Talk:Radio-controlled car

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edited the Nitro vs. Electric section to better reflect the choice. Encyclopedia articles should not promote one over the other -- Justin Mahn

This article used to have much more depth and interest, for some reason it has been radically culled. Any good reason for this? TiHead 12:12, 9 March 2006 (UTC)

Who thinks this is in need of a re-roder and a reworking?

It's not too bad as is but could be much better. Perhaps we could have articles on each type of class. I'd happily take up rallycross as a sponsored driver. I know a fair bit about MT's so could do that if no-one more knowledgeable is about.

It seems atm I can't make a decent contrib without people making silly edits and I agree with last comment. I thought I might as well take this up on debate so we cann all work it towards something decent. --Glypo 11:21, 13 April 2006 (UTC)


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[edit] Speed record

I originally though that Cliff Lett's record had been mistaken as official, and edited it. I eventually found this article confirming that it is legit. I thought I'd leave it here to avoid future confusion. — Soupisgoodfood 10:29, 19 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Slot car ancestry

It seems pretty obvious to me that hobby RC car racing has its roots in slot car racing, but there's no mention of slot cars at all in the article ... just a little inspiration for any potential "history of" editors. I'm too young to have ever gotten into slot car racing, but lots of the older racers at my local hobby shop still race them, and indeed got into RC racing when it was the "new thing". I'd love to do some research and elaborate in the article, but I'll be focusing on giving the RC10 series its own page, for the time being. Static3d 03:49, 8 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] external links

can we discuss what external links this article should contain as it looks like people are just adding stuff in thats not really relavant to the article, see Wikipedia:External links--The penfool 09:25, 4 October 2006 (UTC) ps sorry i cant type.

right got rid of all these links cuz while they may be nice websites they dont belong here.--The penfool 09:16, 6 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Toys

[edit] NPOV

This article certainly is curtailed to make electric RC cars seem better than nitro. Parts of this article are most likely written or edited by individuals with electric RC cars trying to justify their purchase. I’m putting the Neutral point of view tag on this article.

Delete the NPOV. This article is neutral. In any case, fuel cars produces greenhouse gases (contamination, pollution). --Nopetro 21:31, 13 May 2007 (UTC)


[edit] Justin

"Delete the NPOV": Whoever you are, the production and waste of electronics generate plenty of pollution. Discussion of Fuel and Electric transportation pollutions do not belong in the scope of this article. At the very most, insert your concern as a link to a relevant article in the descriptions of Nitro vs. Electric in the article. You need to understand that advocation of your favorite form of RC--and discussion against your least favorite--is also out of the scope of this article.

[edit] Remove the Neutrality tag.

Please!StevesGroup 16:42, 29 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] External link suggestion

I'd like to suggest beginningrc.com (title "Beginning RC") as a link that explains the basics of radio controlled vehicles for readers who are 100% new to the hobby. However, as I own the site, I won't add it myself due to Wikipedia:Conflict of interest guidelines. Link was there previously (I now realize I should have suggested it, not added it), but removed inexplicably by 68.7.48.75, adding a site that required registration in its stead. TheJANG 08:11, 20 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Main Image

I have changed the main image to show a collection of cars by four different manufacturers. I hope no one minds, and this is not a reflection of the previous image. I will not take any offence if someone changes the image again, as long as its a badass car/collection.Sennen goroshi 17:44, 4 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Steering slider

What's this? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Mazarin07 (talk • contribs) 07:39, 7 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Compressed air engine

What about compressed air engines ?. There are more motors than electric or fuel engines. --Mac (talk) 15:08, 4 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] On-road images

Except for the toy model, there are no proper on-road photos. Does someone have a good 1:10th electric or 1:8th nitro to put up there in place of one of the trucks or buggies? — Soupisgoodfood (talk) 09:32, 9 June 2008 (UTC)