just got me a Initial D FD3s Taiyo rc!! :D

MTL · #1 12-25-2002, 12:26 AM

it was a Xmas gift from my cuzin

now from what i understand these are exactly the same as the Auldeys...maan the bodies RULE!! so detailed for something this size...how often do u see rc cars with windshield wipers!! har har
now ima have to jump on my cuzin tomorrow

first noticeable difference, is that it has WORKING HEADLIGHTS!!
and this thing has no noticable anteanna sticking out of it...strange....ima have to open this sucker up
the controller anteanna is different from the stock auldey anteannas, this one is shorter extension
and guess what?? the tires have treads!! unlike audleys
the front and rear tire widths are the same
it came with a 6inch Initial D sticker...err decal or somthing...

well thats all for now, ima have to test this baby out

MTL · #2 12-25-2002, 12:33 AM

hmmm headlights cant go down ;/ very strange for daytime driving...
-its hard to tell how good the projection range is on the headlights...if i hold it in my hand and face it toward a wall 5ft away, i could still see light reflectiing off of it...
when its on the ground, the light range isnt far, lights only go about 2feet
-the car is super low while stock, maybe my auldey 206 was meant to be high, because its a rally car
-the motor is super "whiney", which was the same thing with my stock auldey, untill i replaced it with a faster fan motor and higher gear ratio
-the paint job on the FD is SUPER GLOSSY!!, i could never get my models to look like this, ima keep this car an indoor car, no curbside jumping for this one

MTL · #3 12-25-2002, 01:03 AM

OMFG!!! I THINK ITS OFFICIAL, I THINK TAYIO RADICANS ARE BETTER THAN AULDEYS!!!
WHY???
they have real liscensed cars, meaning the cars they have have the actual logos like thier real life counter part...
for example the skyline actually says CALSONIC, not SONICANE or whtever, the smaller decals are real brand names too
*edit arg, no outside linking allowed ;/
well anyways, i belive the Radicans are of higher quality, because they cost $26-28 at HLJ, and i bought my Auldey for $15 on ebay, and thats the standard price

chek the rest out here
http://www.hlj.com/cgi-local/hljlist...Radi-Can&Dis=2

some of the cars the Radicans have to get your mouth watering are:
Night Rider with WORKING LED THINGY!!!
Skyline GT-R KPGC10
old skool Fairlady Z432R
Lancia Stratos
R32 Skyline GT-R
Beetle RSi
umm a long bus *shrug
and of course the limited Initial D rx7's, and the AE86

there are upgrades for LEDS, motors, rims, tires etc
ummm btw, i think this forum section should be called "Auldeys, Tayio, other 1/32"

MTL · #4 12-25-2002, 01:29 AM

well heres my car, tsk tsk HLJ messed up the FD and the FC har har oh wells, they got it backwards

oh, and another Initial D car they have is the black Impreza *drools **

henry · #5 12-25-2002, 02:49 AM

koo, do they have a rx-7 audley, or radican? or its only the limited eddtion ones? is it fast?

#6 12-25-2002, 05:19 AM

can you still use these radi cans and put i the auldey mod kit and motor.
thanks

MTL · #7 12-25-2002, 09:50 PM

Henry there is no Auldey Rx7, and i belive the only rx7 Radican is the Intial D ones...

freak in fact, everything is swapable except for the motor case and steering arms
the motor case is a different shape, but u can take the motor and axle out of it and put it into an Auldey case
the steering arm is strange, youd have to widen the Auldey steering cover for them to fit, but im not going to go through the trouble to do that.

Also, the RadiCan is FASTER than my Auldey with faster motor and higher gearing ratio, in a 20ft drag on wood floor the radican won by 3 feet

, if i were using my a pure stock auldey the radican would have won probably by 5 feet
the reason why it might be faster is maybe the pinion gear, its made out of...umm copper im guessing, not plastic...and the axle wasnt even greased up, just the pinion gears were.....just wait till i grease this sucker down

MTL · #8 12-25-2002, 10:06 PM

oks a few thing to note about the chasiss once i figured out how to take the body off
there are a total of FIVE body posts, this confused me alot, the last one is HIDDEN in the battery case..sneaky sneaky

also when i took the body off, lo and behold, THERE WAS NO PCB!!!!! well not really, because there was a slim black cover skrewed over it.

the pcb is alot smaller than the Auldeys, and there arent any huge capacitors, and such sticking out of it. Taiyo was printed neatly in white, and all was nicely snug and fit under this low cover.....amazing
and something to note, on the sides of the chassis, there is a slot on each side the size of a USB port....wonder what this is, well im going to try to use these slots to somehow make a add on sideskirt system to where i can remove it when i want.

also now, i sorta care less about my Rx7 body now because my sisters dog bit the roof of it while my cuzin was driving ;/...the same cuzin that gave it to me

..there are marks on the windshield and the side doors ;/....oh wells...now this is my bang around car...
so far, i swapped the rear axles with my Auldey just for the slicks

and i added a large red LED to the rear...but its brighter than the headlights har har,,...im gonna remove it later, because its a waste of battery

at the moment, im trying to figure out how im going to do a plug and play system with the lights...because i dont want the flip up lights...i want the A spec style lights... pictured below

henry · #9 12-25-2002, 10:24 PM

any link of where they sell it? how much is it? i want a rx-7! taht dont cost as much as a mini z.

MTL · #10 12-25-2002, 10:55 PM

http://www.nipponhobbies.com/radio/taiyo.htm
but HOLY CRAP they cost $40-59....if u are willing to spend that much, get a Kyosho Palm Runner...only an inch bigger, and u can swap mini z bodies with it...mini z makes a FC3s, FD3s Aspec, and the Intial D FD3s

could also order from HobbyLinkJapan in the link i gave earlier...its half the price and the most car variety ive found so far, but be prepared to wait an extra week....

MTL · #11 12-26-2002, 04:34 PM

on second thought, you can randomly find them on ebay for alot cheaper.
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lets see ....
last night i removed the headlights along with the led wires that go to the motor...
i figured out that I CAN make the non flipup lights by placing two leds in a group, and another 2 on the other side...maan this is gonna rock...im planning on using hyper bright white lights, or those [ahem expensive] blue one
also after removing the lights, your power is slightly increased from the voltage that was taken used up by the leds...so its a small increase, but its all about speed

henry · #12 12-26-2002, 05:13 PM

how much r the palm runners? any links on that?

MTL · #13 12-26-2002, 07:57 PM

they are $36-39 at dinball rcmart here
http://www.rcmart.com/catalog/advanc...ds=Palm+Runner
i was going to buy the FC rx7 back then, but oh wells

henry · #14 12-26-2002, 09:27 PM

thx, the mini z body almost cost as much as the palm runner.

kwikbb · #15 12-26-2002, 09:50 PM

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Originally posted by MTL
oh, and another Initial D car they have is the black Impreza *drools **

Now you've got my attention, that's Bunta's Imprezza I believe (makes an appearance later in the series). So Taiyo's got it huh... a little off subject (kinda anyway), but I heard that Kyosho is supposed to be coming out with a mini-z in that flavor too. Yippee!

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