{"id":3845,"date":"2022-06-05T06:08:23","date_gmt":"2022-06-05T06:08:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rcpress.com\/wp\/?p=3845"},"modified":"2022-06-09T04:56:39","modified_gmt":"2022-06-09T04:56:39","slug":"rcpress-techtip-why-tamiya-cars-are-so-easy-to-break","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rcpress.com\/wp\/?p=3845","title":{"rendered":"RCPRESS techtip: why Tamiya cars are so easy to break&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>One reason why Tamiya cars are so easy to break is because they are using ABS as the primary material on parts are that frequently seeing stress, and that the holes for screws\/axles\/shafts are often very close to the edge. This steering knuckle of the Blazing Star is an example.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/rcpress.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/IMG_20220605_103059.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3846\" src=\"http:\/\/rcpress.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/IMG_20220605_103059.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"936\" height=\"878\" srcset=\"http:\/\/rcpress.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/IMG_20220605_103059.jpg 936w, http:\/\/rcpress.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/IMG_20220605_103059-300x281.jpg 300w, http:\/\/rcpress.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/IMG_20220605_103059-768x720.jpg 768w, http:\/\/rcpress.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/IMG_20220605_103059-675x633.jpg 675w, http:\/\/rcpress.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/IMG_20220605_103059-480x450.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 936px) 100vw, 936px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>This video shows the car fixed with a 3d printed replacement steering knuckle:<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/XNO1CHgAd6I\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One reason why Tamiya cars are so easy to break is because they are using ABS as the primary material on parts are that frequently seeing stress, and that the holes for screws\/axles\/shafts are often very close to the edge. This steering knuckle of the Blazing Star is an example. &nbsp; This video shows the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3846,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[125,130,129,85],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/rcpress.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3845"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/rcpress.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/rcpress.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rcpress.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rcpress.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3845"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/rcpress.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3845\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3864,"href":"http:\/\/rcpress.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3845\/revisions\/3864"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rcpress.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3846"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/rcpress.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3845"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rcpress.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3845"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rcpress.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3845"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}