Electric or Nitro RC Cars?
When deciding to buy a radio controlled car, you first need to decide whether you’re going to opt for an electric rc car, powered by a battery, or for a Nitro rc car, powered by fuel. As a rough guide, here are a couple of the pros and cons associated with the two options:
Electric Battery Powered RC Car
Pros:
- The cars are easy to maintain with less moving parts
- They tend to be cheaper to buy and to run, so are less damaging on your wallet
Cons:
- They’re generally not as fast as Nitro cars, so you’ll get that feeling of ‘it could be quicker’ with an electric RC car
- You need to recharge the batteries every 5-10 minutes as they have a very short life, with a long charge time
Nitro Powered RC Car
Pros:
- You don’t need to charge the batteries so much as they only use them for minimal functions, and the transmitter
- They’re fast, extremely fast. With a highly tuned top spec car you’ll run rings around a battery operate car
Cons:
- The price… they tend to be much more expensive to buy and to upgrade
- Maintenance. Running a Nitro RC car can be a lot of work as they’ll require constant tuning and upgrades, just like a real car, only smaller
With that in mind, make sure you’re aware of all the facts before you make your choice on what car you want to buy, and what you want it to do.
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