SAMPLE TAMIYA MINI/JR-4WD RACER
— Owner built and customized. All but the least expensive and basic cars are in Kits (like Tamiya RCs cars. High quality as is typical of Tamiya.)
— 3volt FC130 motors range from 10,000rpm to over 30,000rpm (My car: 10k installed for testing at HobbyTown, alt. 14k and 24k motors can snap-in w/o soldering)
— TUNING PARTS
Cone profile tires to change corner handling (depending on if the large diameter is on the outside or inside of the rim); Ball bearings for axles and transmission gears; large-diameter Rollers (with ball-bearings) to guide car in channel; high-rollers stabilize car in high-speed corners; ball shaped Cap-nuts bounce the car back into the lane/channel and reduce scratching of track; ‘Brake-pad’ in rear reduces ramp speed during a jump; Damper-weights absorb impact during landing and speed up wheels to contact track after a jump or a partial de-slot; additional arms attached to allow installation of Rollers as wide as possible/legal.
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CHASSIS
TRACK – typically Three lanes (in major meets, five are common; two lanes for a home track)
A single serpentine lane appears and functions as three-distinct lanes; usually channeled with at least one lane-cross-over bridge. Competition circuits have jumps, complex esses, wall-climbs; some have loops;
"... get on your bad motor scooter and ride!"
Sammy with Montrose