Tamiya Beginners 101
Tamiya Beginners 101
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Essential Tools For Building Your Tamiya Mini 4WD
Essential Tools For Building Your Tamiya Mini 4WD
Different Types of Chassis
Different Types of Chassis
MA Chassis
MA Chassis
Mid-mounted double-shaft motor chassis with excellent stability and balanced performance.
MS Chassis
MS Chassis
Modular double-shaft chassis with a low center of gravity, ideal for advanced tuning and competitive racing.
VZ Chassis
VZ Chassis
Lightweight single-shaft chassis with quick acceleration and excellent handling on technical tracks.
FM-A Chassis
FM-A Chassis
Modern front-motor chassis offering strong durability, good climbing ability, and stable performance.
AR Chassis
AR Chassis
Durable all-round chassis with great cooling, easy maintenance, and beginner-friendly performance.
Super FM Chassis
Super FM Chassis
Classic front-motor chassis favored for its front-heavy balance and upgrade potential.
Super-II Chassis
Super-II Chassis
Reliable single-shaft chassis with a sturdy design and wide compatibility with upgrade parts.
Different Types of Dampers
Different Types of Dampers
Weights of Different Dampers
Weights of Different Dampers
Mini 4WD isn't all about speed, it requires finesse too! Too much speed can be a recipe for disaster in jump sections, sending your car off of the course. Brake sets include sponge that drags on the slope surface, slowing and stabilizing the car before it jumps. Mass dampers influence a car's landing, and their position/weight allows fine setup changes. Choose your brake sponge and mass damper types carefully to master the competition!
Any time a car is airborne is time it could have spent accelerating! Mass dampers cannot completely eliminate bounce, especially when landing on slopes, but they can provide a big effect.
In cases where a course has numerous jump sections of different types, prioritize which jump will save the most time if perfectly negotiated, and alter your car setup towards it.
Different Types of Gears
Different Types of Gears
Differences of Types of Gears
Differences of Types of Gears
Get the right gear ratio
5:1, 3.5:1 – gear ratios are a common sight for a Mini 4WD fan. Many will already know that it shows how many times the motor turns for each rotation of a wheel – or put another way, how much motor power is needed to turn the wheel once. 5:1 is more powerful and gives better torque (for this, read acceleration), but 3.5:1 gives greater speed thanks to quicker wheel rotation.
This principle is the same on a full-size car, with more powerful low and speedier high gears. Mini 4WD cars don’t have the luxury of transmissions, so you’ll have to decide: is top speed more important, or will turns and slopes stop your car from getting up to top speed, making acceleration more vital? This is one of the classic decisions facing a Mini 4WD racer.
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