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This is a Build Your Own Radio Control Race Car from Elenco®. Suitable for Ages 10 & Older. FEATURES: The idea behind this kit is to expand your understanding of basic transmitters, receivers and electronic switching theories. As you build the vehicle from the ground up, you will learn all about gears, motors, printed circuit boards & integrated circuits. Durable plastic buggy-type car body. Full-function, single channel transmitter navigates the car forward, backward, left and right. Light bulb illuminates when car is in motion. Pre-assembled circuit board so no soldering needed. Knobby tires. 2 motors: steering and driving. Optional peel-n-stick decals. Full color assembly guide. INCLUDES: (1) RC Car (1) Transmitter REQUIRES: Assembly (4) AA Batteries (SANP3501) (1) 9V Battery (SANP3505) Screwdriver Grease Tape Scissors SPECS: Length: 9"" (229mm) Width: 5-3/8"" (136mm) kr2/14/07
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Technical Details
- Build a remote-controlled racecar with electronic roadmap- Seven remote-control functions (operates at 27.9 MHz)
- Race against friends once built
- No soldering required
- For ages 12 and up.
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By J. Helgason
This product was a lot of fun to put together. That's the point: to put together. Once it is put together it's not much fun. It's slow and doesn't drive straight. There is a steering adjustment, but it doesn't help much. No matter what it veers off to the right. Also, it runs on 4 AA batteries that completely drain after 30 minutes.
One problem that I had is that it is very picky with batteries. It ran with 4 cheap off-brand TV remote control alkaline batteries, but with 4 brand new Duracell alkalines, it wouldn't even run. I thought maybe the batteries were defective, but they were able to run in another electronic device just fine. Also, you can't use rechargeable batteries in the car because you need the proper 1.5v per battery to correctly operate the RF receiver (6v) whereas rechargeable NiMh batteries only output 1.2v each or 4.8v total.
Also, I had to break out the soldering iron to connect the wires. This kit wants you to wrap the wires around each other and stuff them inside non-shrink tubing. That doesn't work very well. Best bet is to solder them.
All in all, it was a decent fun evening putting the car together. It won't last long and it is SMALL. I wouldn't buy it again.
By Andrea K. Padilla
Took a couple hours over a couple evenings, our 10 yr old son had a good time seeing how the car went together.
By Marilyn Einspanier
I got this for my 10 year old for Christmas.
We tried to put it together. The motor didn't fit in where it was supposed to fit.
The reviews indicated that this was pretty straight forward. That was not our experience. We gave up on it when we couldn't get the motor into where it was supposed to go.
I felt it was an expensive mistake.
I didn't have time to argue with the company about whether or not they would take it back, so I didn't pursue that route.
By boomer sooner (OKC)
my husband and i bought this for our nephew for christmas. it seemed like such a great idea at the time but it was definitely more than we had anticipated. my husband is great at putting things together but he threw in the towel. they never finished putting it together and he even went out and purchased another radio remote control car for him in place of this one. this may be more appropriate for hobby enthusiasts than children.
By Jimmy (Nor Cal)
I got this to build with my son. It comes with a notice in the box to contact the manufacturer if you are missing parts or if they don't work. Must happen often?
Of course once assembled the car did not work. I called the number and they said that the main board was probably bad, so they would send me a new one. 2 weeks later it arrived, and guess what, it was defective too. So I am giving up on this toy and sending it back to Amazon.
Cheap parts that don't always work, not worth $30.
Not worth buying, spend a little extra on a real RC car you can put together because this one probably won't work.
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