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Radio Control Cars and Model Aircraft
Radio control is such a great hobby. I first got into radio control when, at the age of 10, a generous uncle bought me a model aircraft for my birthday. He gave me a scale model of a WWI biplane powered by a little spirit fuelled engine. Today RC cars and aircraft are much more sophisticated, but still great fun and very educational.
Today I am lucky enough to own several excellent RC cars and a couple of high performance model aircraft. I have dabbled with RC boats but I still tend to favour model aircraft and cars.
If you are new to the world of radio control or if you are thinking of getting into it there are a few things to think about before you part with your hard earned cash. You need to know that there are two basic types of radio control car: those powered by electric motors and those powered by little engines that run on Nitro Methanol.
Like many RC car enthusiasts I my favoured RC cars are those powered by proper little engines. For me, racing RC cars is not just about hurtling around a race track at break neck speed. Optimising your RC car is much like formula one racing, its all about the engineering, the tuning and tweaking to get the best performance.
Getting into RC cars at an early age can be very educational. For me it led to a career in Electronics as I had to build and repair my own radio control systems in order to save cash. If you are looking for a toy that is both fun and educational I strongly recommend you consider a neat little radio control car.
For a first car I would recommend you choose an electric model. Firstly the price. Electric-powered radio control cars are much cheaper than their Nitro powered equivalents. Secondly simplicity. Electrically powered cars are the simplest. There is a truly fantastic selection of electric cars to choose from so you are bound to find a model that fire's the imagination. My personal favourite are fat-wheeled off-road models. Great fun on some rough terrain, bouncing over sand dunes and through muddy puddles.
But I started out with a radio control model aircraft. I can still recall the thrill of taking the controls for the first time. Taking the controls and making the model plane swoop and climb was such a thrill.
As for rc cars, these days there is a great selection of model aircraft to choose from with a range of price tags. For very little cash you can get a little palm launched radio control aircraft that can be great fun in the office or indoors at home. For a little more cash you can get yourself an easy-to-control model aircraft that will give you many hours of fun.
Some of todays model aircraft come with advanced crash avoidance systems that will detect the ground and help the aircraft to land safely. There are even some truly magnificent scale models of well known aircraft including the Spitfire and Focke Wulf.
Radio control is a great hobby that provides interest, excitement, fun and competition. If you are just thinking about giving it a go I'd recommend that you don't need to spend a fortune to get yourself a very capable plane or car that will give you a good taste of how much fun this hobby can be.
What do you think Nick Griffin's favourite plane is Stuka, Junkers 88 or Focke Wulf 109?
Anyone any ideas?
It certainly is not Spitfire, Hurricane or Lancaster
Hate to be 'that guy', but the 109 was a Messerschmitt, not a Focke Wulf.
The cretin probably likes the M109, it would have killed the 'mass murderers' in the RAF that gave their lives to keep Britain free from fascist tyranny. Makes sense that he hates the RAF, if they hadn't kept Hitler out of Britain poor old Nicky wouldn't have to wear those nasty suits, he'd have a nice SS uniform to wear and he wouldn't even need to bother with silly things like elections.
Duxford Focke Wulf 190 and Messerschmitt 109 WW2 Fighter
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