68LikesTamiya TA05 Touring Sedan
01-12-2008, 03:42 PM
#8807
The rear uprights have a built in 2 degree toe in. The stock rear suspension holder is an 1A which gives 0 additional degrees of rear toe in. The rear 1B will give 0.5 degree toe in. The 1C will give added 1 degree toe in. So you can get 2.5 degrees total rear toe in with the 1B rear suspension holder or 3 degrees with the 1C rear suspension holder. I haven't seen anyone run with more than 3 degrees rear toe in. Most of the time I see people run with 2 or 3 degrees rear toe in. They also have 1D and 1E blocks which can get you to 3.5 and 4 degrees.
01-15-2008, 03:40 PM
#8811
Tech Rookie
Love My TA05!
Hello everyone. I just wanted to stop in here and introduce myself. I'm a bit of an old fart when it comes to the RC hobby. In fact I have been out of the hobby since I graduated from college 16 years ago. I am now a high school Physics teacher, and that is how I was drawn back into this great hobby. Some of my students brought their cars in to my lab asking if they could use some equipment to work on the cars. I allowed them to do this, and in the process got hooked. They hold parking lot races on our school's tennis courts. I went and watched one, and then had to go out and buy myself a TA05IFS. I must say that I feel like rumplestiltskin waking up after sleelping half my life away. When I was last in this hobby, a 2000mAH battery was considered state of the art. I bought a mamba max 5700KV brushless system for my TA05 and a cheap 3000mAH NiCd, and I'm totally blown away by the performance and run times that I'm getting. When I was in the hobby before, anything that went as fast as these cars are going now would be lucky to have a run time of 3-4 minutes. I routinely get over 12 minutes with my car. Anyway, I just found this forum and wanted to say hi and thanks for the great information that I found here. By the way, after getting my brushless system installed I went out and smoked those youngins on the tennis courts last weekend. Great fun. Sorry to ramble, but anyway here is a picture of my TA05.
01-15-2008, 10:46 PM
#8812
welcome to family 
you bought a great car for start over.. Have fun..
Asil
you bought a great car for start over.. Have fun..Asil
01-16-2008, 04:55 AM
#8813
Sounds like you're having fun! Enjoy the new car, they are great value for what you get 
01-16-2008, 04:42 PM
#8815
Tech Rookie
Thankyou
Thankyou for the welcomes and for the compliment on my car. As for turning the competition black and blue, I think I won that tennis court race mostly because of my TA05. IT really is an outstanding value for the price. I paid $155 for it from tower hobbies, and I really am impressed with the performance. As for me as a driver, it's starting to come back, but there is a lot of rust to be removed from being away for over 15 years.
01-16-2008, 10:14 PM
#8817
The main thing I don't like about the new 3-Racing design, is how the upper deck is done in two separate sections, with both sections being joined at a single center post. This is obviously a flexy design. That plus I've heard 3-Racing's reputation is only so so.
I am currently using the Penguin chassis, and it's single piece upper deck still comes together with a bit of flex...
01-17-2008, 01:18 AM
#8819
Love the 3racing chassis I have and the matching shock towers, real good value for money. Cant comment on their other stuff though as ive not used it.
If the chassis I have is anything to go on, the new one should be well worth having too
If the chassis I have is anything to go on, the new one should be well worth having too