Tamiya BBX01

[Thorsteenster]

Originally Posted by soze

I'm interested in this and a few other ones they released. I'm a sucker for Tamiya despite their quirks.

I'm digging this one.
https://www.tamiyausa.com/shop/110-m...-rally-mf-01x/
I've always had a soft spot for Tamiya, first 4 or 5 RC cars I had were all Tamiya back in the 80s.

[soze]

Originally Posted by Thorsteenster

I'm digging this one.
https://www.tamiyausa.com/shop/110-m...-rally-mf-01x/
I've always had a soft spot for Tamiya, first 4 or 5 RC cars I had were all Tamiya back in the 80s.

Yup, that is one of the ones on the list. I'm a sucker for anything VW Golf/GTI and rally.

[Thorsteenster]

Originally Posted by soze

Yup, that is one of the ones on the list. I'm a sucker for anything VW Golf/GTI and rally.

I'm waiting for the TT02R or TT02 SRX availability to build this:
https://www.asiatees.com/display?Mis...d=204422&pid=1

I love those old round eye Rabbits.

[durok]

The VW I drove shortly after I got out of the service was a square-headlight Pennsylvania-built Rabbit 4-door manual. It was my Dad's old car, I got familiar with driving stick on the empty back roads of the Texas Hill Country, some of them unpaved, in the rain - I would come back home with full rally mud stripes from cooking it in the turns...

Some of the most fun I've ever had on 4 wheels!

[ferp420]

Originally Posted by OnTheTrail

Just curious the model of the Tamiya ESC? All the Tamiya branded ones I've gotten with kits (TBLE-02S) over the past few year can do brushed or brushless, but as OSRC mentioned, they don't have a lipo cut off.

ill find it and get the numbers off of it

[Steve Hipsley]

Just ordered it and the slipper for $246.00 shipped from Tower. First 2wd in a long time. I couldn’t resist.


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[OSRC]

Me too... kit was $255, slipper was $30. Not bad.

You can still use discounts on Tamiya stuff which is nice, knocked $40 off.

[Steve Hipsley]

Yeah you can’t beat those Tower discounts.


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[OnTheTrail]

Originally Posted by Steve Hipsley

Yeah you can’t beat those Tower discounts.


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How does one go about getting those Tower discounts you speak of?

[Fallen]

$255? Hot damn!

I just ordered two from Tower Hobbies.

Hmm, I wonder how the Holmes 2200KV 380 "weevolver" would run in these things...

[Steve Hipsley]

Originally Posted by OnTheTrail

How does one go about getting those Tower discounts you speak of?

On the tower hobbies main page if you scroll down they have a section where it shows you how much you can save. Here’s a pic. I’m part of the super saver club so I got $55.00 off my order of the Bb01 and slipper.


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[OnTheTrail]

Originally Posted by Steve Hipsley

On the tower hobbies main page if you scroll down they have a section where it shows you how much you can save.

Thank you!

[Fallen]

For anyone who's wondering about the LiPO LVC missing from the Tamiya TBLE-02s, there is an easy solution that I've used with my Tamiyas.

Install an LVA (low voltage alarm). They're programmable so you can set the voltage they alarm at, and they're super loud. If the car was 50 yards away from you, you'd still easily hear it. I've always run my Tamiyas on 2S LiPOs with LVAs.

I have two Tamiya TBLE-02s / brushed motor combos that I plan on running in the BBXs that I bought. I'll just add LVAs to each chassis so I can use 2S LiPOs with them.

[HDMM]

I pre-ordered a BBX a couple of days ago on Tower, looking forward to the new buggy. A little mix if old with a mix of new, I like it!

[OnTheTrail]

Originally Posted by Fallen

For anyone who's wondering about the LiPO LVC missing from the Tamiya TBLE-02s, there is an easy solution that I've used with my Tamiyas.

Install an LVA (low voltage alarm)..

I thought of that in the past and I have a few of those alarms. As I thought through it though, wouldn't a long burst at full throttle on let's say a 60% depleted battery be enough to temporarily drop the voltage to trigger the alarm prematurely?

[Fallen]

Yeah, that unfortunately does happen.

Which means for the sake of safety, you're going to waste some MAH that you would have gotten to use had your electronics been equipped with an LVC.

I have an abundance of extra batteries to make up for this, so when the alarm trips (sometimes prematurely) I just throw a new one in.

You can adjust the threshold to a lower voltage, minimizing that effect. I just liked how it typically alarmed when my batteries were half full, resulting in me.not needing to storage charge them.

[Steve Hipsley]

Towers site now says shipment in March!


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[Fallen]

Gangster! I might have the two I ordered in time for my twins' birthday in April.

I thought I had Xmas 2023 covered already, but apparently not.

I guess I'll need to buy more RC cars then...

[Fallen]

Unfortunately, Tower's site now says June 2023 will be the shipping date.

Hopefully it doesn't keep getting moved back. Either way, I'm just going to plan for these to be an X-mas present.

Fortunately the Losi 22s SCT will make a good birthday present in April for my younger twins.