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Don't buy a radio controlled car until you read this!

Radio controlled cars make great gifts for kids and also adults. They are a good way to have fun and with a range of radio controlled nitro, petrol, electric models to choose from it can be overwhelming.

Do not worry read our guidelines below, for a brief comparison on the big 3.

There is a huge choice so firstly you'll need to decide the power source -

1. Nitro cars are run on a special fuel mixture of oil, methanol, and nitromethane. This nitro fuel can be easily bought from model shops or online and is worth the little bit of extra effort.

The speed and power of nitro radio controlled cars is awesome and is second to none, there are many benefits to the nitro RC car and once its broken in they can reach speeds of 30 - 75 MPH and can race on tracks or join a hobby club in this exciting world of RC cars.

A single gallon of fuel will keep a nitro vehicle going for about 6 - 7 hours before needing to be refilled so you can keep going always with short cooling down periods in between, you can buy a 2.2 litre of nitro fuel for around £14 and will fill a nitro car about 30 times. But with electric powered models there are limits as once the batteries have run down, you'll need to recharge before using again.

Most nitro rc cars are (RTR) ready to run out the box. All that is needed is a "glow start, fuel, batteries" and most importantly READ THE INSTRUCTIONS as it would be a shame to ruin your new radio controlled nitro car simply because you did not bother to read the manual.

There is more maintenance involved in a radio controlled nitro car and you would need to learn to clean, tune, maintain and upgrade it but this is very easy and will give you an understanding of how these models work.

CONDOR NITRO BUGGYS

These are one of the best models made from "Acme" these nitro buggys are fast on or off road models and are great fun. Made with a quality made team infinity engine and loaded with upgrades and can handle rough terrain and are tough models that will give you hours of fun over an over.

Whatever you get be a RC truck, buggy, car or truggys make sure you can always get parts for your model and help as in this hobby you may crash it hard and need to re-fix the broken parts before using again.

Self build RC models are a great way to learn about how it all works and is great fun to build it yourself and most model kits come all packed in stages so you'll build it slowly and typically takes around 8 - 12 hours to fully build.

Because of the fuel handling nitro models are for ages 14+ unless an adult is there to set up as they also get hot and need careful handling at all times.

For speed and a real experience in RC cars, then nitro is the way to go.

ELECTRIC MODELS

Electric radio controlled cars are also fast cool models and the newer brush-less models can run 30MPH out the box!

These are a easier way to start if you are a beginner, electric models are easy to use and maintain just charge up the battery pack and your off racing around. I recommend using rechargeable batteries as this will save you a lot money and time. Radio controlled cars use power from the battery and they can drain in no time so a wise choice to invest in some.

Electric radio controlled cars or trucks are ideal for someone who wants to run out the box and no maintenance required.

They are quieter than nitro or petrol models and generally very straight forward to use and little more than a wipe down is all that is needed.

PETROL RC BUGGYS

Petrol radio controlled cars used to be very expensive to buy and hard to find.

It was also considered a specialist hobby but a few years ago prices have dropped to realistic prices.

Petrol radio controlled cars go very fast and are along the ranks of nitro models in terms of power, performance and speed.

Petrol models run on a mix of unleaded petrol and 2 stroke oil which is easy to mix as there is normally a measure fuel bottle and shows you the correct level. Both these are easy available from any petrol forecourt

Petrol RC buggys are great for off road and awesome fun with the real engine sound and smell of fuel burning just adds to existing feel you're gonna get from a petrol radio controlled buggy or car. A little aftercare is required and maintenance with a petrol model so your need to get to know a little knowledge on the basics.

Please note: ages of 14 + is recommended for use on petrol RC cars.

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Please feel free to visit our website for advice or help on radio controlled cars, buggys, trucks and radio controlled helicopters.

We have a large selection of RC nitro petrol buggys cars at the lowest prices and are official retailers on ACME condor nitro buggy's and accessories. All our products are good quality hobby grade models, NOT the cheap ones that fall apart and break and end up in the bin.

All our RC models have full parts back up so you'll always be able to get new parts or to upgrade your model.

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Macbook Pro User Guide

1) First steps (a) Unpacking

Remove your Mac Book Pro from the box and place it on a firm surface near an electric socket. In the box, you should also have

• an 85W MagSafe Power Adaptor
• a power cord
• a DVI to VGA adaptor

(b) Charging

Strip the plastic film from the 85W MagSafe Power Adaptor. Ensure the plug sits properly in the Power Adaptor and place it in the electric socket. Take the other end of the Power Adaptor lead and connect it to the magnetic MagSafe power port on the left-hand side of your MacBook Pro.

