For most adult beginners in Australia, the best first drone is the Potensic ATOM 2 : a camera drone under 249 g with one-key take-off and landing and precision positioning, the feature that holds a...
The best remote control boat for most kids is the Atrek Riptide : a 16-inch boat that rights itself after a capsize, tops out at a listed 30 km/h and comes with its battery, charger and AAs. It sui...
The best RC excavator for most adults is the Huina 1594-W : a 1/14 scale machine in metal alloy that weighs 7.2 kg and comes with four attachments and its battery. For a child's first proper digger...
The best RC monster truck for most people is the Atrek Peak : 1/10 scale, 4WD, with the battery, charger and AAs in the box and a half-speed switch on the remote. Atrek is our own brand. For a smal...
The RC gift that suits the most people is the Atrek Peak : a 1/10 scale 4WD truck with the battery, charger and AAs in the box and a half-speed switch on the remote. It works for a 5 to 7 year old ...
Three things make an electric RC car faster: more voltage, taller gearing and a brushless motor. Do the cheap, low-risk jobs first, and check what your speed controller can take before you buy anyt...
RC stands for radio controlled. To start with RC cars, buy a hobby-grade, electric, ready-to-run car, charge it fully, and drive it at half throttle until you stop hitting things. The rest of this ...
The best RC car to start with is the Atrek Peak . It's a 1/10 scale 4WD electric truck that comes with the battery, a USB charger and even the AAs for the remote, and the remote has a half-speed sw...
If your idea of a perfect weekend involves sending a heavy-duty rig three metres into the air, landing on loose gravel, and powering away with tyres ballooning, you are already speaking ARRMA's lan...
The best Traxxas RC car for a first-time buyer is the Traxxas Mini Maxx : a 1/16 scale 4WD brushless monster truck with the battery and charger in the box and a Training Mode that halves the thrott...
Neither brand wins outright. Traxxas has the wider range, including the crawlers ARRMA doesn't make, and its own plug-in battery system. ARRMA sticks to bashers and street cars, uses standard batte...
The short answer. For a 5 to 7 year old with an adult alongside: the Atrek Peak , on its half-speed switch. For 8 to 10: the ARRMA Gorgon Grom , or a Traxxas TRX-4M if they'd rather climb than race...
RC car scale is the size of the model as a fraction of the real vehicle. A 1/10 scale car is about a tenth the size of the real thing, and the bigger the second number, the smaller the car: 1/24 is...
If you're an adult buying a proper remote control car, start with where you'll drive it. For a backyard or the local park, look at the Atrek Ambush Pro first: brushless, quick, and everything you n...
The best RC drift car to start with is the HSP Flying Fish : a 1/10 scale all-wheel-drive car that comes built, with the battery and charger in the box, and needs no gyro. If you already know you w...
The short version for 2026. For most people the best RC car to buy is a 1/10 scale 4WD truck that comes with everything in the box, and ours is the Atrek Peak . The best new arrival this year is th...
The fastest RC car you can buy in Australia is the ARRMA Limitless 120 , a 1/7 scale 4WD speed-run car that ARRMA lists at over 190 km/h (120 mph) on 8S LiPo power. The Traxxas XO-1 is the other re...
