New On Road R/C Racing Cars

The 2010 on-road electric touring r/c car season will be exciting given the three new cars from the best companies. The Tamiya 416x, the XRAY T3 and the Schumacher Mi4LP. All beautifully designed for racing. Which one to buy? So hard to pick, all are winners by looking at them.



What do you prefer? Leave a comment about your favorite!

SC R/C Trucks Comparison

A lot of people ask me how much these radio control trucks cost. And usually the high cost is a deterrent for them to join the hobby. Fortunately today, Short Course (SC) radio controlled trucks, priced at around $190 - $220 ready to run makes it easy and cheap to get started in racing.


To help you choose, here is a technical comparison comparing the 4 most popular short course r/c trucks today.

See you at the race track!

Joel

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Nitro RC Cars - Running in the 90s. Nostalgia.

Nitro rc cars racing and running in the 1990s. This event was covered by Radio Control Car Action magazine and was in their 1997 issue. This is the Kyosho World Cup 1997 finals won by Team Philippines.

Here they do a lemans start where pitcrew run to the cars, pull start the engine then start racing. There is also a driver change during the 60 minute final, driver will run down from the driver stand to tag the co-driver in.

These Kyosho cars are so realistic. There were popular bodies and models such as the Ford GT. And with such a big track racing was very realistic.

Hope you like this nostalgic video. RC racing was really the best in the 90s!

RCCarTips #70 - Nitro R/C Race Inside a Mall

Hi Guys,

On 8 Nov 2009, I joined a race that was held inside a mall. What was unique was there was a race for 1/8 nitro rc buggies! This is the first time in my 32 years enjoying the hobby have I seen nitro rc cars racing inside a mall and watched by thousands of people throughout the day. Here are videos and photos:

http://www.rccarsrtr.com/index.php/nitro-rc-cars-racing-inside-a-mall.html

As for me it was most memorable because my 8 year old daughter and wife joined in the rally class. I joined in the 4wd class.

http://www.rccartips.com/rc-cars-race-mallofasia2009.htm

It was a very happy and memorable weekend for me. Racing rc cars with my family, nothing could be better!


Photo: Porsha, Joel (me), Noel, Roland

Thanks for reading!

Joel

P.S. If you have a similar fun experience, please send me photos/write up to rccartips@hotmail.com. I would love to promote this hobby by showcasing your fun experience. Thanks!

RCCarTips.com is also a community of 7,951+ subscribers with over 10,000,000 page views. Feel free to contribute your videos, photos and articles by writing to me at rccartips@hotmail.com

RCCartips #69 - Happy Halloween, New Website, Updates

Hi Guys,

First, wishing you a Happy Halloween. Here is a short video of my halloween. Over 3,000+ trick or treaters from 3pm - 6pm. Over 5,000 candies handed out.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GtbEtMuImiY

Second, I decided to put my new articles and tips on www.rccarsrtr.com. Reason is I am now using wordpress and it is easier to organize my content. I will leave www.rccartips.com untouched as I think it still has a lot of relevant content.

Summary of new items posted:

RC Drift
http://www.rccartips.com/rc-drift.htm

Tamiya RC Cars 2009
http://www.rccartips.com/tamiya-rc-cars-2009.htm

Tamiya F104 Ferrari F60
http://www.rccartips.com/f104-ferrari-f60.htm

Traxas Slash 4x4 RC Truck
http://www.rccarsrtr.com/index.php/traxxas-slash-4x4-rc-truck.html

Speed of Electric RC Cars
http://www.rccarsrtr.com/index.php/speed-of-electric-rc-cars.html

LiPo Battery Chargers
http://www.rccarsrtr.com/index.php/lipo-battery-chargers.html

RC Touring Car Tips
http://www.rccarsrtr.com/index.php/rc-racing-tips-juan-aveytia.html

I would love to hear from you. Just leave a comment on the website or drop me an email at rccartips@hotmail.com

Have fun!

Joel

Traxxas Slash 4x4 RC Truck

The Traxxas 2wd Slash was a big hit. But being 2wd, it was difficult to drive in off road tracks due to lack of rear wheel grip.

That problem is now solved with the Traxxas 4x4 Slash... 4wd with monster brushless power!

For highlights and videos, visit:

http://www.rccarsrtr.com/index.php/traxxas-slash-4x4-rc-truck.html

RC Cars RTR Website

Hi, I've been updating my RCCarTips.com website since 2003. But with over 290 pages, it is getting difficult to organize the topics logically.

So rather than revamping, I decided to create a new site where I will be posting on a regular basis tips, guides and best topics when it comes to rc cars. The site is called RCCarsRTR.com. Please take a look and let me know your thoughts by leaving a comment.



