One of my hobbys used to be rc car racing. First scale 1:8 (mainly off-road cars), later 1:5 scale touring cars.

The 1:8 cars were powered by a one-cilinder 3,5 ccm engine producing about 1.5 Bhp/30.000 rpm (!). Fuel was a mixture of methanol, oil and nitro oxygen. Top speed of the cars was about 70 km/h. Some of my early cars were 2 wheel drive, later they all were 4 WD.

The 1:5 scale cars are powered by modified 22 ccm chainsaw engines. They are rear wheel drive and have a top speed of about 80 km/h. Fuel is a normal 2-stroke mixture which is relatively cheap compared to the 1:8 fuel. In general the large 1:5 cars are more reliable than the 1:8 cars, and as long as you don't hit anything with it, they never break down. Also you don't need a complex start-box, you simply pull the cord and most cases the engine will start immediately.

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Pictures of my rc cars These are the cars I used to drive.
Action pictures, Page 1 Some spectacular pictures of off-road cars.
Action pictures, Page 2 More pictures, this time of pre 90 cars

About contacting me...

If you want to know more about one of these cars, feel free to mail me. However, since 1996 I quit  racing in the Dutch competitions 1:5 scale, and I haven't driven a 1:8 scale off-road car since 1988. So if you wan't to know where to buy cars, or want to get up-to-date information about off-road cars, don't mail me, but take a look at the two links mentioned above first. Thanks.