RC Car Recommendation?

Yep, at 7 years old i'd recommend pre built ones made by new bright. I see em at walmart. They had a huge grave digger truck i would have wanted for myself. It was done up so nice i would have shelf displayed it. The new bright cars n trucks are fully proportional. This means they have Fwd, reverse, and left and right in both directions. They also come with rechargable nicads for the motor, have nicely detailed bodies, and are pretty inexpensive. They are also probably fast enough for his age and reflexes.

As he gets older if he decides he wants to get into the better ones, these would be kit built stuff. Heres where it gets expensive. $100 for an inexpensive roller kit R/C car minus 2 channel radio and battery pack with charger is the norm. Then add basic 2 channel radio, batteries, charger etc and your looking at about $250 easy, and thats for a basic funnin around R/C kit. For these kit build cars i'd recommend electric powered instead of gas powered. Tamiya model co. makes very nice easy to assemble R/C kits. These id recommend when he is about 11 or 12.

My first R/C build kit by Tamiya was called The Hornet. It was a 1/10 buggy with an RS 540 motor, easy to assemble, pretty rugged, fast and fun. They reissued this kit again because of its popularity, and ease of construction.

This hobby is addictive. You may end up with one for yourself too so you can have fun with your son. If you have access to tennis courts, these make the best surface for on road cars IMHO. Off road stuff needs no explanation.

Hope this helps
Matt