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A

🏎️ ARF Almost-Ready-to-Fly — the aircraft equivalent of ARTR: airframe is… 🏎️ ARTR Almost-Ready-To-Run — mostly assembled but needs some electronics (…

B

🏎️ BND Bind-N-Drive — comes with electronics but no radio; you bind it to… 🏎️ Bashing Driving for fun — jumps, sends and general mayhem — rather than org… 🏎️ Buggy A lightweight, low-slung off-road racing car, available in 2WD and…

C

🏎️ Crawler A slow, high-articulation RC built to climb rocks and technical ter…

D

🏎️ Drift Car A car set up to intentionally slide sideways through corners with t…

F

🏎️ Formula RC A 1/10 scale open-wheel class styled after Formula racing cars, dri…

K

🏎️ Kit A model that comes fully unbuilt — every part in the box, nothing p…

L

🏎️ Large Scale (1/5) Very big RC cars, typically 1/5 scale, often powered by a small pet…

M

🏎️ Micro RC Very small models, roughly 1/24 scale and smaller, designed to be r… 🏎️ Monster Truck A solid-axle truck on oversized tires built for jumping and crushin…

N

🏎️ No-Prep Drag Car A straight-line drag racer set up to run on an untreated surface, w…

P

🏎️ PNP Plug-N-Play — an aircraft with motor, ESC and servos already instal… 🏎️ Pan Car An on-road racing car built on a flat plate chassis with very littl…

R

🏎️ RC Semi Truck A scale tractor unit that pulls detachable trailers, most commonly… 🏎️ RTF Ready-To-Fly — the aircraft/heli/drone equivalent of RTR: comes com… 🏎️ RTR Ready-To-Run — a model that comes fully built with electronics inst… 🏎️ Rally Car A 4WD on-road-style chassis raised up and fitted with all-terrain t… 🏎️ Rock Racer A hybrid between a crawler and a buggy — long-travel suspension for…

S

🏎️ Scale (1:10, 1:8, 1:5) The size ratio between the model and a real full-size vehicle — 1:1… 🏎️ Short Course Truck A pickup-styled off-road racing truck on 4-link or independent susp… 🏎️ Speed Run Car A car built purely to record a top speed over a measured stretch of… 🏎️ Stadium Truck A 1/10 scale off-road racer, most often 2WD, with a truck body and…

T

🏎️ Touring Car A low, road-going race car body on a flat, on-road chassis — raced… 🏎️ Trail Truck A scale-focused 4WD truck meant for driving trails at a realistic p… 🏎️ Truggy A 1/8 scale 4WD racer built on buggy running gear but wider, taller…