{"id":55,"date":"2020-05-11T16:52:25","date_gmt":"2020-05-11T14:52:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rc-advice.com\/?p=55"},"modified":"2021-06-13T21:34:03","modified_gmt":"2021-06-13T19:34:03","slug":"average-rc-car-speed-with-2-6-examples","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rc-advice.com\/average-rc-car-speed-with-2-6-examples\/","title":{"rendered":"Average RC Car Speed (with 27 examples)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>You can expect the average top speed of a hobby grade RC car to be around 35 mph.<\/strong> The following lists what factors affect top speed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Power system<\/li><li>Battery<\/li><li>Gearing <\/li><li>Surface<\/li><li>Wheels<\/li><li>Aerodynamics<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The average speed of an RC car has risen dramatically<\/strong> with the introduction of  LiPo batteries and brushless motors. Before<strong> lithium batteries<\/strong> and <strong>brushless motors<\/strong> you had only one choice if you wanted to go fast, that was NITRO.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Today this is no longer the case as consistently all electric models outperform their nitro counterpart. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Next I will list 27 examples of how fast can RC cars go.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table is-style-stripes\"><table><tbody><tr><td>Traxxas TRX-4<\/td><td>9 mph(15 km\/h)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>HPI Mini Recon <\/td><td>15 mph(24km\/h)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Traxxas Summit<\/td><td>23 mph(32km\/h)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Traxxas Stampede<\/td><td>30 mph(48 km\/h)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>HPI Blitz <\/td><td>30 mph(48km\/h)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Traxxas Bigfoot<\/td><td>30 mph(48km\/h)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Traxxas Slash Brushed<\/td><td>30 mph(48 km\/h)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>HPI E-Firestorm<\/td><td>31 mph(50km\/h)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Traxxas Rustler<\/td><td>35 mph(56km\/h)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Traxxas Bandit<\/td><td>35 mph(56km\/h)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>HPI Bullet Flux <\/td><td>39 mph(62km\/h)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Traxxas T-Maxx Classic<\/td><td>40 mph(64km\/h)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>HPI Trophy Truggy Flux<\/td><td>42 mph(67km\/h)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Losi ten-scte <\/td><td>45 mph(72km\/h)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Traxxas Revo 3.3 (Nitro)<\/td><td>45 mph(72km\/h)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Traxxas T-Maxx 3.3<\/td><td>45 mph(72km\/h)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Losi 8IGHT-E<\/td><td>50 mph(80 km\/h)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>ARRMA KRATON 4s<\/td><td>55 mph(88 km\/h)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>ARRMA KRATON 8s <\/td><td>55 mph(88 km\/h)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>HPI WR8 FLUX <\/td><td>60 mph(97km\/h)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>ARRMA KRATON 6s<\/td><td>61 mph(98 km\/h)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>HPI Savage Flux <\/td><td>62 mph (100km\/h)&nbsp;<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>HPI Vorza Flux <\/td><td>64 mph (103km\/h)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>HPI Savage xs Flux <\/td><td>65 mph(104km\/h)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Traxxas Rustler VXL w\/TSM<\/td><td>70 mph(112km\/h)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>HPI E-Firestorm Flux <\/td><td>77 mph(123 km\/h)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Traxxas XO-1 <\/td><td>100 mph (160km\/h)<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><figcaption><em>RC car Top speeds<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>You may wonder why some of them have a<strong> top speed of 100 mph<\/strong> and others   <strong>top out at 30 mph<\/strong>. There are <strong>many factors <\/strong>that decide the speed of a model and <strong>I will explain<\/strong> them in the following paragraphs. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How Power System (ESC &amp; Motor) Affects top speed<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Power system has by far the<strong> biggest impact<\/strong> on top speed. More power = more speed. However more power does not<strong> always<\/strong> mean more speed if you can not put the power to the ground in a stable manner. Most often it is the <strong>high and short <\/strong>monster trucks that have this problem.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With the advent of <strong>brushless motors <\/strong>into the RC world many of the cars are so <strong>overpowered<\/strong> that the chassis can not handle the power. When using full power they either spin out or <strong>pop wheelies<\/strong> as shown in the video below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/mAP4sjiWUAw?start=140\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p>Power systems are divided into <strong>3 main categories<\/strong>. <br>Note: There is also gasoline but those cars are so <strong>rare and huge<\/strong> that I will not go into more detail about them. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We will take look at the <strong>same model<\/strong> with <strong>brushed, brushless motor and Nitro(glow) engine<\/strong>. This will illustrate how big of a <strong>difference it makes.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table is-style-stripes\"><table><thead><tr><th><\/th><th>Traxxas Rustler Brushed<\/th><th>Traxas Rustler Brushless<\/th><th>Traxxas Rustler Nitro <\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td>Top speed<\/td><td>35 mph(56km\/h)<\/td><td>45 mph(72 km\/h)<br><strong>70mph(112km\/h)*<\/strong><\/td><td>50 mph(80 km\/h)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Battery<\/td><td>7 cell NiMH(8.4v)<\/td><td>7 cell NiMH(8.4v)<br><\/td><td>N\/a<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><figcaption><em>Top speed comparison <\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>*With optional gearing and 3S LiPo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How Battery Impacts Top Speed<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The second biggest factor in top speed is which battery is used. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You can expect the average top speed of a hobby grade RC car to be around 35 mph. The following lists what factors affect top speed. 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