If you would like to be a contributor or share your rc pics and knowledge just let me know, I'll post it. Rest assured a lot of people will get to read it as my old website has over 10,000,000 page views. Just write me an email at rccartips@hotmail.com.

Thanks and have a nice halloween weekend.

Joel

Video of RC Drift Car - Trueno

Hi, here's a short video of my custom Toyota Trueno rd drift car. I'm not an expert at movie making, kindly excuse my amateur vid :)



Specs:

Body - Jada Toyota Trueno that was sanded, cut, painted to replicate the Initial D drift car.

Chassis - Tamiya TL01 cut short to 233mm.

Motor - Stock mabuchi.

Tires - Tamiya M-Grip radials

Music - Around the World by M.O.V.E

Tamiya F104 Ferrari F60

Video of the new Tamiya Ferrari F60 formula 1 car... officially licensed by Ferrari.



With rubber tires, the Tamiya F104 Ferrari F60 must be one of the most realistic F1 rc car I've seen. Take a look at the pic courtesy of Tamiyausa.



Read more at:

Tamiya F104 Ferrari F60

Here are some of the specs:

- Officially Licensed Ferrari F60 body
- Rubber tires and realistic wheels
- TEU 104BK electronic speed control
- 540 motor
- Can be upgradable with F104 PRO parts
- 3.2mm FRP lower deck
- 2mm FRP upper deck
- Stainless steel rear shaft

You would need a 2 channel radio controller with steering servo, a 7.2v battery pack, charger, Tamiya PS paints, and 8aa batteries for your transmitter.

Woohoo, F1 rc is alive again! Spread the word.

RC Drift

Hi, lately I've been focused on rc drift cars. Being a fan of initial d, I sought out to replicate, true 1/10 scale, the Toyota Trueno AE86 car of Takumi. Here are some photos, hope you like them.

RC Drift

On that page you'll also find some drifting tips and video from HPI racing.

Soon I'll post more pictures and actual drift video of my Trueno AE86 rc drift car.

I also recently watched a recent rc drifting event held inside a mall. Here are some photos and videos.

Radio Control Drift

Initial D - Real Drifting with Live Band M.O.V.E

Three best drifting videos with real Intial D cars and live music. For all drifting fans... gotta love this.



Initial D - Drifting Video with MOVE music band.



More Drifting Video -Initial D - Drifting Video with Dogfight Music

RCTV Live

The latest edition of RCTV Live is back online. What's on:

Team Associated R5 Oval - 2wd, adjustable caster blocks, brushless motor rear pod, new constant volume shock, t-plate pivots, adjustable shock mounts, better turn in.

Tech Tips - Clean lexan body with soapy water. Use good quality paper towels to dry out. Mask areas you do not want to paint (e.g. windows, headlights). Read instruction of spray paint can then spray paint. Use paint designed for lexan bodies.

Collectors - Rare Tamiya, the Toyota Celica GT Groub B rally racer. Technigold motor. State of the art 4wd shaft driven transmission. Sealed gearbox, 3 differentials. Double wishbone suspension.



Follow this blog (http://rccartips.blogspot.com) for more updates on rc cars and trucks.

RC Helicopter Video Tips

Just updated my RC Helicopters blog with great video tips from youtube. Check it out and get started with flying radio controlled toy helicopters.

Some of the latest updates:

Video review of e-flite rc helis from horizonrc.com

F3C World Championship for Model Helicopters

RC Helicopter flight dem Trex 600 Video

Mini RC Helicopter

RC Helicopters - Getting Started

GP Recyko RC Car Body Contest

Here is my rc car body that luckily won the GP Recyko RC Car Body Contest. Click on photo to see a bigger picture.



As a theme car, decided to use GP recyko green and make the tires and lights look like GP Batteries.



Side view. Stickers were made via Photoshop then printed on sticker paper.



Competition was tough. Here is a beautiful BMW entry.



Click here for more...
Thanks to Chris Kho for the beautiful pictures. And thanks for looking!

Tokyo Hobby Show 2009

Here are new items from Tamiya in the 2009 Tokyo Hobby Show.

