We need to keep the electronics clean and dry, not easy when the car is running off-road. Fortunately, Tamiya pack these delicate parts in a waterproof, clear plastic box on their kits.
First up, the servo is fitted, and the arm pokes out of the case covered with a rubber bellows unit. Persuading this through the clear wall is a little fiddly, but it must fit properly, or things won't be sealed.
Everything else follows, and it's here that the kit shows its age, For a start, the battery pack looks nothing like the drawing in the instructions. It certainly won't fit in the foam battery guard either. In fact, there is so little space, I can't see the battery moving around much, so I'll ignore that part.
Moving to 2.4 control, the receiver is tiny, and won't need any of the space that is provided by a clear, plastic nose to be bolted onto the front of the clear casing. And the aerial wire won't be going to the back of the car, where there is a super long aerial.
I might still fit that anyway though. With a fake fox tail on the top!
One question. Should the clear box be fixed down in some way? At present, it rests on rubber supports, but if I forget and pick the car up by it, something easy to do, obviously, it separates from the chassis. The instructions don't show anything, but I'm not convinced.
3 comments:
I’m sure the box was always fixed down but can’t remember how exactly. Is there a rubber bung that goes up the rear of the box from the chassis?
When I first had mine I left the battery in the box and charged it in the box. The gasses built up and spark from the mechanical speed controller caused an explosion. All good fun.
The box sits on a couple of rubber bungs. These will take some of the knocks out when running, but it still needs to be retained. I need to investigate further I think. And no charging the batteries in there!
As you tighten the bungs do they compress and grip the box?
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