| Firstly as I explained above, there are two ways | | | | These RC Trucks are actually much larger than your |
| people describe these vehicles and that's using Petrol | | | | normal remote control car, with a length or around a |
| or Nitro but there is a difference between the fuel. | | | | meter depending on the model so not for entry level |
| Unleaded Petrol is used in the actual Petrol driven | | | | hobbyists but for those who have had a series of RC |
| Trucks where as Nitro fuel is purchased from Model | | | | Models and looking for the next level up. Many of |
| shops and costs more than its petrol counterpart | | | | these vehicles are more powerful than you may think, |
| which also require 2 Stroke oil which is found on the | | | | with speeds up to 80kph and able to take on pretty |
| shelves In the Garage shop shelves with other car | | | | much any terrain you throw at it without even pushing |
| accessories. | | | | it to its limit. |
| The Petrol variety used to be very costly, with prices | | | | When it comes to Nitro RC Trucks, there are far |
| way over £700 within the United Kingdom but | | | | smaller than their Petrol cousins and run on nitro fuel as |
| recently the price has dropped considerably due to | | | | we mentioned above, have a much faster |
| several factors. The main reason being that demand | | | | acceleration but can be outranked by petrol cars when |
| has increased greatly over the last couple of years, | | | | it comes to long straight stretches if racing. Due to their |
| meaning the manufacturer's have had funds to be able | | | | popularity, there has been a set of different designs |
| to research technology and parts which has allowed | | | | come onto to the RC Car market such as Nitrotek's |
| the cost to lower in the same way that computers, | | | | Bug Crusher Truck. This has a in house designed body |
| especially laptops have dropped in price. An additional | | | | shell, chassis and similar specs to ACME-TECH |
| reason is the streamlined manufacturing, where parts | | | | Trucks but with their own set of features and spec's. |
| and assembly are now completed in the same | | | | The Bug Crusher for example has been given a |
| factories but in the past, different companies were | | | | powerful engine from Team Infinity which is produced |
| outsourced to produce the parts, shipped abroad and | | | | in Taiwan, stick radio controllers whereas other models |
| then assembled leading to expenses which could | | | | such as those from ACME come with wheel |
| otherwise been lowered. Due to the combination of | | | | controllers but is down to personal preference what is |
| these, the price of a Shengqi RC Truck is £700 | | | | favourite. We hope this article on petrol rc cars has |
| so now within the price reach of many more people | | | | been useful and enjoy whichever truck you invest in, in |
| who previously could not stretch their pocket. | | | | the near future. |