If you’re considering buying a radio controlled model, there are many different types to choose from, but essentially you have three main choices. Plane, car or helicopter? Which one do you think suits you best?
Let’s look at the benefits and disadvantages with them.
RC Planes
Planes can be quite expensive, running into the hundreds of pounds. They’re difficult to handle (especially the landings) and you can’t switch off when you’re flying them, or you’ll have a nasty crash. Planes are more for experienced RC enthusiasts than newcomers.
RC Cars
These vary in price from under a tenner, to thousands of pounds (if you go for a professional nitro powered car). Crashing isn’t so much of a problem as the cheaper cars are quite resilient, and they’re fairly easy to control. If you spend less than £100 on a RC car you’ll get a decent one that won’t cost you much in maintenance.
RC Helicopters
Much like cars, they can vary from a few quid to hundreds of pounds. The cheaper ones are electric and can be flown by the youngest child with little or no prior experience. The more expensive ones are for experts, as much like the planes, crashes are easy and costly.
So which one is for you? It depends on how much experience you have and what you’re looking for.