R C Hobbies — Local services in Huntsville

THIS. PLACE. IS. PACKED. From outside, this building doesn't give you any clue of what is inside. They have a little of everything and a lot of most things. Whether you are into fpv drone racing or HO scale model railroading, this place has something for you. It is not a chain store, and therefore they have a plethora of different products and parts jammed into one and a half floors of space. They have supplies and tools for scratch-building basically anything. They have RC drones, cars, planes, helicopters, trucks, cars, truggies, crawlers, short-course trucks, submarines, boats, and everything else you can think of. They also have most all of the parts you could ever need to fix them. They also have all the batteries and chargers you could ever need. Now that I really think about it, it is simply amazing how they have such a large number of different items organized so very well. I could type all day long about what they have.

Their prices are as good as or better than other places or websites. After several recent trips, I can say that you can basically shop here without checking prices online. They are truly competitive and consistent with their pricing.

There is a nice dirt track adjacent to this store. It is NOT owned or operated by the same people, though. As far as I know, it is maintained by a local RC club and is free and open to the public. Be respectful of it and help maintain the fact that it is free and public, please.

The one and only bad thing I have to say about this place, which IS relevant to a review, is that you should give the salesperson and/or owner a chance. I went into this place a few years ago two times in a month and was never greeted or asked if I needed help. This really turned me off and I deliberatley avoided this store for two years and went elsewhere. A few months ago, I gave it another shot. The same guys were there and acted the same way. A younger guy, however, was VERY attentive and helpful. I have dealt exclusively with him in the half-dozen trips I have made there since. The other guys have helped a bit once or twice when the younger guy needed it. I guess I will just assume that it is me misinterpreting their personalities, BUT my point is that they are all actually nice and helpful. It just may be on YOU to break the ice and start a dialog.

This place is a fantastic spot to watch some racing, shop, and purchase anything you need in the modeling...

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I called and talked with the owner. Nice guy. He seemed disappointed that his crew had made for a bad experience. I could tell he really wanted to make it right and invited me to make sure I said hello when I stopped in next time and to make it a better visit. I appreciate his honesty and the effort to contact me to resolve it. Can’t say that about many people or businesses anymore.

I’ve been around many hobby stores and always support the local guys as much as I can. I’ve been to this shop maybe a dozen times. Always for smaller things like paint, model kits or some random RC replacement parts. Nearly every time, I’ve been treated like the staff doesn’t have time for me or I’m bothering them when I ask questions or if they have an item I’m looking for. The few times I’ve ask for technical help on some RC products, the staff has no idea what I’m talking about and they never make reference that anyone else would know. I’m sure I’ll still buy things here as it’s close and easy to get supply’s when needed but I guess I’ll have to go else where for help and to buy larger/more expensive items. If you are needing tech help, use Facebook groups or online forums for that. This place doesn’t act like that...

RC Hobbies is hands down the best store around for R C Cars,Planes,Boats. Both Electric & Gas powered they have something for everyone no matter your age or gender. They are a Grown Mans Toy Store were we can live out our child hood days again except now there s no one to tell us to stop doing this or that and we can play with our Stuff as long as we like. My son loves R C Hobbies now too I took him there and bought him a higher voltage battery for his R/C Car he had bought at a yard sale one day and it happened to be one from Radio Shack and was a nice one at the time I remember my parents buying me a similar one when I was my sons age. And it was still its Original Box it came in and everything else. And The R C car it self was still in Excellent condition but my son thought it was slow so I took him to get a better one. So he got one that was like double the original battery and after we got it fully charged we put it in his car and took outside to this big open parking lot and that thing took off like a bullet I was suprised by how much faster that battery made it go i had a Lil gas powered R C Truck and his would Smoke mine in a race every...