Table of Contents

PREFACE
TERMS AND ABBREVIATIONS
TOOLS YOU’RE GOING TO NEED
SOLDERING TECHNIQUES
PROPER HANDLING OF THE SCREWS
SAFETY PRECAUTION
THE PROPER WAYS OF TAKING THINGS APART AND PUTTING THEM BACK TOGETHER
YOUR UPGRADE OBJECTIVES

Sections on General Electric RC Car Technology and Techniques

<< THE CHASSIS >>

Weight
Chassis Material
Structural Sturdiness
Battery compartment
The bumper

<< THE DRIVE SYSTEM >>

Traction
2WD VS 4WD
Shaft drive system VS belt drive system
Expert tips

<< GEARS & BEARINGS >>

Gear ratio and gear pitch
Differential gear
The One-Way unit
Cleaning the gears
Expert tips
The bearings
Cleaning the bearings
 Expert tips

<< THE MOTOR >>

Brushed motor
Motor turns
Expert Tips
The brushless motor
Moving from brushed to brushless
Sensored VS Sensorless
Optimizing your brushed motor
Performance optimization
Underwater break in
Motor bushing break in
Adding torque to the motor
Motor maintenance

<< THE SUSPENSION SYSTEM >>

Overview

Components of a suspension system
Double wishbone VS single wishbone
Fine tuning the shock absorption function
Making your own damper springs
The use of stabilizer bar
Expert tips

 << THE WHEELS AND THE TIRES >>

Camber, caster and toe angle
Types of tire and their use
Filling up the tires
Tire performance factors
Expert tips

<< RC ELECTRONICS >>

The remote controller set
Receiver and servos
Cored versus coreless
Analog versus digital
Mixing and matching RC electronics
Speed Controllers: MSC vs ESC
Cooking your ESC
What if they got wet
Expert tips
The wires
Choosing wire: Stranded wire VS solid wire
The connectors
The batteries
Voltage VS mah
Using small batteries
NiCds VS NiMHs
Sanyo, Panasonic and GP
Prolonging the life of your battery
The charger
Slow charging VS fast charging
Memory effect
Expert tips
Troubleshooting RC electronics
Cleaning of electrical contacts

Sections on RTR Truck/Truggy Specific Tips and Techniques

<< READY-TO-RUN KITS >>
READY-TO-RUN PREPARATION
INITIAL CHECKING AND TESTING
CHECKING THE RC COMPONENTS
DUAL MOTOR ESC CONNECTIONS
TRANSMITTER TUNING
THOROUGH LUBING
SECURING THE SCREWS, NUTS AND BOLTS


<< PRACTICAL UPGRADE ISSUES >>
RESTRICTIONS ON CHANGING THE GEAR RATIOS
REPLACING SHORT DAMPERS WITH LONG DAMPERS
4WD DRIVE MECHANISM AND THE MIDDLE DIFFERENTIAL
CHASSIS ISSUE
FRONT BUMPER
DOG BONE END FLOAT
USING 8.4V PACK ON THE BATH TUBE CHASSIS
SOLDERING BATTERY CELLS
USING LIPO BATTERY


<< FURTHER PERFORMANCE UPGRADE >>
DUAL-MOTOR UPGRADE
BATTERY UPGRADE
STRUCTURAL REINFORCEMENT OF THE SUSPENSION SYSTEM
TOE TUNING
HOW TO TRANSFORM A TRUGGY INTO A TRUCK
HOW TO TRANSFORM A TRUCK INTO A TRUGGY
CAMBER ADJUSTMENT
THE TRUCK GEARBOX
4WD TO 2WD / DUAL-MOTOR TO SINGLE-MOTOR CONVERSION
USING STABILIZER BARS
COOLING THE MOTORS
THE PERFORMANCE LIMIT
UPGRADING THE XB LUNCHBOX AND THE XB MIDNIGHT PUMPKIN
GOING 1:16
BATTERY COMPARTMENT ISSUE
BATTERY WIRING ISSUE
THE WOBBLING WHEELS
BUSHINGS
TIRE SIZING
INSTALLING A VIDEO CAMERA
INSTALLING LED BASED HEAD LAMPS
REPAIRING OR REPLACING RTR ELECTRONICS
SWAPPING TRANSMITTERS


<< EXTREME TRUCK UPGRADE >>
USING 11.1V TO POWER YOUR VEHICLE
A DUAL-BATTERIES CONFIGURATION
USING 2 ESCS TO SPREAD THE LOAD (FOR TWIN MOTOR TRUCK)
THE V-TWIN CONCEPT
USING 10.8V FOR SAFER OPTIMAL PERFORMANCE
CAN WE GO ANY FURTHER FOR BRUSHED CONFIG? SAY, 13 CELLS OR MORE?
USING HUGE SIZE HEATSINK AND COOING FANS
DUAL-MOTOR TRUCK 4WD TO 2WD CONVERSION
 

<< OTHERS >>
THE TAMIYA XB PRO BRUSHLESS TRUCK PACKAGE
THE TAMIYA 1:18 WILD BOAR PACKAGE
 

This title covers technical information of relevance to the following kinds of EP 1:10/1:12/1:16
Tamiya/non-Tamiya styled truggies and trucks:

The twin motor mechanism is covered:

The brushless Levant truck and the Tamtech Gear Wild Boar truck
are also covered in the Appendix update file:

Big Wheel Truck proudly sponsored by:

Suspension upgrade parts proudly sponsored by:

Motor and cooling products proudly sponsored by:

Your twin-motor truck can't survive without proper cooling! For cooling your under-stress ESC we recommend the use of the Yeah Racing Tornado cooling fan!