| 1. Cars | | | | would already be planned out for you. It is not a |
| The basic and most common radio controlled | | | | very simple issue to work out unless you have a |
| device you will come across is the model cars | | | | significant amount of skill and experience under |
| sold in toy stores and hobby stores across the | | | | your belt. |
| world. Some people prefer to make their own | | | | 3. Planes |
| with kits. These cars usually allow more than just | | | | Lets just say this - it is very very difficult to build |
| start and stop options with remote. They allow | | | | your own RC plane from scratch. The plane |
| you to brake, steer and accelerate at will, which | | | | needs accurate design to keep it in the air, and |
| can provide a lot of fun if you are racing against | | | | then you have the additional problem of weight |
| an opponent with his or her own RC car. Things | | | | with the remote unit mount and the engine. It is |
| can get almost as exciting as sitting in the driver's | | | | much wiser to go in for a pre assembled kit. Dont |
| seat your own self. Some people buy toy cars | | | | try and convert an existing model to RC. The |
| and add the radio unit within. Of course you'll | | | | model probably is not designed to take on the |
| already need to be an electronics enthusiast to do | | | | additional weight. However, some manufacturers |
| this. | | | | do have a provision for this - meaning you can |
| 2. Boats | | | | first buy the body and complete making it, and |
| And then its not just RC cars that you find in the | | | | then buy the customized rc unit. |
| RC category. Remote boat models are very | | | | 4. Helicopters |
| popular as well. It is comparitively simpler as well, | | | | RC Helicopters are almost as popular as planes, |
| to convert a standard boat model into a remote | | | | maybe more with some folks. The best thing |
| controlled type. More than the installation of the | | | | about them is that you need lesser space. But |
| remote unit, the major concern that model boat | | | | mind you, you cannot fly just about any RC |
| builders trying to do this face is, to waterproof | | | | helicopter indoors. Those are ones that are made |
| the electronics they are about to instal. The | | | | with special softer materials. |
| solution usually is to keep the water resistant area | | | | RC toys and models can offer hours and years |
| in the hull, while the propeller shaft goes through | | | | of excitement. Children who start off with toy |
| the boat body by a water tight sealing method. If | | | | cars often take to the RC variety in their teens, |
| you wish to make a remote control boat, it is | | | | and later to making their own RC models as |
| good to buy a kit, since the water tight areas | | | | adults as well. |