Author: Kyle Hilson

Kyle Hilson is the founder and chief editor of SwellRC, a hands-on RC car enthusiast who’s spent over a decade testing, tuning, and reviewing remote control cars for every skill level. Known for his genuine, data-backed approach, Kyle combines technical expertise with real-world experience to help hobbyists make smarter buying and upgrade decisions.
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Best Brushless RC Cars and Trucks: Models Compared

Home › Guides › RC Cars › Best Brushless RC Cars RC Cars For most people the best brushless RC car is a ready-to-run 1/10 4×4 on 3S LiPo from Traxxas or Arrma: the Arrma Granite 4X4 3S BLX or Traxxas Hoss 4X4 VXL for all-round bashing, the Traxxas Slash 4X4 VXL for track-style driving,
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RC Airplane Companies: Who Makes What

Home › Guides › RC Airplanes › RC airplane companies RC Airplanes RC airplane makers fall into a few groups: large brands that sell ready-to-fly foam planes with their own radio systems, specialists in scale warbirds and jets, makers of balsa and composite ARFs and kits, and European manufacturers known for gliders and engineered foam
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FPV RC Helicopter: How to Fly a Helicopter With Goggles

Home › Guides › RC Helicopters › FPV RC helicopter RC Helicopters There are very few ready-to-fly FPV helicopters; FPV flying is dominated by quadcopters. To fly a helicopter by goggles you usually add an FPV camera and video transmitter (analog, DJI, Walksnail or HDZero) to a hobby helicopter of the 380–700 class, mounted so
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HPI RC Drift Cars: Sprint 2, E10 and RS4 Sport 3 Drift

Home › Guides › RC Cars › HPI RC Drift Cars RC Cars HPI Racing helped make RC drifting popular with affordable four-wheel-drive drift cars. The Sprint 2 Drift came with a 15-turn Firebolt brushed motor, drift tyres and full-time 4WD, later updated with 2.4 GHz radios, waterproof LiPo-ready ESCs and painted bodies such as
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