If you are in the game RC car racing, you will be up against some stiff competition and will be racing your car against some of the very best ones. The sport of RC car racing has become so much popular that a number of people have gone ahead of the conventions to build their own standards in this field. What it means that the enthusiasts are not just satisfied to the standard RC cars that are available with the RC car manufacturers. They believe in defining their own design and performance features in addition to already high performing RC car models. People make their own completely customized RC car models according to their requirements to make their models race on any type of race track.
If you want to stay in the trend, you will have to start considering to get hands on some really high quality and state-of-the-art RC car racing stuff. That just not means that you buy a top quality RC racing model but it is just the start. You will now start making modifications to make it able to stand against any level of competition.
First thing to start with is to optimize your model. So firstly you will have to strip away any undesired pieces from your RC car. These can include any parts that are only adding to the aesthetic value of the car i.e. contributing only to the visual design or the looks of the car. You are not taking your car to an exhibition or a beauty pageant, it’s a real race track where only speed and performance matters. These parts may only be adding a lot of weight to your model without adding any real value. So just get rid of these parts at the first place.
Now we will start adding some stuff that will really add to the performance levels of the RC car model and optimize it for top level show. The parts that are added to such RC car models are often known as aftermarket shocks that help in optimizing the design and performance.
Once the aftermarket shocks are added to the RC car model, you will work on giving your car completely unique looks so that your car can stand out in middle of a number of other RC cars. You will have to give your RC race model a really nice paintjob to give it a person or custom look that no other car has. Giving your car a personalized look is an important part of making a statement on the track and is considered imperative in the field of RC car racing because a racer will only be known through his car, so the design of the car needs to deliver that personality. Apart from the paint design, you would also like to add some design accessories to your RC model such as spoilers, few rims on front and rear or sides, and some number of decals as well. But as mentioned earlier, don’t over do these accessories. Otherwise, though you may be able to give your car a totally exciting look, you will loose the primary purpose that is to race and win the competition. So do this ornamentation only up to a desired level. You will be able to get a completely customized look for your RC car as you desire. You can even imitate some of your most beloved car brands and models such as BMS’s, Ferrari’s or Lamborghini’s.
As you buy a new car especially an RCR, you will think that the car is ready for the task, that it is ready to run on the streets. But before you actually go on to see the show; you would definitely like to test it with a dry run. A good way to do that, i.e. to test the racing capabilities of your car and find out RC car’s top speed is to find a flat surface such as a cement road that is free from any people or traffic to give your car complete freedom. You can do whatever type of test you want to do with your car and there will be several types that you will have to do to find out the true capabilities of your RC car so that you have a clear idea of what you are going to handle. You will have to find out the top power and speed at different levels of gears or controls, how it responds to maneuvering, handling on the turns, any hints of skidding, braking etc. Once you are sure that your vehicle is up to the expectations and did whatever you wanted it to do, you are ready to hit the road. However, if you find some mismatch in your expectations and the performance of the RC car in the dummy test, you may still have to do some enhancements in the model to get what you wanted. For example, if the car shows signs of skidding while turning or braking, you will have to change the tires of your vehicle to give it better grip on the surface. However, you will have to be careful with tires as they different tires will behave differently on different surfaces. So, before you are going to change the tires, be sure that on what surface you are going to run your car finally and preferably run it on the actual surface to find the real response. There can be other such minor modifications that you would have to make to make your RC car completely suitable for the actual race.
There is yet another level of test you can perform before you go to perform on the actual professional racing track; you would like to assess the performance in actual racing scenario. You can take part in a local or street race to do only an amateur level of racing. This practice racing will actually be more of a test for you than a test for your vehicle. So apart from the real racing potential test for your car, you will also be able to test your nerves in a race. How well you are able to handle challenges, different racing scenarios, innovation and improvisation in actual situations and your response times.