If the Power Adaptor lead won’t stretch to your nearest electric socket, remove the plug from the adaptor by pulling it up. Beneath the plug is a socket. Insert one end of the power cord into the adaptor socket and the other into the electric socket.

Please note: always disconnect your MacBook Pro from the electricity by pulling the plugs and not the leads.

An amber light on the MagSafe connector at the power port tells you the MacBook Pro battery is charging. When a green light appears, the battery is fully charged. If no light appears, check the connections and make sure you’ve switched on the electric socket.

(c) Basic features

When you open your MacBook Pro, you’ll find

• an iSight camera and camera indicator light at the top of the screen
• stereo speakers either side of the keyboard
• a power button on the right of the keyboard
• a microphone to the left of the keyboard
• a trackpad and a trackpad button

From left to right along the front edge of the MacBook Pro are

• an infrared (IR) receiver
• a sleep mode indicator light
• a display release button
• a slot-loading SuperDrive

From left to right on the left-hand side of your MacBook Pro are

• a MagSafe power port
• one USB 2.0 port (15 inch model); two USB 2.0 ports (17 inch model)
• an audio line in/optical digital audio in port
• a headphone out/optical digital audio out port
• an ExpressCard/34 slot

From left to right on the right-hand side of your MacBook Pro are

• a security slot for a cable and lock
• a USB 2.0 port
• a FireWire 400 port
• a FireWire 800 port
• a Gigabit Ethernet port (10/100/1000Base-T)
• a DVI port

Underneath your MacBook Pro is the battery. The battery has a row of indicator lights and a button.

2) Initial set-up (a) Setup Assistant

Switch on your MacBook Pro by pressing the power button. Setup Assistant will come up on the screen.

Setup Assistant takes you through the process of establishing your user account and your email and Internet details. If you have another Mac and want to carry files and applications from it to your MacBook Pro, Setup Assistant will show you how. If you want to transfer such information at a later date, use Migration Assistant instead.

• Select the Applications folder
• Open Utilities
• Double-click Migration Assistant

If you have another Mac you don’t intend to use in the future, and you’ve bought music, audiobooks, films or TV shows with iTunes, de-authorise the computer. For more details, go to the iTunes Help menu and select iTunes Help.

(b) Internet connection

You can connect wirelessly to the Internet using your MacBook Pro’s built-in AirPort Extreme facility. For more information

• go to the Menu Bar
• select Help>Mac Help
• search for “AirPort”

Alternatively, connect an Ethernet cable to the port on the right-hand side of your MacBook Pro. Place the other end in a cable modem, DSL modem or network.

For a dial-up Internet connection

• buy an external Apple USB Modem
• place it in one of your MacBook Pro’s USB ports
• connect a phone lead from a phone jack to the modem

(c) Sleep mode

Use the sleep mode on your MacBook Pro if you stop work for a short period. To start the sleep mode, you have the following choices:

• select Apple>Sleep on the Menu Bar
• close the screen
• press the power button and select sleep in the dialogue box
• select Apple>System Preferences; choose Energy Saver; set the timer

Please note: don’t move your MacBook Pro until the sleep indicator light on the front edge comes on. This tells you the hard disc has stopped. If you move the MacBook Pro with the disc still spinning, you can damage the disc and lose data.

To wake your MacBook Pro from sleep mode:

• open the screen if you closed it, or
• if the screen is open, press any key or the power button

(d) Shut down

If you’ve finished work on your MacBook Pro for the day, shut it down by either

• selecting Apple>Shut Down on the Menu Bar, or
• pressing the power button and selecting Shut Down in the dialogue box

3) Using the trackpad

With the trackpad, you can:

• scroll
• Click
• double-click
• drag
• move the pointer

To control the distance you send the pointer across the screen, adjust the speed of your finger on the trackpad:

• Move your finger slowly to send the pointer a short distance
• Move your finger fast to send the pointer further

Other features of the trackpad include the following:

• Two finger scrolling. Scroll in any direction by making the same movements with two fingers on the trackpad.
• Secondary or right clicking. Use shortcut menu commands by placing two fingers on the trackpad and clicking the trackpad button.

Some trackpad features apply to certain applications:

• Two finger rotating. By rotating two fingers on the trackpad, you can turn images and text.
• Two finger pinching. By pinching together and pushing apart two fingers on the trackpad, you can zoom in or out.
• Three finger swiping. Flick through a series of images or the pages of a document by swiping three fingers on the trackpad.

