Tuesday 31st July 2007

R/C Car Aims to Hit 200mph

Meet the toy car that's faster than a Ferrari

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200mph? Fantastic!

Radio control car enthusiast Nic Case is planning to obliterate the current R/C land speed record of 134.4mph, with a figure nearer 200mph.

Powered by a 29.6 volt direct drive motor, his home-made X2 R/C car has been months in development and can theoretically hit 274mph. However, the actual figure will be nearer the 200mph mark when you incorporate air and road-generated friction.

Nic has put special foam based tyres on the X2 which can deal with the stupidly high RPM, while a gyroscope will be used to sense if the car goes off course and correct its path.

That’s one R/C car that you don’t want driven into your ankles…

Source: Jalopnik

[imperialism2024]

Once I had an R/C car that hit about 60mph. Unfortunately, the radio signal only lasted for about 150 feet or so until it was out of range. It kind of turned me off to fast R/C cars...