Diff lock
Sometimes you may want to have no differential at the front. On a standard Tamiya 1/10, you may simply glue…
Plastic gear diff
A typical gear differential: The drive gear is mounted on the carrier which supports the planetary bevel gears (TT01 and…
Plastic cups
Plastic cups can and will break! Avoid plastic cups whenever possible (and especially if it is diff locked)!
Brushed 540s…… why do they still matter?
You might think that with brushless motors dominating RC cars, boats, and planes, brushed 540 motors would be long gone.…
Broken Ball Diff at the front…
Ball Diffs are usually pretty durable. However, the long thin screw that holds the 2 halves together may break upon…
Stripped threads on Tamiya cars
Holes on the Tamiya plastic parts strip quickly. The plastic body parts are too weak to withstand frequent screw and…
Tamiya Motor Mount
Flexibility is lacking when it comes to motor mounting on Tamiya TT01. If you need finer tuning so to accommodate…
Brushed Motor Turns and Pinion
IN THEORY, the higher the number of turns, greater is the torque that can be generated (and often with less…
Brushed …
The problem with brushed system is that it is no longer cost effective to run and maintain. For a brushed…
When Tamiya RC cars meet high power brushless system…
We are talking about those standard Tamiya RC cars not the TRF ones. If you are to use BL system…