The Attitude of Off Road RC Trucks

What are off road RC trucks? These are actually the vehicles which do not need a plain surface to move about i.e. they have clearance to move freely about on the rocks, dirt, mud, grass, gravel etc. Off road vehicles are normally hobby graded, and are for the advanced and enthusiastic users rather than beginners. Off road remote control trucks are entirely fabulous machines. They are in fact the state of the art especially by their engine power, manufacturing, outlook and genuine like working. This market of off road trucks has become a giant to produce up gradation suspensions almost genuine like accessories and designs.

Going deeper into the details of off road RC trucks; we shall find out that there are mainly three types of RC trucks. One is stadium style and the other is relatively bigger monster trucks, whereas the third type of off road RC trucks in Mini RC trucks which are even further extended into Mini Micro RC trucks. Stadium style RC trucks can either be hobby or toy graded. They also have a great racing fun and are still in use by many. But the trend has now been shifted to Monster RC Trucks, which are mainly used by the RC trucks' enthusiasts. They are bigger, genuine like, powerful and actual performers with roaring sound. Monster RC trucks are of hobby grade. Stadium RC trucks can be both on road and off road but monster RC trucks are usually off road. Mini and Mini Micro off road trucks are also increasing, due to their small size but big power. They are usually hobby graded and can be both on road or off road. Mini monster truck is also a famous off road RC truck.

The off road RC trucks are available with different engines, designs and models, out of which, today's most famous off road trucks are Nitro RC trucks. They need Nitro methane for ignition. They have really a powerful engine, with a colossal 40+ mph speed. The Nitro RC trucks really fly. An amount of $150 to $400 can buy you a great deal of Monster RC Truck fun. It has durable body material and parts. Its genuine like roaring sound makes many addictive for it. They comes usually in 1/8 or 1/10 scale, with a two stroke engine.

They are available in RTR (ready to run design) kits i.e. you can straight way use them from the box. It does not need any assembling. However, many expert users prefer to assemble it on their own. These off road trucks need much care, timely repairing and tuning. The fueling models do not require rest to cool down the engine. It simply works like the original vehicle. Once a person uses the gas engine RC truck; it is impossible for him to go for any other electric RC truck.

Almost all of the RC trucks need a number of accessories even in RTR designs. Therefore, nitro vehicles require a glow plug heater and fuel to start the engine, along with 4 AA size batteries, or a rechargeable 6-volt 5-cell battery pack to power the onboard electronics. Nitro RC trucks do need a means of cranking the engine over, which can be achieved using a pull-start, starter-box, battery operated rotor-start, or by an electric drill. Relatively expensive model fuel, spare glow-plugs, and after-run oil are also needed.
Electric models of off road trucks are also available in the market. They work on batteries. Thus, their engine power and speed mainly depends upon the power of the batteries. Electric models utilize speed control units to adjust the amount of power delivered to the electric motor. So, their power and speed increases with the wave of power delivered to the electric motor.

These electric off road trucks are not very much attractive because of not being able to comply fully with the off road driving needs. They are relatively cheaper than the other models. These electric models are usually manufactured for the beginners. They are also available in RTR kits. But these electric off road RC trucks lack additional accessories and repairing etc. Due to such lacks in the electric off road RC truck models, they are considered old as well as are graded as old hobby models.

The accessories they need for running the RTR design are charger and battery for running the motors of RC trucks which are most of the times not included in the box. You may require a soldering iron and some soldering wire which are required for joining the batteries together and for installing some electronic accessories.

Gas powered off road trucks run on premixed oil and gasoline. They are bigger in size than fueled and nitro models but they don’t have high top end speed like them. However, they give better speed and performance in lesser fuelling. They are durable with better accessories; so, are off course expensive than other off road RC trucks. It has another major advantage i.e. it does not require any tuning or repairing of parts for a long time. Thus, it has a long lifespan. Due to above mentioned features Gas powered off road models are becoming more and more popular in Europe and USA now a days.

Accessories of Gasoline-powered RC trucks usually include a pull-start for starting the engine and batteries for the receiver. You will certainly require 8AA batteries to turn on your transmitter and for the receiver installed in the RC Truck, however rechargeable transmitter packs are also available. Top off road RC truck brands include Traxxas, HPI, Losi, associated and Tamaiya. The biggest selling monster truck is Traxxas Tmaxx 4WD RTR.