RC Guides & Safety
Structured, no-nonsense guides for RC people — start with safety, then dial in your rig. Free, written by the crew.
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🔋 Why RC Electronics Actually Die: Heat, Gearing, and the Number Nobody Checks
Motors, ESCs, packs and gears almost always die of heat — and heat announces itself every run in a number you can read in two seconds. The full causal chain, how to measure it properly, and exactly what to change when it is wrong.
SAFETY🔋 LiPo Battery Safety: Charge, Store, Survive — and How to Tell a Bad Pack
The habits that keep LiPo safe, plus the parts nobody covers: how to decide whether a pack is still safe to use, what to do in the first ten seconds of each kind of failure, and the situations — hot cars, winter, parallel charging, air travel — that catch people out.
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Before You Tune Anything: The 12-Minute Mechanical Check That Comes First
Every setup guide assumes your car is straight, symmetrical and healthy. Almost nobody checks. This is the ordered mechanical check that goes before any setup change — and the symptoms that always mean something is broken, not badly tuned.
Motors & ESCWhy RC Electronics Actually Die: Heat, Gearing, and the Number Nobody Checks
Motors, ESCs, packs and gears almost always die of heat — and heat announces itself every run in a number you can read in two seconds. The full causal chain, how to measure it properly, and exactly what to change when it is wrong.
Motors & ESCESC Programming: Throttle Curve, Drag Brake, and LVC Explained
Your ESC has its own settings menu separate from your radio — throttle curve, drag brake, and low-voltage cutoff all live there, and getting them right changes how the whole rig feels and how long the pack lasts.
Motors & ESCESC and Motor Break-In: Do It Right the First Time
A gentle first pack or two can add years to a new motor's life — here's exactly how to break in brushed and brushless setups the right way.
SafetyBeyond LiPo: Charger, Wiring, and Workshop Fire Safety
LiPo gets all the warnings, but chargers, wiring, extension cords, and a cluttered workbench start just as many workshop fires.
Motors & ESCBrushed vs Brushless Motors: What's Actually Different
Two motor designs, one job — spinning your wheels — but wildly different mechanics, efficiency, and cost. Here's what's really going on inside each one.
Motors & ESCGear Ratio and Rollout Explained (And Why Pinion/Spur Matters)
The pinion and spur gear you pick decide whether your rig launches hard or fries its motor — here's how to think about gearing like you actually understand it.
RadioDual Rates, Expo, and End Points: Setting Up Your Radio the Right Way
Three settings buried in your radio's menus control how your RC responds to every input — get them right and your rig goes from twitchy to tunable.
RadioFailsafe Setup: The One Setting Beginners Skip
A failsafe is the one setting standing between "lost signal" and a full-throttle runaway — here's how to set it and test it safely.