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k0m0d067
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nice...also read this there...sheds more doubt on the authenticity of the 200 mph car...
Radio Controlled hobby fun facts :
Radio Controlled car World speed record:
The fastest-ever top speed of a radio-controlled car as 111 mph {178.63 km/h} set by Cliff Lett of Associated Electrics. Lett, a Team Associated professional driver & one of the designers & developers of the aforementioned RC10, set the record with a heavily modified Associated RC10L3 touring car at Irwindale Speedway on January 13, 2001
Radio Controlled hobby fun facts :
Radio Controlled car World speed record:
The fastest-ever top speed of a radio-controlled car as 111 mph {178.63 km/h} set by Cliff Lett of Associated Electrics. Lett, a Team Associated professional driver & one of the designers & developers of the aforementioned RC10, set the record with a heavily modified Associated RC10L3 touring car at Irwindale Speedway on January 13, 2001
k0m0d067
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further dispelled by the following fact:
The beginnings of model racing:
Small, nitromethane-powered engines originally entered the market in the 1940s. At the time, there was insufficient technology to control an engine-powered model car other than on a tether. "Tether cars", or "spin dizzies", were capable of speeds upwards of 70 mph {113 km/h}, but merely ran in a circle from the tether. In the late 1960s, the first miniaturized solid state radio control systems became available, which allowed a model car to have servo-controlled steering, throttle, & brake functionality that could be remotely controlled from a radio control transmitter unit. This allowed model cars to be able to run a racetrack, with the ability for precise control in a similar manner as with a full-sized vehicle.
The beginnings of model racing:
Small, nitromethane-powered engines originally entered the market in the 1940s. At the time, there was insufficient technology to control an engine-powered model car other than on a tether. "Tether cars", or "spin dizzies", were capable of speeds upwards of 70 mph {113 km/h}, but merely ran in a circle from the tether. In the late 1960s, the first miniaturized solid state radio control systems became available, which allowed a model car to have servo-controlled steering, throttle, & brake functionality that could be remotely controlled from a radio control transmitter unit. This allowed model cars to be able to run a racetrack, with the ability for precise control in a similar manner as with a full-sized vehicle.
