Gas RC Cars

My introduction to the exhilerating hobby of racing gas RC car had an interesting beginning to it. As many parents of boys may have experienced or be experiencing now, boys can at times be pretty active and "accident prone".

Needless to say after having broken various bones riding ATVs, motorcycles and even a horse, my parents were desperate to find activities that would keep their four boys from killing themselves before adulthood.

That is where my introduction to RC cars began. It started out small, with a electric RC car. To be more specific is was a cherry red buggy variety. When I got that RC car, I was beside myself with excitement!! This thing was over a foot long, by far the biggest remote control car I'd ever played with.

My enthusiasm was soon replaced by impatience and frustration. Being an electric RC car, the battery needed to be charged( and this took forever). Once it was charged I was only able to run it for less than an hour. Still not sure to this day whether it was a defective battery or not, but there was another problem...

Remember how I mentioned earlier that I'd broken a few bones? Well, needless to say, I was not very gentle with the RC car, jumping it off dirt mounds that I made to do some off-roading. The encasement that held the battery broke pretty soon, making the beautiful red RC car look like moving roll of duct tape.

It was obvious I needed something a little more capable of handling rough handling and frequent use. And that is when I found the gas RC car at the Hobby Shop.