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Tamiya M04 Mini R/C Car with Novak Brushless 4.5r

admin — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 00:57:25 +0000

Just for fun, running my Tamiya M04 mini r/c car with a Novak 4.5r brushless motor and Orion 3200 lipo battery. Tires are home made sorex cut to 57mm diameter. The motor was simply too much for the rear wheel drive M04. On the straight it’s very fast, scary fast. Infield, too much torque, difficult to drive smooth lines. My testing ended when the sorex tire blew.

Tire blowout.

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Here are more articles, photos, videos and setup tips for the Tamiya m-chassis mini rc cars such as the M03, M04 and M05.

Wangan Midnight Fairlady Z R/C Car

admin — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 13:31:13 +0000

I am a huge fan of the Wangan Midnight anime series. My favorite is the Datsun Fairlady Z also known as the Devil Z in the anime. Story is about a group of street racers aiming to be the fastest on the Wangan in Tokyo Japan. Speeds of over 300kph. Watch the anime!

Here is an r/c car called the ABC Hobby Genetic. Beautifully replicating the Devil Z car in Wangan Midnight.

The chassis is 4 wheel drive with 4 wheel independent suspension and shock absorbers.

Mini RC Cars

admin — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 12:50:25 +0000

One of the cheapest way to get into the hobby is to buy mini rc cars. These are typically 1/36, 1/24 and 1/16 in scale size and significantly smaller than the typical 1/10th scale models.

Photo of mini rc cars. Losi Micro-t, Tamiya Tamtech, Kyosho Mini Inferno

Above from left to right is 1/36 Losi Micro T, 1/24 Tamiya Tamtech and 1/16 scale Kyosho Mini Inferno.

Being small, I can play with my mini rc cars in my living room or garage. For 1/36 scale I highly recommend the Losi Micro T. I bought this in Hong Kong, ready to run with battery, charger and controller. It is fully proportional and very fast, I would estimate top speed of 10 – 12 mph. This is fast for it’s size, exciting to drive. Very durable as well, have not broken a single part in 2 years. I use this to keep my driving skills sharp. If you can control a 1/36 scale rc car, you can easily control a 1/10 scale.

I also enjoy 1/24 scale rc cars such as my Tamiya Tamtech’s and Kyosho Mini Z (actually a 1/28 scale). Good for having fun in my garage track.

Right now I am training my 8 year old girl Porsha with a 1/16th scale Kyosho Mini Inferno. Currently she is doing 10 laps in my garage track in 1minute 58 seconds. Not bad as I am doing 1minute 40 seconds. This is to prepare her for an upcoming race.

To summarize, mini rc cars are cheap, can be played in small places and be used as training machines for racing in 1/10 scale. I highly recommend you start with mini rc cars.

Joel

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Duratrax – 1/18 Vendetta (touring car, buggy, short course and stadium truck)
HPI – 1/18 Micro RS4 Drift
Kyosho – 1/43 dNaNo, 1/28 Mini Z , 1/16 Mini Inferno
Radio Shack - 1/28 XMODs
Losi – Mini T, Micro T, Mini LST, Mini Crawler
Traxxas – 1/16 E-Revo, 1/16 Slash
XRAY – 1/18 M18