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  1. Mod site for tiny rc cars by prototype · · Score: 2 · on RC Car Craze: The Spam Connection

    For those that enjoy tweaking and want to push your cars to the max, there's an entire site dedicated to car mods. You can find it here.

    It includes mods like increasing the range of your racer to 120', run times of 20 minutes, chassis raising (and lowering) and all kinds of silly stuff. Also you can find conversions from racer to airplane and helicopter.

    Enjoy!

  2. 3.8 Motor!!! by beerchan · · Score: 1 · on Radio-Controlled Microcar Review

    If you're not impressed with the speed of the stock MicroSizers/Bit Char-Gs, pick up one of these guys' 3.8 motors! TinyRC.com They are 38,000RPM vs. a 1.0 which is 10,000RPM. If that's not enough, you can always add a second cell for twice the voltage (take a look at the Forums on that site for more info!).

  3. Re:NiCad?! by beerchan · · Score: 1 · on Radio-Controlled Microcar Review

    Yep! You can get a much much longer runtime out of the NiMH cells, you can get NiMH replacement cells at: TinyRC.com

  4. Re:Where to buy in UK by beerchan · · Score: 1 · on Radio-Controlled Microcar Review

    TinyRC.com ship to the UK I think.

  5. Re:Digitial preportional steering and accelleratio by pugman · · Score: 1 · on Radio-Controlled Microcar Review

    No it is not proportional. The smallest proportional car that I know of is the EPOCH Indoor Racer. It is 1/43 scale and can run 6 mph if you hop it up. Check out Micro RC Racing or Tiny RC for more micro cars.

  6. Re:Radio Shack is just jumping on a bandwagon by Amarok.Org · · Score: 1, Troll · on Pocket-Sized RC Cars Hit U.S. Soil
    ZipZaps have a 16k rpm motor? So what: You can get 38k rpm motors for bits.

    The ZZs are cheaper, *AND* you can use the Bit motors with them. Check out:

    http://www.tinyrc.com/forums/showthread.php?thread id=1207

    For what it's worth, I don't own either. Looks like the ZZ is at least a way to get more people interested/excited in the hobby, and the Bits provide a growth path if you want to get more serious about it.

  7. Re:microrccars.com by beerchan · · Score: 1 · on Pocket-Sized RC Cars Hit U.S. Soil

    ick, that place is very unfriendly and the mods are little kids with big egos! most people i know left those Forums and joined http://tinyrc.com/forums

  8. Re:They sound pretty customizable... by beerchan · · Score: 1 · on Pocket-Sized RC Cars Hit U.S. Soil

    LOL - already done, check out these coffee cans!: http://tinyrc.com/gallery/contest/abc !!

  9. Radio Shack is just jumping on a bandwagon by Dracos · · Score: 4, Informative · on Pocket-Sized RC Cars Hit U.S. Soil

    Micro R/C cars have been out in japan for at least 2 years. Ebay has facilitated their entry into the U.S. as early as last winter (as far as I can tell). More proof that Japan gets cool toys way before we do.

    If you want a wider range of customization, go for a Bit Char-G from Tomy, which have very recently been launched as R/C MicroSizers in the States (and also under different names in Australia and the U.K.). There are also numerous knockoffs of "bits" coming from China which are generally of lower quality. Hell, even Wal*Mart has a line on these things.

    I admit, I first saw micro r/c cars on ThinkGeek (which are called Digi-Q from Takara). After I finally decided to get a micro r/c car, I did some research:

    • Bits have the widest range of accessories (bodies, gears, motors, etc)
    • Bits have real steering, which uses a small magnet to move the front wheels.
    • Digi-Q's have 2 motors, where speed differetial between them steers the car
    • Bits look less cartoony than Digi-Q's (but still a little bit cartoony)
    • Digi-Q's are controlled by IR, not RF

    Therefore, I went with a bit. ZipZaps have a 16k rpm motor? So what: You can get 38k rpm motors for bits.

    One of the things going against all these toys in the U.S. is the body styles they produce, which are all Japanese. How many people outside of Japan know what a Nissan Skyline is? Tomy may be prepared, as you can see a Mach 5 and Mini Cooper scheduled for release soon. I want a Chevy SSR and a '69 GTO Judge (gotta be orange) personally.

    BUT, these things are temendous fun. There's a huge online community around the micro r/c hobby. Check out www.tinyrc.com, www.bitchar-g.co.uk and QFM Racing (click the right side of the page).

  10. Re:Not impressed. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0 · on Pocket-Sized RC Cars Hit U.S. Soil

    The fastest motor available for this scale is 38,000RPM. Comparison to a 540 is insane, as that is a 1/10 scale powerplant vs. a ~1/64 powerplant. These run on pager motors! See http://tinyrc.com/forums for the scoop! ;)

  11. Re:just an americanized Bit char-g by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Informative · on Pocket-Sized RC Cars Hit U.S. Soil

    Actually, they are a cheap knock-off of Bit Char-Gs which are sold as MicroSizers in the US. Take a look at http://tinyrc.com/forums for a comparison of the ZZs and BC-Gs, the ZZs are a poor quality knock-off.

  12. RadioShack Is Cheap Clone! Get the Original! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0 · on Pocket-Sized RC Cars Hit U.S. Soil

    The Radio Shack ZipZap is a cheap clone of the Original TOMY Bit Char-G, which was recently released in the US as the MicroSizer. You can get the REAL MicroSizers/Bit Char-Gs at: http://tinyrc.com/shop and then check out the Forums. TinyRC is the only place you can get the 38,000RPM motor too. ZipZaps are poor knock-offs, the bodies are awful, they sit way too high on the chassis and are very low detail vs. BC-Gs/MicroSizers. If you're looking for something bigger, try http://mini-zracer.com/shop - these are 1/28 scale cars w/ an amazing array of available upgrades.