Radio Controlled Cars

Radio Controlled Car Article Snippets:

Manufacturers design remote control toys for a variety of age levels. As long as your child, or grandchild, has enough dexterity to operate the controls, there’s an RC toy out there to give that child a fun time. But sometimes you might wonder about the durability of that toy.
Over the weekend two of my grandkids blessed me with a visit. My eleven -year-old granddaughter, and five-year-old grandson spent both Saturday and Sunday at my house. The grandson didn’t bring anything to play with, so I got out a couple of radio control toys, a monster truck, and a racing car, and handed over the controls to the kids.
A few minutes later I wondered a little about my decision to turn them loose with those remote control vehicles. My grandson apparently thought that race car was destined for demolition derbies. He proceeded to drive that car into every stationary object he could hit, and he especially targeted the monster truck as his sister steered it around those same objects.
This particular race car has a designer’s designated operating age of 3-years and older, so I wasn’t prepared for how a five year old would operate it. My other grandkids, …

Radio Controlled Car Questions & Answers:

Will my household insurance cover the loss of my 26cc Radio Control Car?
I have just bought a 26cc radio control monster beetle (1/5 scale), and know how to get third party insurance (brca.org), but am unsure what would happen if it got pinched! The car and the accessories cost me over £500 second hand, but had I have bought them new, it would have cost nearer £1000. If anyone can shed any light on my dilemma, I’d be forever grateful!!

This will depend on your insurance policy – you need to check the small print and find out. You should look out for whether you have to declare individual items that are over a certain value.