Tamiya mini cooper
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Thanks mate, I've got some more if you're interested in looking at https://www.facebook.com/kpkracing
Nice rig mate, love the weathered look!
Nice rig mate, love the weathered look!
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brilliant! I was looking into just cutting the light housings out completely out of my old body and sticking some flashlight lenses from a multipack into them to see what it looks like. I love the simplicity of how you pulled it off though.
Cheers mate, yeah I had though about doing it with a torch but didn't want to destroy two torchers to do it!
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Yeah, it's sorta sad. Some of it is due to a lot of "bad mouthing". Much of it comes from guys who've never raced a TCS event. I've been around for awhile so have heard many of the "reasons" why TCS is bad, bad, bad.
You have to run a Tamiya car. Geez, what were they thinking????
You have to use Tamiya parts. How stupid are those guys at Tamiya?????
There are too many rules and those TCS guys "cheat". They have a lot of rules to cut down on the cheating. You'll have a fairer shot at a TCS race than you will at most club races.
Please note these comments apply only to my "local" scene. There are other very successful programs out there. But they all use the TCS format and have a structured set of rules and usually limit the motors.
You have to run a Tamiya car. Geez, what were they thinking????
You have to use Tamiya parts. How stupid are those guys at Tamiya?????
There are too many rules and those TCS guys "cheat". They have a lot of rules to cut down on the cheating. You'll have a fairer shot at a TCS race than you will at most club races.
Please note these comments apply only to my "local" scene. There are other very successful programs out there. But they all use the TCS format and have a structured set of rules and usually limit the motors.
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Doesn't matter who's flag you race under, there will always be supporters and detractors. Our rules are loose as hell and there are still some complaints about there being too many. Having been saddled with writing and enforcing rules over the years, I'd almost welcome the simplicity and structure provided by TCS. The only issues are cost and Tamiya doesn't talk to us much.
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I had heard that too, but I didn't let it stop me from trying the series anyway. I was begging the guys in tech to tear my car down every round.
Heres my secret to why the car was so fast in GT3 - I got a little lucky when race day was so hot, and I did hundreds of laps of testing at the Hobbytown Fresno track on Sundays in July - when the air temp was 105+ and the track temp was 135.
What was I testing?
Heres my secret to why the car was so fast in GT3 - I got a little lucky when race day was so hot, and I did hundreds of laps of testing at the Hobbytown Fresno track on Sundays in July - when the air temp was 105+ and the track temp was 135.
What was I testing?
Tech Elite
Doesn't matter who's flag you race under, there will always be supporters and detractors. Our rules are loose as hell and there are still some complaints about there being too many. Having been saddled with writing and enforcing rules over the years, I'd almost welcome the simplicity and structure provided by TCS. The only issues are cost and Tamiya doesn't talk to us much.
The Tamiya distributer in each country runs the TCS program there. I'd heard that your distributer dropped the racing program. Too bad cause the
Canadian racers have won some of the trips. Never heard why the program was scrapped.
Tech Elite
I had heard that too, but I didn't let it stop me from trying the series anyway. I was begging the guys in tech to tear my car down every round.
Heres my secret to why the car was so fast in GT3 - I got a little lucky when race day was so hot, and I did hundreds of laps of testing at the Hobbytown Fresno track on Sundays in July - when the air temp was 105+ and the track temp was 135.
What was I testing?
Heres my secret to why the car was so fast in GT3 - I got a little lucky when race day was so hot, and I did hundreds of laps of testing at the Hobbytown Fresno track on Sundays in July - when the air temp was 105+ and the track temp was 135.
What was I testing?
Tech Rookie
Ive got two m05s..one id like to make a rally out of it. I know all the parts needed..except for the long springs I need. Ill be using the trf works damper set. Anyone have a tamiya part number? Ill need four
Thanks out to everyone here answering questions. Its greatly appreciated
Thanks out to everyone here answering questions. Its greatly appreciated
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Oddly enough, I almost never club race locally because it conflicts with work (they race Saturdays and that's a work day on our farm, which means I need to be there).
R/C Tech Elite Member
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Well, this little frame grab is interesting. It's not the secrets of the universe, but it's interesting.
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I've heard of taking a hammer to the motor before, but questioned the legality of it. Looks like it's technically legal as you're not advancing the timing with it, just jostling the magnets (risking destroying the motor in the process)