Need ideas for writing a paper about rc!

[dh3.3]

You probably didn’t expect to see this in the traxxas forums, but I though what better place to get ideas then from here? I have to write a three page paper for school on any topic. I choose to write it on why it is a GOOD thing to have an rc car. I own a Revo 3.3. Why is it good to have an rc car? Anyone have any ideas?
Thanks!

[hatethmpr]

endorphin dump!!! can make you sooo happy to be able to get out on a good day and drive it.

[dh3.3]

endorphin dump!!! can make you sooo happy to be able to get out on a good day and drive it.

lol +1 i was thinking about that! I will include that in the paper.

[Cipher_Jones]

Playing with an RC is good exercise as opposed to poasting on forums.

[hatethmpr]

also great workout for your mind when you are sitting by on the good and bad days figuring out what is wrong with your 3-500 dollar "toy"....

[dh3.3]

Haha Guilty

[JoesStampede]

Surely you can get a 3 page paper on how long it takes to get those nitros running?? (jk )

Good to spend time outdoors
Work out for the mind fixing mechanical issues - teaches an amount of logic and how to work through issues.
Can be good to spend time with family or friends
Always a good laugh seeing your truck 50 foot up in the air lol.

But most importantly (from a schools point of view!) it keeps you away from drugs/alcohol/criminal rave activity. I mean lets face it after all the cash you NEED for upgrades and fixes whats left for anything else lol!!

Good choice of topic for the essay by the way, id be interested to know how it goes and what part of the subject you pick up on to write about.

EDIT:
I just though couldnt you just use the addicted to RC post? Give the teachers a good laugh by picking 3 pages of highlights . also you should go add to it - 'you know your an addict when you write school papers on rc...' hehe

[trax de max]

right about how rc's are toys to the untrained eye, but some rc's help in the war, I'm sure there is an emaxx in the middle east and how some use rc planes to help find lost people in mountain ranges

[dh3.3]

Surely you can get a 3 page paper on how long it takes to get those nitros running?? (jk )

Good to spend time outdoors
Work out for the mind fixing mechanical issues - teaches an amount of logic and how to work through issues.
Can be good to spend time with family or friends
Always a good laugh seeing your truck 50 foot up in the air lol.

But most importantly (from a schools point of view!) it keeps you away from drugs/alcohol/criminal rave activity. I mean lets face it after all the cash you NEED for upgrades and fixes whats left for anything else lol!!

Good choice of topic for the essay by the way, id be interested to know how it goes and what part of the subject you pick up on to write about.

EDIT:
I just though couldnt you just use the addicted to RC post? Give the teachers a good laugh by picking 3 pages of highlights . also you should go add to it - 'you know your an addict when you write school papers on rc...' hehe

Great points! I will have to use these. (Just not the part about getting them running ) Thanks for the help. I will post the paper when it is finished. I'm still open to ideas!

[dh3.3]

Just checked out the You know your an rc addict when.. thread. I will definitely include some of this at the end! If you haven't read this, you have to check it out! -> http://traxxas.com/forums/showthread...light=addicted

[dh3.3]

right about how rc's are toys to the untrained eye, but some rc's help in the war, I'm sure there is an emaxx in the middle east and how some use rc planes to help find lost people in mountain ranges

Your right. I forgot all about that spectrum of r/c. My dad was in iraq and he flew an rc plane called a raven, and he said they had some bomb disposal rc's.

[dh3.3]

Well, here it is. Just keep in mind when you are reading this I am in no way an expert, i'm really just a noob.





