How to enjoy the drifting RC Cars

Degree of difficulty is high 2WD drift

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In a recent radio-controlled drift, rather than a conventional 4WD machine, it seems only the rear wheels, such as the popularity of the FR in the vehicle drift is popular drift in 2WD machine to drive.

However, only remove the center belt (shaft) from car 4WD drift, but it is only control was also difficult to be out also speed?

Important point is the tire.

The difference is the tire to be used in the 4WD drift and 2WD drift, the traveling speed will vary depending on the particular rear tire of choice.

Turning angle of the front tire is also an important point.

But because large front of the cutting angle in 4WD drift was the trend, and is said to be necessary to cut angle of about 70 degrees at the lowest in 2WD.

Except for the made for 2WD drift (FR) kit or the like, in order to obtain the steering angle is required knowledge of processing and diversion of existing parts.

Even in the arm Ware transplantation of other vehicles, even if just become somehow if you just attach, when it comes to setting suitable for traveling, will be required a certain amount of trial and error.

A lot of people who enjoy a 2WD drill is equipped is the gyro for a car radio control.

It is an excellent part of us to automatically counter correction to grasp the state of the radio-controlled car.

However, because it is not a panacea, a certain degree of skill is required.

It is not in the parts us to drift in all automatic.

2WD drift, technique of much wielding freely the machine of Ketsukaki specification is said to be difficult much that can not be run to satisfy the night.

Because good people will say that would run on clean even without a gyro, never still better to hone the technology.

How to discharge the battery

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After the battery has run out, it is not so good as it is to charge.

Some of the battery has left not a little electricity, a phenomenon called memory effect is generated and will be charged in this state, the charge capacity will become increasingly less.

Therefore use finished battery, using the discharger must be discharged electricity remaining in the battery.

The battery is activated by doing so, you can restore the original performance.

Discharge is ideal to carry out after each run, but about once a traveling several times is where you want to make sure.

Ni-Cad battery is easy to discharge work.

After running will be able to maintain the condition by causing discharge in the discharger from the cold battery of heat.

After the discharge is completed in advance as it is allowed to stand, only to charge before traveling, it is a battery that can be handled quite easily.

Nickel-metal hydride battery has a delicate one side that idea to store while discharge chemical reaction becomes less likely to occur.

Discharged from cooled a battery of heat after traveling, you can keep the condition in that you charge for about 10 minutes in the 3A current of about after the discharge is complete.

Further, in the case that a long period of time (a month or more) do not use, you can once the battery and save it to full charge, and recovery performance and to be charged from the once discharge to before traveling.

By implementing this work, it is able to condition the state of the battery is used in the always pleasant state.

Kind of differential gear

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Gear Def

It is def with a built-in umbrella-type of gear called a bevel gear.

Since the assembly and maintenance is easy, it says that def beginner.

By put a dedicated oil in the differential case, it is possible to adjust the degree of effectiveness of def.

If during cornering floats in-side of the tire, there is a drawback that it becomes not transmitted driving force in the out side of the tire.

Ball Def

Pinching a small ball made of metal with two plates instead of the gear, and absorb the rotational difference in the frictional force.

Assembly and is def for advanced users because of the difficult adjustment method.

Even floating in-side of the tire, since the driving force is transmitted to the out side of the tire, behavior during cornering is stabilized.

One-way diff

It is the part that incorporates a bearing to rotate only in a certain direction.

Not exactly a diff, but in order to front tire left and right becomes a free rotation at the time of the accelerator OFF, to overcome the weaknesses of the bend hard to 4WD vehicles can be said as an essential part.

Since the habit out on the accelerator ON-OFF Then behavior during cornering, you will need a high driving skills.

How to Ketsukaki

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Although the days of the beginning had to change the drive ratio by diverting the other car parts, it has in recent years launched a Ketsukaki private parts.

In the case of belt drive by changing the number of teeth of the pulley that has been allocated to the before and after you change the drive ratio.
The tension of the drive belt to change the pulley number of teeth will be or become loose or become tight.
Because you put a burden on the belt and pulley either case, or changing the length of the belt as appropriate, let's adjustment, such as adding a belt tensioner.

