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Category: Tech Tip – General

Localized stress around screw holes
Tech Tip - Chassis, Tech Tip - General, Tech Tips

Localized stress around screw holes

ycthkAugust 14, 2024August 14, 2024

Damage around screw holes seems a common issue on Tamiya cars. It could have occurred due to a combination of…

Can soldering iron fix broken parts?
Tech Tip - General, Tech Tips

Can soldering iron fix broken parts?

ycthkJuly 22, 2024July 23, 2024

Can we use soldering iron to fix broken plastic? As a quick fix, yes for most Tamiya ABS plastic parts.…

Tamiya Bigwig steering
Tech Tip - General, Tech Tips

Tamiya Bigwig steering

ycthkJune 24, 2024April 21, 2026

The Tamiya Big Wig was first introduced in 1986 as part of Tamiya’s 10th-anniversary celebration of their RC car line.…

3d print bumper and reinforcement
Tech Tip - General, Tech Tips

3d print bumper and reinforcement

ycthkJune 22, 2024

The bumper is printed with TPU (to print with FDM printer you must use a slower speed and have retraction…

AMR 9 nitro smaller scale M car like chassis
Reviews, Tech Tip - General

AMR 9 nitro smaller scale M car like chassis

ycthkJanuary 20, 2024January 20, 2024

Nitro RC cars are equipped with small two-stroke engines that run on a fuel mixture of nitromethane, methanol, and synthetic…

RCPRESS vid: TT02B goes onroad
Tech Tip - General, Tech Tips

RCPRESS vid: TT02B goes onroad

ycthkJanuary 19, 2024December 26, 2025

Taking a Tamiya TT-02B onto an on-road track might sound a little unconventional at first, but that’s actually part of…

RCPRESS vid: FF03 offroad conversion
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RCPRESS vid: FF03 offroad conversion

ycthkSeptember 17, 2023January 15, 2024

This Tamiya FF03 has been converted to offroad. Converting an on-road RC car to an off-road setup involves several modifications…

Battery layout
Tech Tip - General, Tech Tips

Battery layout

ycthkSeptember 14, 2023April 9, 2026

Now you know why TD04’s battery layout is better…. When battery is placed in the middle like the Hotshot chassis,…

Modifying the DF01 to accommodate a 3S lipo
Tech Tip - Chassis, Tech Tip - Electronics, Tech Tip - General

Modifying the DF01 to accommodate a 3S lipo

ycthkDecember 5, 2022December 6, 2022

We have to face the truth that 2S and silver can just won’t make it on muddy grassland. 3S power…

1/8 Serpent onroad EP
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1/8 Serpent onroad EP

ycthkOctober 14, 2022March 1, 2023

Serpent is a Dutch manufacturer of high-end RC cars, known for producing some of the most advanced and high-performance racing…

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