Why It Is Beneficial and Useful to Use Radio Control Vehicles


It is beneficial thing to have a radio control vehicle for numerous reasons. First off, it is enjoyable to drive or fly. There are many different vehicles and everyone can find one that suits them. Also, radio control vehicles are mostly driven outside, and it is good to get outside every once in a while. You can spend time with your family and friends while playing with radio control things. Radio control devices take time and money, which can be a very beneficial thing, and they can also save lives.
Radio control vehicles can come in many shapes and sizes. The most common are trucks, cars, rock-crawlers, helicopters, planes, and boats. These vehicles are usually propelled by one of three different power sources-electricity, nitro, and gas.
The first, and probably the most common, is electricity. These vehicles use electricity stored in batteries to propel themselves. These vehicles can be on or off-road cars or trucks, flying helicopters and planes, or marine vehicles, like boats. There are pros and cons with using electric vehicles. Electric models tend to be simpler than either gas or nitro vehicles. When you first buy an electric model, you just have to charge the battery and you are then ready to run, but only for a certain amount of time because you battery will run out. You can buy more expensive batteries that last longer and give you more speed. Electrics are usually slower than gas or nitro vehicles out of the box, but when using different combinations of batteries almost always end up faster than gas or nitro. Electric powered vehicles are generally not as durable as nitro or gas models. Electric models are easier to maintain than nitro or gas models because they do not have engines to be oiled and cleaned, and there is no mess from oil or fuel. Electric vehicles can also be run indoors. Nitro and gas vehicles cannot.
The second common power source is nitro engines. These are specially engineered engines that run on a specialized blend of fuel. This fuel is made of nitromethane, methanol, and oil. It generally contains from ten to forty percent nitromethane, twelve to twenty percent oil, and the rest being methanol. Nitromethane is highly combustible substance that is generally only used in very specifically designed engines. These engines can turn in excess of an insane 35,000 revolutions per minute! A normal full-sized gasoline engine can only turn at about 8000-9000 revolutions per minute at the maximum! There are also good and bad things about nitro as well. Nitro and gas engines are loud. This can be a good or bad thing. If you like the sound and smell of a screaming engine, than you would love nitro or gas. If you want a quiet vehicle, than electric is the way to go. Getting started in nitro powered vehicles is generally cheaper than electric also. Nitro models can also run longer than electric models. Instead of charging batteries, you just add fuel and go and can continue to add fuel. Nitro vehicles are normally more consistent in speed and power than electrics. A down side of nitro is tuning. Tuning is finding the right amount of fuel that enters the engine and is burnt up by turning needles. If you do not allow enough fuel to enter the engine, the engine can overheat and cause damage or even destroy the engine. If you allow too much fuel to enter the engine, you will have poor performance. You have to find a perfect or near perfect setting to get good performance and a long life for your engine.
The third common power source in radio control is your average gas mixed with oil. This two-stroke gas mixture provides a much better power-to-weight ratio than a standard four-stroke gas engine like the one found in your car, though still not as good as nitro. Besides being a different blend of fuel, gas vehicles operate in almost the same way as nitro vehicles. The only major difference between gas and nitro is gas engines require an ignition system. This adds weight, reducing speed and power. As with electric and nitro, gas powered vehicles have pros and cons. Gas is cheaper to buy then nitro fuel or batteries. Gas is usually the slowest of the three most common power sources, but the vehicles are almost always bigger than the electric or nitro ones, giving you the most realistic experience. Gas engines do not have to be oiled like nitro engines, but still make more of a mess than electric motors.
Radio control can be for anyone. Once you decide on what kind of vehicle you want and what power source to go with, you can get ready for hours of fun. After work or school, it is fun to go out and blow off some steam. What better way to blow of steam than having fun with a radio control vehicle! Radio control vehicles can keep you busy. They take time and money. When you are busy and putting money in other things, you are less likely to be drawn into drugs or criminal activity.
Radio control vehicle also teach logic, problem solving skills, and mechanical knowledge. Radio control vehicles are not perfect. They do not always run right, and they break. Working out problems and replacing or fixing broken parts teaches you common sense, logic, and problem solving skills. In many ways, radio control vehicles are a lot like full size vehicles. The cars and trucks have engines, motors, transmissions, gears, drive shafts, and differentials. These are very much like the ones on real trucks and cars and you learn automotive skills that you can use on the real vehicles when working on the radio control ones. Working on radio control helicopters and planes teaches aerodynamics, and relate to how the full-sized one handle.
