It started with a simple thought: “Why doesn’t this exist?”
I didn’t start NANO NATION RC to build a company. I started it because I wanted something that didn’t exist — and when I couldn’t find it anywhere, I decided to build it myself.
Every tiny excavator I found was a toy.
I was looking for a tiny RC excavator that was fully functional — proportional controls, independent movements, something that actually operated like the real thing. On/off switches and single-speed motors weren’t going to cut it.
I looked everywhere. Nothing existed at this scale with that level of control. So instead of giving up, I decided to build it myself — with no formal background in manufacturing.
Three years of prototyping, testing, and failing... A lot...
I taught myself CAD and 3D printing. Learned injection molding from scratch. What started as a personal project turned into a grind — prototype, test, fail, improve — over and over, until it finally met my standard.
First sketches & CAD
Teaching myself CAD from zero, figuring out how an excavator this small could actually move like the real thing.
Prototype after prototype
Relentless iteration — testing gearing, testing controls, testing everything, and rebuilding what didn’t work.
The X100 is born
That process led to the creation of the X100 — the first version that finally felt right.
I shared it online expecting nothing. The internet had other plans.
At first, the X100 was just something I wanted to enjoy for myself. But after sharing the prototype online, the response was overwhelming — people didn’t just like it, they wanted one.
I’m not just building RC toys. I’m building a hobby-grade fleetfor the people who believed in this from the start.
See what all the prototyping was for.
Designing is what drives me — functional, proportional, built to be used, not just displayed.