RC Vehicles - A Guide to Cars, Trucks and More

Remote control cars have been around since the mid 1960’s.  Over the years, the technology has advanced and now there many different kinds of RC vehicles out there for machine enthusiasts, as well as those who have a love for high tech toys.  You can find any number of types of remote control vehicles including boats, cars, trucks, airplanes and helicopters.  All of them have some things in common, like most are powered either by electricity (using battery packs) or gas.  Yet each type provides a vastly different experience depending on whether you are flying, driving, or sailing.

Nikola Tesla gave a demonstration of a remote control boat back in 1893.  Over 100 years later, people are enjoying buying a boating RC vehicle in one of many sizes and taking it out on the water.  There are different kinds of boats available, the main difference being the type of power used.  An electric powered RC boat uses a battery pack and can get speeds of around 15 to 20 mph.  A gas powered boat can use a gas mixture like used in weed eaters or a special mixture made just for a model boat.  This kind of boat gets speed higher than an electric boat, depending on the mixture used.

If you are more into cars and trucks than boats, that’s fine too, cause there are a variety of these RC vehicles available.  Model cars are available in the form of many different real life cars, everything from an ordinary day car to a more exotic Lamborghini or Ferrari.  Model trucks used to resemble stadium trucks, but most of them today are based on giant monster trucks.  While the cars may be limited to only being able to drive on a flat surface, the model trucks are designed to handle much rougher terrain.

Having a RV means more cleaning. Its like your automobile, it needs to be cleaned often due to the bugs, mud, road grime, plus you may grill outside or have a fire and where does the smoke go, on the RV.   It is an on going battle to keep it clean especially if you are on the road. Having the right tools to clean with is a must.  These are some of the thing we have tried.

Of course you must have a Bucket Taxi.  It has big wheels that roll on gravel and little pockets for stuff like brush, polishing cloths and many others things.  It will also carry a full bucket of soapy water.

Okay, first we rinse off the RV and then we need to soap it down.  Have you tried Joy
dish washing detergent for washing your RV.  There are many items on the market but Joy does a great joy and will not hurt your wax on the RV.  If you RV is really dirt you will need a soapy mitt or brush to physically remove the dirt, most rag mitts are made of some combination of natural wool, polyester nylon.  The name brand Carrand has a wash glove that adapts to all wood, metal and plastic poles for a longer rich. 

Wash mitts are gloves are important, but for the big job, a brush works really well.  It is good to have bug sponge to help clean the grille.   Now we are ready to rinse off the soap and a California Original Water Blade will move most of the water on the RV. Of course the old bath towel still works.

When it comes to the glass Rain-X really works to keep bugs, ice, wet snow, road grime and even rain from sticking on the windshield.    The inShield Wiper Slips on the back of your hand makes hard to reach areas a breeze.

For cleaning the tires and wheels, which is a big job, we have found a bristle brush works the best with Soft Scrub.  They are many sprays that are used to make the tires look black and new.  It takes a lot of buffing to make it shine like new.

Happy camping in a clean RV.

The earliest Quilting needles, fishbones, gradual changes from bones, to bronze to steel have brought many forms and sizes.  Some early bronze needles had blunt tips because the soft bronze could not be shaped to a point.  Then came steel which could be sharpened to a find point and was also strong.

Some needles come in Sharps, these are good for every day hand sewing.    For hand piecing, always use a number 10 Sharp.   Different companies have different needles even though they are the same size or make.   Some may be stronger than others and will not perform as well as other. Needles labeled Inbetweens or Betweens are designed for hand quilting.  You will find that they are shorter and thicker than Sharps. Some say that the shorter the needle, the smaller your quilting stitches will be.  In needle sizing the higher the number, the shorter and thinner the needle.    It is best to try  different sizes to see if they fit you your need.

I recommend a Milliners size 8 for quilting.   Milliners needles are longer and thinner than Betweens. 

If you like covered bridges Bucks County, Pennsylvania is the place to go.  Pennsylvania had more than 1,500 covered bridges and was home to the first covered bridge in the United States in Philadelphia.  Pennsylvania still boasts more covered bridges than any other state Buck County has 12 covered bridges, 10 of which see regular traffic.

All bridges in Bucks Count are of lattice type construction, which means there are no upright beams or arches, just triangles.  Because their were so many small streams the bridges were important.  The streams could go from dry steam beds to overflowing banks, bridges were necessary for everyday life. Due to these streams being in vast deciduous forests, material was readily accessible and plentiful.

We have experience the Bucks County Covered Bridge Society tours are the best and very detailed. They tour begins at a historical site along the Delaware Rive where George Washington crossed the river on Christmas Day in 1776, changing the tide of the Revolutionary War. The tour will lead you to all 12 bridges and the history will be explained to you and you will feel you are back in the time of covered bridges.

Have you been to Yellowstone National Park recently?  Did you know about Yellowstone in West Yellowstone, Montana?   If you are doing research on Yellowstone it is easy to find in The Museum of the Yellowstone in West Yellowstone, Montana.  The building was originally the end-of-line depot of the Oregon Short Line Railroad.  The Union Pacific Dining Lodge, a massive edifice of log and stone with a fireplace big enough for a small person to walk around in was a two story building where it all began for this town which began business in 1909.

It is situated on the west edge of Yellowstone National Park.  In the early 1900s it was a place for the jet set.   In the 1900 train travel was elegant, and it was the only way to travel to the Park, visitors to the park would arrive at 7 in the morning on a state of art Pullman cars and porters would unload their luggage.  The visitors would have breakfast in the great dining hall, all stylishly dressed for a day of touring the park and would spend three days.  Their visits would end at the lavish dinners in the dining lodge.

American idol has been and is one of the most successful television shows on tv.  It has claimed the top Nielsen rating for six consecutive season,a ratings juggernaut for Fox.

The show is in it 10th season seems to be losing two of the judges, Simon Cowell and Ellen DeGeneres. Of course Paula Abdul left the show last season and Rand Jackson has not made a decision about this season as of this date, it's a 10 t0 1 odds that he will return.

Producers have yet to choose the judges for the next season. Names that have been made to replace the two judges are Steven Tyler, Jessica Simpson, Kara KioGuardi and several others with Jennifer Lopex seems be on stand by.