In the case of shaft drive it is necessary to change the number of teeth of the small bevel gear or differential gear, it will be in a little trouble.
Backlash (margin), but the adjustment is very Let's challenge since it has been released is Ketsukaki dedicated gear.
Trying to learn the maneuver of Ketsukaki

If you Ketsukaki specification always maneuver because the rear tire so that pushes out it will be severe.
It is as decent as are many people who can not control is to get used to.
Let's reduce the difference between the drive ratio of the front and rear tire when it was just can not successfully control.

For the first time to go from close drive ratio to 1-to-1, Try to go up the drive ratio of the rear tire according to get used to.
Drive ratio of the front and rear tire is useless too large.
If the drive ratio of about you, but 140 to 150 percent will be able to drift in a position such as the vehicle of drift machine.

What is Ketsukaki?

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Drift, but car is also the first time was a one-to-one drive ratio method is the one that was getting a lot recently is called "Ketsukaki".

Normal, 4WD of radio control car has a drive ratio of the front and rear tires on a one-to-one (although the racing mosquitoes are changing the drive ratio, we are in the final one-to-one with the tire diameter difference).

It says that the rear tire to rotate a lot more of (ketsu = ass) scratching the road surface (kaki).
By changing the drive ratio of the front and rear tires,
Towards the rear tire than the front tire it will have to be many rotation.

Why to Ketsukaki

Drift machine of the actual vehicle is rear-wheel drive.
But RC drift car is so 4WD, I was a different movement and drift a sense of the actual vehicle. Simply put, to not rely on the counter-steering was feeling you are skidding.

Therefore by the rotation speed of the rear tire is set greater than the front tires, we made it possible to reproduce the behavior, such as vehicle drift machine.

Features of Ketsukaki is that it has become possible to counter the drift of traveling while keeping the counter-steering.
It expired clearly and handle from the appearance, riding through the corner while relying on counter-steering, figure as possible running while drift in a straight line is not cool in the vehicle itself.

Trying to master a figure-of-eight

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Next Once you have mastered the technique to draw a circle Let's practice the character running of the 8.

Empty cans the release two to three meters in Place two before that.
And let's drift in the ellipse so as to connect the two empty cans (oval).
Is not a steady circular not draw the has remained throttle control to remain constant oval.
Please remember whether the machine opens the throttle When you come (or decrease) in any position from empty cans.
Remains of drift state to clean the throttle control is matching come, it will be draw the oval.

The next oval is shaped practice of 8.

"To drift while changing the radius in the counter-clockwise, to the right around the drift to soon stop the machine," last performed in practice to draw a circle and then to be performed over two empty cans.
It should become a figure eight of repeating the left-handed-clockwise in each of the empty cans.
Familiar with empty cans barely Kitara Let's practice as yet it is high speed drift.
Then let's practice to be able to drift continues to shape - oval oval to 8.
If me up to this point you should have become a significant drift advanced users.

Let's look forward to the radio-controlled drifting fun so good even slowly little by little!

Drift novice in R / C cars, from practice to first draw a circle

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Drift beginners Let's draw a circle

Technique that runs straight and is a regular radio control car is important.
But in the case of drift that run straight so you toward the next to the machine in a straight line running is not important.
I think it quite difficult when you straight Run a drift car in reverse.

The first step of the practice of drift is the practice to draw a circle.

This practice can be if there is even a single empty cans.
First, in the image, such as radius draw a circle of four to five meters, and the direction of rotation, let's allowed to run off the steering in reverse.
Machine throttle amount when it was so that normally circulates without proceeding sideways is evidence that not enough.
Conversely, it is too open the round and round and the throttle if to spin.
Steering while adjusting the throttle amount of rough-hewn to the maximum, also let's practice many times to draw a circle four to five meters.

Around the thing and empty cans, it will be the same line up so as to draw a circle in the compass to be able to drift.
Since I think the relationship between the throttle and the machine attitude you come have Seize up here, let's practice or try increasing or try to reduce the circle to allow only the throttle control.

Clockwise When the left-handed is to be able to freely also let's practice.
Finally, what lap or while changing the radius in the left-handed, let's right-handed in the same way to soon to stop the machine.
Your drift technique Once you get used to as well draw a circle in the drift state should have been considerably progress.

Try the practice of drift in the R / C Car

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Drift of the R / C car throttle work is essential.

Radio-controlled drifting also steer in the same way as normal radio-controlled car, but there are maneuvering techniques of drift unique.

