{"id":8559,"date":"2026-07-19T09:31:14","date_gmt":"2026-07-19T09:31:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rcpress.com\/wp\/?p=8559"},"modified":"2026-07-23T04:03:36","modified_gmt":"2026-07-23T04:03:36","slug":"tamiya-hotshot-series-range-of-pinion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rcpress.com\/wp\/?p=8559","title":{"rendered":"Tamiya Hotshot series range of pinion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>According to the official manual, you can use either 13T or 15T pinion on a stock Hotshot\/Super Hotshot.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/rcpress.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/hotshot.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8561\" src=\"http:\/\/rcpress.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/hotshot.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"605\" height=\"249\" srcset=\"http:\/\/rcpress.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/hotshot.jpg 605w, http:\/\/rcpress.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/hotshot-300x123.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 605px) 100vw, 605px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>13T pinion:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/rcpress.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-07-19-at-18.55.50.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8566\" src=\"http:\/\/rcpress.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-07-19-at-18.55.50.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"760\" height=\"417\" srcset=\"http:\/\/rcpress.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-07-19-at-18.55.50.jpeg 760w, http:\/\/rcpress.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-07-19-at-18.55.50-300x165.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) 100vw, 760px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>16T and 17T are possible options &#8211; you need to shim one of the motor screws properly for mounting to be correct.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/rcpress.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/hotshot2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8564\" src=\"http:\/\/rcpress.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/hotshot2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"717\" height=\"261\" srcset=\"http:\/\/rcpress.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/hotshot2.jpg 717w, http:\/\/rcpress.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/hotshot2-300x109.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 717px) 100vw, 717px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/rcpress.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-07-19-at-18.59.33.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8567\" src=\"http:\/\/rcpress.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-07-19-at-18.59.33.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1165\" height=\"650\" srcset=\"http:\/\/rcpress.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-07-19-at-18.59.33.jpeg 1165w, http:\/\/rcpress.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-07-19-at-18.59.33-300x167.jpeg 300w, http:\/\/rcpress.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-07-19-at-18.59.33-1024x571.jpeg 1024w, http:\/\/rcpress.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-07-19-at-18.59.33-768x428.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1165px) 100vw, 1165px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>17T pinion (much faster):<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"RCPRESS vid Tamiya Super Hotshot \" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/I0Uc2U5vYzY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to the official manual, you can use either 13T or 15T pinion on a stock Hotshot\/Super Hotshot. 13T pinion: 16T and 17T are possible options &#8211; you need to shim one of the motor screws properly for mounting to be correct. 17T pinion (much faster): &nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8560,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[124,127],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8559","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tech-tip-drive-train","category-tech-tip-motor"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/rcpress.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8559","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"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=8559"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"http:\/\/rcpress.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8559\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8577,"href":"http:\/\/rcpress.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8559\/revisions\/8577"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rcpress.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/8560"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/rcpress.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8559"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rcpress.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8559"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rcpress.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8559"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}