Bit Char-G

[Zippity]

Was over at a friend's place last night, and his Bit Char G was broken! Oh, the horror!

so... I took it back home and warmed up the soldering iron...

those things are SIMPLE!!!! Its gotta be so easy to mod..... I think that its about time for a quick trip down to Pacific to grab these soon!

[joshmxpx]

What's a bit char g?

[7-Endless]

The Bit Char G is the original mini r/c car that was made by Tomy in Japan...you see a whole bunch of knock offs all over the place now...

[Matrx]

http://tinyrc.com/qfm/racing/index.htm

http://www.microrccars.com/

A couple sites to help you out. Amazing cars and a real fun hobby :)

[klutzo]

A friend and I were selling them on ebay 2 years ago.

www.newestcooltoys.com we made a little website, but it's down now... (hmmm.. reminds me.. I should stick something up there)

[joshmxpx]

Just a question, do the kits (http://tinyrc.com/qfm/racing/051.htm) come with a controller or not? Not very clear.

[Zippity]

A friend and I were selling them on ebay 2 years ago.

www.newestcooltoys.com we made a little website, but it's down now... (hmmm.. reminds me.. I should stick something up there)

its semi-up.

got any left over, klutzo?

[Zippity]

Just a question, do the kits (http://tinyrc.com/qfm/racing/051.htm) come with a controller or not? Not very clear.

they have to -- the batteries are in the controller and teh car itself holds a capacitor....

[joshmxpx]

so it does include a radio controller for the car, cause it just says:

3 bodies
1 chassis
1.0 Micro B Motor
35 MHz freq
9.86:1 gearing

in the parts section there are no controllers, so i assume that the kits include one, or else where would you get one

i'm just learning about these things, but i really could get into it!

[Matrx]

I got three myself - a white Nissan Skyline, a yellow Honda S2000 and a dual speed Nissan Skyline. In terms of accessories I got a booster controller, 3.0 motor, a variety of different gears and coloured wheels :) Very fun to mod!

I'm currently upgrading the internal batteries to achieve longer run times.

[joshmxpx]

where's the cheapest place to buy these?

[Matrx]

Pacific Mall. Make sure you buy the original Tomy bitchargs, not the knockoffs. I have a clone I picked up for $10 (vs. $37-$55 tax included for the bits) and it's crap.

[chdude3]

they have to -- the batteries are in the controller and teh car itself holds a capacitor....The small size of the car might make you think that it had a capacitor. That was my initial suspicion, however, the cars acutally house a small NiCad battery.

The NiCad doesn't get near what would be considered a full charge. It just gets a quick blast from the batteries in the controller, enough for the car to run for what - 5 minutes?

[klutzo]

A friend and I were selling them on ebay 2 years ago.

www.newestcooltoys.com we made a little website, but it's down now... (hmmm.. reminds me.. I should stick something up there)

its semi-up.

got any left over, klutzo?

I'll have to check with him.... send me your email by PM, and I'll forward it to my buddy.

[coco]

I got one from Londond drugs for $19.99 + tax, it came with a 2.2 motor and it's pretty fast.

I've also seen Chinese new year night market in Vancouver selling them for $18 no tax, an awesome deal, same as the London Drugs one.

[joshmxpx]

Do you think this car could be modded in some of the same ways as the Tomys?

http://www.vfxweb.com/index.asp?action=ite...ils&ItemId=2691 (http://www.vfxweb.com/index.asp?action=itemv&ia=details&ItemId=2691)

[Taiphun]

The LD ripoffs are crap.. friend of mine had to buy and return four before he got a good working model.

Then it turns out to tbe same frequency as mine :(

I've got the Tomy Pennzoil R34, it's cool, but its range is too short. :(

[trueno92]

COME TO LIFE ANCIENT THREAD

anyone still play with these? im friggin addicted cuz i don't want to make the jump into miniZ where i know i'll spend too much coin moddin and racin those suckers..

[rai_dei]

Heh, yeah i bought 2 a while back, both are now in pieces cause they are crappy knockoffs. All the wires came unstuck cause of the shoddy wiring, I soldered them back, but they came undone again, and the ones in the remote came undone as well.
Lesson learned :) Plus the charging mechanism is not that great on them. I'd rather get a bigger Xmod car now, it will be easier to fix :D

[steve.m]

lol i thought you might be having a C++ char question related to bitsetting.

[trueno92]

Lesson learned :) Plus the charging mechanism is not that great on them. I'd rather get a bigger Xmod car now, it will be easier to fix :D

yeah im looking for cool bodies like supras, pull back cars, etc.. whatevers.

as long as you are careful with these little things they seem to be alright, i got one thats pretty friggin fast now.. so it makes it a bit of a challenge to control.. plus it also got that neato turbo-button feature. 120mah battery, 3.8 motor, great tires etc etc!!

yeah, xmod/iwaver/mini-z... i am sooooo itching to get one of these BAD.. BUT, i am holding off cuz i know it will be an insane money pit....

[manixc]

I have the Initial D edition :D

[demha88]

www.xmodsrc.com