Who Invented the RC Car?

Remote Control (RC) cars have been around since the late 1960s, but it wasn’t until the early 1970s when they gained widespread popularity. It was in 1971 when a company called Tamiya Corporation released the first commercially successful RC car.

The car was called the “Porsche 934 Turbo RSR” and it was one of the first RC cars to become available to the general public. The success of this model opened up a whole new market for RC car manufacturers and many companies followed suit with their own models, including Tamiya’s own “Lancia Delta HF Integrale” and “Ferrari F40”.

This sparked a surge of innovation and development in the RC car industry, with new designs and technologies being developed at a rapid pace. In fact, within a few years there were dozens of different types of RC cars on the market, from off-road buggies to touring cars and drift cars.

The invention of radio-controlled cars can be credited to a number of people, including Hans Greeve who is credited with inventing the first ever radio-controlled model car in 1967. However, it was Masami Hirosaka who is widely regarded as the “father” of modern RC car racing. Hirosaka is credited with developing many of the technologies that are now common in modern RC cars, such as brushless motors and LiPo batteries.

Hirosaka also founded one of the world’s most successful RC car companies – Team Associated – which is still producing some of the best performing vehicles on the market today.

In conclusion, while Hans Greeve is credited with inventing the first ever radio-controlled model car in 1967, Masami Hirosaka can be seen as who truly invented the modern day Remote Control (RC) Car due to his incredible innovations and contributions to this industry.

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Susan Delgado