mini z Run down

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- January 23, 2003 at 4:16 am #11599
  Lazboy
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  Hey im thinking of buyinga mini z but just want to get a run down on pros and cons things that go around and how they run
  
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- January 23, 2003 at 3:52 pm #44449
  Barrelll
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  Get one !! They’re great, espeically for new comers as they come ready to race ! And with a great range of accessories youll never run out of things to buy. There so great im going to buy another one soon lol
  
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- January 23, 2003 at 5:35 pm #44450
  GT-ahh
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  yeah i was abit indecicive before i bought mine…but now i hardly ever play with my bits…make sure u buy a good charger and some NiMHs or you’ll be paying heaps for alkalines.
  The charger i got is probably the cheapest one that can charge batteries in around an hour
  all up
  My z cost $229,
  My charger cost $69
  NiMHs $12
  TOTAL = $310
  
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- January 24, 2003 at 1:53 am #44464
  jamiekulhanek
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  Same here GT-ahh, but now that i have it its great, maybe not as good as larger 1/10 cars, but it can be raced on much smaller tracks.
  
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- January 24, 2003 at 4:15 pm #44473
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  When we used to have a 4BR house I used to run 1/10 indoors, but since we’ve moved into a 2BR flat (with the *same* amt of furniture) a 1/28 mZ is all there is space for. 🙂 Even a 1/18 Micro RS4 HPI is probably a bit too big/fast, although the 4WD might help. Our “wierd-pile” carpet makes the mZ drive like a crab… sideways diagonally.
- January 24, 2003 at 4:50 pm #44474
  Admin
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  mine does that too,it’s weird when it crabs like that. tho i race more on our tiled kitchen
- January 24, 2003 at 8:04 pm #44490
  jamiekulhanek
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  Yeah i was racing mine in the hallway at the resort im at. It had a doormat inbuilt into the tiles near the front door and it made it go all retarded.
  
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- January 24, 2003 at 8:07 pm #44492
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  i would buy 1 if i were you Lazboy as these things are soo much damn fun, i love my Rex
  
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- January 24, 2003 at 8:35 pm #44496
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  ditto on the rex shypo 😉
  
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  35MHZ 1.0 Battery Modded Castrol Supra
  45MHZ 2.2 Custom Painted Yellow and Black WRX
  57MHZ 2.6 Booster Trueno
  Mini Z Blue WRX (Lights, Gold alloys, Exhaust)
  Mini Z Castrol Supra + all mods (Coming)
- February 4, 2003 at 11:46 pm #44786
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  just anther question what are the deal with the F1’s and what are therer BRAkers???
  
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- February 4, 2003 at 11:54 pm #44788
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  the F1’s are supposed to be very veery fragile
  
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- February 5, 2003 at 12:03 am #44789
  jamiekulhanek
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  i reckon, they have those fragile little wings and stuff.
  
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- February 5, 2003 at 12:06 am #44790
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  the front is supposed to snap off in a high speed collision which sux
  
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- February 5, 2003 at 12:44 am #44791
  GT-ahh
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  the brakes are activated by hitting reverse..if you want it to go backwards you have to double tap reverse..
  
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- February 5, 2003 at 1:36 am #44792
  charg-o-saurus
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  does anybody know the way the f1 actually brakes? how does it slow down? is this usable on the rice burners?
- February 5, 2003 at 1:46 am #44793
  Shypo
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  i was told i can swap the pcb and gain a handbrake, i duno how or why but that sounds pretty damn sweet. imagine a handbrake for powersliding
  
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- February 5, 2003 at 3:15 pm #44806
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  would be very nice indeed, but just gaining enuff speed and turning gives nice powersliding and drift.
  
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- February 6, 2003 at 9:08 pm #44834
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  yeah turning one way then quickly snapping it back the other direction is cool. a handbrake would be absoultey awesome tho
  
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- February 6, 2003 at 11:08 pm #44843
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  just anther question what are the deal with the F1’s and what are therer BRAkers???
  
  F1s have real brakes as well as reverse on their ESC.
- February 6, 2003 at 11:26 pm #44847
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  so there is another button or something which u press and u slowly declerate or what?
  I WANT A HANDBRAKE
  
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- February 6, 2003 at 11:58 pm #44849
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  No, I think the first part of ‘throttle back’ is brake, then the rest is reverse. (yes, its pretty easy to overshoot into rev.) I haven’t tried one for myself though.
- February 7, 2003 at 10:31 pm #44867
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  i just read how the brakes work, u hav to tap forwards once and that slows the car down and then tap it again to come to a complete halt, if u jam the acclerator down then u start driving again
  
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- February 11, 2003 at 4:54 pm #44911
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  yeh might just get a standed one i’ll have anther look at the trading direct they seem to have good prices
  
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- February 12, 2003 at 4:03 pm #44936
  Barrelll
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  lazboy, i reckon i could get one alot cheaper than trading direct, send me an email @ knightjg@postoffice.utas.edu.au
  
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  35MHZ 1.0 Battery Modded Castrol Supra
  45MHZ 2.2 Custom Painted Yellow and Black WRX
  57MHZ 2.6 Booster Trueno
  Mini Z Blue WRX (Lights, Gold alloys, Exhaust)
  Mini Z Castrol Supra + all mods (Coming)
- February 14, 2003 at 8:38 pm #45032
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  Lazboy, you wont be dissapointed with a standard, stock as a rock Mini Z, they fly in that form anyways
  
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- February 17, 2003 at 10:58 pm #45088
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  Ya, just buy one that you prefer.
  
  With hindsight though, if you’re always running on carpet maybe a Overlander might be cute. Std mZ tyres are too low-profile for thick pile.
  
  But if you’re racing then a std mZ is the go.
- February 17, 2003 at 11:16 pm #45091
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  i race my Z on the carpet a fair bit, it isnt very thivk tho but the main problem is the heat build up on carept and the lack of traction, especailly with the X speed:D
  
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- February 17, 2003 at 11:44 pm #45094
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  Heat & traction loss isn’t the big hassle, its that the still spurgear gets better grip and makes it go crab-like. 🙁
- February 18, 2003 at 12:52 am #45097
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  my car starts bouncing when i lose traction and then it just slides and rollsblackeye:
  
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- February 18, 2003 at 4:36 am #45110
  GT-ahh
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  nothing beats a dusty wooden floor… drift all the way…
  
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- February 18, 2003 at 11:42 pm #45130
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  u hav to hav a go in my garage man, its drift heaven… mmm polished concrete
  
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- February 19, 2003 at 3:30 pm #45133
  Barrelll
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  anything polished is the best place for drift, i want to get onto an inside basketball court real sooon 😀
  
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  35MHZ 1.0 Battery Modded Castrol Supra
  45MHZ 2.2 Custom Painted Yellow and Black WRX
  57MHZ 2.6 Booster Trueno
  Mini Z Blue WRX (Lights, Gold alloys, Exhaust)
  Mini Z Castrol Supra + all mods (Coming)
- February 19, 2003 at 9:19 pm #45136
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  myself and Charg-o-saurus had a burn on a B-ball court with stock cars and they were doin sum nice little slides:D
  
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