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Date Posted: 08:27:38 03/11/02 Mon
Author: Carl(FL)
Subject: Re: 1/10 Electric Touring Cars (Tamiya TA093 Pro and RS)
In reply to: Erwin8r in Los Angeles 's message, "1/10 Electric Touring Cars (Tamiya TA093 Pro and RS)" on 15:57:23 03/07/02 Thu

Erwin,
I had to find the board again (new computer died...again), and saw you are also into ultralights,along with bikes, and r/c...My god man!When did you find time to father children...errr..nevermind, I dont want to know.

I fthe Tamiyas you are talking about are 01's, I'd go with any of the stock motors available, they are quite fast, if you really want to go with mods, I would not go below a 17 turn, and buy a machine wound, not hand wound, a little slower, but much,much cheaper.

ESC's, Novak has some really good budget ESC's (great for kids starting out)at around 50-60 bucks. Batteries, get at least 2000mah batteries (gives decent run times).If the kids are not going to race anytime soon, and just play around, buy unmatched packs, they are quite a bit cheaper, which means you can buy more.

One last thing to remember with the Tamiyas. They use a metric 48 pitch(at least the 01/02, if I remember correctly) gearing. You can make a standard 48 pitch work, but it will chew gears up, and makes an incredibly annoying whine, so you may want to pick up a few Tamiya pinion gears.

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Carl, Thanks for the tips! The Tamiya's are actually TA03s ( "Pro" and a Standard). I will look into the Novak ESCs, a 17-turn motor, the batteries, and, of course, a charger. Ever hear of the MRC Super BRain 959? Someone told me it would be a good "budget" charger, with the same features as the more expensive models.. (NT) -- Erwin8r in Los Angeles, 10:29:09 03/11/02 Mon