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and in any case it is at least less pollutant than racing on 1:1 cars... I think that the higher environmental impact comes from all the plastics (id est oil) "wasted" to produce totally useless model cars, that you can not use for anything else but fun.... note that, to have fun with these RC cars, you often use a real pollutant car to reach the bashing location! Anyway it is better to produce useless funny cars than nuclear weapons.

I have to study a little bit how it works... try also the technigold

Super!!!!!!!!! Thanks for this present. It could be a good idea to share some information such as Tamiya instruction and other. I try to load a test file: Avante 2001 Manual. If someone want to try the torrent... and tell me if it works. My provider does not allows to host torrent file directly, so I uploaded it as a zipped file. Download the zip file, open it ant inside there is the torrent. Everithying is legal because on Tamiya website you can download the same file. http://nuke.goemon.it/Portals/0/Torrents/5...%202001.pdf.zip Or http://nuke.goemon.it/Portals/0/Torrents/5...chigold.pdf.zip Tell me if it works. 58085_Avante_2001.pdf.zip 50290_Techigold.pdf.zip

In my opinion it is a Super Hornet chassis.

Thanks!!!!!!!! How I did it? I have supposed that at least 80 messages are sent each day, and then I made 81+81+81+81... 31 times... isn't it clever? Since I was not 100% sure I added 20... just in case. Easy?

Ive found the solution!!!! It seems incredible but it is true. The problem was only the H4 part (the black plastic part of the underguard)!!! The 4 screws was too tight. Ive loosen a little bit the screws and now everything is working fine. I was very lucky because while I started to disassemble the car for the 3rd time my wife came and asked me what was wrong (strange because she does not care at all about Tamiya). I told her that the car that was not shifting properly but when I made it run it was perfectly running. Surprise!!! Then I assembled the underguard, and I've ran outside to play but again the car was not working. I tried without the underguard, working, with the underguard: not working. The I have loosen the 4 screws and magic: everything is working.

This week end Ive tried the water motor break in. Ive added some snow to keep cool the motor while running. I ran the break in for 60 min @ 3.0 V and no load. I do not have a Dyno for electric motor, so the I tried the break in only to have fun an to see the motor running underwater in the snow. It is possible to find a lot of useful information here: http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/m_5628228/tm.htm

I have a IntelliPeak ICE. http://www.duratrax.com/caraccys/dtxp4170.html I've bought it on Ebay in the USA (176 USD for the charger and shipment in Italy). It is a little expensive but I'm very happy. You have also a moto break in features, and several other charging options. If you will decide to buy it, also buy the temperature sensor! See also: http://www.rcuniverse.com/magazine/article...?article_id=488 http://www.rctech.net/reviews/review_durat..._futureal.shtml http://www.rczone.net/modules.php?name=New...cle&sid=571 http://www.bigsquidrc.com/reviews/duratrax_ice.php

Be careful, if you have the full operational Kit you will have to paint the correct right tank (the one with the holes for the vaiours switch). I made a mistake painting the one that is for the kit without the full kit, and, as you can see on my model, it is not painted.. http://www.tamiyaclub.com/showroom_model.a...4&sid=15790 In any case... since you are an electronic engineer, if something does not work try a reboot. Note that, if you have the full operatinal kit, the seats will not fit under the cabin. I lost two days painting the seats to have a real looking leather seats, and now they are lying in the box. getuserimage.asp.jpg

Yes, you are right... for example Blackfoot Extreme is made in Malaysia, but the biggest part of the plastic component, and some flag kits like the F350 have the print made in Japan. I think that also XB "kit" are made in China... since the price to assemble these items will be crazy in any other continents. Then I have to believe on the "Made in Japan" print I see everywhere on Tamiya's products.

In the '80 the cost of the RC kit (in Italy) it was absolutely prohibitive. My first RC car was a Striker... I had to ask my parents every day for one year before they decide to buy it to stop this every day peana. I heard from my local shop, that, in the past years, Tamiya had big financial problems due to Chinese competition , and the company was even about to close. As you can see almost all Tamiya kit (not all, but a big part) are still "Made in Japan", and thats why the quality of the product is so high. Kyoshos are, nowdays, made in China. Chinese production allowed the producers to offer at cheap price the already built kits... which, in my opinion, are a real nonsense... why do I have to buy a already assembled and painted kit?! 40% of the fun consist in building the kit, 30% in personalising and tuning it, 10% in running it, and 20% in repairing it after running... Today people do not want to build the kit, they only want to use it... I see that there are a lot of people that bring back their kits to the shop when they are broken for reparation!!!! Shame on them!

Argh!! I'm quite sure that I've mounted the C Clips... but I do not remember!!!!!!!!! Haaaa why I've added some grease before to take the pictures!!!!! I will re-re-re-open the gearbox in the week ent to be shure.... buah, it is the 3rd time that I assemble and disassemble completely this car!!! I will try to count the remaining C clips... If I have 2 more... we have solved the problem...

