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RC Cars
A car in miniature that you crash, repair and then tune to go faster
Start with a ready-to-run car that comes with the transmitter, battery and charger, and any empty car park will do. The hobby really begins after the first crash: replacing arms, tuning shocks, changing gearing, until wrenching takes more time than driving. RC boats use the same radio, speed controller and batteries on water. Off-road trucks survive beginners better than on-road cars.
First stepBuy a ready-to-run off-road truck, use up one battery in an empty car park, and practise figure-eights round two cones until it stops rolling over.
Barriers
Cost to start
$50–300
Going deep → $300–2k
Alone or with people
On your own
Effort
Light
Without a teacher?
Self-taught
One session takes
1–2 hours
Where
Outdoors, free
Why people take it up