There are two main types of radio control cars available: you can get one which is fast and can be driven on smooth surfaces or you can get one which is perfect for off-road tracks. The first model is great if you plan on using it indoors and if you are looking for speed. However, taking this car out on a field is not possible due to its low shock resistance.

If you decide to get an off road RC car, it will be perfect for any type of terrain and it will work great on smooth surfaces too. One of the biggest advantages of off-road RC cars is that they usually come with spare parts and that fixing damaged parts is very cheap and easy to do.

Most people who are getting started with radio control cars will decide to buy an electric car, but you shouldn’t neglect gasoline powered vehicles. These cars have very powerful engines and they can exceed the speed of 50 mph in most cases. The only disadvantage that comes with gasoline powered RC cars is the noise, but this won’t be a problem if you plan on taking it somewhere out in the open.

Now that you know this, getting started with radio control cars won’t be that difficult. You just have to figure out which model to buy and start getting used to controlling it. In just a couple of days, driving your new RC car will surely turn into a hobby.

Simply put, the transmitter is the part that you keep with you. A quick look at any transmitter will help you understand the difference between remote control and radio control right away. Remote controlled toys have a wire between the transmitter and the toy. Radio control systems are always wireless.

Transmitters send their commands to your toy using radio signals. As you may know, signals have certain frequencies. The vast majority of RC toys operate at either 27 Mhz or 49 Mhz. Why have more than one frequency? Think about it for a minute. What would happen if two people wanted to race vehicles that operated on the same frequency? Toys and transmitters don’t pair up like your Bluetooth stuff; they just send and receive in all directions. Two toys on the same frequency in the same area would get hopelessly confused between all the various inputs they would receive. Your transmitter might be steering one vehicle one second, and then take over the other vehicle the next.

Transmitters can range from the simple to the complex. Simple transmitters might only send commands like go and stop, or go forward and go backward. Of course, you’d probably want the capability to steer your RC vehicle, so that would need another level of control. In general, the more advanced (and expensive) the RC toy, the more complex the transmitter.

Every transmitter will require some sort of power source, either batteries or a rechargeable battery pack.