Radio control vehicles save lives. The RQ-11 Raven is a radio control unmanned aerial vehicle. In 2002 the Raven was released. It was originally designed for and is currently used by the United States military. The Raven weighs about 4.2 pounds and can fly up to 6.2 miles away at 500 feet above the ground while going anywhere from 28 to 60 miles per hour. It is driven by an electric motor and propeller and can stay in flight for 60-90 minutes. The Raven is equipped with a two color cameras and infra-red camera. It is thrown by hand into the air, and then controlled by a radio. It is capable of transmitting real-time video back to the ground in either day or night. This saves the lives of soldiers by using a discreet radio control plane to provide reconnaissance, intelligence, surveillance, and target acquisition instead of using a soldier to provide this information. It is quicker and safer to use the Raven than to use a soldier. After providing reconnaissance, intelligence, surveillance, target acquisition, and saving lives, the Raven can be ordered to land where it took off from with the push of a button. It will then land on the ground with no other interference from the operator. Unmanned aerial vehicles similar to the Raven are also used to patrol the Mexican-American border.
Bomb and improved explosive devices are highly explosive and dangerous. Radio control robots can be used to defuse or disarm bombs or improvised explosive devices instead of a human. The Wheelbarrow is a remotely controlled robot designed by Lieutenant-Colonel 'Peter' Miller in 1972 for use by British Army bomb disposal teams operating in Northern Ireland, mainland Britain, and Iraq. Multiple militaries from different countries including Ireland, Britain, and the Netherlands use this radio control vehicle. Multiple weapons can be fitted onto the robot and fired by the operator. A large variety of cameras can be fitted to the vehicle to transmit video back to the operator. An array of attachments can be attached to the robotic arm on the vehicle to assist in disarming explosives. The entire robot weighs 704 pounds, but is small enough to be operated in a house, and strong enough to push a car, or lift 350 pounds with the robotic arm. The track that the radio control vehicle sits on can rotate 45 degrees and is capable of climbing steps.
The Dragon Runner is a radio control vehicle used by the United States military to provide reconnaissance, intelligence, surveillance, and target acquisition on the ground and inside structures. The robot has four wheels, is 15 inches long, less than a foot wide, and 5 inches in height, sitting very low to the ground. It weighs only 9 pounds. The robot is very rugged, and can be thrown over fences, up or down stairwells, from a moving vehicle at 45 miles per hour, or even from a third-story window. It does not matter how it lands because neither side is the right side up. The Dragon Runner is designed for areas that are too dangerous for or inaccessible by human soldiers, particularly urban environments. Dragon Runner's front-mounted, tilting camera provides a video feed that is relayed back to its master controller by a wireless modem. It provides soldiers with a view around corners and other obstructions that prevent them from seeing hidden enemies. There are flippers that can be attached quickly and without tools that enable the vehicle to climb steps. Treads, like those on tanks, can be fitted on the same way. The Dragon Runner can be operated in three different modes. The first mode is Drive Mode. In this mode the vehicle drives around and sends images and video back to the operator. The second is Sentry Mode. The Dragon Runner remains stationary, and uses a microphone and sensors to detect movement. If it detects something, it alerts the operator. The third mode is Watch Mode, where the vehicle remains motionless and sends images and video back to the operator. The Dragon Runner can also be equipped with bomb disposal equipment including a robotic arm, wire cutters, digging tools, grabbing and lifting tools, and the ability to plant explosive charges.
Radio control can be for anyone. You can just have fun in the backyard; compete in national championships, or anything in-between. You can rely on radio control vehicles to keep you safe and out of harm’s way, or just for amusement. So whether you are jumping or racing a radio control truck off-road, driving a car on-road, doing loops and rolls with a plane, flying a helicopter, skimming over the water with a boat, disarming a bomb or explosives with a radio control vehicle, or spending time with family and friends, there always plenty of beneficial reasons to use radio control vehicles.

Electric motors found in R/C vehicles

R/C Nitro engine


R/C Gas engine






RQ-11 Raven


Wheelbarrow robot

Dragon Runners

[dh3.3]

Just ignore the few lines at the bottom . There is supposed to be pics between them but they didnt come up. Let me know if you find any mistakes!

[BanditTransit]

For me, it is a stress reliever. It gets me away from the world so I can have fun driving something. You can also learn many things if you own one too.