Miata Mailing List: December 1996, Message #137
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Subject: Re: R/C Miata Questions

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Paul A. Troy says:

> 

> For those who have Tamiya's R/C Miata, I have a couple of questions:

> 

> 1. I want to move to an electronic speed controller, however, I'm concerned

>    about quality and space. Any suggestions? Eventually, I'd like to soup

>    up the motor from stock and a co-worker suggested Tekin Rebel (yes, I

>    want reversing action) and another suggested the Rooster by another

>    manufacturer.



The Tekin Rebel runs about $70, but has infinite variable forward and

reverse, plus you can change the length of time that it brakes before going

into reverse or disable reverse with the push of a button.  It's also very

small, about the same size as the transceiver unit from Futaba.  It comes

with a heatsink and all the connections and capacitors.



> 

> 2. I spoke to someone at the local hobby shop about paint. He wanted to

>    see the shell to check the type of paint to use: polycarbonate (for

>    Lexan) or other paint (for plastic). Apparently, the wrong paint will

>    eat through the shell and Tamiya does both. Any thoughts?



Polycarbonate is the correct kind.



> My car is 2/3rds built. I don't expect to run the car until spring so

> I'm taking my time in building it (and adding hop-ups).



Send some mail to Richard Dekker, he's got about 6 others with the rc Miata

kit, we've been sending private email to eachother.



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