Articles relating to all Electric RC vehicles
If you have been an avid radio control racer for a while now, you must have heard the word “brushless motor”, if not a gazillion, then at least a hundred times. Especially when doing online research or browsing on different components required for speeding up your RC device, you might have come across the term …
RC cars may be a hobby for some but knowing how to tweak the ESC to get the most out of your RC device is what distinguishes a true fanatic from a hobbyist. But even someone who is a professional RC driver may not know the nitty-gritty of its power system, like the electronic speed …
C Rating of a LiPo Battery In a previous article we talked about how the highest C rating has so many benefits that it makes it well worth it. However, because of all of these benefits, some LiPo manufactures use the C rating as not just a performance specification but more as a marketing tactic. …
It is fairly common that a new hobbyist to RC may think too high of a C rating would be bad for their RC. In fact the higher the C rating, the better off your entire system will be. Here is a quick review of how we use the C rating to calculate the maximum …
Since LiPo battery packs have been used in RC vehicles, performance levels have jumped up significantly. LiPo batteries have a lot of advantages such as being light weight, having high power output, high charge rates, low internal resistance and more. However, there are some disadvantages too. In particular LiPo batteries only perform their best for …
