Jaycar Clones

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- August 8, 2003 at 2:56 pm #11226
  Pork_Hunt
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  I dropped into Jaycar earlier this week, looking for a 4AA battery holder (side by side don’t seem to exist anymore). As I was leaving I spotted some 1/64 cars under the counter. They looked good, but I was in a hurry and didn’t get a chance to go over them thoroughly. Anyone know anything about them, they aren’t mentioned on the Jaycar website.
- August 8, 2003 at 4:24 pm #21740
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  havent ever seen them in the local jaycar down here in tassie
- August 8, 2003 at 4:48 pm #21741
  ph2t
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  Did you happen to see how much they were going for?
  
  ph2t.
- August 8, 2003 at 6:46 pm #21762
  jamiekulhanek
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  Were they in a plastic ‘bullet’ shaped dome??
- August 10, 2003 at 11:16 pm #21845
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  They were about AU$30.
  They were in either a pressed plastic pack (like the HSV’s) or a box, bit vague now 🙂
- August 10, 2003 at 11:49 pm #21846
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  They come both ways, the single speed cars come in a plastic sealed pack, like the HSV cars. The two speed cars come in a box.
  They are the same price too, $29 or $34 I cant quite remember though. They are dual cell, but use 2 1/4AAA cells, NiMhs. The dimensions are smaller than BCGs, more the size and scale of a Keyence MadTune. Wheels are tiny, have rubber tyres, and the rear axel is captive. They are not using the same signals as a BCG or ZipZap, but it is tha same as an Enertec car. They use the PT chipset for those who are technically minded.
  This means it runs the same as a BCG, 2 speeds forward and reverse, and the steering is the same as a BCG. The controller on the 2 speed version is a bit strange, it feels like it will break when you twist it, which is what you have to do to drive the car. They go reasonably fast and need more than a table top to get to full speed.
  They are a bit of fun, but dont compare to BCGs for controllability and theres no hop-ups for them.
  :)uA
- August 11, 2003 at 3:08 am #21849
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  micro_Amps: did u get them in melbourne? if u did, where did u get them?
  
  And could anyone post some pics of those jaycars?
- August 11, 2003 at 1:50 pm #21852
  trash
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  check their website, you can mail order from them too.
  
  http://www.jaycar.com.au
- August 11, 2003 at 5:59 pm #21874
  micro_Amps
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  LeonLi17 I have seen them for sale at both the Melbourne city store and the Frankston store.
  :)uA
  Here’s a link with pics
  
  Edited by – micro_Amps on 11 August 2003 14:03:50
- August 11, 2003 at 6:07 pm #21875
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  they look bigger and more to scale. Has anyone got one of them, are they worth the money?
- August 11, 2003 at 9:51 pm #21877
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  Can I just say that if you are after a clone, go for the Tandy version. I’ve got a PT Cruiser (they also have a WRX) and it kicks shit over my cousin’s tomy skyline. it has heaps more power, 3 times the battery life, and proportional accelleration. I got mine for $29, i think they are now down to $26.
  
  Alex H
- August 12, 2003 at 5:30 am #21894
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  I spotted the Jaycar clones at the Springvale Rd & Highway store.
  I gotta agree trialex, I have one of those enertec turbo cars, got mine at Big W, love it.
- August 12, 2003 at 8:05 pm #21898
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  those tandy ones are $19 in myer in launceston at least the last I saw they were. I dont like’em they use AAA’s instead of AA’s all my other cars are AA so I buy bat’s in bulk lots of 40 saves cash.
- August 13, 2003 at 3:48 pm #21906
  DaveF
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  Does anything from them fit the BCGs?
- August 14, 2003 at 10:19 pm #21937
  merc-blue
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  has ne 1 seen the tanks cause last weekend i was in jaycar on abecket street n they had a couple tanks behind the counter
- August 19, 2003 at 9:47 pm #21093
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  trialex and racerx,,
  i ve seen em in gracies for $20’s but a formula 1 version. I saw sum in a cheap market in sydney for 10!!!
  
  The jaycar clones are perfectly to scale and are based on cars from 2 fast 2 furious. There is an eclipse, skyline, supra and something else. They are painted slightly difeerently though! they are $30.
- August 19, 2003 at 10:46 pm #21082
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  I still think the Tandy ones are the best fun.
  
  HobbyCo in Sydney is selling no-name asian imitations for $12. I bought one to take apart to see how it all worked, especially the steering, as I’m looking at microUAV’s (essentially remote control planes under 6 inch wingspan carrying a video camera) for my thesis at uni.
  
  The HobbyCo ones are quite inferior in charge/playtime, top speed and the steering is pretty weak compared to other brands
  
  Anyway, they are good fun for destroying though.
  
  trialex
- August 20, 2003 at 12:20 am #20879
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  i seen them, i thought they were $6????
- August 20, 2003 at 2:23 pm #20708
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  Hi Trialex,
  I’ll have to get my pics up of my mini cam wireless tanks with their remote camera.
  I have heaps of video transmitting gear that i’ve built (Ham Radio/Television) and some lately that I’ve bought. Transmitter power up to 100W
  and frequencies up to 75GHz.
  I’ve been playing around with the small wireless
  cameras on my RC helicopters and the small RC planes, though not as small as 15cm wingspan.
  I’m still up on +30cm. I did see one picolight
  rc plane a few weeks ago, they wanted $300 for it
  and that didn’t include half of the RC gear.
  Putting a PIC chip on it to control it would be very easy, but getting a video camera on it would
  be tough. I have small camera’s, but not that small. The I could get a 500mW UHF transmitter on board easy, but powering such a monster would
  become a major problem. You might like to look at
  some of the rocket mini cams. I can fit them into
  a 1 inch tube easy, but the power to weight ratio
  is more than enough to lift them and the batteries. If it isn’t, then external boosters solve that problem. Brute force solves most problems.
- August 20, 2003 at 5:59 pm #20598
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  That would be cool. What do you use to trigger still cameras?
  
  Fortunately the uni has bought a camera/transmitter combination to use in flight testing. It is a swann microcam which we have modified to run off the lithium polymer flight batteries.
  
  http://www.swann.com.au/products/security/microcam/microcam.htm
  
  the microcam is pretty cool. 20grams including camera, transmitter and antenna.
  Unfortunately i dont get to take it home though…
  
  what size and weight are your home made cameras? are they based on premade PCB/lens combinations like you can get from dick smith?
  
  looks like i should be looking at some amateur rocketry sites too…
  
  trialex
- September 23, 2003 at 1:18 am #32692
  micro_Amps
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  Just an update on the Jaycar cars (toysworld cars)
  they are out of stock of the 2 speed cars (in Victoria) and wont have any more for a few weeks. They have also taken the 2 speed demo cars out of display too so you cant play with them.
  :)uA
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