Revell Can Mini RC Racing Car, Blue

Here is a radio-controlled vehicle that has been intrigued me for a while in the Revell catalog. I happened to come across it in a store, I resisted for a while and I couldn’t resist testing it.

Here is an interesting concept, an RC car in a can, it’s like wanting to drive an RC car and going to a vending machine, slipping a few coins in to make a can fall in and have a vehicle.

To retrieve the vehicle, simply open the can in two from the top. The vehicle is attached to the remote control, which is itself housed on the base of the can. Four cones are also present in the can to draw circuits.

The first step is to separate all of this. To release the car from the remote control, you have to press a button on the remote control and slide the car backwards. Then you have to screw the antenna of the remote control. It’s been a long time since I saw a telescopic antenna.

Then, you have to put batteries in the remote control and you will have to find two AA batteries (LR06) and insert them into the housing after opening it using a small crosshead screwdriver.

The car itself does not need batteries, too small, you have to recharge its small battery. For this, the remote control has a small charging cable hidden in a hatch on the side. Simply plug the cable under the car. Be careful, to charge its switch must be on “off”. When charging, the green diode lights up on the remote control. Charging is rather fast and only lasts about two minutes.

First turns of the wheels

Since it is a button on the remote control, the acceleration and steering are not proportional. This is often the case on vehicles of this scale. The speed is rather high for a small vehicle and the steering responds very well to the commands. Rarely, it is not necessary to move forward to turn the wheels, if you turn the wheels on the control without moving forward, the direction of the wheels turns.

The car is rather fast for a small scale 1/50 °. I am pleasantly surprised. And we quickly get into the game of racing by slaloming around the different objects of the improvised track.

I was surprised and it was a nice surprise, when the vehicle moves forward, the front headlights (yellow) come on and when you reverse, the position lights (red) come on.

Small important thing, the range of the remote control is not very high, do not forget to deploy the antenna of the remote control well. Note that the remote control is in 27Mhz frequency, like in the 80s-90s.

The remote control is perhaps a little basic with square shapes and push buttons to steer the car.

If the ground is smooth enough, you can draw a circuit, the 4 cones provided allow you to make a small circuit but you can use other everyday objects to mark out a circuit.

For my part, I took advantage of the cones and jersey barriers already printed with my 3D printer to make a circuit.

A radio-controlled vehicle, on a scale of 1/50° and which attaches to the remote control. Doesn’t that remind you of anything? At Carrera, the Mario Kart mini RC karts! Small photos to compare the vehicles.