Having an RC car hobby affinity can become expensive, especially if you have to replace entire vehicles as your skills improve or as you wreck your vehicles. However, you can save money and explore other areas of the sport by simply learning how to make repairs and upgrade your vehicles yourself. If this interests you, then you will need to build a proper RC car tool kit.
The first tool that you will want to buy is a hobby knife. Hobby knives are relatively inexpensive and can be found in just about any hobby shop. When shopping for a hobby knife don’t worry too much about the quality of the brand. The best results will be produced by replacing blades frequently.
Next you will need a collection of pliers. You will need channel lock pliers for holding on to flywheels, you will need needle-nose pliers and you will need slip joint pliers.
The third tool on the list are flush cutters. This tool will help you to remove your rc car parts from their plastic trees and you can use them to cut both silicone wires and fuel lines.
The fourth and fifth items on your rc car tool list needs to be screwdrivers and hex drivers. You will want to buy a set of jeweler’s screwdrivers to handle the small screws, Philips head no. 1 and no.2, a 1 ¼ inch flat head screwdriver and a set of hex drivers.
In order to properly install remote control car batteries and upgrade or repair your radio control car systems, you need at least a basic set of commonly used rc car tools.