Tamiya cars, in my opinion, are more innovative and Tamiya tend to introduce peculiar (strange) innovations on the models... such as the Hot Shot's monoshocks, the Super Champ shocks oil tank, or the lock system for the Avante's wheels... and a lot of other mainly useless, but very funny and interesting, invention. Do you remember the front collapsing suspension system on the Avante? Very nice but a real pain while racing! Moreover Tamiya is superior to all the other producers in the body's design. Kyoshos are racing machines, all the non necessary has been removed... only engineers can like this kind of idea. Since the '80 Kyoshos cars do not have the figure of the driver!!! This was absolutely incredible for me at that time! An RC car without the driver figure, a slogan on the wing, a driver's name and, sometimes, also the owners name, is not a RC Car. Glenn Morris Rules!

The gear seems to be assembled in the correct way... It is also full of grease!!

All the springs are at their place, the rod is greased, and the bearings are glued. I've also downloaded from internet some pictures of the gearshift to check that everything is in the right place. I will try to deatach the transmission from the motor+gearshift to see if there is any difference.

Ive finished assembling my first F350, and Im having trouble with the shift. The problem is very easy to explain: the gear shift works perfectly in 1-2-3 gear, but when I want to go back 3-2-1 the 3 rd gear remains stuck (with radio in central position) and I have to go back in 1 st gear, and then in 2nd. Ive already opened 3 times the gearbox (big trouble) and everything is in the right position and working. Ive tried different trim on the radio without results. Only not standard item I have is a Kawada Crawler motor could it be that the motor inertia is too high and it stop the gear down? Any Idea?

Today I've received 2 pinion and one Avante motor mount from UK. On Ebay the postage cost was: 2.49 for the motor mount. 2.00 for the pinions. When I received the parcels the cost (shipment only) was: 0.48 for the Motor mount. 0.69 for the pinions. up there in the UK you have very expensive envelopes!! If an envelope cost is around 1.31 ... I will start to export envelopes from Italy to UK!!!

Yes, I have the same problem, and I've solved it with a plenty of glue. It is not nice but it works.... Maybe you can try with "pasta rossa" used to seal motor heads...

If you have some time to lose (in the office obviously), you can visit Google Patents Search engine. http://www.google.com/patents Than search for: tamiya radio... or car or remote... You will find a lot of funny patent made by Tamiya Inc. Here some links: MINI 4WD Chassis... tes, it is patented!!!!!!!!! http://www.google.com/patents?id=DL4ZAAAAE...dq=tamiya+radio Here the patent for the Thunder Blitz!! http://www.google.com/patents?id=zn0ZAAAAE...dq=tamiya+radio Super Hornet http://www.google.com/patents?id=h58pAAAAE...p;dq=tamiya+car Vanquish http://www.google.com/patents?id=iJ8pAAAAE...p;dq=tamiya+car

...to say the truth I'm recycling all the envelopes we receive every day. I have an agreement with the person that open all the packets we receive... and he give me boxes, envelopes, and packaging materials still reusable! But you know... be a bad boy is much more cool than be an environmentalist!!!! Shame on me!

I hate those Ebay sellers that ask high postage and handling cost. I think that sometimes is a way to earn more! When I see high shipping costs I never make bid. From my side I try to give free shipping in Italy. The average for a 250 grams packet in Italy is 2.00 Euro... on Ebay you can easily find people asking 10 Euro!!!! Note that the cost of a pluriball envelope is around 0.45 Euro (if you only buy one envelope). I never charge this cost because I'm stealing the envelopes in my office.

The cost will be 1.45 Euro with a priority mail.

Hi Tarman, I have Super Champ back suspensions arms still NIP. Are you interested in? http://www.tamiyaclub.com/trades_model.asp...42&id=15790

Yes! Anti wear grease is the best solution. I've use it in a limited slieep diff I mounted on the Swift and it works perfectly. Probably also on a standard diff it will have some effect!

Hi! Here some useful information on a product Ive found and tested in Italy. The stripping gel brand is Max Mayer, and the name of the product is BIOSVERNIMAX. On the can you can read in Italian Has a sweet but effective action against any paint. Ive found it in a bricolage center, and the price is around 8 euro. It is a ecologic product, no bad smell, harmful effects on your health, and when you will finish the paint stripping operation you will have shiny hands! Here some picture of the test Ive done. A Lexan Thunder Shot body part and a plastic driver head. I do not remember which kind of paint I used when I was 12, but in any case it was quite a lot, and probably a Tamiya paint. I have painted the parts with a layer of the gel using a normal paint brush, and left the pieces for some minutes (10 min). Than, using my wife's tooth brush , I have removed the old paint very easily. See the shiny and transparent result!!! Repeat the operation until you are satisfied, or you have completely damaged your Tamiya body.