In grip traveling and say either to steer the machine with an emphasis on steering operation, but to decide to clean the drift will be important throttle work.

Steering and opportunity making ass pretend, be used only to counter rely on at the time of drift, I feel that to adjust the amount of sliding and turning radius at the throttle of acceleration.

Power sliding and braking drift to the technique of drift, There are many, such as direct drilling. But, Let's firmly practice to master the drift from the basic.

How to body painting -third part-

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5. The polycarbonate body, use the polycarbonate dedicated paint

The polycarbonate body will use the "polycarbonate dedicated paint".
Unlike general paint that is sold in plastic model for or home center, polycarbonate paints looks like paint is biting eroded to the body surface.

If in case you want to paint a polycarbonate body in a plastic model for and general paint, thinned 1 blown clear of polycarbonate dedicated paint on painted surfaces, will not peel off to paint from drying.

Spray cans of cold season can be well and paint from warm 5 to 10 minutes in the hot water of about 60 degrees because the paint is less likely to be injected.
However until hot Let's note that explode with heat.

6. knack of painting is to paint also thin and over again

Knack of painting is to be color paint thinner many times without thick coating at a time.
If you divide the paint so that it will paint from the dark color.
Finally, paint the whole in white, will color the whole is tight and further painted in black.
Peel off the masking tape of the window When you have finished painting, remove the protective sheet of the body surface.

Then cut the wheel arches and the extra part of the body, and finish last to put a decal.
It should be noted that, let's see if peeled off again protective sheet before you put a decal.
It is ruined and put a decal on the protective sheet.
The body paint takes also time and effort and time, but please strive for good looking body!

How to body painting -second part-

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3. Let's firmly wash the body back

Wash your body before painting.
The new body have remained silicon oil that was attached at the time of molding, it will directly paint is played when you paint.
Let's firmly wash the back body with a neutral detergent to dishwashing sponge.
It takes the moisture waving Once thoroughly rinse the body, and dry.

4. masking tape stuck think the order

Masking is done on the back body.
Since have been released in a variety of widths to masking tape, let's distinguish according to the body surface and painting patterns.

First you paste the two to three centimeters of masking tape to the wheel arch center.
You can check the center point when this by cutting the wheel arch after painting.
Basics of masking is to be first in masking the window portion peeled off the most at the end.
The point is I will put in the order opposite to peel off the masking tape.
Hold well When you have finished paste Let's ensure firmly so that there is no float.

Use the cutter knife when cutting the masking tape on the window frame and painted line, but excessive force and do not put the Senkizu to the body.
Running and put the line scratch, it cracked the body from there a bit of shock.

It will continue to the next...

How to body painting -first part-

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Charm of the drift car is also to feel full of body.
If the drift in the good-looking body, Nashi attention up mistakes from everyone!

The radio control car of the body is used material called polycarbonate (polycarbonate), nor different procedure paint and paint plastic model.

Polycarbonate body is painted from the back.
Is also a regular table painted the order of painted it will be to reverse.
Here we tell the knack of polycarbonate body paint.

1. drilled body post holes carefully!

It is suddenly good well into the body painting, but let's finish the pre-processing thinking about later.
There is also a hole drilled and the wheel arch pre-cut body of the body post in, but the majority is required because the drilling and the cut is the figure of the left that has been vacuum molding.

First, do the drilling of the body post.
This work is the most difficult in the body production, you will be prompted to prudence.
Covered with a body to the chassis to move the body to a position that meets the wheel arch center and the wheel fixing nut.
Then move the wheels at both ends with the (chassis full width) of the body so that the body clearance is made to the left and right equally.

This marked so was decided body post position, drill a hole in the body reamer.
Drilled holes in the body reamer is carried out little by little, to fix the hole position with a stick file or a utility knife if there is a shift.
Put the chassis Once you have drilled holes in the platform, such as tire floats Place the body.

And the marking to skirt the line of the center position and the body of the wheel arch.
Marking would be a good idea to put the cellophane tape so that it does not disappear.
If it should be noted that in the completeness, you may want to mark the center line to the body.

2.Marking a painted line

If you want to paint the minute in the plurality of colors, it makes it easier to do the masking and marking the lines painted on the body surface, image after painting will have sprung.
When particularly complex painted a line modified until convincing, it is a good idea to write the order of the coating division.