RC BMW M3 GT2 2009- TT01E
RC TT01R Type-E Chassis Kit- TT01R
RC Corolla Axio apr GT- TA05V.2
RC TRF416X Chassis Kit
RC Ferrari F60- F104
RC Abarth 500 Assetto Corse- M05
RC Lancia Delta Integrale- DF03Ra
RC RTR Team Studie GLAD BMW Z4- TT01E Hatsune Miku
RC RTR Super Levant
RC RTR Repsol Mitsubishi- CC Ralliart Racing Lancer
RC RTR Abarth 500- M05 Assetto Corse
RC Team Studie GLAD BMW Z4- TT01E Hatsune Miku
RC HP ESC Volac Brushless BL2
RC HP ESC Volac Crawler
RC HP Transpeed Motor- Brushless (Racing Stock 21.5T)
RC HP Transpeed Motor 6.5T- Brushless (12mm Dia. Rotor)
RC HP Transpeed Motor 7.5T- Brushless (12mm Dia. Rotor)
RC HP Transpeed Motor 8.5T- Brushless (12mm Dia. Rotor)
RC HP Transpeed Motor 9.5T- Brushless (12mm Dia. Rotor)
RC Touring Car Cockpit Set- Right Hand Drive
RC Alum Racing Steering Set- M05
RC Aluminum Steering Link- M05
RC Ball Differential Set- M05

Lot's of brushless motors and aluminum hop ups for the M05. Lot's of things to buy as a Christmas gift to myself :)

RCCartips #68 - Online Store, Tips, Videos

Hi Guys,

I've finally put up an online store via Amazon.com. Great thing is that price seems to be cheaper than most online hobby shops I've compared with. Please visit and let me know your feedback (email me at rccartips@hotmail.com).

http://astore.amazon.com/rct-20


Tips of the Week

I just came back from racing in Thailand in the Tamiya Asia Cup 2009. One of the tip I learned was to put Tamiya Anti Wear grease on threaded shocks. This will prevent loose shock screw collars from moving around.

Here is a link to photos and videos of the event. Just sharing. Hope you also experience overseas racing with racers from other countries.

http://www.rccartips.com/tamiya-asia-cup-tac-2009.htm

Here is a series of videos from Atsushi Hara, multiple time world champion, on tuning your 1/8 off road buggy.

http://www.rccartips.com/rc-buggy-tips.htm

And here is a video on how scale model kits are made. Very informative.

http://www.rccartips.com/model-kit-factory-tour.htm


Until next week. Have fun!

Joel


RCCarTips is also a community of 7,839+ subscribers with over 10,000,000 page views. Feel free to contribute your videos, photos and articles by writing to me at rccartips@hotmail.com. Thanks for spreading the word.

RC Buggy Tips

Here are 3 great rc buggy videos from world champion Atsushi Hara from HPI racing. Hope these tips will put you in the winner's circle. Here is a sample video.



The other two videos can be found here:

http://www.rccartips.com/rc-buggy-tips.htm

RC Cars USA - Buggys, Electric, Nitro, On/Off Road

The USA RC car scene is still growing. Popular are:

1. Electric On-Road radio control cars such as 1/12 scale, touring cars and minis.
2. On-road nitro powered rc cars such as 200mm touring cars.
3. Electric off road such as 1/8 conversion buggies.
4. Remote controlled nitro off road buggies and truggies. Very popular racing class.

Active areas for rc car racing in the USA:

1. Wisconsin & Illinois
2. Northwestern United States
3. Kansas/Missouri
4. California
5. Florida
6. Georgia
7. Memphis
8. Texas

And some local USA hobby shops::

1. Bruckner hobbies (NY)
2. Stormer hobbies (Montana)

Tamiya Asia Cup 2009

Tamiya Asia Cup 2009 TAC Racing Photos and Videos

This year the 2009 Tamiya Asia Cup was held in Esplanade Mall, Bangkok on 18 - 20 Sept 2009. Event was very competitive with the best racers from Thailand, China, Singapore, Lebanon, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Philippines, Malaysia, Taiwan, and Korea. This year was very fun and enjoyable.



More photos and videos at:

http://www.rccartips.com/tamiya-asia-cup-tac-2009.htm

Hope you join the Tamiya races and see you next year!

Tamiya M chassis race in Bangkok

Tamiya Asia Cup 2009 is inside Esplanade Mall in Bangkok. Highlight was an m chassis race with Jilles Groskamp (2009 European Touring Car Champion). I am standing to his right on the drivers stand.



Jilles built his Tamiya M05 cooper on the track himself the past two days from the box. I noticed his initial setup was lowered ride height with minimal droop.

The exhibition race with Jilles was fun. The best mini racers in Asia had a chance to race (or bash) the M05 of Jilles (just kidding). I was fortunate enough to be part of this race and had fun.

Hope you like the video and buy your Tamiya M05 mini today and race with your friends.

Tamiya Asia Cup Philippines 2009 Results

Hi, after a long 8 rounds of racing, congrats to the winners. And thanks to Lil's hobby shop for sponsoring the trip and accomodation in Bangkok.