After having the preliminary tests and practice, it comes down to the real stuff. You have had the dry runs on the streets, you have boosted the performance to meet your expectations by doing the necessary modifications and have done practice on the streets as well. It’s time to make your monster face the ultimate test which is the actual race. You know the stakes are high, but don’t let the pressure to build up on you. You have nothing to worry about having put in all the hard work before the race. Just try to stay calm and focus on the job. When you have done your homework right, there is no reason why you will have any problems in the actual race. Just be confident of your car and your racing skills, do your basic rights and you will be able to succeed. You will be able to race like a champion in your very powerful RC car and you will walk out being proud of yourself and your devil. Just remember how the moment will feel like when you stand on the podium and hold the championship trophy in your hands with your winner.
However, there may be some people who do not have the luxury of being able to modify or customize their cars. There can be any reason. They may not have the time to test and accordingly modify their cars or they may have financial limitations, as most of the times these modifications and customizations will cost money. However, even these people have different options for performing well in the championship races. You can look towards buying standard cars such as the Chevy Monte Carlo or the Ford GT. Even though these are standard RC models, they are very much capable of producing lot of power and speed. They will definitely be able to keep you up to the challenge in most of races. This is the real beauty of these special RC cars that you do not require any effort or investment of money or time to make your car capable of winning a championship. Another option is to take help of some RC car designers or vendors, who can do the customization and modification jobs for you. These people are in RC car designing business for a long time and are experts on what you want to get done. You will just have to shell some amount of money, but again that will be worth when you have the smile of victory on your face.
Another critical aspect that you always need to keep in mind is safety, both for yourself and your car. Though it may sound strange, but RC car racing is actually a quite dangerous sport. You will be surprised to know that a lot of RC race car drivers get hurt during RC Racing because of serious accidents. Therefore, it is imperative that you heed all the security guidelines setup by RC racing experts and always use safe and legal ways while you are performing the act. There are many professional racing organizations that hold RC racing championships and each of them security guidelines that every driver has to follow to get permission or remain registered as an allowed participant in the championships.
However, if you take all the necessary and very simple precautions, you can take these accident thoughts out of your mind. And then RC Racing will become a really rewarding hobby for you. You will just have to donate some time and money and that too according to your interest and will to participate. If you have the real zeal to be the best RC Racer around, then only the sky is the limit and there is no stopping you. You are there to test your mantle against thousands of drivers and beat them in the race to be at the top all by keeping your focus and aim fixed at the top.
So, do you think that you have it in you? If yes then the field is just waiting for you. You can not only become a top rank RC driver, you can also start building your own collection of RC car models. This can be a completely different part of the RC car hobby if you are just in love with cars and want to have your own cars. But to be able to do this, you may have to have some real fortune. Otherwise, you can start with smaller and cheaper RC car models and start building your collection in a financially simpler way. Afterwards, as and when you feel comfortable, you can add to your collection with more advanced and costlier RC car models, if your finances allow you to do so. If you are really crazy about RC car models, then you ought to have a collection of at least 5-10 cars. And if you still have some cash and are in love with them, there is no stopping you and you can have as many of them as you want.
Just remember that the most important thing about RC racing is to be confident and not to hesitate before entering into the field. Just know that everyone has the ability that is required to be an RC Race driver. What you need is lot of love for the game and lot of determination. Even money is not a problem if you know how to handle finances and make great deals. You can start by buying an RC car for as low as $15. Do not go by what everyone has to tell you about your abilities for being an RC car driver. Just know it by yourself that you definitely have it in you what it takes to be a successful driver. It is a guarantee that if you dedicated enough to put in the desired effort, you are bound to become a champion racer and enjoy all the benefits of becoming a popular RC Race car speedster. You can live your dream of making it to the highly esteemed RC pro stock car circuit, which is the arena for the best of the best drivers. Just know that you can and stay focused, and who knows you may one day be testing your mantle by racing your RC car in the Wal-Mart parking lot with a claim to all the fortune and fame of being a world champion.