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Role of stabilizer

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Stabilizer is a part to improve the stability of the radio-controlled car.

It used as an auxiliary suspension settings.

It set of soft suspension, but added, such as when you want a stable hold out a sense of the high-speed corners.

Stabilizer is be able to obtain high anti-roll effect harder things, but you must be careful because the grip on the contrary too hard it may be lowered.

◆ rebound amount changing effect of

Stabilizer Strong: roll amount Small

Stabilizer Weak: roll amount large

Rebound stroke is important for grip

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Radio control car just was placed on the ground in the state of 1G, it is slightly under its own weight, but will sink the suspension.

Rebound amount and is that of an amount of up to tire begins to rise and lift the chassis from the amount or sunken state, it sank at this time.

Also known as the rebound stroke.

If the rebound amount is large, or chassis is splashing in the gap of the road surface, even in a state in which the suspension is extending chassis are rolled, you grip force is increased because the tire is not away from the road surface.

Bad course and the road surface, is an effective setting in, such as drift car.

◆ rebound amount changing effect of

Go up grip force: rebound amount multi

Lower grip force: rebound amount Small

Changing the damper mounting position, what will change?

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Depending on the chassis you are using, you may be able to change the mounting position of the damper.

Also by changing the mounting position of the damper, you can get the effect, such as to change the suspension settings.

And make a damper, grip initial hold out increases will increase.

And lay the damper, and show the hold out in the second half corner initial roll increases.

◆ effect of the damper mounting position change

And make a damper: improvement of the gap off-road, improvement of the initial reaction

When laying the damper: high-speed stability improvements, improving the running stability

When you change the vehicle height, what will change?

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Vehicle height and says that the distance between the ground and the chassis underside.

In general, the roll amount will increase the center of gravity and increase the vehicle height is increased.

Such as in the low-grip road surface, tire and increasing the roll amount to raise the vehicle height makes it easier to grip.

If the road surface of the grip is high, on the other hand, it is that that result in rollover car too much roll amount and the vehicle height is high, be better to drop the vehicle height you will be stability.

In addition, by changing the front and rear of the vehicle height, you can change the handling characteristics of the radio-controlled car.

If the front is lowered from the rear, you will oversteer tendency for the center of gravity is due to front.

If you lower the rear than the front, it will be mild understeer tendency since the center of gravity is due to the rear.

◆ effect of vehicle height change

Increase before and after: roll amount increases (valid for low-grip road surface)

Lower back and forth: roll amount is reduced (enabled by high grip road surface)

Front only increase: understeer tendency

Raise only rear: oversteer

What is the caster angle?

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The angle of the kingpin with respect to the road surface is called a caster angle.

Kingpin is in the caster angle of 0 degrees vertical state with respect to the road surface, the kingpin will continue to increase the caster angle enough to go falling to the rear.

Giving the caster angle, when you turn off the steering, footprint of the tire will change greatly.

Therefore angle is less and better initial reaction of steering and improves angle and straight-line stability is large.

◆ effect of caster angle change

Angle is small (0 degrees): improvement of response

Angle is large: straight-line stability is improved

What is the camber angle?

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Camber angle, says that of the angle indicating the degree of opening of the tire to the road surface.

Road surface and the tire is neutral a vertical state, wide in the road surface direction (Ha-shaped) of the negative camber, that narrow the road surface direction (shape of reverse c) is called a positive camber.

Is it is often put a negative camber, but to put a positive camber is not very common.

By putting a negative camber, been an increase in the ground area of the tire in cornering, you can keep the car of the slide.

However, there is no meaning to be raised with the appropriate angle with respect to the roll amount of radio-controlled car.

◆ effect of the camber angle change

Negative: improvement of stability during cornering

Positive: improvement of response

What is the toe angle?

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The toe angle, looking at the radio-controlled car from the top, front and is the degree of opening of the traveling direction of the rear tire.

The left and right tires neutral parallel state, if narrow in the direction of travel toe, called the toe-out if open to the traveling direction.

If you have a front to toe straight stability is increased, if you have to toe-out the better the initial response of when you turn off the steering wheel.

If you have a rear toe-to obtain a grip, it will improve the turning performance and to toe-out.

Toe-in, because with too much of an angle to the toe-out both the cause worsen the straightness and maneuverability, is usually adjusted to fit in the range of about 0 to 3 degrees.

