Off Road Nitro RC Cars

Off Road Nitro RC Car is any RC car that don't need to be confined to roads, race tracks and other smooth surfaces to race on. It can race instead on dirt tracks, beaches, fields, etc. They can usually run on dirty fields, mud, grass lands, fields with short vegetation or rock strewn grounds or ascend slopes or jump over obstacles or any rough terrain they can take on.

As such, they usually have large rubber tires with knobbed or groovy treads for easy grip of ground, whereas not much attention is given to friction like on-road versions. They also have very strong and sophisticated suspension / shock absorber systems and other subsystems to withstand the rough handling. There are several types of Nitro Off road Nitro RC cars.

1. A buggy model has bigger rear tires and thin front tires.

2. A truck model has big rubber tires on all wheels.

3. A monster truck, as the name indicates, has very large tires on all four wheels and is the biggest of the lot.

1/8 scale Nitro RC cars typically have powerful .21-size gas engines with four wheel drive and output 2 to 3 HP to thrust the RC cars to over 60 kmph.

Kyosho, OFNA, Traxx, Tamiya are a few manufacturers who make very powerful off road Nitro RC cars in 1/8 scale as well as 1/ 10 scale. Kyosho Inferno, OFNA Hyper7 PCR, Traxxas Traxx, Tamiya Terra Crush are a few noteworthy off road nitro models.

Though Nitro RC cars run on nitro fuel, they use as many as 12 AA batteries for the two channel radio control systems and a C-size battery for the glow plug igniter.

High end Off road Nitro RC cars may come equipped with .21 size engines, full ball bearings, tuned exhaust pipes, racing tires, 3-shoe clutch, dual disk brakes, starter box, oil filled shocks, very tough drive train and chassis. They may cost you a few hundred bucks.

After all, if it is the sheer fun you will have with your kids and the Off-road Nitro RC car going insane or the admiration of your date while frolicking on a beach that counts much, there is no room for hesitation to buy an Off Road Nitro RC car today!