Reader Ranalcus recently described to me a hobby which he's involved in. Its called Street Mini 4WD, in which model cars are guided around a track with a stick.
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Ranalcus takes up the story:
The "hockey stick" was used in 1988 Dash! Yonkuro, that I am helping to translate at
I work there as "technical information" explaining what each part is for etc.
Here is the Streetmini4wd page created by Italian racers (in English and
in Japanese)
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I met them this year and raced them a
bit. These are "the cheapest and easiest to
start" as you don't need a circuit or hi-performance parts.
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There are few types of races, mostly Technical and Speed, semi-speed and
semi-technical. Most of regions/countrys have their own variations of
rules/builds as Malesians (chassis Super 1 used from 95-99 as it is
"bulletproof" and good for long jumps) built completely different to the
Americans (simpler version of Japanese specification with Super 2 and
VS chassis that are light/easy to remodel) or Italians (monobara -
kits that remodeled for hi-speed line changes)
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Monobara - they are used with hi-speed "overpass" line changers (x
shaped parts of track that mix the lines of track)
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Malaysia "loose jaw/lantern" - the cage around the model is instaled
on springs/hinge so during landing it "hits like hammer" (brass
weights) to prevent rebound of the car
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Flat build - asymetrical front rollers, depending on which side turns
are hi-speed ones, ofen with handmade ultra large thin tires. Ultra
lite and ultra fast, but delicate as an egg
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Japan Cup specification - ultra thin tires, 1mm clearance, build for
semi- (mixed speed/technical), small works of art
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Street - sponge tires (made often from sponge handelbars for bikes),
stock motor and 5:1 gear ratio so you can run NEXT to it, only 4
rollers instead of 6, rigid and simple construction often with
handmade parts as it is "legal" to use non-tamiya parts. You can easly
remodel "box stock" kit to use in those races.
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Ranalcus
Thank you for posting, and be ready for gift package with those for you ;3
ReplyDeleteYoure very welcome Ran.
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