Finer Customization Tricks
Setting up a slipper clutch
RC cars have seen so much advancement over the past few years and grown so much in performance benchmarks. Moreover, the level of competition has grown tremendously. Therefore, today’s high powered RC cars not only have to face extreme driving conditions but also have to handle extreme speed and power of motor. One very common way of making a car handle these extremities is to use a slipper clutch. The slipper is especially very helpful in controlling the operations for off road models such as buggies and trucks. These models often have a built in slipper clutch. The two prime functions of a slipper clutch on a buggy or a truck are: to control the spinning of the wheel and to protect the drive train parts from any failure or damage by providing cushioning protection to the parts as the RC truck model faces any shock. Wheel spin can cause large dents in a car’s performance as spinning of wheels does not actually make your car to move as long as there is no gripping.
Dual Battery power
Another way of boosting up the power of your RC model is to use more batteries. You can use two instead of one battery on your battery powered RC car model. But using two batteries is not so straight forward as it may sound. You ought to know the trick in detail before actually being successful. Firstly you need to make sure that our RC model is capable of and compatible with handling two batteries simultaneously. This does not mean only physical compatibility but electronic compatibility as well. Physically compatibility means that the RC car model must be able to accommodate and carry two batteries. Firstly, there should be proper allocations of slots for carrying two batteries. Most of the high performance monster trucks manufactured these days is designed with this objective in mind. Secondly, as most of the batteries are quite heavy in size, weight considerations are very important. Be sure that the addition of an extra battery does not exceed the safe weight limit of your RC car model. Then comes the electrical compatibility. Physical compatibility does not ensure that the model will still be absolutely compatible with two batteries. You also need to ensure compatibility of electrical specifications such as voltage and current of the batteries with the requirements and allowed limits of the RC car model. You can easily check this by studying the specification guide of the RC model and checking the maximum voltage and current limit that the electronics of the RC model can handle. It may be possible that you will be able to put two batteries in your model with one specification of batteries but not with other.
Once you have checked the compatibility of the pair of batteries then you have to physically mount the batteries and make connections of the battery with the electronics of the RC model. Physical mounting will be simple, as in most cases, you will have well defined mounting structures for the batteries in the electrical powered RC models. The next step is to make electrical contacts. There can be multiple ways of making contacts depending on whether you want to make series or parallel contact for the pair of batteries. One simple way of making a series contact is to use y-adaptor that is just an plugging attachment that enables you to make series electrical contacts instantaneously. The other brute force method is to make soldered contacts. The advantage that soldering provides is freedom of how you make the contacts and how you want to places. However, they come with the limitation of reliability and convenience of making the contacts as you need some minimum level of skill for making soldered contacts.
Jazz up your RC model with Stickers
This topic is not related to enhancing the performance of the RC model but is still an important aspect of the overall model. Every RC car driver wishes to make a statement on the track through his RC model. That not only means a strong and well performing model, but also one that makes a statement for itself just from the looks. Looks will obviously be built the overall structure and size of the model. But to give the finishing touches to the model, you need to add something extra. That extra can be added easily by using attractive color combinations and moreover by using stickers. You can either get stickers easily available in market for jazzing up your RC car model or you can get your own sticker designed from designers. This way you will be able to put sticker with specific design, colors or any name that you may have given to your RC car model.
Professional graphics designers provide services for designing customized stickers for RC cars and will be able to give you some great ideas for designs of stickers that you may yourself not have thought of. This will help especially in the case where you have a customized designed model of the RC car and you are not successful in getting an appropriate sticker from the market.
What can be even more interesting is that if you have some expertise in designing graphics or would like to do so, get your hands on any graphics designing software and come up with your own design for sticker? This way you will be able to save cost of hiring any professional designer as well. And you don’t need any expertise in putting the stickers on your model. So do as many as you can.