TICKET TO BANGKOK

Stock Touring Class
Neil Severino

Formula 1 Class
Joel Mangilit

4wd GT Class
Anton Ramos
Tutoy Aldaba

Open Stock 23T Class
Josh Castro

Best RC Rally Video

One of the most realistic rc rally videos I've seen. Will start building my rally car :)



Look for user TheAirBase in youtube for more of these great videos.

Tamiya Asia Cup 2009 Philippine RC Team

Getting ready to have fun in Bangkok for the 2009 Tamiya Asia Cup on 18 - 20 Sept. Below are the Filipino racers.

Name Class
Arnold Dalusung 4WD GT(Team Leader)
Yuichiro Takaya 4WD GT
Joel Mangilit MINI Chassis
Max Park MINI Chassis
Jygs Tiangco MINI Chassis
Rey Parco MINI Chassis
Raymund Aguilar F103/104Pro
Allan Colico F103/104Pro(Sub)
Christian Saplala Super Stock
Neil Severino Super Stock
Ed Angtuaco Super Stock
Alfonso Ramos Super Stock
Anton Ramos 4WD GT
Josh Castro 4WD GT
Noel Aldaba 4WD GT
Norman Cruz 4WD GT

Jomil Dale M. Dela Cruz Jr. Stock

RCCarTips #67 - Off Road Buggy RC, Traxxas Nitro Revo, GP Recyko

Hi Guys,

RCCarTips newsletter #67 is online. Sonic Boom off road buggy race (pics and videos), Traxxas Nitro Revo (pic and video) and pics of the GP Recyko Battery rc car body theme contest.

Read all at:

http://www.rccartips.com/rccartips67-offroad-nitrorevo-gprecyko.htm

RCCarTips is also a community of 7,839+ subscribers with over 9,000,000 page views. Feel free to contribute your videos, photos and articles by writing to me at rccartips@hotmail.com. Thanks for spreading the word.

Short Course RC Truck - Playing Around

It's a long weekend here, nothing much to do, so posting two short course rc trucks having fun on the on road track of Sonic Boom. This is how radio control hobby should be... fun!

Traxxas Nitro Revo 3.3

Spotted a Traxxas Nitro Revo 3.3 in a recent off road race. Took a picture and video of this new nitro rc truck from Traxxas.



If you have a Traxxas nitro revo 3.3, please comment and leave a review for others to see.

Off Road RC Buggy Race in Sonic Boom Aug 2009

Hi, just got back from a great Sunday of off road rc racing. I raced in the 1/10 scale 4wd electric buggies. Finished overall second place, just 0.6 secs difference to the first place finisher. Lot's of fun!



Here is my off road buggy. A Tamiya Durga with Novak 4.5r brushless motor and lipo batteries.



And here is a video of the fast 1/8 scale electric powered rc buggies.

Arnold and Oldskul RC Birthday Race

My daughter and I went to the 3rd Arnold and Oldskul rc birthday race. Porsha joined in the rally class, but unfortunately the 12 year old TL01 car was not steering straight, eventually after 2 broken servos decided to call it a day. Oh well maybe next time. At least the food and music was great.

Tomorrow I will race in the 4wd electric buggy category in Sonic Boom racetrack using a Tamiya Durga with a Novak 4.5r brushless motor. Hope it will be a sunny day :)

Tamiya Asia Cup

Was just reminiscing of the Tamiya Asia Cup 2007 race held in Taiwan. I raced in the Tamiya M-Chassis class and had lots of fun. It's always a nice and memorable experience to race overseas.

Next month I'll probably race in the Tamiya Asia Cup 2009 in Thailand, and yes, you guessed it, in the Tamiya M-Chassis class. Guess I just enjoy these little toy cars.

Maybe I'll see some of you there next month? Look for me in the Philippine team... name is Joel.

RC Cars and Google

Just wanted to say thanks to Google. Nice to be acknowledged and ranked high among search results for popular keywords such as:

rc cars - www.rccartips.com is ranked 4 out of 22,800,000
remote control cars - www.rccartips.com is ranked 6 out of 41,600,000

Thanks Google and rest assured will continue to add relevant content, tips, advice, images, and videos to help promote the hobby of rc cars.

And to all that have supported rccartips, thanks and spread the word.

Joel

Updates to the main website

Just to summarize latest updates to my website. Hope Google picks it up soon and indexes :)

http://www.rccartips.com/local-hobby-shops-philippines.htm
http://www.rccartips.com/local-hobby-shops-hong-kong.htm
http://www.rccartips.com/lipo-battery.htm
http://www.rccartips.com/rc-video.htm

RCCarTips.com is about you. If you have articles or photos of yourself and your rc cars/trucks, just email to me at rccartips@hotmail.com and I'll post them on the website.