
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Flying Models
Covers model aviation for beginners and advanced modelers: radio control, control line, free flight. Also remote control boats and cars.
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This is my very first scratch-built RC Airplane - Extra 300 - built from the plans posted on RCPowers.com. This video gives an overview of all the components and their placement. Thanks to Dave's detailed "how to build" type videos I was able to build this airplane from scratch.
Video Rating: 4 / 5
Question by garajustin: If you crash your nitro rc aircraft will the AMA pay for the damages if your insured with them?
Also, if they do can you tell me which of there plans covers the nitro rc plane and how much does it cost?
Just to let you know AMA stands for Academy of Model Aeronautics.
Their website is: www.modelaircraft.org
Best answer:
Answer by Vance
No. AMA's insurance does not cover the Aircraft. The insurance you get is liability insurance for a coverage of 2.5 million dollars. It only covers you in case the aircraft you crashed causes damage to someone else's property or person. The insurance would pay for that damage to the property your aircraft caused, or the hospital bills of the person your aircraft hit. The AMA will also help you with legal help I believe in case of a law suite. This information is on the AMA's website.
Know better? Leave your own answer in the comments!
WIRED GeekDad Booth Duty
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MakerFaire is Geek Heaven. This TV coverage does a good job of sharing the excitement.
At the GeekDad booth, Erik and I demonstrated the construction of some rockets at different scales… and met many interesting people. The first guy that came up to the booth asked a number of questions, and after a while, he casually mentions that he used to work for Wernher von Braun, the scientist who designed a number of rockets, from the V2 to the Saturn V superbooster that took us to the moon.
Next to us, Chris Anderson (editor in chief of WIRED) showed how to build a quick and dirty UAV, with a RC plane + LEGO Mindstorms NXT robot kit + a cell phone strapped to the belly. The cell phone has GPS so the plane can fly to pre-designated coordinates. The cellular system is the wide-area wireless link. And the built-in camera can take photos of targets of interest.
(Here are some of my GeekDad blog posts)
Trex 500 Electric RC Helicopters
Article by Wahyu Agung Widodo
It's need about 4 hours time to assembly the rc helicopters, but it not include electronics and radio settings. You don't need any more rc model planes plan to build it, because you can get some guides to assemble your Trex 500 rc helicopters. The Trex 500 is electric rc helicopters model, so you don't use a big rc engine in it.InstallationI find the L bolt is very bad, so be carefull to use it, just don't push it to much. In My friend's r c helicopters, at leat there are 3 bolt that bad and very difficult to open it after you use it. About the servo, use JR 3401 because it is fix in the frame, so you don't need to modify the frame again. Just adjust the ESC settings in default, because i feel its enough.I have some trick to modify your Trex 500, here they are :
1. to make easy in your battery assembly and to protect the battery, you can place the Battery Tray down about 1 cm, and add thin foam inside your rc helicopters canopy 2. To make more strong the "swashplate" especially if your rc helicopters got crash, just add adequate CA glue in your RC Helicopters "swashplate" ( be carefull about the bearings, don't put your glue here)
The Maiden FlightIt's good for doing flip and roll with setting your pitch 12. The power is good and maybe like Trex 600 electric rc helicopters, i think it's because there are about 20 to 30 kv in the electric motor used in Trex 500 and Trex 600 . The flight done about 5 minutes, but you can use another battery to more long your flight, such as use FP 3200 or 3300, so you can fly about 6 to 7 minutes
ConclutionsTrex 500 are more stable in flight that Trex 450, and the power performance is more than Trex 600 electric rc helicopters. So i think, prefer to fly Trex 500 electric rc helicopters than Trex 600 electric rc helicopters
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Learn And fly rc model aircraft with http://aerofunmen.blogspot.com
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