| Building, driving, and modifying | | | | toys: |
| radio-controlled car kits or other toys is a | | | | |
| popular hobby among radio controlled (RC) | | | | In the mid to late 60's, a British company |
| enthusiasts. The Radio Controlled devices are | | | | named Mardave, based in Leicester, began to |
| a popular hobby, and are a key component in a | | | | produce the first commercially viable Radio |
| sport that involves displaying the skill of | | | | Controlled Cars. Their first cars were Nitro |
| the user in controlling the device | | | | or gas powered cars sold in the local area in |
| efficiently. | | | | the early 70's. All such devices require a |
| | | | transmitter with controls, a throttle trigger |
| Radio Controlled devices, or remote | | | | and the wheels for turning. The receiver is |
| controlled devices as they are also called, | | | | placed in the body of the toy. |
| are devices that are worked remotely from a | | | | |
| distance. The first demonstration of the | | | | The models can be electric models as well as |
| remote controlling activity was perhaps by | | | | fuel models. The electric models work with |
| Jagdish Chandra Bose when he ignited gun | | | | electrical speed control, and the fuel |
| powder and struck a gong from a distance | | | | control systems utilize the radio control |
| using electromagnetic radiation. | | | | mechanisms to regulate the fuel input and the |
| | | | such. |
| Tesla was the first to demonstrate a radio | | | | |
| controlled ship calling Teleautomata, using | | | | The radio controlled models can be toy grade |
| transmitter and receiver showing how ships | | | | or hobby grade. The toy grade devices are |
| and mechanical gadgets can be controlled on a | | | | available in retail shops, and are available |
| wireless principle in 1898. He also | | | | at a far lesser price. They are ready made |
| constructed a wireless tower which remained | | | | assembled models, and usually utilize |
| unfinished due to economic constraints. This | | | | electric power. Hobby grade models are |
| showed the farsightedness of Tesla. He laid | | | | available at a greater cost but are more |
| the foundations for the radio controlled | | | | durable and serviceable. They usually require |
| devices that we have today. | | | | assembly, and most often run on gasoline or |
| | | | nitro. |
| American inventor Armstrong remarked about | | | | |
| Tesla: "The world will long have to wait for | | | | These radio controlled cars are also used in |
| a mind equal to Tesla's, a mind of such | | | | races, and the cars or toys used in the races |
| creative possibilities and such wealth of | | | | should confirm to the specifications. The |
| imagination." | | | | Radio Controlled devices can be varied, and |
| | | | include cars, boats, airplanes, helicopters |
| The Radio Controlled devices are commonly | | | | and robotics. The small robots, cars and toys |
| called RC devices - RC stands for Radio | | | | are usually for indoor play. Robotics |
| Controlled. In 1937 the first radio | | | | combined with radio control technology is |
| controlled airplane was flown by Dr. William | | | | frequently seen in the international robotics |
| Good and his twin brother Walter. Dr. William | | | | contests held annually in Japan and other |
| was a specialist in radios and Walter made | | | | countries. Robotics are another hobby, which |
| Aeromodels, and they combined them to create | | | | are even more interesting when combined with |
| the RC plane. Radio control had also been | | | | radio controlled or remote controlled toys. |
| employed in WWII. In the 1960s, the | | | | |
| availability of transistors revolutionized | | | | The uses for radio control devices are |
| the circuits and made them more compact and | | | | limitless, and cars only scratch the surface. |
| light. | | | | In reality, there are hundreds of different |
| | | | ways that you can enjoy Radio Controlled |
| Principle of the modern Radio Controlled | | | | Devices. |