◆ effect of the toe angle change

front
Toe-in: straight-line stability of improvement toe-out: improvement of the initial reactivity

rear
Toe-in: improvement of grip force toe-out: improvement of turning performance

Notes oil damper

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Oil damper is put the silicon oil in the cylinder, but to choose this hardness of the oil is in proportion and the hardness of the spring to be used it is common.

For example, if you put the hard oil to a soft spring, soft spring will get a brief stretch, but it does not return easily to the oil is hard because of the original length.

Conversely, if you put a soft oil to a hard spring, so it becomes impossible to suppress is the repulsive force of the hard spring with a soft oil, it would end up followed by a band of spring.

A soft oil when spring from this kind of thing is soft, put the hard oil is the basic when spring is hard.

Without changing the oil, by changing the number and size of the hole of the oil damper piston, you can also adjust the hardness of the suspension.

Oil damper there are some caveats.

First most to the point that must be noted, the left and right of the damper is that certainly does not make sense to be aligned to the same hardness.

When the hardness of the left and right of the damper are not aligned, it will has a negative effect on the traveling.

Factors that are not available as the hardness of the damper, or have a different amount of air in the cylinder, will be considered, such as frictional resistance of the shaft and the O-ring is different.

The difference in hardness due to the amount of air the difference in the cylinder occurs in both expressions of a "diaphragm", "aeration expressions".

Diaphragm must pull out perfectly the air in the cylinder.

Speaking to the reverse is perfectly possible to align the hardness of the damper just pull out the air.

Aeration type are contaminated with air as bubbles in the oil, the bubbles when contracted the suspension is compressed.

It structures than the diaphragm-type is simple, but it can become difficult to align the amount of oil the inside of the bubble.

Oil damper is becoming need regular maintenance.

The cylinder case there is an O-ring so that it does not leak oil, but still will be oil gradually leaks from the shaft and O-ring gap.

When the course would decrease the amount of oil will vary the hardness of the damper so, you need to'll regularly replenished.

In addition, since the parts made of rubber, such as an O-ring and diaphragm will continue to deteriorate gradually, you will need to be replaced periodically.

Oil itself, since the deterioration due to stress and oxidation caused by expansion and contraction occurs, requires periodic replacement.

Suspension of the role and type

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Radio control car while driving is always subjected to vibration from the road surface.

If there is no suspension, radio-controlled car is become to jump such a state, it will not be able to run stably.

Therefore, the radio control car are wearing parts called suspension.

Thanks to that there is this suspension, the tire is made possible to grip, smooth cornering and traveling.

Kind of suspension

Roughly divided into-used that suspension in the radio control can be divided into two types of "oil damper" and "friction type".

"Friction type" is the type of suspension to absorb the shock from the road surface only in the spring.

Because it does not inject oil into the cylinder, that assembly and maintenance is simple is merit.

Therefore, friction-type suspension is often built into the normal kits.
Since it is impossible to perform fine adjustment, which when begins to pursue speed is becoming disadvantages.

The "oil shocks" There are two types of "aeration-type" and "diaphragm".

Suspension of "friction type" is, because it absorbs the impact in just only the expansion and contraction of the spring, it will continue for a while the bound and once shocked.

During this time of the radio control car it will become likely to be very unstable state.

To control this bound is was injected oil into the suspension "oil damper".

It is a very talented oil damper as a suspension, but because of complicated assembly and setting and maintenance might be a high hurdle for beginners.

The suspension is said to be one of the parts you want to select to suit your skill.

What is differential?

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Because def stands for "differential gear", it means "differential".

And the role of adjusting the rotation difference between the left and right tire.

Car tire in cornering, different number of revolutions in the left and right.

Tire of the in-side is less rotation than the tire of the out side, tire out the side in the reverse has many rotation.

If there is no device called differential to absorb the rotational difference is, slow tire of being dragged by the rotating of the in-side tire out side will the rotation becomes slow, it will no longer be able to go around the corner smoothly.

Most of the radio control is now, this differential features are standard equipment.

When I turn the one side of the tire by hand to try, you should see the other side of the tire rotates in the opposite direction.

This is what is the evidence that contains the differential in your radio-controlled car.

The differential of the radio control car, and the type that combines the umbrella gear called bevel gear, there is a type sandwiching a small ball called "ball differential" in the plate.

