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Battery vs Track power with digital controller
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Just to clarify. Denby mentions 'cheap' R/C cars. To me this implies toys. I do not buy inexpensive R/C 'toys' and gut them for components. I only use race quality components such as Novack, Futaba and JR. I have found that the more inexpensive R/C vehicles do not have proportional speed controls, they are either full forward or full reverse. When you get up to the caliber of vehicle that has proportional control, it costs about the same amount as the individual components I talk about, and the radio control does not have as good a range. Some of the more costly Radio Shack vehicles might fit the bill, but look at the voltages they run on. Some are 7.2V or 8.4V. My Climax ran quite slow on those voltages. If you do want to experiment with ready made vehicles as a source of battery R/C, wait 'till after Christmas, They'll all be on sale.
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