Archive for April, 2008
You’d expect maybe to have some problems with the council due to noise abatement laws if you were playing loud music, having all night parties or being rowdy… but playing with some radio controlled cars?
As mad as it seems, an Australian RC club (The Melbourne Radio Control Car Racers) is being threatened with closure by […]
April 18th, 2008 | Posted in General | No Comments
I just found this story on the Rio Rancho Observer website about an RC plane club who had donated a radio controlled model plane to the children’s department of a library.
Now this seems like a nice thing to do, the kids get a radio controlled planed, the RC club get mentioned in the press and […]
April 17th, 2008 | Posted in General | No Comments
Is this one of the greatest things you’ve ever seen, or one of the most sad?
Have you ever thought how many bottles of water would I require, and how much water would I need in each bottle, in order to play the mario theme if I then drive a radio controlled car along the side […]
April 16th, 2008 | Posted in RC Cars | No Comments
If ever you needed a shining example of how playing with radio controlled cars can be beneficial to you in later life you need to look no further than Britain’s Lewis Hamilton. The multi millionaire (yes, already) Formula 1 driver for Maclaren made his first steps in motor racing, not through karting, but through radio […]
April 15th, 2008 | Posted in RC Cars | No Comments
It’s the ultimate car, the Aston Martin DBS from Casino Royale. It’s also the owner of the world record for the number of flips performed in a car when they rolled in seven times during the film. Hey, if you’re gonna break a world record, what better way to do it than by using an […]
April 14th, 2008 | Posted in RC Cars | No Comments
Leonard Pong is a 26 year old property developer, and an avid radio control car collector. He has amassed over 100 Tamiya radio controlled cars and travels all over the World racing them.
He is interviewed by the Star where he talks about his obsession, and why he needs to have so many radio controlled cars… […]
April 12th, 2008 | Posted in General | No Comments
On April 6th the first Atomic Cup, featuring 28 1/8 scale RC boats took place. This is supposedly the first of many events. The race was won of Scott Meyer of West Richland, with Jeff Heimkes of Kennewick finishing second.
The boats are just two feet wide and four feet long and are able to reach […]
April 11th, 2008 | Posted in RC Boats | No Comments
Women and cars don’t mix, everyone knows that. Cyclists and cars really don’t mix. Women and nerds are natural enemies. When you get a woman, on a bike, cycling around a park full of radio controlled car enthusiasts. It was always going to end badly.
This woman should have stayed at home
You need to […]
April 10th, 2008 | Posted in RC Cars | No Comments
If you’ve ever watched TV footage of war zones or seen bomb disposal experts detonating suspicious looking packages and cars, chances are you’ll have see what many people refer to as an intelligent battle robot. A robot used by the police and the military to access the areas deemed far too dangerous for any human […]
April 9th, 2008 | Posted in RC Cars, RC Robots | No Comments
The Mildred Hunter Community Center in Valdosa has started up its own radio controlled car club, which it hopes will help to teach the children valuable lessons about life.
The kids involved in the car club meet up two times during the week and on weekends to practise their car racing skills, and to race against […]
April 8th, 2008 | Posted in RC Cars | No Comments