{"id":179099,"date":"2021-09-25T18:34:58","date_gmt":"2021-09-25T22:34:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/armchairarcade.com\/perspectives\/?p=179099"},"modified":"2021-09-25T18:35:03","modified_gmt":"2021-09-25T22:35:03","slug":"review-terrok-118-scale-off-road-rc-car","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/armchairarcade.com\/perspectives\/2021\/09\/25\/review-terrok-118-scale-off-road-rc-car\/","title":{"rendered":"Review – TERROK 1:18 Scale Off-Road RC Car"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

While I’ve messed around with RC vehicles in one form or another since I was a boy in the 1970s, I never really got into it seriously. It was either too early for non-professional technology or I never wanted to invest the money into something decent. Much to my delight, this TERROK 1:18 Scale Off-Road RC Car<\/a> (“Fierce Monster” on the box) gives me a taste of some true enthusiast features at a pretty great price point.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The box.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

In the box is the RC car, which has an unattached battery inside. There’s also the 2.4GHz remote controller, an additional battery, USB charging cable, a screwdriver, bag of small parts, and a manual.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The contents.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Again, not being well-versed in the RC car world, I was surprised at how thin the upper shell of the car was. What I have come to find out is that these body shells, along with other parts like the bumpers and wings, are meant to be changed out with a body style of your choosing<\/a> in the same class. The real star of the show with these types of more advanced RC cars is the base with all of the electronics. And boy is it a stand-out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The remote control has some fine tuning options.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

After fully charging one of the car’s batteries – which didn’t take all that long since both batteries were pretty close to fully charged – and putting the four required AA batteries<\/a> (not included) in the remote control, I was off to the races. Literally. This is one fast car, topping out at around 23 miles of non-scale speed!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A close-up side view.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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A close-up rear view.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Fortunately, the remote control has both long-range and a good analog feel to it, so I was quickly able to adjust and go just about as slow as I wanted before fully opening up the throttle again. The foam-covered steering “wheel” on the remote worked well for precise turns.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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