| You gave your son the birthday present that he | | | | are still the electrical components which are |
| has been hoping you will give him and you | | | | powered by a battery and handles the veer and |
| contentedly watch his eyes go wide and heard | | | | speed control. These electrical components are |
| him squeal with delight as he discovered a remote | | | | attached to a radio receiver device and base all |
| or radio controlled toy car inside. As he excitedly | | | | their actions on the one holding the remote |
| went down on all fours to unpack everything and | | | | control transmitter device. |
| insert the batteries, he suddenly looked up and | | | | Electric RC toys are powered by rechargeable |
| asked you how this RC toy car works. Well, | | | | batteries which are directly connected to a |
| instead of giving him a vague answer which he | | | | geared motor. This motor turns all the necessary |
| might just forget later on, you might as well tell | | | | gears in order for the car to move back or forth. |
| him some things which would definitely answer | | | | The same battery provides the power needed by |
| the question he just asked you. | | | | other electrical components of the car such as its |
| So, how does an RC toy car work? The toy cars | | | | servo motors. Battery powered toys are simpler |
| are driven by miniature engines and series of | | | | in design and easy to maintain compared to their |
| gears inside them. There are two types of | | | | mechanical counterparts. These toys are suitable |
| engines, one is the combustion engine that has | | | | for kids who might not have any idea yet about |
| operating principles similar to that of a real car and | | | | combustion engines. |
| the other is the electronic engine which gets its | | | | Remote transmitter devices are those little |
| power from a rechargeable battery in order to | | | | square black things that came along with your RC |
| spin the rest of the gears. | | | | toy package. Most of these have antennas that |
| Those toys fitted with combustion engines are | | | | can be extended or retracted. They contain a |
| normally fueled by a mixture of nitro methane, | | | | series of controls which when pushed sends out a |
| methanol, and oil. This mixture is stored in a small | | | | signal to the RC toy car. This signal is transmitted |
| tank and sparingly fed to the combustion engines | | | | using a radio frequency and is immediately |
| through a small tube. When it reaches the | | | | received by the radio frequency receiver on the |
| combustion chamber inside the engine, it explodes | | | | RC toy car. |
| and generates compressed air that forces the | | | | Now you have a simple explanation of how RC |
| piston to go up and down, which then turns a | | | | toys work. So the next time your son would be |
| shaft on which a couple of gears are connected. | | | | asking this question, you will definitely be able to |
| These gears enable the wheels of the toy car to | | | | answer right away. |
| turn. Though this is a gas powered toy car, there | | | | |