Wooden Wireless Remote R/C F1 Racing Car Science Kit to Build (Racing Pack of 2), Educational STEM Project Science Kit for Kids Aged 8-12, 9-16, Ideal Gift for Children Boys and Girls

Love it, easy assembly and a joy to play with. Needs 5 AA Batteries.

This kit is really easy to put together. The instructions…. The pictures could be better. 2 instances I was like whatttt are the pictures saying and turns out it was just weird instructions and I fixed it. It comes with 2 motors. One for forward and back and one for side to side. All the parts were inside. Even a few extra screws. The connectors are kid friendly. You just push down and slide the wire in. So there is no actual need for trying to connect. I was able to alter this set up quite a bit. I honestly needed just the body and motors. So if you are looking to customize it you can do that with a little work. It is a fantastic price for everything you get. And it does work exactly as described.

Overall, great simple kit. It's truly a bare bones set up, but that's consistent with the price, and was great fun to assemble with my son. A few things are needed to make it better: 1) the small orange bushings that are used to secure the small metal posts that allow the front wheels to steer aren't tight enough, as such, we have to re-tighten them after about 15 minutes of driving around 2) the little glue stickers are neither easy to apply, or sticky enough. Why not just use the little screws everywhere, it would be much easier 3) the remote control range is too short - you need a better transmitter. 4) There should be a wooden handle part for the remote control. It's just hard to hold as is.

Item did not work for long. Very sensitive gears that will fail if not aligned perfectly. Be leary of any wooden model that has gears or any connecting/moving parts.

We bought this for my 10 year old son for Christmas. He loves tinkering and all things STEM. He came to me and said the motor wasn’t working so I reached out to the company at an email provided in the kit. They asked me to confirm it failed a certain test and after playing with it with him, I found the motor worked fine but not once he put it in the car. The company then sent me pictures of things to check. After seeing the pictures my son went back to the directions and found his mistake and was able to get it working. The turn around on answering emails was awesome and this gave my son a good experience with engineering. Not everything goes right the first time but perseverance pays off. In the end he has a fun gadget and had a learning experience. Win win!

Kids don't understand the importance of not over-tightening screws. Car will sag under it's own weight and won't steer if screws are over tightened. It came with one replacement part that I needed, but I had to use a twist tie to reinforce the metal axil holder onto the wooden frame since the screws were stripped out in the soft wood. Very cool toy. LOVED playing with it. The batteries didn't stay in the car's battery holder. I had to use the velcro strap with a spare wood bit wedged in in order to hold the battery in it's housing. Some inconsistent performance based possibly on weight distribution over the wheels, but it would drift on one side and turn hard to another side. Very light duty but fun on hard floors for sure. Not good on carpet. Will pick up hair in the axels. Had fun assembling with two 10 year olds. They gave up at step 11.

Tiny screws Make sure you have your readers on But once built they drop pretty good on hardwood floors Price point is great for these little kits They loosen up after a while (super glue the wood )

steering motor does work. it barely moves by itself and not at all on the car or when the slightest pressure is touching it