Yeehaaaa! The TA03F lives!

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    • #11804
      Avatar photoAaron
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      *grins* Panda has probably the inside line on this as I ve been posting on TamioyaClub.com about it….

      But anyways after a couple of months of no go my TA03F has finally run through a battery pack in anger and NOT broken anything.

      I m very very happy about this!

      *bounces*

      Now only have to fix the Baja Champ and finish tuning my Mini-Z!

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    • #46904
      PandaBear
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      Wierd… what DO you guys do to
      cars that make them fail so much??

      Me… the 1st TA03 we bought is still around and
      going strong. It hasn’t broken anything yet and
      stil has plently of life left.

      And yes, this is same one the wife learnt to drive on.

      Dragged another pal out to the track last Sat and
      stuffed the TX & 03 in his hands and said go for it.
      Have done that to numerous fellas and got them
      all hooked on RC… heh heh heh.

      That TA03 has a lot to answer for… is still 100% intact today. 🙂

      Ahh, if it breaks again send it down here and
      we’ll fix it up good & proper!! :blush:

    • #46918
      Avatar photoAaron
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      It’s not me as such – the car was bought used… It had/has problems witht he way the previous owner built it (stripped threads, self tap screws where machine scews should be etc) and as such it’s ‘breaking’ things becuase they’re not right to start off with.

      I think I’m on top of all the problems now and am starting to get into the serious side of it…

      Very very happy with the way it drives.

      As for my car killign tricks.. the Twin MSC 12 turn mini was a rocket with no handling and hence barrel rolls at full speed took their toll on the body mounts and wheels 😉

      The Baja only snapped a driveaxle, common enough failure and is being rebuilt now – finally, had a little bit of grit in the rear gearbox but otherwise fine.

      The FF I had never broke anythig – I just didn’t like ti.

      The Stadium Blitzer – *sigh* bought for fun, it was good fun but like Wild Willy it just didn’t handle…. So sold it on too. Never broke ’em though….

      Next will be a Wild Dagger…. Just need the $300 for the kit 😉

      Edited by – Aaron on 19 August 2003 10:04:37

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    • #46920
      PandaBear
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      We’ve built a twin-motor’d TA03… 🙂

    • #46925
      Avatar photoAaron
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      Now that would be interesting 😉 The ’03 is very very versatile 😉

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    • #46929
      jamiekulhanek
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      Tell me about breakages, my Old tamiya GH2 fitted with a 14×2 motor would barely last the 10 minutes of battery power without being a hippy and hugging the trees. Its a fragile thing and parts are scarce.

    • #46934
      PandaBear
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      Now that would be interesting 😉 The ’03 is very very versatile 😉

      Just need another motor/gearbox assembly to replace the rear dummy one, clean pure dropin fit.

      As for speed… twin motors means more torque, not double speed.

    • #46938
      Avatar photoAaron
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      Aye… better acceleration perhaps but not more outright speed.

      I should have converted the Mini to RWD instead of keeping it FWD 😉 but then again I don’t think it would have changed much 😉

      I was running 55mm wheels on itand quite a large pinion…. Low weight, bugger all suspension and big wheels made it a handfill….

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    • #46939
      PandaBear
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      Can get speed only from high gearing, as there’s
      a max to every motor’s rpm. RCCA got their TA03
      with twin motor up to 87MPH I think.

      No known way of getting M01/02 to handle, least
      of all is making it RWD – this needs real sticky
      rear tyres as a bandaid against donuts, ditto M04.
      FWD M03 is still the best mini platform so far.

      (although the newest Yokomo 4WD mini with the
      caricature’d mini Stratus shell is soooo cute…)

    • #46946
      Avatar photoAaron
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      Yeah but that’s what makes the M-series so much fun… you throw hours of track time and stacks of $$$ into trying to achieve the impossible.. Although it did improve my finesse and driving skill a lot.

      All I know is mine would wheelspin for ages, then finally grip and rocket off before running out of ground… I used to run it on a parade ground here at work, covered with really really fine small in areas, made for hairy moments of no control 😉

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