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Radio Control Cars and Aircraft
Radio control is an engaging and fun hobby. I first became an RC addict at the age or 10 when a kind uncle bought me a model aircraft for my birthday. He gave me a scale model of a WWI biplane powered by a little spirit fuelled engine. Today RC cars and aircraft are much more sophisticated, but still great fun and very educational.
Today I have several RC cars and a couple of high performance aircraft. I have dabbled with RC boats but I still tend to favour model aircraft and cars.
If you are thinking about buying a radion control model its worth taking a few moments to consider exactly what you'll be spending your money on. You need to know that there are two basic types of radio control car: those powered by electric motors and those powered by little engines that run on Nitro Methanol.
Like many RC car enthusiasts I my favoured RC cars are those powered by proper little engines. The hobby, for me, is not just about racing around a track. Optimising your RC car is much like formula one racing, its all about the engineering, the tuning and tweaking to get the best performance.
Getting into RC cars at an early age can be very educational. For me it led to a career in Electronics as I had to build and repair my own radio control systems in order to save cash. If you are looking for a toy that is both fun and educational I strongly recommend you consider a neat little radio control car.
For a first car I would recommend you choose an electric model. Firstly the price. Electric-powered radio control cars are much cheaper than their Nitro powered equivalents. Secondly simplicity. Electrically powered cars are the simplest. There is a truly fantastic selection of electric cars to choose from so you are bound to find a model that fire's the imagination. My personal favourite are fat-wheeled off-road models. Great fun on a little rough terrain, bouncing through puddles and over muddy humps.
But I started out with a radio control model aircraft. I can still recall the thrill I got when I took those RC controls for the first time. Taking the controls and making the model plane swoop and climb was such a thrill.
As for rc cars, these days there is a great selection of model aircraft to choose from with a range of price tags. For a small amount of money you can get yourself a little RC aircraft that can be launched from the palm of your hand, great fun in the office or home. For a little more cash you can get yourself an easy-to-control model aircraft that will give you many hours of fun.
Some of todays model aircraft come with sophisticated technology that can detect the ground and the sky helping to prevent a costly crash. At the more expensive end you will find some fantastic scale models of well known aircraft like the fantastic Spitfire and Focke Wulf.
Radio control is a great hobby that provides interest, excitement, fun and competition. If you are just thinking about giving it a go I'd recommend that you don't need to spend a fortune to get yourself a very capable plane or car that will give you a good taste of how much fun this hobby can be.
"why did farmingsoceities feel a need to control land while hunter-gather societies did not?"?
What makes you believe that hunter-gather societies did not? Territory is established even by such "lesser" beasts as bears, wolves, and even ants. Just because hunter-gather societies did not build fences or set guards did not mean that they did not defend the territories they used. However, since hunter gatherer societies tended to group themselves in smaller units, since it was difficult to feed a large population roaming in the same area at the same time (as opposed to the more productive yields of fields, which could feed many mouths from a much smaller plot of land), the hunter-gatherer societies had more skirmishes than wars. It's hard to write a history book about two groups of twenty men who through rocks at eachother until the weaker group backed off. It's also important to note that many hunter-gatherer societies turned to raiding the farmer communities. I'm not sure what you would call raiding other than an attempt to control the output of a certain piece of land.
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