There this guy from local car (real car) forum which I know for the past 10 months but never meet in person...someone asked a question about RC's and heres the replies.


Guy: for someone who has no background in playing with RCs, it would be better to go electric first. Try looking for Tamiya or Kyosho as the brand of choice for your electric RCs. After that, you will have to decide if you want an on-road or off-road RC car. An off-road RC car is more fun because you can driving it nearly anywhere and even in the rain (although not recommended in a lightnight storm... hehehe). An on-road RC is limited to paved roads but can go faster and corner harder/steeper than offroad RC cars. But since on-road RC cars are built lighter than off-road cars, they might not survive high speed impacts well.

Me: You are correct except for this part "An off-road RC car is more fun because you can driving it nearly anywhere and even in the rain"

An electric RC no matter if its on road or off road is a no no in wet conditions unless you want to short circuit your electronics (ESC, Batts, motor, receiver) If its a Nitro then its okay because there no ESC, Motor or big batts to short circuit and you have a room for receiver in a small close box but still you have to play it safe.

Guy: Just pointing out, I often have driven my RC in the rain because I had nothing better to do. I had a Tamiya Porsche 959 (AWD) and a Tamiya Lancia Martini (RWD) with Futaba transmitter/receiver/servos. Both will handle water as long as they don't submerge into it. Actually the Lancia handles water/mud better than the Porsche even if its 4 years older in technology/design. All electronics & batteries have been made water proof by use of Tamiya rubber bags... basically rubber balloons which encase the electronics from water. The Tamiya 7.2volt NiCD racing pack battery is pretty much waterproof by itself.

And that, my friend, is why I can run my RC cars in the rain.

Me: Elecctic RC is a no no in the rain..... well thats what I learned from ppl playing with RC's and from web sites that caters to the hobby...

May I know what Tamiya kit you have? Those you mentioned are only bodies that can be interchanged. Also the rubber bags...how did u put the receiver, ESC (do u have one?) or the MSC to be waterproofed?

Also after running it in the rain...dont you find some water inside the motor which is bad? or was it still dry?

Don't you think the splashes is bad for the metal parts of the RC? Like the bearings, motors and servos, etc?

I'd like to see how you do it...maybe we can copy it so we can still race kahit na umuulan...because theres never been a single race with electrics when it rains...this must be the start of something big...

Now here my question...is this possible? Electric RC in the rain? I mean without doing some obnoxious thing like putting all your electronics in a bag...which I think is possible but a lot..I mean a lot of work...also how but the motor?