I received one of these RC cars for Christmas once. If fact I would say a lot of people received one of these in the old stocking by the fireplace.
Here is a new way to turn it into even more fun over your holiday break. Turn it into an RC plane!
It energizes coils around 2 magnets to simultaneously push to pull the tail rudder left or right for turning. An ingenious way to use the RC car's circuitry. Light a lot of cheap RC airplanes you can buy these days, it can only turn and can not ascend or descend.
Give it a shot. I am going to look for my RC car from a few years ago.
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