From the original Def different implications, but there is also a device called a "one-way" with a built-in bearings to rotate only in a certain direction.

What is matched battery?

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Electric radio-controlled car batteries we use to 7.2V by connecting a battery of 1.2V to six direct.
The six cell is, in most cases it is not a uniform performance, and with less high and the capacity of the voltage has been mixed.

A I state between cells of the same quality are not combined.

Potatoes by combining high-performance cell, and bad cell quality is included one, causing performance degradation, it becomes impossible to exhibit the full potential.

In order to solve this problem, to the exclusion of different cell quality from among a lot of battery, called "matched" that of work combined with the close-quality battery.

Matched result, it has called "matched battery" to a cell combined optimal state.

How to charge the battery

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Since the rechargeable battery can be used repeatedly, it is a friendly useful items to wallet to the environment.

However, there is a risk that if not the correct use would defeat the battery.

In order to this kind of thing does not occur, the battery of the manual purchased Try to use good reading from.

Charging the battery is basically desirable to charge gently in order to reduce the burden on the battery.

Because gentle charge refers to it using the charger that can adjust the charging current, charging at a lower current.

Charging Before You Begin

Before charging Try to charge from a firm check whether there is damage to the battery and cables.

While the vehicle is running, for example, by contact with the road surface might be battery or cable is damaged.

Charging while damage, can cause short is very dangerous.

During charging is not away from the battery.

Battery charging does not know what will happen.

Battery during charging, there are times when the battery itself to high temperature heat.

And, if there is any damage to the battery, it can also cause a fire.

If such a thing happened, as soon as possible to deal with to make sure you never leave your side while charging.

In addition, the battery when charging is, as much as possible airy place, please so as to charge the like shade.

And the sense that this is to reduce the risk of fire as much as possible to cool the battery to generate heat, the battery is better to charge while cool might mean efficiency of the two that good.

And prior to the heating appliances also wrong, please do not charge the battery in place, such as direct sunlight.

The shape of the battery

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The electric RC car battery it is often to use a 7.2V type of battery.

A combination of rechargeable batteries 1.2 V 6 present (six cells) in series, and how call like "pack" in this state.

Electric radio control car battery is straight pack is mainstream, but advanced users may use the "rose cell type," in which the cell exposed from the goodness of the electrical conductivity.

Straight

In packed battery in the shrink tube, the electric radio control car is a shape that has been a favorite for a long time.

Because it has been pre-packing, less risk such as a short circuit, and a charge you can enjoy traveling only it is mounted on a radio-controlled car.

Because many of them are designed to radio control car itself prefabricated also be equipped with the battery, it is possible to run a number of radio control car with a single battery.

Benefits → worry of short circuit is easy to handle less

Poor electrical conductivity of demerit → connector and connecting portions

It rose cell type

The bare charge the battery (cell), and used in conjunction with soldering in parts called Chanter.

Such as the race advanced users, is a technique that has taken in order to reduce the electrical resistance even a little.

Because charging the battery and contact is made to bare, it will be short and to the wrong handling, in the worst case, it may result in fire or explosion.

If you want to use, more from the familiar to the handling of the battery would be best.

Benefits → electric conductivity is high and high power is put out

Disadvantages → bare that because there is a risk of short circuit

Battery type

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The radio control battery, there are two kinds of battery roughly.

And a strong and high-life NiCd battery, large capacity is characterized by a nickel-metal hydride battery.

Ni-Cd battery

The initial radio-controlled car was using the battery as a power source, but it is Ni-Cd battery that came to be used in place of the batteries.

Ni-Cad battery has excellent durability, is characterized by a long life it is. Unlike batteries, it was also attractive can be re-used to charge many times.

However, due to the use of cadmium, in issues such as impact on the difficulty and the environment of the waste it has been reduced the place of the currently active.

Nickel-metal hydride battery

Battery that is currently in the mainstream.

Recently has been one after another sold things large capacity, it has become possible to run a long time.

Because the characteristics of the battery are matched to the radio-controlled car, high power traveling is possible for a long time.

There is also one aspect that it takes time and effort in handling compared to the nickel-cadmium battery, but you can enjoy this performance easily if you know even basic.

Since there are advantages and disadvantages to each, let's choose the battery that fits your intended use!