If you want to fine-tune and set trackpad options

• select Apple>System Preferences
• click Keyboard & Mouse
• click Trackpad

For more information

• select Help>Mac Help
• click Trackpad

4) Quick Mac OS X guide (a) Introduction

Your MacBook Pro has the Mac OS X v10.5 Leopard operating system. This controls your applications, files and peripheral devices, and works in a similar fashion to Windows.

(b) The basics

Your basic controls are the keyboard and trackpad. Windows users find they have to use the keyboard and trackpad fewer times on the MacBook Pro to achieve comparable results.

(c) Main features

To help you manage and navigate everything successfully on your MacBook Pro, there are four main features:

• Desktop
• Dock
• Finder
• Menu bar

Desktop

Desktop is your starting point each time you use your MacBook Pro. It stores items such as files and images.

The first icon you’ll come across on Desktop is the Macintosh HD (hard drive). Other icons appear when you use the various functions of your MacBook Pro. To view an icon’s files and applications, double-click it.

Also note that

• if you connect a device to your MacBook Pro, an icon appears on the Desktop

if you allow other users on your MacBook Pro, each one can have a Desktop

• when you run applications, Desktop always lies behind them

Dock

The Dock is a row of icons lying at the bottom of your MacBook Pro screen. Click on an icon to reach the files and applications it contains.

When a window appears on the screen, it has three buttons in the top left corner.

• The red button closes the window
• The yellow button minimises the window to the Dock
• The green button maximises and minimises the window’s size

Finder

The icon on the far left of the Dock is the Finder. Use the Finder to navigate and manage your MacBook Pro’s files and applications.

Menu Bar

The Menu Bar is a line at the top of the MacBook Pro’s screen.

With the Menu Bar, you can

• see recent work
• view and adjust settings and applications
• end applications
• interact with a programme
• log in and out
• put the MacBook Pro into sleep mode
• begin restart
• switch off your MacBook Pro

Customising desktop

To customise Desktop, select the System Preferences icon in the Dock or Apple>System Preferences on the Menu Bar. For more details of what you can do, select Mac Help and search for System Preferences or for the item you want to change.

5) Connectivity

Your MacBook Pro has a comprehensive range of ports for printers, phones, iPods, cameras, joysticks, hard drives and so on. As well as USB 2.0 ports, you have a FireWire 400 and a FireWire 800. These are ideal for connecting high speed devices such as video cameras.

The DVI port allows you to connect a monitor, TV or projector. If you have a VGA device, then simply use the supplied DVI/VGA adaptor.

Use the audio line in/optical digital audio in port to connect digital audio equipment or a microphone. Use the headphone out/optical digital audio out port for audio equipment, headphones or speakers.

The ExpressCard/34 slot accepts all standard 34mm ExpressCards. Please note that when you want to remove a card, push it gently first.

6) Battery

When you use the MacBook Pro without the MagSafe Power Adaptor, the time you can run the computer depends on your applications and the peripheral devices that are draining the battery’s power. You can save battery energy by removing unnecessary devices and by switching off your AirPort Extreme and Bluetooth® features when you’re not using them.

Press the button on the battery to check the energy level. The lights at the side of the button tell you how much charge you have left, if any. You can also inspect the battery level by simply checking the battery status icon in the Menu Bar.

The battery can be charged at any time. You’ll find you can charge it more quickly, however, when your MacBook Pro is in sleep mode or switched off.

If you want to replace a failing battery with a full charged one, always shut down your MacBook Pro first.

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Ben T Wilson writes about Mac computers, such as  the imac computers.

What are the Pros and Cons of Electric cars like the Chevy Volt?

Let's specifically look at the new Chevy Volt.

230 MPG
40 Mile range before the battery runs out and it runs on gasoline. It needs to be recharged before it can go again.
How much electric expense from your house will it take to charge the battery, and is that coming from coal plants?
A projected cost of $40,000

What other pros and cons can you see?

Cons: uses electricity... has to be plugged in... MORE emissions from COLE FIRED POWER PLANTS, higher electricity bills... no way to dispose of the lithium battery (bad chemicals in there), with lower gas usage, refineries go out of business, price of gas goes up (which will affect about everything considering the goods you buy had to be delivered there in trucks and use gas), people lose jobs...

This is assuming that they sell the way people think they will... But, I don't think they will do very well, so none of this is really relevant.

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