Rim Clone

frizzen · Post by **frizzen** » Tue Nov 08, 2005 9:40 pm

Couple weeks ago I was at an electronics store and found something I hadn't seen yet, picked it up.

"Micro Gear" mini car. it claims 6 way, 2.6 motor, LED, Sound, age 6+ (Last I checked, I'm +6 so it's all good.)

Here's the box and contents.

Let's open up the rim!

So we've got a batt holder, an ant, a car, and charge plate all contained INSIDE.

Let's pull it out of there!

A clear shell Skyline R34, noticing the stickers it's a Bensu clone.

Under the shell!

Standard swabar front end. Hmm, a flex pcb with surface mount LEDs

Rear

Bensu large pinion with associated relocated idler, and again surface mount LEDs.

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No report yet on how it drives, I've been busy

Maxximum Attack · Post by **Maxximum Attack** » Tue Nov 08, 2005 9:48 pm

I like the lights, you can lower the body and probably not have to touch them.

jordanQ · Post by **jordanQ** » Tue Nov 08, 2005 10:14 pm

Wow frizzen,good find. How much was it? It looks like it has the same motor setup type thing as the zz's huh?

frizzen · Post by **frizzen** » Tue Nov 08, 2005 10:28 pm

$7.99 + tax. It's a Bit clone, but uses non-standard motor pinion and such.

Yep, you should be able to slam the body to the ground with the surface mount lights just like a ride without lights!

jordanQ · Post by **jordanQ** » Tue Nov 08, 2005 10:33 pm

Wow,cheap you should be able to put an upgraded zz motor in it hahah. Is it fast "box stock"?

breakyaface · Post by **breakyaface** » Wed Nov 09, 2005 1:35 am

How about the sound? What does the sound mean. Does your little car have a little speaker producing engine sounds or does it have 50 thumping from the sub? Or does it come from the controller?

Nasphere · Post by **Nasphere** » Wed Nov 09, 2005 4:35 am

breakyaface wrote:How about the sound? What does the sound mean. Does your little car have a little speaker producing engine sounds or does it have 50 thumping from the sub? Or does it come from the controller?

First off, 50¢ is GAY. The sound is OBVIOUSLY coming from the controller noting the speaker in the face of it...

crazydave · Post by **crazydave** » Wed Nov 09, 2005 6:53 am

That's a Bensu clone, with a wheel wrapped around the controller.

The chassis, besides the lights looks typical of Bensu clones, such as Cannonballs. In my experience these cars show some potential, but are generally a POS out of the box. Some FETs will give it a enough torque to turn that 10-tooth pinion, but the problem I've had with these cars are fat sloppily wound steering coils that limit the steering. Steering coils are nearly impossible to replace, so that makes the chassis junk in my opinion. If they've addressed the steering coils in these cars then they might be worth while.

DarkTari · Post by **DarkTari** » Wed Nov 09, 2005 7:18 am

Nice of you to buy one and give us a report but as Dave said, in the past,
Bensu's have always been on the bottom of the bit clone list.

Maybe the new ones are better! Give us an update when you can.

HirotoR34 · Post by **HirotoR34** » Wed Nov 09, 2005 12:12 pm

Hmmm......If I can find one, I'll have to check it out. I am interested in the flexible light pcb. Every time I've tried to lower a bit with lights, it's always been a pain in the ass. Nice find pimp!

frizzen · Post by **frizzen** » Wed Nov 09, 2005 5:13 pm

Alright fine, I put a set of batts in the TX.

"Sound" is at the a rather pathetic speaker in TX, when you push the little round button near speaker you have a "car starting and idling" sound (rather lame sound) for something like 8 sec. When you push either Fwd or Rev, it starts another sound clip which is "sorta engine like", starts out low goes high and restarts sound, never goes to just a constant tone, so it sounds like you're running a close-ratio infinate speed gearbox. When you release Fwd or Rev, it makes a "brake squeeling" type sound. If you were really turned on by the sound, you'll probably be disappointed.

Yes, this is a bensu clone. I established that in the first post through both stating that and looking at pics of the ugly stickers on body. Rather wimpy motor torque, but a ZZ-M motor should be able to turn that pinion

Steering seems a bit limited, tires seem a bit hard, 6-T idler, looks to have the standard Bit green battery (single cell).

Flex pcb with smt LEDs is nice, but be aware atleast on mine both sets of LED were red.

This is a new mold controller, not just a standard bullet they wrapped a tire around. It seems to use the standard bullet TX board in it, but the plastic case is much different. (internal car storage is very nice) There is also another PCB snuggled in there between the Ant storage and where the batteries go, surface mount components, I assume that does the Sound. The TX seems rather bulky to me, and my hands are 2 ZZ and 1 Bit from fingertip to end of palm.

Maxximum Attack · Post by **Maxximum Attack** » Thu Nov 10, 2005 7:54 am

frizzen wrote:Alright fine, I put a set of batts in the TX.

"Sound" is at the a rather pathetic speaker in TX, when you push the little round button near speaker you have a "car starting and idling" sound (rather lame sound) for something like 8 sec. When you push either Fwd or Rev, it starts another sound clip which is "sorta engine like", starts out low goes high and restarts sound, never goes to just a constant tone, so it sounds like you're running a close-ratio infinate speed gearbox. When you release Fwd or Rev, it makes a "brake squeeling" type sound. If you were really turned on by the sound, you'll probably be disappointed.

The sound seems ok, eventhough it's crappy, the kids would LOVE it. Weeeeeeee ...Weeeeeeeeee.....eerrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!!!.
I'd like like 6 of those, Xmas is coming up and i've got dollar signs in my eyes ($_$).

Maxx